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Meet the faculty members and administrators of the Transitional Year Residency program at Trinity Health Grand Rapids Medical Education. Select a faculty member's bio to learn more.
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Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center/University of Illinois Chicago Family Medicine Residency - Chicago, IL
Family Medicine Hospitalist
I focus much of my energy on bedside teaching with students and residents. I am a member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, the Antimicrobial Stewardship Subcommittee, and frequently work with the residents on quality improvement projects throughout the hospital.
Cooking, Painting, Fishing
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center - Memphis, TN
Mercy Health Grand Rapids
2014 GRMEP Family Medicine Residency Teacher of the Year
2017 GRMEP PGY1 Teaching Award
The commitment to education, patient care, and connection with community at Mercy Health Grand Rapids were all key factors in my decision to work here.
Blodgett/Saint Mary's Internal Medicine Residency, Grand Rapids MI
Hospitalist
Teaching and supervising medical residents and medical students is my primary passion in my role as a hospitalist. I rediscovered this passion after stepping away from my ten year long position as the medical director of our hospitalist group where I also served as chief of medicine and chairman of our clinical quality improvement committee. I believe these experiences enhanced my ability to be a more well rounded teacher and physician.
Practicing medicine in the Grand Rapids area and more specifically Mercy Health Saint Mary's has been a true blessing. I respect the balance I have witnessed at this institution between excellent clinical care and a truly compassionate level of care. I also enjoy the collegiality I experience with both the nursing staff and the consultant physicians.
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks ND
Mercy Health St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Rapids MI
My hobbies are 'all things sports'. I enjoy kayaking, downhill skiing, golfing, and playing hockey.
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Ball Memorial Family Medicine, Muncie, Indiana
Mercy Health Saint Mary's
I am married to a wonderful ER physician and we have 3 children. We recently put down roots in East Grand Rapids along with our two beagle mix rescue dogs. When the opportunity arises, I enjoy running 5k & 10k's as well as the once-a-year River Bank 25K.
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
I have overseen the development of the Family Medicine Service (our inpatient service) and currently serve on various administrative committees. I also co-manage the practice management curriculum with Dr. Travis. I am one of the faculty advisers for the Recruitment Committee. From a research standpoint, I am focused on Inpatient Quality as well as the occasional interesting cases.
I joined GRFMR as faculty in 2006, shortly after moving to Michigan. I am unabashedly a transplanted Hoosier, graduating from Hanover College in 1998, Indiana University School of Medicine in 2002 and completing my Family Medicine Residency at Ball Memorial Hospital in 2005. I was drawn to FM as a specialty because I enjoyed interacting with all ages of patients, teaching them about their diseases and partnering with them in their health care. In a similar way, I have been drawn into residency education, striving to help residents grow in their knowledge and passion for family medicine.
St. Mary's/Blodgett/MSU
Wege IM, 300 Lafayette SE #3000
I enjoy travel and cooking.
University of Michigan
IM Resident Clinic Director, Inpatient and Outpatient Teaching/Supervising of Care
I chose to practice in Grand Rapids for the opportunity to be involved in teaching medical residents and practice medicine in a progressive medical community. I also wanted to live in a city that offers a variety of activities to pursue in an urban or rural setting. This includes cultural activities such as the theater, music and arts. It also includes outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, cross-country and downhill skiing, fishing, boating or beach time. It's a very convenient location to visit other places whether driving up north or to Chicago or flying anywhere in the world.
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