Thirteen family medicine graduates trained in NB celebrated in Moncton
The number of physicians in New Brunswick is on the rise. Thirteen graduates of the New Brunswick Francophone Family Medicine Training Program have received their postgraduate medical education certificate. They were celebrated at the amphitheatre of the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick on Friday, June 6, 2025.
Trained in New Brunswick in collaboration with the Université de Sherbrooke, these graduates, who will practice as family physicians, will all settle in New Brunswick: five in Greater Moncton, one in Shediac, one in Saint-Antoine, one in Cap-Pelé, two in Edmundston, two in Bathurst and one in the Acadian Peninsula.
The graduates pursued their clinical training in New Brunswick, at the Greater Moncton Family Medicine Unit, in collaboration with the facilities of Vitalité Health Network. The Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre, Chaleur Regional Hospital, Campbellton Regional Hospital, Edmundston Regional Hospital, Enfant-Jésus RHSJ† Hospital, Tracadie Hospital, Lamèque Hospital and Community Health Centre as well as their affiliated centres, the Saint-Jacques Medical Clinic and Nepisiguit Medical Clinic, hosted the residents during their training.
"Physician training is thriving in New Brunswick," says Dr. Natalie Banville, Vice-President of Medical Affairs at Vitalité Health Network.
"We can be proud that 90% of graduates from the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick choose to stay and practice in our province. This is a powerful testament to their attachment to our region and the quality of the training they receive. It's our duty to keep it that way.”
According to Dr. Shane Aubé, Director of the New Brunswick Francophone Family Medicine Training Program, “the ultimate goal of this medical training in New Brunswick is to promote understanding of communities’ needs while increasing physician recruitment and retention. We are confident that the 2025 cohort of graduates will contribute to achieving this goal and will be well equipped to understand and, above all, effectively meet the needs of our communities.”
New Brunswick’s francophone family medicine and psychiatry programs serve as the main source of French-speaking doctors in Atlantic Canada.
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Photo captions:
Group photo: Dominique Desrosiers, Mylène Chavarie, Jenna Belliveau, Courtney Babineau, Erika Robichaud, Myriam Cyr, Antoine Landry, Emilie Frenette, Kelly Gauvin, Élyse Gendron, Annabelle Caron, et Laure LeBreton (missing: Christine Tessier-Sanaye)
2nd photo: Dr. Natalie Banville, Vice-President of Medical Affairs at Vitalité Health Network
