More than 60 resident physicians and fellows were honored Friday, June 14 during a graduation ceremony at Western Michigan University鈥檚 Miller Auditorium.
鈥淒uring this journey, you鈥檝e acquired new knowledge and developed your skills and abilities after more than a decade of premedical, medical and now, specialty education,鈥 Dr. Hal B. Jenson, the medical school鈥檚 founding dean, said during the ceremony. 鈥淓ducation is the mission of every medical school and residency program, including ours. It鈥檚 also the mission of this medical school to inspire you to be a lifelong learner.鈥
A large crowd comprised of WMed faculty members and family and friends of the residents and fellows came together at Miller to celebrate the graduates, who have spent between one and five years training in southwest Michigan.听
WMed boasts nine residency programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. There also are three one-year fellowships for Emergency Medical Services, Simulation, and Sports Medicine.
Of the 67 residents and fellows celebrated at the ceremony, six of them will remain and work in Kalamazoo. Meanwhile, an additional eight residents will work in other cities in Michigan.
Dr. David T. Overton, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, said the graduates have excelled in patient care, medical knowledge, interpersonal communication and other competencies.
鈥淕raduates, I give you my heartfelt congratulations for your accomplishments,鈥 Overton said. 鈥淵our parents, friends and relatives all have reason to be proud and I know they join me in wishing you the very best for the future.鈥
The ceremony also gave the resident physicians and fellows the opportunity to honor the medical school鈥檚 clinical faculty with 2019 teaching awards. A total of 16 faculty were honored.
Photos from the event can be viewed on the .
Here鈥檚 a complete list of this year鈥檚 resident and fellow graduates, as well as faculty who received awards:
Emergency Medicine
John Ocenar Aguilar, 六合彩开奖直播
Ryan Scott Bade, DO
Sean Tyler Barkan, 六合彩开奖直播
Brent Roger James Bjorklund, 六合彩开奖直播
Nathan Edwin Brunken, 六合彩开奖直播
Brendan James Fowler, DO
Joshua Christopher Fronek, DO
Kelly Ann Halt, DO
Casey Logan Hoehn, 六合彩开奖直播
Fahad Khan, DO
David Jude King, 六合彩开奖直播
Benjamin Reed Litman, DO
Samantha Alecia Mix-Souther, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Jorge Jos茅 Morales, DO (Chief)
Kurt Thomas Schelling, DO
Mauli Ketan Shah, DO
Nour Ramiz Sinno, 六合彩开奖直播
Ramya Venigalla, DO
Sean Christopher Wilson, DO
Peter Anthony Zack, DO (Chief)
Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
Rasha Rahim Kazi, 六合彩开奖直播
Family Medicine
Justin Di Dionato, 六合彩开奖直播
Joshua Lawrence Fainsod, 六合彩开奖直播
Zhen Hua Geng, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Mehmiya Zehra Raghid, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Aisha Shakoor, 六合彩开奖直播
Lauren Elizabeth Vocke, DO
Stephanie Kathleen Witte, 六合彩开奖直播
General Surgery
Hira Hasnain Abidi, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Steven Zhiyuan Lu, DO, MPH (Chief)
David Garrett Schutter, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
General Surgery 鈥 Preliminary Year I
Isaac Tracy Prows, DO
Tania Adelina Torres, 六合彩开奖直播, MS
General Surgery 鈥 Preliminary Year II
Joslyn Abraham Jose, 六合彩开奖直播
Internal Medicine
Karun Singh Badwal, DO
Joshua Michael Hamoud, 六合彩开奖直播
Christopher Foster Hanzaker, 六合彩开奖直播
Matthew Edmund Kelly, 六合彩开奖直播
Lauren Dawn Lamie, DO
Michael David Reaume, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Muhammad Dansih Saleem, 六合彩开奖直播
Anita Bernadette Shallal, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Tooba Tariq, 六合彩开奖直播
Carleigh Suzanne Zahn, DO (Chief)
Dominika Maria Zoltowska, 六合彩开奖直播
Medicine-Pediatrics
Emily Beth Cordes, DO (Chief)
Emily Marie Gray Goerl, DO (Chief)
Claire Diana Liepmann, 六合彩开奖直播
Patrick James Staso, 六合彩开奖直播
Alec Christopher Wilson, 六合彩开奖直播
Orthopaedic Surgery
Christopher James Betzle, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Alexander John Connaughton, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Matthew Nicholas Jaykel, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Pediatrics
Jasmine Alsukhon, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Preeti Borgohain, 六合彩开奖直播
Cailly Jo Howell-McLean, 六合彩开奖直播 (Chief)
Sabrina Huq, DO
Skye Weihua Lu, DO
Alexander Clayton Mast, DO
Sharmeen Samuel, 六合彩开奖直播
Katie Jo Udenberg, DO
Psychiatry
John Sunny Jacob, 六合彩开奖直播
Chaz Tyler Johnson, 六合彩开奖直播
Andrea Kay Landesman, 六合彩开奖直播
Meagan Elizabeth Maas, 六合彩开奖直播
Sarah Margaret Myer, DO
Sports Medicine Fellowship
Karim Moustafa Elghawy, 六合彩开奖直播
2019 Teaching Awards
Emergency Medicine
Wael Hakmeh, DO
Richard Lovy, DO
Family Medicine
Wesley Eichorn, DO
Andrew Luciano, 六合彩开奖直播
General Surgery
John T. Collins, 六合彩开奖直播
Mark A. Dittenbir, 六合彩开奖直播
Internal Medicine
Thomas Flynn, 六合彩开奖直播
Scott Timmer, 六合彩开奖直播
Spencer Winters, 六合彩开奖直播
Medicine-Pediatrics
Jayne Barr, 六合彩开奖直播, MPH
Nicholas Helmstetter, 六合彩开奖直播
Orthopaedic Surgery
Robert R. Gorman III, 六合彩开奖直播
Pediatrics
Joseph Fakhoury, 六合彩开奖直播
Erica VanderKooy, 六合彩开奖直播
Psychiatry
Joseph Calles, 六合彩开奖直播
Perry Westerman, 六合彩开奖直播
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