Spring 2015 Volume 4 Issue 1

Brown Family Medicine Alumni Association News about your residency...

Brown Family Medicine Alumni Association Networking Event

Dr. Gowri Anandarajah was named the 2015 Teacher of the Year at the RIAFP Conference held in March. Congratulations, Gowri!

Left to Right: Jen Buckley, Phil Salko and JaNae Lewis

Left to Right: Jess Huang, Erin Wisman and Cameron Nienaber

The Board of the RI Academy of Family Practice

Welcome Class of 2018! David Stat, MD Alpert Medical School of Brown University Undergrad at Stanford University, BA, Human Biology Founded two software companies: CommentAnywhere, which enabled interpersonal and group multi-media collaboration on any web site; and ManagedQ, which allows clients to contribute to a centralized knowledge cloud. Founding member of the Dermatology Interest Group at Brown. FM Interests: adolescent medicine Other Interests: Entrepreneurship, bioinformatics, computer programming, mechanical/electrical engi-

neering, world travel, horology, rare books, diving, sailing, target shooting, squash, tennis and golf.

Brinton Woods, DO AT Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine Undergrad at University of Utah, BS, Health Promotion and Education Worked as a medical assistant and special projects coordinator for Wasatch Homeless Health Care in Salt Lake City. Also served as a civilian volunteer medic aboard the USNS Mercy Hospital Ship. FM Interests: Underserved populations, OB, Palliative Care Other Interests: Fly fishing, hiking, photography, music, and spending time with his family and dog

Chelsea Graham, DO Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine Undergrad at Simmons College, BS, Biochemistry and Spanish Served as a Fullbright Garcia Robles Scholar researching self-care practices and perceptions surrounding gesta-tional diabetes in Mexico; and worked at youth STI clinic in New York City. Received Gold Humanism Award FM Interests: Global Health, TCM, underserved populations Other Interests: travel, foreign languages, documentaries, foreign films, farmers markets, yoga, outdoor activi-ties with friends and family.

Amanda Stermer, MD University of Rochester School of Medicine Undergrad at Cedar Crest College, BA, Psychology Co-led the Psychiatry Interest Group as well as AMSA Chapter Served as a Scaife Fellow at Rochesters Institute for Research Education and Training in Addiction FM Interests: Behavioral Health/Biopsychosocial Medicine Other Interests: hiking, jewelry making, watercolor painting

Jason Li, DO Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine New York Studied at University of British Columbia, BS, Microbiology, Immunology, Computer Science; Masters, Zoolo-gy Worked on biomechanics research on underwater vehicles and hip replacement designs at the University of British Columbia Served as a Citizen Services Offices for the Government of Canada FM Interests: Rural Health Other Interests: swimming, hiking and skiing

Theresa Tess Clearman, MD Weill Cornell Medical College Undergrad at Swarthmore College, BA, History and Latin American Studies Worked in a Rural Health Center in Kenya where she taught reproductive health classes. At Cornell, served as co-president of the Weill Cornell Medical College Performing Arts Club FM Interests: OB, teaching, clinical research Other Interests: Classical singing, social dance, road trips, hiking and all things outdoors.

Nicole Gleyzer, DO New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine Undergrad at Brandeis, BS, Health: Science, Society and Policy; Masters in Human Nutrition, Columbia University Volunteered in rural clinics and hospitals in Belize, and acted as team leader in simulation lab for NYIT Nursing and Physician Assistant students Spanish (basic) FM Interests: Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Nutrition Other Interests: swimming, kickboxing, windsurfing, painting, drawing, and travel.

Joshua Kahane, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School Undergrad at Colby College, BA, Economics Worked as a research analyst for a healthcare finance company, as well as a project coordinator for Mass General study to wirelessly monitor patient adherence to treatment in Uganda FM Interests: underserved populations, healthcare policy, and models for healthcare services Other Interests: surfing, skiing, biking, soccer, basketball, fishing, spending time with family and friends

April Barnum, DO Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Undergrad at Fordham University, BS ,Biological Sciences Conducted group music sessions of patients with chronic pain Designed a smoking cessation program for elementary students in Camden New Jersey FM interests: Underserved populations, music therapy and Sports Medicine Other interests: Classical and electric cello, soccer international travel and dance

Yardana (Dana) Kaufman, MD Tufts University School of Medicine Undergrad at Barnard College, BA, Biochemistry Designed group prenatal care program for underserved adolescents Participated in the Bridge over Troubled Water mobile medical van for homeless youth Speaks Hebrew FM interests: Underserved populations, Reproductive health

Jennifer (Jenny) Rosenbaum, MD Boston University School of Medicine Grinnell College, BA, Anthropology Taught High School English and Math in Lesotho Co-leader of a group that redesigned and taught the BU Global Health Equity elective Board Member of the national chapter of Medical Students for Choice FM Interests: Global Health, Reproductive Health, Care of the Underserved Other interests: Celtic Harp and a cappella group singing

Bridget Hottenstein, MD Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Villanova, BE, Electrical Engineering Was a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserves where she supervised a multinational naval exercise aimed at foster-ing relations with North African nations Research Assistant; studied the screening of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women in Lima, Peru

Ryan Heney, MD Alpert Medical School of Brown University Undergrad at Boston College, BS, Chemistry Served as student leader in project with Browns Office of Medical Education to design, coordinate and teach a learn-er-led faculty development program on the role of technology in creating and supporting learning experiences Married to second-year resident Jessica Heney! FM Interests: Medical Education Other Interests: gardening, DIY home renovation, coffee, home brewing, fishing and hunting.

