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 * SIMULATION CENTER SPOTLIGHT
   The WMed Simulation Center has been granted full reaccreditation by the
   Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) for the next five years. News of
   the important milestone came in August following a site visit in May from a
   two-person team that participated in a tour of the Simulation Center,
   conducted interviews with leadership, staff and users of the Simulation
   Center, reviewed handbooks, procedures, case and training materials, and
   program evaluations and processes. John Hoyle, MD “It’s important and it
   shows that we meet a really high standard that’s been verified by SSH, an
   organization with the sole purpose of assuring that simulation-based
   education is done well,” said John Hoyle, MD, assistant dean for Simulation.
   “It’s exciting and it’s a reflection of all of our hard work.” The Simulation
   Center first received full core accreditation and full accreditation in
   teaching and education from SSH in 2018. SSH is the largest healthcare
   simulation accrediting body in the world. Dr. Hoyle said the reaccreditation
   process was a collaborative effort that involved every team member in the
   Simulation Center, including Connie Worline, director of Clinical Simulation;
   Neil Hughes, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine who is a
   WMed alumnus and former simulation fellow; Ryan Richards, manager of
   Simulation Operations; Standardized Patient Coordinator Havilah MacInnes;
   Administrative Assistant Linda Bunting, and simulation center specialists. At
   WMed, simulation is a key component of medical education and serves as a
   bridge for students between the classroom and clinical area. In addition to
   its integration into the undergraduate curriculum at WMed, the Simulation
   Center also supports simulation-based exercises for graduate medical
   education and regularly hosts training events for Kalamazoo’s two hospitals,
   Ascension Borgess Hospital and Bronson Methodist Hospital. Currently,
   first-year students at WMed complete more than 90 hours of simulation-based
   training as part of their Medical First Responder course, Dr. Hoyle said. In
   2022 and 2023 combined, the Simulation Center hosted more than 14,000
   learners who logged more than 67,000 hours of training. “We see and interact
   with every student and every resident in the institution,” Dr. Hoyle said.
   The Simulation Center is made up of more than 25,000 square feet of space
   between two locations – the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus and Ascension Borgess
   Hospital – with a staff of 20, including two directors, two coordinators,
   simulation specialists and technicians, and more than 70 standardized
   patients. At the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus, the Simulation Center boasts more
   than 24,000 square feet and includes a 13-bed virtual hospital with a large
   operating room and three debriefing rooms, a 12-room ambulatory clinic, two
   large control rooms, two procedure labs, two classrooms, an ultrasonography
   suite, and a virtual endoscopic surgery room. Additionally, the center is an
   American Heart Association authorized training center for Basic and Advanced
   Life Support an and an authorized training site for Pediatric Advanced Life
   Support. The Simulation Center is also authorized to provide remote testing
   for the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery. The Simulation Center at
   Ascension Borgess Hospital opened in 2016 and includes 4,100 square feet with
   a two-bed clinical room with advanced equipment and high-fidelity manikins, a
   procedure room, an FLS Surgery training room and classrooms.  Dr. Hoyle said
   that as simulation-based learning at the medical school continues to expand,
   he and his team in the Simulation Center are working to provide the best
   learning experience possible. Over the last year, he said a number of adult
   and pediatric human patient simulators have been replaced and later this
   year, the audiovisual system in the facility at W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus will
   be overhauled and upgraded. “The more training we can do and the more
   high-risk cases we can simulate for our learners, the more we can help
   provide safer patient care,” he said.    
   + More

 * STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
   When he began his address to the MD Class of 2024, Saad B. Omer, MPH, PhD,
   MBBS, took the students back to when they began medical school, reminding
   them of how their journey started in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. The
   MD Class of 2024 was honored during a commencement ceremony on May 9, 2024,
   at WMU's Miller Auditorium. And then, he immediately looked forward and spoke
   of how the last four years can help shape their futures as young physicians.
   Saad B. Omer, MPH, PhD, MBBS “It was not your choice to start your medical
   training surrounded by an enormous tragedy but it is your choice how you are
   shaped by it because the greatest of generations come out of the darkest of
   tragedies,” Dr. Omer said. ‘You are the first cohort of a generation of
   physicians and scientists molded by this adversity. You have the choice to be
   the greatest generation of physicians  and scientists there ever was." Dr.
