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July 3, 2007
Marquette General Family Medicine Residency Program welcomes six new residents, including Iron Mountain, Gladstone, Bark River and Marquette natives.
The Marquette General Family Medicine Residency Program has selected six new residents for entry into the three-year residency program.
The program's purpose is to train physicians in the specialty of family medicine to eventually practice in a rural setting, such as the Upper Peninsula.
Each year, candidates are selected based on dedication to family medicine and primary care, the desire to treat a wide variety of patients, emphasis in promoting preventative care and a desire to practice rural medicine. Since its inception more than 28 years ago, the program has produced 135 graduates. Many continue to practice in the U.P.
The education and backgrounds of this year's incoming residents are as follows:
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Melanie Purres, MD, Kingston, New York, University of Saint Eustatius |
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Chris Dehlin, MD, Gladstone Michigan, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine |
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Lisa Knauf-Jorasz, DO, Bark River, Michigan, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine |
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Katie Picucci, DO, Iron Mountain, Michigan, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine |
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Sharon Boyce, MD, Atlanta, Georgia, Morehouse School of Medicine |
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Matthew Roberge, MD, Marquette, Michigan, Wayne State University |
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