GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION Review

Fall 2014

ResidencyADVANCING KNOWLEDGE. TRANSFORMING LIVES.

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Family Medicine’s Inaugural Residency Team

Our Family Medicine Residency started its first residents at the second-year level (PGY-2) this past spring, and the first class of new resi-dents (PGY-1) started July 1. The program is doing extremely well under the leadership of Program Director Dr. Gary Goforth and Assis-tant Program Director Dr. Julia Fashner.

AT LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM

Kristin Miller, M.D.PGY-3 - Co-Chief

Resident

Jack Arnold, M.D.PGY-2

Sherry Farag, M.D.PGY-2

Lucia Huffman, M.D.

PGY-2

Roy Klossner, M.D.PGY-2 - Co-Chief

Resident

Chelsey Scheiner, D.O.

PGY-2

James Toldi, D.O.PGY-2

Lee Coghill, M.D.PGY-1

Elizabeth Midney-Martinez, M.D.

PGY-1

Carl Nyberg, M.D.PGY-1

Mohammad Sadat, M.D.

PGY-1

Alyson Sanchious, M.D.

PGY-1

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Welcome, PGY-1 Internal Medicine Residents:

New Internal Medicine Residents

Internal Medicine (IM) Resident Presentations

AT TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE (TMH)

Class of 2017

Sammy Ashouri, M.D. Vishal Dahya, M.D. Jillianne Grayson, M.D. Anthony Herzog, M.D. Marta Klisinska, M.D.

Rochelle Marill, M.D. Sahar Naeem, M.D. Tomonori Oyadomari, M.D.

Rachel Russell, M.D. Salil Shah, M.D.

Congratulations to the IM residents who attended the Florida Medical Association poster symposium recently in Orlando: Drs. Shahid Ahmad, Tony Martinez, Matt DeNunzio and Aisha Waheed. Also to Drs. Shahid Ahmad and Vishal Dahya, whose abstracts were selected for presentation at the American College of Physicians Florida Chapter meeting held in Fort Lauderdale.

Dr. Shahid Ahmad by poster “Post Operative Complications of a Patient with Pheochromocytoma”

Dr. Tony Martinez by poster “Preventable Colchicine Toxicity in a 56 Year Old Female Who Presented With Pancytopenia”

Q: What is the PAAC?A: The PAAC is a committee within the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM). Q: What are some of the committee’s tasks?A: It is a group charged to work with current members to gain feedback and coordinate development activities as well as develop strategies to recruit and welcome new program administrators (PAs) to APDIM. The committee also oversees the APDIM PA Mentor Program, PA social activities and PA newsletter. Q: How long do committee members serve?A: Members serve a two-year term.

Page 3Coordinator’s CornerFaye Justin, IM CoordinatorCongratulations Faye, for being selected to serve on the Pro-gram Administration Advisory Council (PAAC).

Ms. Faye Justin (left) and Dr. Greg Todd, Internal Medicine Program Director, attending FSU’s Residency Fair.

Welcome PGY-1 Pediatric ResidentsAT SACRED HEART HEALTHSYSTEM PENSACOLA

Jennifer Bouso, M.D. Julie Burch, M.D. Christine Denton, M.D. Adriana Fernandez, M.D.

Mudasser Ibrahim, M.D. Riley Baker Livingston, M.D.

Christine Pham, M.D. Ryan Wade, M.D. Byron Weaver, M.D.

General Surgery Coordinator

We welcome our newest coordinator.Lilly’s prior work with medical stu-dents will be an as-set to this position.

Ms. Lilly Lewis

at TMH

Page 4A Message from the DIO

Dr. Alma B. Littles Joining our OB-GYN Residency are Four PGY-1 Physicians

Reesa Child, M.D.

Samantha Lavergne Vidrine, M.D.

Kimberly Manek, M.D.

Briana Phillips, M.D.

