CLERKSHIP SITE COORDINATOR: LCDR Manny Alsina, MD
RESIDENCY SECRETARY: Lina Mendiola

GENERAL INFORMATION

Practice: Puget Sound Family Medicine Residency at Bremerton Naval Hospital utilizes a 60-bed hospital that has eight faculty physicians and 18 residents. The family medicine clinic serves 5,000 patients per month. Services provided include adult, pediatric and geriatric medicine, prenatal care and the full gamut of family medicine procedures. In-patient medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrical experiences are plentiful. A new 60,000 square foot state-of-the-art Family Care Center is connected to the Naval Hospital.

At least 80 percent of a student’s time will be spent seeing patients in physicians' offices. Students take call one night per week. You are welcome and encouraged to participate in medical procedures and obstetrical deliveries. You will have the opportunity to rotate through at least four procedural clinics. One half-day will be spent with a visiting nurse making house calls.

Faculty: The Clerkship Site Coordinator at Bremerton is Manny Alsina MD and the residency secretary is Lina Mendiola. Call Lina at (360) 475-4339 two weeks before your rotation to confirm your arrangements and to have your questions answered. If the clerkship is scheduled to begin on a federal holiday, please report the first weekday following. Please email the Student Summary Sheet to Dr. Alsina: manuel.alsina@med.navy.mil at least two weeks before the starting date of your rotation.

Housing: Fully furnished apartment in short-term corporate housing. We’re sorry, but family members and pets cannot be accommodated in housing.

Transportation: A car is necessary for transportation to the hospital and clinic, as well as off-site activities and to purchase groceries.

Additional Information: There is a full-service gym available to students, both at the housing site and at the Naval Hospital complex.