   Omer, who serves as founding dean of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public
   Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center, was the keynote speaker at this
   year’s commencement ceremony, which was held on May 9, 2024, at WMU’s Miller
   Auditorium. The event was a celebration for the medical school’s seventh
   class of new doctors, as well as graduates of the Master of Science in
   Biomedical Sciences and Medical Engineering degree programs. WMed Dean Robert
   G. Sawyer, MD, congratulated the 84 MD graduates for selecting a career path
   “that will have a profound impact on the health of individuals and the
   communities where they will live.” “Each graduating class contributes to
   building our legacy and a rich history of excellence,” Dr. Sawyer said. “Your
   success as graduates is a measure of our success as a medical school. We look
   forward to all that you will achieve throughout your careers and watching how
   the work you do benefits our society.” WMed Dean Robert G. Sawyer, MD
   Students from the MD Class of 2024 arrived at WMed in July 2020 in the middle
   of the COVID-19 pandemic. As she addressed her classmates, M4 Amy Shao
   recalled the “scary, unprecedented time” and how the cohort met for lectures
   on Microsoft Teams and had to wear face masks and face shields during anatomy
   lab and Medical First Responder training. “People told us medical school
   would be tough, but it’s hard to conceptualize until you actually go through
   it, and over the next four years I know we all had days that absolutely
   sucked,” Shao said. “On the flip side, I know we all had days that were
   uplifting and fulfilling and reminded us why we decided to do medicine in the
   first place. “You navigated through all your bad days and rejoiced at all
   your better days and balanced everything in life to make it to today,” Shao
   added. “And now, you’re about to become empathetic, compassionate, and
   hard-working doctors, with some extra wrinkles and dark circles, and I
   couldn’t be more proud of the work you’ve put in. I’m sure residency will
   have its own good and bad days, but I’m confident you’ll make it through, and
   I can’t wait to see all the places you’ll go and accomplishments you’ll
   achieve.” In his remarks to the Class of 2024, Dr. Omer told the students
   that, as their journey as physicians gets underway, they must strive to do
   better than their predecessors. He said they must work to build a more just
   world, be active participants in the battle against global climate change,
   and create “a world in which your patients’ well-being is not continuously
   threatened by the ever-present demons of racism and authoritarianism.” At the
   same time, Dr. Omer told the students they will face many challenges in the
   coming years – life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped and access to quality
   healthcare remains unequal. Misinformation is also rampant, he said, and
   distrust in medicine and the healthcare system is unacceptably high. Amy
   Shao, MD “It is these challenges, medical and social, that you and your
   patients face,” Dr. Omer said. “Greatness is not achieved on cruise control.
   It is by rising to generational challenges that you will become the greatest
   generation of physicians.” As he concluded his address, Dr. Omer reminded the
   students that as they become the greatest generation of doctors in the coming
   years, they also have a responsibility to make sure they do not remain the
   greatest generation for long. That torch, he said, must be passed to the next
   generation of doctors who will follow in their footsteps. “Not because of a
   greater tragedy but because you made sure that you passed on your wisdom by
   being better mentors than we ever were,” Dr. Omer said. “I am optimistic that
   you all can do this. To borrow from the Nobel Prize winning paster from
   Atlanta, you must act with the ‘fierce urgency of now’ because I often say
   hope is not a delusion, because you have the power to change things. “As
   Spiderman said, with great power comes great responsibility.”    
   + More

 * FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
   Several WMed faculty members recently made the list of Stanford
   University/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings, which identifies the world’s
   leading researchers. The highly prestigious list of top scientists uses
   Scopus data provided by Elsevier through ICSR Lab and encompasses
   standardized data on citations, h-index, and a wide range of bibliometric
   factors. The highly prestigious list of top scientists uses Scopus data
   provided by Elsevier through ICSR Lab and encompasses standardized data on
   citations, h-index, and a wide range of bibliometric factors. Scientists are
   classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the
   standard Science-Metrix classification. The latest list of top researchers
   draws from the October 1, 2023, snapshot from Scopus, updated to the end of
   citation year 2022. “We are pleased that our medical school faculty have been
   recognized amongst the world’s leading researchers as they contribute to the
   advancement of medicine and science through their research,” said Robert G.