Congratulations! Dr. Steve Cummings received the 2015 Gabriel Smilkstein Award for Outstanding Con-tributions to the Growth and Development of Family Medicine Education from the Group on Global Health of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. This award is named in honor of Dr Smilkstein, who was very active in the pro-motion of family medicine education world-wide. Dr. Cummings response to the award, I am truly honored by the recognition. Indeed, in-ternational family medicine development was my stated goal when applying to the MH FM resi-dency in 1979. In those days there was a lot more room to chart one's course through the program. I managed to carve 3 months out of Pawtucket for electives in the emergency tent of the Cam-

bodian refugee camp on the Thai border and the surgi-cal service at the Mellon Hospital in Haiti. It was a case of back to roots. I didn't start pre-med until 10 years out of college (Brown '63), almost all spent in relief and resettlement work between Algeria '63-65 and Vietnam '65-70. The Vietnam Family Medicine Development Project which I co-founded in 1996 marked a slow circle back to reprise a social service role at a time when U.S.-Vietnam reconciliation was just beginning to gain traction. Much thanks goes to the Brown pro-gram where I have continuously found support and encouragement.

News from the STFM Conference in Orlando, FL Melissa Nothnagle reports, We reunited with many Brown alums who are now teachers of family medicine, including Chris Bositis (Lawrence FMR), Jess Early (Tufts FMR), Mary Beth Sutter (University of New Mexico MCH Fellowship), Nirali Bora (Grand Rapids FMR), Kohar Jones (Univ of Chicago), Sarah Morchen (Crozer-Keystone FMR, PA), Tu Mai Tran (United Family Health Care, Shanghai, China), Grace Shih (University of Washington FMR), James Breen (Cone Health FMR, Greensboro, NC) and Jodi Roque (University of North Carolina FMR). Other alums whose collaborative work was represented but who couldn't be here in person are Meg Lekander Dob-son (University of Michigan FMR, just had baby #3 Corinne) and Amity Ru-beor (Brown FM Sport Medicine Fellowship, busy at Sports Med conference). And of course it was great to see our beloved former FCC medical director Arnold Goldberg! The enormous Brown FM posse presenting our research at STFM in Orlando included current residents CK Berkowitz, Melissa Mackel, Krissy Conner, Sam Greenburg, faculty Dave Anthony, Julie Taylor, Jordan White, Fadya El Rayess, Anna Filip, Melissa Nothnagle, Nicole Siegert, Sue Magee, Steve Cummings, and Brown medi-cal students Angela Yang and Meeka Gandhi.

Steve Cummings on left

Brown Family Medicine Class Notes Sara Watson 15 Was named the RI Academy of Family Physicians Resident of the Year.

Cameron Nienaber 13 Is engaged to Dan Kay (a lawyer in NYC) and will be married on Aug 29th. They got engaged on Sept 22nd, 2014 in Yosemite.

Jordan White 09 Received the Profiles in Competence Award - Ability IV: Professionalism Award from STFM.

Nirali Bora 09 Announces the arrival of her son, Arav in October. Arav joins older brother Ravi.

Melissa Nothnagle02 Received the Program Director Recognition Award, Bronze level from the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, American Academy of Family Physicians. Dave Anthony 00 Recently received the Society of Family Medicine Innovation Award for his FM cases. Rabin Chandran99 Was named Physician of the Year by the RI Academy of Family Physicians. Joanne Wilkinson '98 Lives in Melrose, MA and Narragansett, RI and is cur-rently working in the Boston University Department of Family Medicine doing a combination of research, medical student teaching, clinical work, mentoring fel-lows and most important, being a mom to Maggie (7). She is in RI frequently on the weekends especially in the summer and can be reached at jwilkmd@gmail.com.

Folosade Ajayi will become a Maternal Child Health Fellow. She comes to us from Morehouse Family Medicine in Atlanta, GA. And graduated from Dart-mouth Medical School. She received her MPH from the Alpert Medical School. She will be based at Womens Care in Pawtucket.

Meet Our New Fellows! Melissa Mackel will become our second Sports Medicine Fellow. She will gradu-ate from the Brown Family Medi-cine Residency this June and she also graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and Penn State University.

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