I want to start this column off by thanking Dr. Joan Meek, whose leadership over the past 21/2

years has been instrumental in get-ting us to this point in our Graduate Medical Education (GME) growth. Dr. Meek resigned her position as Designated Institutional Official (DIO) of the FSU College of Medi-cine to assume a leadership posi-tion with Healthcare Corporation of America, where she will lead the development of residency pro-grams for an entire health system. She leaves our GME programs in excellent shape, with full ACGME accreditation of all of the current programs and significant progress on completion of applications to es-tablish the new ones. We wish Dr. Meek the best in her new endeavor!

As we recruit an Associate Dean for GME, and I re-assume the role of DIO in the interim, I am privileged to work with an outstanding team in the GME office, along with excel-lent residency directors, residents, residency staff and supportive hos-pital and practice partners. As a

new benefit to FSU residency and fellowship programs, the Univer-sity Maguire Medical Library team recently launched “Course Pages” that provide quick access to medi-cal library resources. The highlight-ed resources on each page have been selected to provide an easy way to access scientific literature, authoritative medical texts, evi-dence-based research, and point-of-care tools that are specific to each residency and fellowship. Course Pages can be accessed from the Ma-guire Medical Library homepage at http://med.fsu.edu/library, near the bottom right of the screen. As al-ways, our medical library team is available to answer any questions.

Finally, I offer my personal con-gratulations to our recent gradu-ates and welcome the newest mem-bers of our housestaff - interns and fellow, as well as those who joined us this year as upper-level residents – to the FSU College of Medicine Family! Our GME Division contin-ues to grow and develop success-ful physicians caring for patients in Florida and beyond. While our programs operate in hospitals and practices throughout the state, each of them represents and promotes the College’s mission of caring for underserved populations in Flori-da. You will see examples of that throughout this newsletter.

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Fort Myers is the sixth city I have lived in over a period of five years, and once I stepped off the plane I felt like I was home. I have chosen to come to Lee Memorial to finish my Family Medicine Residency, which I started one year ago at the University of Kentucky. After training in a large academic medical center, I appreci-ate the close-knit environment of a community hospital, where everyone makes the effort to get to know your name and your story. I traveled often growing up, and I learned to adapt to new envi-ronments. Starting new has become a part of who I am. Many people have asked why I would move across the country to a new residency program after my intern year and venture into the unknown. The answer is that I wanted to shape a new program and be a part of the class that leads the way for all the residents that will eventually train here. I love to work with interns and students, and I have a passion to teach, and this program allowed me the opportunity to teach and to set a standard for our future classes. Once I started my training at Lee Memorial, I quickly realized that many of the people I am work-ing with have never worked with a resident and don’t really know the functioning capacity of a resident. I was a little scared at first. However, this was a blessing in disguise, as I got to know many of the nurses, techs and medical assistants (MAs) who always greeted me with a smile and asked about residency. I got to tell them about what I do. That I take care of my own patients, see them

in the hospital and in the clinic, put in orders and round on them daily. I also admit and discharge and work closely with other providers. I tell them that as a Fam-ily Medicine Resident I see people of all ages, and work with men, women and children and take care of their every need. I deliver babies and fol-low them in clinic. I work with the underserved population of this com-munity, who desperately need the at-tention and care. The staff are usually pleasantly surprised, as they initially thought that we were “just students.” I al-ways tell them with a big smile that being a doctor means that you are a student for life, and I take pride in that as I get to learn every day and my patients become an open book. They always end the conversation with “Welcome, we’re so glad to have you.” I can’t explain in words how great it feels to hear that. I was used to being a number, one out of 3,000 others who carried a pager around at all times. Being a resident means that we get to work long hours. On most rotations we can average about 80 hours per week, and have four days off a month – that’s easily double the amount of time an average person works. The long hours can halt our life outside of the hospital and clinic, but residency essentially becomes our life as we realize that we are re-sponsible for the lives of others, and we gladly put their needs ahead of our own. This is what I chose to do. I haven’t looked back, and I wouldn’t change a second of it. Watching our bright intern class start their first few

