Peak Vista Residency Program Attracts 225 Applicants

About 225 people applied to be part of Peak Vista Community Health Centers' first crop of family practice residents - an unexpectedly high number for the nascent program, the nonprofit's leaders said Tuesday. Eight of those people are expected to be named residents of the three-year program by early February - forming the first class of family practice residents in the Pikes Peak region in several years. Fifty of the 225 applicants will be interviewed over the next couple months, though several applicants have already expressed interest in focusing their careers on working at an organization similar to Peak Vista, which typically treats low-income and impoverished patients, said Dr.