   Sawyer, MD, the medical school dean. The following WMed faculty made the list
   of top researchers: Rajiv Tandon, MBBS, MD, MS (Professor Emeritus,
   Department of Psychiatry) Robert W. Rebar, MD (Professor Emeritus, Department
   of Obstetrics and Gynecology) Thomas L. Rothstein, MD, PhD (Chair and
   Professor, Department of Investigative Medicine) Kevin A. Ault, MD (Chair and
   Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) Dilip R. Patel, MBBS
   (Chair ad Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine) Craig
   A. Beam, PhD (Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences) Robert G. Sawyer,
   MD (The Hal B. Jenson, MD Dean; Senior Associate Dean for Research;
   Professor, Department of Surgical Services) Donald E. Greydanus, MD
   (Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine) Joseph A.
   Prahlow (Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology) For more information
   about the full list of scientist rankings, visit https://bit.ly/3X6VzI7.    
   + More

 * RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT
   More than 70 resident physicians and fellows were honored in June for
   completing their residency and fellowship training at WMed. WMed boasts 10
   residency programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine,
   General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics and
   Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. There also are
   five one-year fellowships for Emergency Medical Services, Forensic Pathology,
   Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Simulation, and Sports Medicine. Several
   programs celebrated their graduates in private ceremonies. The graduates have
   spent between one and five years training in Southwest Michigan.  WMed boasts
   10 residency programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Family
   Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics
   and Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. There also
   are five one-year fellowships for Emergency Medical Services, Forensic
   Pathology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Simulation, and Sports Medicine.
   Of the 76 residents and fellows celebrated this year, 13 will remain and work
   in the Kalamazoo area. Meanwhile, an additional 15 residents will work in
   other cities in Michigan. Others will work throughout the nation, while many
   will go on to fellowship training. Here’s a complete list of this year’s
   resident and fellow graduates, as well as faculty who received awards:
   Emergency Medicine Alicia Nicole Anderson, DO (Chief) Baturay Aydemir, MD
   Kenneth Alan Bridgmon, DO Corbin Dean Donham, MD Edwin Lauritz Fundingsland,
   DO Eric Alden Hovda, DO Erik James Krueger, DO Nahal Massoudi, DO David
   Anthony Piscitelli, MD Joshua Robert Recknagel, MD (Chief) Kevin Rajiv
   Richardson, MD Michael Merle Samborn, DO John Linden Shinners, MD Mariah
   Christine Smith, DO Justin Myrick Winkler, MD (Chief) Emergency Medical
   Services Fellowship Stephen Andrew Godfrey, MD Family Medicine-Battle Creek
   Aron Thomas Chacko, MD Abbas Mokhtari, MD Priyanka Ajaysinh Rajput, MD Sojdeh
   Saber Hamishegi, MD (Chief) Suganiya Srikanthan, MD Layth Haitham Tumah, MD
   (Chief) Family Medicine-Kalamazoo Natan Harel, DO Syed Khairul Hussain, MD
   Lamiya Zehra Raghid, MD Jessel Lynton Ramdass, MD, MPH (Chief) Codi Alexis
   Sharp, DO (Chief) Mahsa Talebian, MD Wamidh Walid Tellow, MD Forensic
   Pathology Fellowship Haaris Iqbal, DO General Surgery Caitlyn Bo
   Cookenmaster, MD (Chief) Kyra Nicole Folkert, MD (Chief) Kent Matthew Grosh,
   MD (Chief) Sarah Ibrahim Khalil, MD (Chief) Hospice and Palliative Medicine
   Fellowship Colleen Elizabeth Howing, MD Alexandra Elizabeth Ortiz, MD
   Internal Medicine Syed Ibaad Ali, MD (Chief) Krishna Chaitanya Amerneni, MD
   Stephen Earl Ames, DO Matthew Ryan Belardo, MD (Chief) Benjamin Ingo Bizer,
   MD Alec Michael Johnson, DO (Chief) Harmanpreet Kaur, MD Andrew John Koelper,
   DO Brian Nohomovich, DO, PhD Alana Pinheiro Alves, MD Michael James Terrio,
   DO Medicine-Pediatrics Faisal Ansari, DO Taylor Joann Cable, MD (Chief) Ian
   Thomas Crumm, MD Blair Colleen Graham, DO Obstetrics and Gynecology Gina
   Marie Bravata, MD Emily Elizabeth Dempsey Brittany Darchelle Lett, MD (Chief)
   Diamond Nicole Stevens, MD Orthopaedic Surgery George James Borrelli, MD
   (Chief) Brandon Joseph Stradel, MD (Chief) Matthew Christopher Sweet, MD
   (Chief) Pediatrics Hanan Nayef Alhyari, MD Hannah Brooke Asebes, MD Bilal
   Samir Assi, MD Nourhan Gamal Shafik Bayoumy Shafeey, MD (Fourth-Year Chief)
   Lubaina Ehsan, MD (Chief) Janine Chun Yee Fung, MD Judy Jasser, MD Yahia
   Khanfar, MD Shekha Sherin Nelliadi, MD Mandeep Kaur Takhar, MD Psychiatry
   Salman Mohammad Abdul Majeed, DO Amar Wael Arafat, DO Drew Daniel Elson, DO
   (Chief) Jamil Alexander Khondker, MD Eric Allen Klomparens, MD (Chief) Kailin
   Hollenbeck Kuo, MD Linda Saju, MD Sports Medicine Fellowship Michael Joseph
