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CMMC Family Medicine Residency Welcomes Class of 2019

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Eight recent medical school graduates have joined the CMMC Family Medicine Residency this July. They are pictured above – (Front Row left to right):  Anthony Pastore, DO, Dana Kennedy, MD, Cecilia Davies, MD, Isabella Taylor, MD, Matthew Levasseur DO.  (Second Row left to right):  Christopher Caracciolo, MD, Ian Corbett, DO, Jeffrey Badillo, MD. This class of residents is the 41st class to join the residency and we are so excited to have them join us.

The CMMC Family Medicine Residency attracts resident physicians who are bright, enthusiastic and who want to make a positive difference in the lives of their patients. All of these physicians are required to complete a three-year post-graduate residency in their chosen specialty of Family Medicine in order to become board certified Family Physicians.

Since its inception in 1978, the Family Medicine Residency has been a leader in innovations in healthcare at CMMC. It operates out of the Oscar Treat Turner Family Medicine Center located at 76 High Street, an outpatient health center adjacent to the medical center complex. Family physicians offer care to entire families across the lifespan. The Family Medicine residents pictured here will provide care to a group of patients and families at all stages of life including: pregnancy, delivering babies, baby/child/teenager care, adults, and elder adults including end of life care. In addition, they will spend time caring for patients in the hospital under the supervision of primary care doctors and sub-specialist physicians.

The mission of CMMC’s Family Medicine Residency is to provide a progressive and stimulating environment in which to learn and to develop the skills necessary to be highly competent family physicians. Many of the residency’s graduates continue to practice in the Lewiston-Auburn area or in Maine after graduation.

CMMC 2019 Family Medicine Residency Graduates

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Central Maine Medical Center’s Family Medicine Residency recognized six third-year family medicine residents and six fellows at their recent graduation program on Friday, June 28, 2019.  Honored at the commencement exercises were family physicians: (Left to Right:  Christina Lincoln, DO, Kathryn McLellan, MD, Navneet Garcha, MD, Bindu Gupta, MD, Jennifer Hanson, MD and Scott Lowman, DO.

Bethany Picker, MD, Program Director, gave the welcome address. In attendance were Family Medicine Residency faculty, residents and residency staff, hospital and office-based CMMC physician teachers, family doctors who serve in the Family Medicine Center as preceptors for residents and medical students, as well as graduating residents’ families and special invited guests.

David Tupponce, MD, President CMMG, was invited to speak on behalf of the CMMG Administration.

The graduating resident class awarded the following:

Lewiston

FMR Clinical Staff of the Year – Charmain Indigo, MA
Community Preceptor of the Year – Kirk Silver, MD
Faculty Teacher of the Year – Paige Picard, DO
Deborah Taylor Award – Annie Derthick, PhD
Bruce Johnson Award – Rick Marden, MD


Swift River Rural Training Track

RT Clinical Staff of the Year – Jaime Collins, MA
RT Faculty of the Year- Stephanie Sinclair, MD

The resident graduates were honored by their faculty advisors:

Navneet Garcha MD presented by Josie Conte, DO
Bindu Gupta, MD presented by Todd Kitchens, DO
Jennifer Hanson, MD presented by Stephanie Sinclair, MD
Christina Lincoln, DO presented by Paige Picard, DO
Scott Lowman, DO presented by Paige Picard, DO
Kathryn McLellan, MD presented by Dieter Kreckel, MD

Dr. Picker presented the following awards:

Chief Residents – Christina Lincoln, DO, Scott Lowman DO, Kathryn McLellan, MD
Resident Teacher of the Year – Christina Lincoln, DO
Professionalism Award – Bindu Gupta, MD and Ross Watson, MD,
Resident Research Award – Kathryn McLellan, MD

Dr. Picker, along with the Family Medicine Residency faculty, presented the graduates with their diplomas.

Here is where our family medicine graduates will be practicing:

Navneet Garcha MD, Hospitalist Fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada

Bindu Gupta, MD, San Joaquin General Hospital, Outpatient FQHC, French Camp, CA

Jennifer Hanson MD, Associate Medical Director of Express Care Clinics, Community Health Centers of Rutland Regions, Castleton, VT

Christina Lincoln, DO, Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, Inpatient Medicine Faculty

Scott Lowman, DO, Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency Faculty

Kathryn McLellan, MD, Sparrow/MSU Sports Medicine Fellowship, Lansing, MI

CMMC’s Family Medicine Residency was founded in 1978 to support the development of a primary care foundation and provide well-trained family physicians for the Lewiston-Auburn area and beyond.  We are proud to have these former graduates of the CMMC Residency practicing in the area:  Drs. Nicole Boutaugh, Leslie Bradbury, Kara Callahan, Shannon Deschenes, Adam Duquette, Steve Fairchild, Margo Goodman, Trisha Gushue, Manju Hilary, Todd Kitchens, Alicia Koteles, Cathy Krouse, Gerry Lachance, John Lowery, Jeff Lynds, Margaret Matthews, Lisa McAllister, Shauna McElrath, James Ostrander, Kurt Oswald, Joanie Peter, Nathan Raby, Gary Rivard, Sarah Skelton, Stephanie Sinclair and Ray Tardif.