Faculty

Balance - Education - Commitment

Several of the faculty physicians are board certified in at least two specialties, and each brings unique strengths and interests to the program. As you'll see in the following biographies, the scope of faculty interests outside of medicine is truly global, but our priorities center around our families. Life in Marquette is about balance, and we strive to structure the residency program so that our residents receive excellent education and achieve a semblance of balance as well.

The faculty meets weekly to discuss the operations and plans for the program, with the chief residents helping to make this a time for honest exchange of ideas, sharing and growth. Faculty retreats serve to maintain the sense of shared purpose in setting long-range goals. The faculty, individually and collectively, have made a commitment to the program and community.

Full-Time Faculty

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WILLIAM M. SHORT, M.D.

Credentials

William M. Short, M.D., became the Director of the Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program in January 2001. He was a member of the program’s fourth graduating class and spent 12 years as an Assistant Director. On December 17, 2010, he was named the interim CEO of the Upper Peninsula Health Education Corportation and Community Assistant Dean for the UP Campus of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Since becoming the residency director, Dr. Short has overseen two ACGME Residency Program reviews, receiving the highest rating after each evaluation. He is actively involved in the oversight of every aspect of the educational program. In addition, Dr. Short has added qualifications in Addiction Medicine and promotes resident education in this field. His unique insight in addiction management provides an exceptional added benefit to residents graduating from this program.

Keeping current on residency training requirements and developing innovative methods of integrating change into the program remains a satisfying aspect of Dr. Short's experience.  He also takes great pleasure in the relationships developed with residents during their training and beyond.

On a personal note, Dr. Short is married and has four children. He enjoys the out of doors, especially hiking, biking, and cross country skiing. He also enjoys spending time with his family at their cottage in the western portion of the Upper Peninsula.

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STUART K. JOHNSON, D.O.

Credentials

Stuart K. Johnson, D.O., is the Director of Osteopathic Medical Education for the Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program.

Dr. Johnson has a special interest in promoting the principles of osteopathic medicine. His belief in these principles has instilled a desire to promote osteopathic medical education in the residency and throughout the community. Dr. Johnson is also involved in directing the PALS course and assists in instructing the ALSO and Advanced Airway courses offered to the medical community. He completed a National Institute of Program Directors Fellowship in April of 2008.

Dr. Johnson is involved in local church and community activities. He and his wife enjoy raising their four children. His interests include woodworking, remodeling and outdoor activities.

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DAVID M. LUOMA, M.D.

Credentials

Dr. Luoma has served as Marquette General's Medical Director of Quality Management and on both the Medical Staff Executive Committee and Credentials Committee. An active member of the American College of Physician Executives, he was recognized as a Certified Physician Executive and obtained a Masters in Medical Management from Tulane University. He also served as the CEO of the Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation for over 11 years, and as Community Assistant Dean for the UP Campus of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Also certified in Geriatrics and Travel Medicine, Dr. Luoma's clinical interests include preventive medicine and outpatient procedures. He developed our travel medicine services, counseling and providing immunizations for international travelers throughout the Upper Peninsula. Dr. Luoma has presented regional and statewide programs on immunizations.

He is a founding member of the AAMC Group on Regional Medical Campuses and serves as an MSU representative to the AMA Section on Medical Schools. He was instrumental in developing the Northern Area Health Education Center.

Married with three children, Dr. Luoma is very active in school, church and community activities and organizations. Other interests include travel, cooking, sports and flying.

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SUZANNE CLARKE, M.D.

Credentials

Dr. Clarke is an Assistant Director at the residency. She was born and raised in rural lower Michigan, receiving her bachelor degree from Albion College with majors in Biology and Psychology. She received her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MSU-CHM) on the UP Campus and completed her Family Practice Residency training at the Mid-Michigan Regional Medical Center in Midland. Dr. Clarke is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice and completed a Primary Care Faculty Development Fellowship at MSU. She is also a member of the American Academy of Family Practice, the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine and the Christian Medical and Dental Association.