   Matthews, DO 2024 Teaching Awards Emergency Medicine James Hull, DO Mohamed
   Mohamed, MD Josh Recknagel, MD Family and Community Medicine Steve Pollens,
   MD Holly Schmidt, MD Kari Beth Watts, MD General Surgery Christian Ertl, MD
   Katherine Kelley, MD Gitonga Munene, MD Internal Medicine Ridwaan Albeiruti,
   MD James Hull, DO Corey Lager, MD Medicine-Pediatrics Neil Hughes, MD Corey
   Lager, MD Katherine Scott, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology Jennifer Carman, MD
   Jordan Wroblewski, DO Orthopaedic Surgery Cameron J. Vanlaningham, MD
   Pediatrics Jocelyn Deleon, MD Joseph Fakhoury, MD Nourhan Boyoumy Shafeey, MD
   Erica VanderKooy, MD Psychiatry Simhadri Botta, MD Elmira Yessengaliyeva, MD
    
   + More

 * SIMULATION CENTER SPOTLIGHT
   The WMed Simulation Center has been granted full reaccreditation by the
   Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) for the next five years. News of
   the important milestone came in August following a site visit in May from a
   two-person team that participated in a tour of the Simulation Center,
   conducted interviews with leadership, staff and users of the Simulation
   Center, reviewed handbooks, procedures, case and training materials, and
   program evaluations and processes. John Hoyle, MD “It’s important and it
   shows that we meet a really high standard that’s been verified by SSH, an
   organization with the sole purpose of assuring that simulation-based
   education is done well,” said John Hoyle, MD, assistant dean for Simulation.
   “It’s exciting and it’s a reflection of all of our hard work.” The Simulation
   Center first received full core accreditation and full accreditation in
   teaching and education from SSH in 2018. SSH is the largest healthcare
   simulation accrediting body in the world. Dr. Hoyle said the reaccreditation
   process was a collaborative effort that involved every team member in the
   Simulation Center, including Connie Worline, director of Clinical Simulation;
   Neil Hughes, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine who is a
   WMed alumnus and former simulation fellow; Ryan Richards, manager of
   Simulation Operations; Standardized Patient Coordinator Havilah MacInnes;
   Administrative Assistant Linda Bunting, and simulation center specialists. At
   WMed, simulation is a key component of medical education and serves as a
   bridge for students between the classroom and clinical area. In addition to
   its integration into the undergraduate curriculum at WMed, the Simulation
   Center also supports simulation-based exercises for graduate medical
   education and regularly hosts training events for Kalamazoo’s two hospitals,
   Ascension Borgess Hospital and Bronson Methodist Hospital. Currently,
   first-year students at WMed complete more than 90 hours of simulation-based
   training as part of their Medical First Responder course, Dr. Hoyle said. In
   2022 and 2023 combined, the Simulation Center hosted more than 14,000
   learners who logged more than 67,000 hours of training. “We see and interact
   with every student and every resident in the institution,” Dr. Hoyle said.
   The Simulation Center is made up of more than 25,000 square feet of space
   between two locations – the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus and Ascension Borgess
   Hospital – with a staff of 20, including two directors, two coordinators,
   simulation specialists and technicians, and more than 70 standardized
   patients. At the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus, the Simulation Center boasts more
   than 24,000 square feet and includes a 13-bed virtual hospital with a large
   operating room and three debriefing rooms, a 12-room ambulatory clinic, two
   large control rooms, two procedure labs, two classrooms, an ultrasonography
   suite, and a virtual endoscopic surgery room. Additionally, the center is an
   American Heart Association authorized training center for Basic and Advanced
   Life Support an and an authorized training site for Pediatric Advanced Life
   Support. The Simulation Center is also authorized to provide remote testing
   for the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery. The Simulation Center at
   Ascension Borgess Hospital opened in 2016 and includes 4,100 square feet with
   a two-bed clinical room with advanced equipment and high-fidelity manikins, a
   procedure room, an FLS Surgery training room and classrooms.  Dr. Hoyle said
   that as simulation-based learning at the medical school continues to expand,
   he and his team in the Simulation Center are working to provide the best
   learning experience possible. Over the last year, he said a number of adult
   and pediatric human patient simulators have been replaced and later this
   year, the audiovisual system in the facility at W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus will
   be overhauled and upgraded. “The more training we can do and the more
   high-risk cases we can simulate for our learners, the more we can help
   provide safer patient care,” he said.    