days of residency put a smile on my face. I had my first opportunity to lead our inpatient team as the first chief resident on the hospital service for this program. The new interns were so excited and so happy to take on the responsibility of saving lives; their enthusiasm and willingness to jump in were priceless. So as a patient, if you hear the words “the resident will see you now,” consider this: You get a young doctor unrestricted by time. We are hopeful and enthusiastic. We are there for you and your family. We listen intently. Maybe you think we’re asking too many questions, but we’re determined to get a complete history. We know our job is to listen and be meticulous about our physi-cal exam. Seriously, when was the last time you had someone listen to you so earnestly? We will report our findings and our plan back to our supervising physician; and make sure you don’t leave without all your questions an-swered and all your needs met. We don’t rush you or look at the clock as you describe in detail a long list of medical problems. We care. We are young. We are at the intersection of theory and reality. We practice medicine accord-ing to the most recent guidelines and base our treatment plan on evidence-based research. Consider it a good thing, you get a second set of eyes that looks for anything that may be causing you discomfort; and most importantly, you may become instru-mental in shaping a young doctor’s career path.

Dr. Sherry Farag, PGY-2 Family Medicine resident, wrote for the Lee County Medical Society October Bulletin and shares her article here.

Why be a Resident? I see people of all ages, and work with men, women and

children and take care of their every need. I deliver babies and follow them in clinic. I work with the underserved popula-tion of this community ...

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Suggestions? Contact the *Editor

Alma B. Littles, M.D. | Senior Associate Dean / Designated Institutional Official | alma.littles@med.fsu.edu | 850.644.5905Chris Mulrooney, Ph.D. | Assistant Dean | chris.mulrooney@med.fsu.edu | 850.645.9646

GME Office Staff

Dr. Littles Dr. Mulrooney Connie Jessee

Connie Donohoe, MPH | Program Mgr. (*Residency Review editor) | connie.donohoe@med.fsu.edu | 850.645.6867Jessee Graham | Program Associate | jessee.graham@med.fsu.edu | 850.645.9977

Newest Program DirectorAT DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF TALLAHASSEE

Dr. Jeremy Sunseri

Incoming FellowDr. George Cohen

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The GME Office is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. George Cohen to our faculty to lead the formation of, and provide oversight for, our new Dermatology Residen-cy Program in Tallahassee in partnership with Dermatol-ogy Associates. A graduate

of Howard University College of Medicine, Dr. Cohen was in private practice in dermatology in Washington, D.C., for much of his career. He then served as Chief of the Dermatology section of the Veterans Affairs Medi-cal Center in Washington for several years before re-locating to Florida. He directed the dermatology resi-dency training program at the V.A. Medical Center. In Florida, Dr. Cohen has taught and held leadership po-sitions at the University of South Florida, the James A. Haley V.A. Hospital, and the University of Florida. We are privileged to now have Dr. Cohen join our faculty as Program Director of the FSU College of Medicine Dermatology Residency Program at Dermatology As-sociates (Tallahassee). Welcome, Dr. Cohen!

Dr. Jeremy Sunseri is our Pro-cedural Dermatology Fellow for the 2014-15 year. Dr. Sunseri is a graduate of the University of Utah School of Medicine and completed his Dermatology Res-idency at Warren Alpert Medical

School of Brown University. His work experience in-cludes Director of In Vivo Pharmacology and Micro-surgery Specialist at SuperGen Inc., Research Assistant II and Microsurgery Specialist at Exelixis Pharmaceu-ticals, Department of Pharmacology - San Francisco, California, and Rodent Microsurgeon at Charles River Laboratories. He received the Carmela Gagliardi Fel-lowship, National Italian American Foundation and was awarded a Medical Student Training Grant from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Sunseri is al-ready proving to be a tremendous asset to our Proce-dural Dermatology Fellowship Program.