Continuity Clinic experience is the cornerstone of Family Medicine. St. Luke's Primary Care of Cedar Hill is the Family Medicine practice site (FMP) where residents receive their continuity of care experience.
Primary Care of Cedar Hill is a full service practice of experienced family medicine physicians who care for patients of all ages. Annual patient encounters are approximately 55,000. They offer a wide range of services, including physicals, immunizations, well-visits, geriatrics, pre-operative screenings, sports medicine, and skin lesion removal. Various medical conditions including, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, anxiety/depression, and attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder are treated.
PGY-1 residents complete ½ day per week at the FMP. PGY 2 & 3 residents complete three ½ days per week at the FMP. Each resident is assigned to a mentor at the FMP who supports them throughout the three year residency.
The Family Medicine residency faculty include the Program Director, Assistant Program Director, and three core faculty at the FMP (St.Luke's Primary Care of Cedar Hill) and a host of other faculty to support the required and elective rotations throughout the three year program.
Dr. Joseph Eickmeyer
Program Director
Serving as the Program Director since 1995, Dr. Joseph Eickmeyer has provided leadership, didactic and clinical supervision to hundreds of residents.
Dr. Eickmeyer graduated from A.T. Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a Family Medicine residency at Normandy Osteopathic Hospital. He is board certified and participates in many GME committees. He was awarded a Life-time Achievement award for Teaching in 2013, Educator of the Year award in 2019 and Courage to Teach Award in 2020.
Dr. Brittany Herrin
Assistant Program Director
Serving as Assistant Program Director since 2021, Dr. Herrin helps oversee and ensure the quality of didactic and clinical education in all sites that participate in the program and in the supervision of residents.
Dr. Herrin earned her medical degree at A.T. Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a Family Medicine residency at St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital.
Dr. Dale Brewer
Core Faculty
Serving in the role of Core Faculty, Dr. Dale Brewer has held the role of primary care physician, business leader and residency advocate at Cedar Hill Primary Care since 1986.
He graduated from A.T. Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Paul Metcalf
Core Faculty
Dr. Metcalf serves as a Core Faculty member at the FMP – St. Luke's Cedar Hill Primary Care and has a focused interest in Hospice care.
Dr. Metcalf attended Truman State University and graduated from A.T. Still University in 2004. He completed a Family Medicine Residency at Des Peres Hospital (now St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital).
Dr. Kyle Toti
Core Faculty
Dr. Toti earned his medical degree from Lincoln University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrogate, Tennessee, in 2012 and graduated top 10% of his class. For residency, Dr. Toti returned home to St. Louis and completed his Family Medicine residency at Des Peres Hospital (now St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital). He trained at Primary Care of Cedar Hill and served as their chief resident in his final year of residency.
Dr. Nicholas Faron
Core Faculty
Dr. Faron graduated from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York and completed his residency in Family Medicine at St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital. He trained and practices at Primary Care of Cedar Hill.