   + More

 * STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
   When he began his address to the MD Class of 2024, Saad B. Omer, MPH, PhD,
   MBBS, took the students back to when they began medical school, reminding
   them of how their journey started in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. The
   MD Class of 2024 was honored during a commencement ceremony on May 9, 2024,
   at WMU's Miller Auditorium. And then, he immediately looked forward and spoke
   of how the last four years can help shape their futures as young physicians.
   Saad B. Omer, MPH, PhD, MBBS “It was not your choice to start your medical
   training surrounded by an enormous tragedy but it is your choice how you are
   shaped by it because the greatest of generations come out of the darkest of
   tragedies,” Dr. Omer said. ‘You are the first cohort of a generation of
   physicians and scientists molded by this adversity. You have the choice to be
   the greatest generation of physicians  and scientists there ever was." Dr.
   Omer, who serves as founding dean of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public
   Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center, was the keynote speaker at this
   year’s commencement ceremony, which was held on May 9, 2024, at WMU’s Miller
   Auditorium. The event was a celebration for the medical school’s seventh
   class of new doctors, as well as graduates of the Master of Science in
   Biomedical Sciences and Medical Engineering degree programs. WMed Dean Robert
   G. Sawyer, MD, congratulated the 84 MD graduates for selecting a career path
   “that will have a profound impact on the health of individuals and the
   communities where they will live.” “Each graduating class contributes to
   building our legacy and a rich history of excellence,” Dr. Sawyer said. “Your
   success as graduates is a measure of our success as a medical school. We look
   forward to all that you will achieve throughout your careers and watching how
   the work you do benefits our society.” WMed Dean Robert G. Sawyer, MD
   Students from the MD Class of 2024 arrived at WMed in July 2020 in the middle
   of the COVID-19 pandemic. As she addressed her classmates, M4 Amy Shao
   recalled the “scary, unprecedented time” and how the cohort met for lectures
   on Microsoft Teams and had to wear face masks and face shields during anatomy
   lab and Medical First Responder training. “People told us medical school
   would be tough, but it’s hard to conceptualize until you actually go through
   it, and over the next four years I know we all had days that absolutely
   sucked,” Shao said. “On the flip side, I know we all had days that were
   uplifting and fulfilling and reminded us why we decided to do medicine in the
   first place. “You navigated through all your bad days and rejoiced at all
   your better days and balanced everything in life to make it to today,” Shao
   added. “And now, you’re about to become empathetic, compassionate, and
   hard-working doctors, with some extra wrinkles and dark circles, and I
   couldn’t be more proud of the work you’ve put in. I’m sure residency will
   have its own good and bad days, but I’m confident you’ll make it through, and
   I can’t wait to see all the places you’ll go and accomplishments you’ll
   achieve.” In his remarks to the Class of 2024, Dr. Omer told the students
   that, as their journey as physicians gets underway, they must strive to do
   better than their predecessors. He said they must work to build a more just
   world, be active participants in the battle against global climate change,
   and create “a world in which your patients’ well-being is not continuously
   threatened by the ever-present demons of racism and authoritarianism.” At the
   same time, Dr. Omer told the students they will face many challenges in the
   coming years – life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped and access to quality
   healthcare remains unequal. Misinformation is also rampant, he said, and
   distrust in medicine and the healthcare system is unacceptably high. Amy
   Shao, MD “It is these challenges, medical and social, that you and your
   patients face,” Dr. Omer said. “Greatness is not achieved on cruise control.
