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May 14, 2009
Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program welcomes seven new residents
The Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program has selected seven new residents for entry into the three-year residency program.
The Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program is the Upper Peninsula’s only post-graduate medical education program. Affiliated with the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, the program trains physicians in the specialty of family medicine with emphasis on practice in rural areas.
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 140 graduates. Many continue to practice in the U.P.
The education and backgrounds of this year's incoming residents are as follows:
· Ryan Brang, MD, Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Ross University
· Mark Cecilio, MD, Encino, California, Semmelweis University, Hungary
· Kim Howard, DO, Erie, Pennsylvania, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
· Tony Kamerschen, MD, Royal Oak, Michigan, Wayne State University
· Katie Kreft, MD, Marquette, Michigan, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
· Padma Narra, MD, Marquette, Michigan, Narayana Medical College, India
· Jordan Povich, DO, Escanaba, Michigan, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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