Dr. Clarke practiced the full spectrum of rural medicine in Ironwood, Michigan, for seven years. Precepting medical student rotations in Ironwood led to her interest in teaching and she then joined the Residency Program in 2000.

Special interests include Resident well-being, family-centered maternity care, rural health care issues, women’s health care, and international medical missions. She has been involved with the residents in short term medical mission trips to Guatemala, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Dr. Clarke is the faculty advisor for first-year residents and Director of the Family Medicine Clerkship for medical students at the MSU-CHM Upper Peninsula Campus. She particularly enjoys the interactions with the medical students and residents and sees them as an “opportunity to help develop tomorrow’s physicians.”

Dr. Clarke’s personal interests include singing, swimming, taking walks with her dog, Prance, cruising with the local Corvette Club, and just about anything else that takes advantage of the beauty of God’s Country!

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HEIDI SCHNEIDERHAN, LMSW  

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Mrs. Schneiderhan is the Director of Behavioral Science for the Residency Program.

Heidi oversees the Psych/Hospice curriculum and assists residents with "primary care psychiatry," patient-centered communication skills, interviewing techniques, agenda setting, and dealing with difficult patient interactions. Videotaping, shadowing, and chart audits are some of the tools that Heidi uses to educate residents. Heidi is part of the resident evaluation team. Each quarter she meets with all residents and their advisors for evaluations.

Physician well-being is of the utmost importance to our Residency Program. First year lunches and Family Medicine Teaching Service lunches with Heidi are a regular part of our curriculum. Open discussions occur during these lunches regarding life as a 1st year resident, stress management, family life, rotations, etc. Residents use these lunches as a safe place to "let loose."

Heidi and her husband, Ron, live by a golf course with their son, Dillon. If you are interested, Heidi organizes a couple's golf league in the summer, and her house is located on a "prime" blueberry patch. Residents are welcome to pick berries from her yard any time. She is also a stained glass artist who enjoys listening to books on tape.

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FREDERICK P. HOENKE, M.D.

Credentials

Dr. Hoenke is the Medical Director of Marquette General Health System and an Assistant Director of the Residency Program.

Residents seek his advice regarding employment opportunities in the Upper Peninsula, contract reviews, practice management, medical legal issues and physician leadership.

Dr. Hoenke is a devoted fisherman and hunter who is also involved in woodworking, boat building, book collecting, gardening, and marine aquaria. He is married with eight children.

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JEANNE BAUMANN, R.N., M.S.N.

Ms. Baumann serves the Residency Program as Curriculum Coordinator for the residents/interns.

Jeanne coordinates the scheduling of rotations and a variety of clinical learning experiences for the residents and provides residents/interns with guidance and support as they build skills as adept educators in the office, hospital, classroom, and the community. She maintains expertise in adjunctive community resources, offers elective experiences for residents and interns in patient education, and provides training for all residents in the areas of chronic disease, self-care, nicotine dependence, and nutrition.

Jeanne also lead the implementation of the Reach Out and Read program, so that each infant through pre-school well-child visit provides a free age-appropriate book for parents and children to use in language development.  She is a collaborator with the Upper Peninsula Diabetes Outreach Network as a leader in the  implementation of Stanford University's well-known Chronic Disease Self-Management Program in our region.

Jeanne's two children are grown, and she shares a backwoods home with her husband. She enjoys birding, gardening, reading a variety of books, hiking and skiing in the woods, cooking and international travel.

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MICHELLE STORMS, M.D.

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Dr. Storms is an Assistant Director of the Residency Program and faculty advisor for second-year residents. She oversees the pediatric curriculum, Resident Journal Club, and Resident Research. Interns and residents have sought out Dr. Storms' expertise in research and publishing.

She and her husband, pediatrician Dr. Robert Van Howe, have collaborated on various research and publications regarding children’s health issues. Dr. Storms' interests also include women’s and children’s health, preventive medicine, alternative medicine and environmental issues.

Dr. Storms and Dr. Robert Van Howe have three children. The entire family loves to cross-country ski, play soccer and participate in Camp Manito-wish YMCA activities. Dr. Storms enjoys ethnic cooking, gardening, reading, yoga, as well as most silent sports. Over the years, she has played the clarinet in local community bands.

