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News Around the Residency
"Must Know Info" of the WFMR
July 2011
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Graduation 2011
Congratulations to all of our graduates! And thank you to all those who participated in and prepared for the memorable June 17 ceremony at Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, especially Tamara Cullen, Janice Craig and photographer Jackie Robinson for giving us a sneak peek at these wonderful photos.
Family Health Center of Worcester graduates (from left):
Preeti Kandpal, MD; Rajiv Balasuriya, MD, Chief Resident;
Kerian Service, MD; Donna Pierre, MD
Barre Family Health Center graduates (from left):
Amy J. Grzysiewicz, DO; Stephanie Carter, MD, Chief Resident; Jennifer O'Reilly, MD:
Ekaterina Brodski-Quigley, MD
Hahnemann Family Health Center graduates (from left):
Thamrah Wright, MD; Radha Akkinepalli, MD; Chad Beattie, MD, Chief Resident;
David Rosa, MD; Hayley Moak-Blest, DO; Alexa Connell Ph.D.
Shannon Jenkins Award: Jason Numbers, MD and Ginny Van Duyne, MD
STFM Award for Resident Teacher:
Family Health Center: Preeti Kandpal, MD
Barre: Stephanie Carter, MD
Hahnemann: Chad Beattie, MD
Faculty Awards Presented by the Residents
Inpatient: Trish Seymour, MD
Off Service: Frank Jehle, MD, Dept of Pediatrics
Off Service: E. Darren Racht, P A-C.Auburn Dermatology
Outpatient: Alexandra Schultes, MD, Barre
Outpatient: David Gilchrist, MD, Hahnemann
Outpatient: Richard Sacra, MD Family Health Center
Sam Pickens Award: Jeremy Golding, MD, Hahnemann
"Rookie of the Year" Award: Hana Karim, MD, Familly Heatlh Center
William Damon Award (for mentorship) - James Broadhurst, MD
AAFP Volunteer Teacher Awards
Hahnemann: Stephanie Conway, Pharmacy; Judy Norberg, Library; Francisca Adams, Geriatrics
Barre: Len Levin, Library
Family Health Center: Matthew Silva, Pharmacy |
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"The News"
Foundations
Our new residents are in the full swing of their Foundations month. This is an opportunity for them to become familiar with the many aspects of their future training, including faculty, sites, and their homes at the health centers. We all wish them a very warm welcome to the Worcester Family Medicine Residency. Best wishes to this terrific class!
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First day of Foundations month
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Barre Family Health Center
Marcy Boucher, MD, UMass Medical School
Christopher Chang, MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine
Tassy Hayden, MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
Lauren Davidson, MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Family Health Center of Worcester
Jemini Abraham, MD, Ross University
Monica Agarwal, MD, Saint George's University
Sara Rodenas-Martinez, DO, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Navid Roder, MD, Universitat Basel (Switzerland)
Hahnemann Family Health Center
Serena Hon, MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine,
Bency Louidor-Paulynice, MD, UMass Medical School
Bronwyn Sing, DO, Western University of Health Sciences in California
Amanda Vitko, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine
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New residents prepare for their first year...
sleeping standing up as a skill building activity
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Committee Meetings
All residency committee meetings have been cancelled for the month of July. It's summertime for crying out loud!!
Executive Committee
Please review the attached Advancement Criteria and inform Tamara Cullen of your comments or your vote to approve or reject. Other faculty and residents if you have any comments, please feel free to contact Dave Gilchrist, any executive committee member, or Stacy Potts.
New Library Guide
Introducing our new Library guide! Please visit the link here. This is the portal to any web-based tools you may need for clinical or residency information. If you notice something isn't here that should be - please let us know. A great big thank you to Len Levin for setting the site up for us. Please check out the WFMR tab on the Library guide which includes the link to our Family Medicine Intranet site with lots of residency specific information (you can also find the Intranet site here.
"Shakespeare in the Park"
The central office has had a tradition of a night at Green Hill Park to enjoy a Shakespeare performance. The seats are inexpensive and the entertainment is outstanding. Please feel free to join us on August 5, 7pm for Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors.
