Faculty

David Michael Smeenge, MD, FAAFP, Transitional Year Program Director

Dr. Smeenge was born and raised in Holland, Michigan where he marched in Tulip Time parades, worked at a local summer camp, and built robots. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and engaged in research and development of polymeric biomaterials. During medical school at Wayne State University, he wrote an electronic medical record system for free clinics and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He completed the majority of his Family Medicine Residency at Resurrection Health in Memphis, TN (now Cahaba Urban Program in Birmingham, AL) until its closure, and finished the remainder of his residency at Trinity Health Hospital in Livonia. His professional interests include Global Health with a focus on the Middle East, underserved care in faith-based Federally Qualified Health Centers, quality care and mortality analysis, and training residents to go anywhere they are called to go.

He served as Associate Program Director in Family Medicine for three years prior to assuming responsibility as the Transitional Year Program Director. He remains on faculty with the Trinity Health Family Medicine Program and is board certified in Family Medicine.

Preeti Misra, MD, Program Director of Internal Medicine

Preeti Misra is the Program Director for the Transitional Year Residency Program. Before taking on the role as the Program Director, she has been a core faculty member at St. Mary Mercy Hospital and Sinai Grace Hospital/Detroit Medical Center. She is a graduate of the Internal Medicine residency program at Sinai Grace Hospital/Wayne State University. She is board certified in Internal medicine and has a strong interest in Quality Improvement and Research. She is also the lead faculty for Research and Quality Improvement for the Internal Medicine program at St Mary Mercy Hospital. Her interests include teaching an Evidence Based Medicine Curriculum, helping residents with their scholarly activity and teaching and mentoring residents in high value care. She is a physician champion with the HMS/BCBSM initiative and involved with multiple QI activities. Dr. Misra's professional affiliations include the American College of Physicians, AHME, and several regional and national societies

Ashleigh Blackburn, Program Administrator

Ashleigh is the program administrator for the Transitional Year program. She also works closely with Internal Medicine, visiting residents and medical students. Before taking over the Transitional Year program, she worked as the Administrative Assistant for our GME office, and previously worked as a nanny and an assistant manager at Hallmark. Her interests include diamond painting, reading and spending time with family.