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M. SCOTT DOUGHTY, M.D.

Credentials

After graduating from the Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program in 1995, Dr. Doughty worked in the UP and Alaska for two years before moving to Zuni, New Mexico. There he worked with the Indian Health Service for 10 years as a family physician and diabetes program director. In addition to the richness of a cross-cultural experience, Scott returns to Marquette with a better understanding of community-oriented primary care, Native American health issues, and rural Family Medicine.

Scott also returns with a bigger family. He and his wife, Amy, a certified nurse-midwife, now have three daughters. They look forward to hiking, berry-picking/eating, cycling, dog sledding, and connecting with old and new friends.

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BRIAN WAITE, M.D.

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Dr. Waite joined the faculty of the Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program in February, 2008.  He is a former Marquette resident, having graduated in 1999.  In the interim, he practiced in a small Family Medicine group on Whidbey Island, in the Puget Sound in Washington State.  His undergraduate training was in Anthropology at Washington State University, and he received his MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine.  His intent was always to practice Family Medicine in a rural setting, and he participated in the WAMI (Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) rural medicine track in medical school.

His special interests include EMR/EHR, chronic disease management, billing and coding, and implementing the concepts of TransforMed and the Future of Family Medicine, which focus on the quality of the delivery of health care.

He and his wife are very happy to be back in the U.P. and their two daughters love the outdoor activities available.  He enjoys hiking, camping, kayaking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing, and is still perfecting his igloo building techniques.

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CATHERINE KROLL, D.O.

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Credentials

Dr. Kroll is a graduate of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and plays a key role in our osteopathic program, working closely with Dr. Johnson to ensure the program’s educational integrity. Dr. Kroll makes time in her busy Gwinn-Sawyer Medical Centers practice to provide opportunities for our residents to practice and perfect their abilities to treat “the whole patient."

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Marquette Family Medicine Residency Administrator

Susan Tincknell, C-TAGME

Susan Tincknell, C-TAGME

Among many other duties, Susan is the person responsible for arranging residency interviews. Her knowledge of ERAS and the overall recruitment experience ensures all applicants receive a worthwhile interview in Marquette. Susan also creates resident rotation schedules and manages residency office staff. Additionally, Susan works with third and fourth-year Michigan State University College of Human Medicine medical students at the Upper Peninsula campus assisting them with residency application and interview preparations.

Susan attended Northern Michigan University and has worked within the health system for 20 years, 12 of those have been with the Residency. She is a native of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Susan enjoys gardening, traveling, stamping and spending time with family.  

Susan has been the coordinator of the Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program since 2000, and recently became Michigan’s first medical professional to be certified in graduate medical education training administration with added qualifications in Family Medicine by the National Board of Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education Programs (TAGME).

TAGME was created in 2003 to establish standards for the different medical professions, to acknowledge the expertise needed to successfully manage graduate medical education programs and to recognize training program administrators who have achieved competence in all fields related to their profession.

Susan is a member of the Association of Family Medicine Administrators (AFMA) and previously completed their Residency Administrative Training Program. She has also been a presenter at both the Residency Program Solutions Conference and the National Center for the Evaluation of Family Medicine Residency Program Annual Conference.

Before Susan became TAGME certified, she helped develop the TAGME certification assessment for Family Medicine. A task force was created in 2007 by TAGME and AFMA after a survey indicated large interest in establishing a certification program for Family Medicine administrative professionals. She was responsible for writing assessment questions, piloting the exam and creating the Family Medicine Acronym Guide.

During development of the Assessment, the AFMA president-elect nominated Susan to the Board of Directors based on her involvement in the creation of the TAGME Assessment. She was elected to the Board of Directors and chairs the TAGME committee, which includes being a voting member on the National Board of Certification TAGME Board of Directors.

Family Medicine Residency, 1414 West Fair Ave. Suite 36, Marquette MI 49855

Inquiries can be made by:

e-mail: residency@mgh.org
phone: 1-800-774-4844