Jasmine Hanifi

For the coming academic year, three Tufts-MMC medical students will join the Seaport Family Practice.
 
First year student Jasmine Hanifi began her medical education with a 3-day orientation here in August. She has returned to Boston to finish her basic science curriculum beofre returning in April.
 
Jasmine was raised in Falmouth, and her parents emigrated from Afghanistan in 1982. She graduated from Stanford University with an English degree. She has completed research in the muscle biology lab at Palo Alto Veterans' Affairs Hospital and worked as a resident assistant while in college. In her spare time, Jasmine has been working on a creative nonfiction book about her family's experience in Afghanistan and their escape in 1979 after the Soviet invasion.

David Skavdahl

Second year student David Skavdahl returns to SFP in September. This year, David will spend Mondays and Tuesdays in Belfast every other week.
 
David grew up in rural Washington State and graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a combined degree in Biology and Philosophy. He has a varied background: he worked with the Philadelphia TB Control Program, owned and operated a small contracting business for three years, and is certified as a Wilderness EMT. His wife works in Topsham, ME as a naturopath.
 
First year student Linsey Waite completed her orientation and will join Jasmine Hanifi at our office in April. We will post her photograph and a more complete bio very soon.
 
Please welcome Jasmine, David and Linsey. Belfast will be their "clinical" home for the four years of their medical education. The purpose of educating medical students outside of Boston and Portland is to improve recruitment for rural areas, and to show them that the highest quality health care can be delivered in communities like Belfast.