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At the Ecotarium "Welcome BBQ"
on June 26
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June's Resident of the Month Hayley Moak-Blest, PGY-3 Hahnemann Family Health Center
Hayley graduated from The Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008. . She completed her BS in Nutrition with Honors at UMass-Amherst. Hayley has a strong background in community health and fitness.
Here are only a few of the nominations we received for Haley:
Dr. Sahd: "I would like to nominate Hayley. She is very dedicated to her patients and is a senior resident that I look up to. She handled this busy month (May) extremely well, with an excellent work ethic."
Dr. Carter: "I would like to nominate Hayley for Resident of the Month for taking an extremely difficult health center chief month in stride. Hayley had a very high patient census for the entire month and still provided excellent patient care, teaching, and protected FMIS team numbers despite the heavy workload this meant for her. She deserves recognition for doing all this as well as she did because not too many people would have been able to!"
Dr. Hargreaves: "Hayley has always been a star in the inpatient setting. She is a compassionate and skilled clinician as well as a dedicated teacher. It was remarkable to watch her juggle a VERY busy Hahnemann service in May, providing exemplary care to her patients, teaching junior learners, and looking out for her colleagues on FMIS by uncovering patients when the service was overwhelming. And she made it look easy!"
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July's Resident of the Month
Cristina Mota, PGY-2
Family Health Center of Worcester
And here are excerpts from Cristina's nominations:
Dr. Eagles: "She is a very hardworking resident. She always came prepared to round, knew the patients and looked up information on things she did not fully understand. She is always pleasant to be around and never complaining. She will make an easy transition to being a second year."
Dr. Kaplan-Gill: "Cristina is a very caring, careful, and kind physician. She is very dedicated not only to her patients but the "better" good of peoplekind. Her attitude is always good and she is great to work with on all rotations."
Dr. Seymour: "I really enjoyed working with Christina last month on FMIS. She really cares about making a positive difference by her actions in her patient's care. She is also able to remember to advance her own learning during all the chaos of the busy wards by really understanding the "why" behind a plan of care."
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Workshop Schedule - July/August 2011
PGY-1:
7/25: Swing Day
8/9: Family Systems
PGY-2:
7/19: First Year Rotation
7/26: First Year Rotation
8/2: Health Center Orientation
8/9: Resident Meeting and Home Visits
8/16: Health Center-Based
8/23: Nursing Home Orientation
8/30: MSK Physical Exam/Pre-participation
PGY-3:
8/9: Exploring Practice Alternatives and Setting Priorities
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Celebrations and Congratulations!
Congrats to Residency Director Stacy Potts, MD on her two Champions of Excellence Awards!
At the awards ceremony at the Hanover Theater in June, her nominations were included in medleys sung to the tune of "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music (her Integrated Care and Work award) and Don McClean's "American Pie" (her Diverse High-Performing Workplace award.)
Staff disclaimer: Dr. Potts' employees in the central office felt they could not pass up this chance to share her moment with the world and have coaxed her into letting us include these video clips from the Hanover Theater: "Edelweiss" clip "American Pie" clip
Speaking of The Sound of Music, the hills are alive with the strains of "Happy Birthday to You" for this month's birthday roll-call:
6/24: Monica Agarwal, PGY-1
6/25: Jemini Abraham, PGY-1
6/27: Navid Roder, PGY-1
7/5: Paul Sahd, PGY-2
7/11: Geraldine Schick, PGY-3
8/2: Alphonsus Kung, PGY-3
8/4: Virginia VanDuyne, PGY-3
There is a lot of exciting news of weddings and engagements and other expectations! We want to celebrate them all. Please contact Mike Smith with your announcements so we can all share in the joy!
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Got news (or a fun fact) for our next newsletter? Contact Dr. Stacy Potts at Stacy.Potts @umassmemorial.org or Michael Smith, Associate Director of Admissions at Michael.Smith@umassmemorial.org |
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