L A N C A S T E R M E D I C A L S O C I E T Y.O R G Best Practices Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program CELEBRATES TH 50 ANNIVERSARY A glance back in time at residency students attending class in the early years of the program; Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program Directors (L to R): Stephen Ratcliffe, MD; Pamela A. Vnenchak, MD, and Nikitas Zervanos, MD; Family Medicine Residency Graduates, Class of 2019 T he 1960s was a time of dramatic change in Lancaster County and across the country. One enduring idea that emerged from that tumultuous time was the concept of family medicine as a specialty. The Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, which began under Nikitas Zervanos, M.D., in 1969, was one of the first established in the United States. The LGH residency program remains LANCASTER 14 PHYSICIAN