Family medicine residency program at Lee Health names new director

Florida State University College of Medicine Family Residency Program at Lee Health has named Dr. Alfred Gitu as the program’s new director. Gitu has been a faculty member since the program launched in 2012 and has served as associate program director for the past year.

Gitu was named following a national search. He will replace program co-founder Dr. Gary Goforth, who will retire in July. Gitu earned his medical degree from the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya, and completed a family medicine residency at the Self Regional Healthcare Family Medicine Residency Program in Greenwood, S.C.