   It is by rising to generational challenges that you will become the greatest
   generation of physicians.” As he concluded his address, Dr. Omer reminded the
   students that as they become the greatest generation of doctors in the coming
   years, they also have a responsibility to make sure they do not remain the
   greatest generation for long. That torch, he said, must be passed to the next
   generation of doctors who will follow in their footsteps. “Not because of a
   greater tragedy but because you made sure that you passed on your wisdom by
   being better mentors than we ever were,” Dr. Omer said. “I am optimistic that
   you all can do this. To borrow from the Nobel Prize winning paster from
   Atlanta, you must act with the ‘fierce urgency of now’ because I often say
   hope is not a delusion, because you have the power to change things. “As
   Spiderman said, with great power comes great responsibility.”    
   + More

 * FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
   Several WMed faculty members recently made the list of Stanford
   University/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings, which identifies the world’s
   leading researchers. The highly prestigious list of top scientists uses
   Scopus data provided by Elsevier through ICSR Lab and encompasses
   standardized data on citations, h-index, and a wide range of bibliometric
   factors. The highly prestigious list of top scientists uses Scopus data
   provided by Elsevier through ICSR Lab and encompasses standardized data on
   citations, h-index, and a wide range of bibliometric factors. Scientists are
   classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the
   standard Science-Metrix classification. The latest list of top researchers
   draws from the October 1, 2023, snapshot from Scopus, updated to the end of
   citation year 2022. “We are pleased that our medical school faculty have been
   recognized amongst the world’s leading researchers as they contribute to the
   advancement of medicine and science through their research,” said Robert G.
   Sawyer, MD, the medical school dean. The following WMed faculty made the list
   of top researchers: Rajiv Tandon, MBBS, MD, MS (Professor Emeritus,
   Department of Psychiatry) Robert W. Rebar, MD (Professor Emeritus, Department
   of Obstetrics and Gynecology) Thomas L. Rothstein, MD, PhD (Chair and
   Professor, Department of Investigative Medicine) Kevin A. Ault, MD (Chair and
   Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) Dilip R. Patel, MBBS
   (Chair ad Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine) Craig
   A. Beam, PhD (Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences) Robert G. Sawyer,
   MD (The Hal B. Jenson, MD Dean; Senior Associate Dean for Research;
   Professor, Department of Surgical Services) Donald E. Greydanus, MD
   (Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine) Joseph A.
   Prahlow (Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology) For more information
   about the full list of scientist rankings, visit https://bit.ly/3X6VzI7.    
   + More

 * RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT
   More than 70 resident physicians and fellows were honored in June for
   completing their residency and fellowship training at WMed. WMed boasts 10
   residency programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine,
   General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics and
   Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. There also are
   five one-year fellowships for Emergency Medical Services, Forensic Pathology,
   Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Simulation, and Sports Medicine. Several
   programs celebrated their graduates in private ceremonies. The graduates have
   spent between one and five years training in Southwest Michigan.  WMed boasts
   10 residency programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Family
   Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics
   and Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. There also
   are five one-year fellowships for Emergency Medical Services, Forensic
   Pathology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Simulation, and Sports Medicine.
   Of the 76 residents and fellows celebrated this year, 13 will remain and work
   in the Kalamazoo area. Meanwhile, an additional 15 residents will work in
   other cities in Michigan. Others will work throughout the nation, while many
   will go on to fellowship training. Here’s a complete list of this year’s
   resident and fellow graduates, as well as faculty who received awards:
   Emergency Medicine Alicia Nicole Anderson, DO (Chief) Baturay Aydemir, MD
   Kenneth Alan Bridgmon, DO Corbin Dean Donham, MD Edwin Lauritz Fundingsland,
   DO Eric Alden Hovda, DO Erik James Krueger, DO Nahal Massoudi, DO David
   Anthony Piscitelli, MD Joshua Robert Recknagel, MD (Chief) Kevin Rajiv
   Richardson, MD Michael Merle Samborn, DO John Linden Shinners, MD Mariah
   Christine Smith, DO Justin Myrick Winkler, MD (Chief) Emergency Medical
   Services Fellowship Stephen Andrew Godfrey, MD Family Medicine-Battle Creek
   Aron Thomas Chacko, MD Abbas Mokhtari, MD Priyanka Ajaysinh Rajput, MD Sojdeh
   Saber Hamishegi, MD (Chief) Suganiya Srikanthan, MD Layth Haitham Tumah, MD
   (Chief) Family Medicine-Kalamazoo Natan Harel, DO Syed Khairul Hussain, MD
   Lamiya Zehra Raghid, MD Jessel Lynton Ramdass, MD, MPH (Chief) Codi Alexis
   Sharp, DO (Chief) Mahsa Talebian, MD Wamidh Walid Tellow, MD Forensic
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