Central Maine Healthcare

Where You are the Center

Faculty

Residents

Class of 2028


Pruthvi Kilaru


Jacob Lamoreau


Audrey Micallef


Isaac Peacock


William St. Marie


Javad Shirvanian


Berna Urkmez

Class of 2027


Jesse Atwood, DO
jesse.atwood@cmhc.org
He/Him
Spencer Fitch, DO
He/Him
Meet Dr. Fitch
spencer.fitch@cmhc.org
Christine Nwoke, DO
christine.knowe@cmhc.org

Sydney Morse, MD She/Her/Hers
Meet Dr. Morse
sydney.morse@cmhc.org
Sarah Nasrallah, MD She/Her
Meet Dr. Nasrallah
sarah.nasrallah@cmhc.org
Al Privorozky, MBB Ch He/Him
Meet Dr. Privorozky
al.privorozky@cmhc.org

Sarah Sacco, DO
She/Her
Meet Dr. Sacco
sarah.sacco@cmhc.org
Kevin Stavness, DO
He/Him
Meet Dr. Stavness
kevin.stavness@cmhc.org
Amer Zia, MD
Meet Dr. Zia
amer.zia@cmhc.org

Class of 2026

Alexander Babaoghli, DO He/Him/His
Meet Dr. Babaoghli  alex.babaoghli@cmhc.org

Ramneek Gill, MD
Meet Dr. Gill
ramneek.gill@cmhc.org
Sarang Kumar, MD
Meet Dr. Kumar sumar.kumar@cmhc.org

Dillon Lawler, DO
He/Him
Meet Dr. Lawler dillion.lawler@cmhc.org
Amy Mack, MD
She/Her
Meet Dr. Mack amy.mack@cmhc.org
Robyn Rowell, DO
Meet Dr. Rowell robyn.rowell@cmhc.org
Class of 2025

Shariam Casiano Vega, MD
She/Her/Hers
Meet Dr. Casiano Vega
shariam.casianovega@cmhc.org		Jaspreet Gill
Jaspreet Gill, MD
She/Her
jaspreet.gill@cmhc.org 
Emily Hill, DO
She/Her
Meet Dr. Hill
emily.hill@cmhc.org
Mummtaz (Taz) Noori, MD
He/Him
mummtaz.noori@cmhc.org
Saraja Pandit, MD
She/Her
Meet Dr. Pandit
saraja.pandit@cmhc.org
Jack Ritzo, MD
jack.ritzo@cmhc.org

Medical Students

We Offer Clinical and Educational Experiences

We strive to show compassion and respect to all and e ourselves on the immersion of our students in a vast clinical environment and a great learning experience. We advise applicants to apply a minimum of 8 weeks in advance in order to secure an approved rotation.

Our residency is a host Core Clerkship site for the entire third year of clinical experiences for the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM). We accept a total of twelve students from UNECOM, who are matched to our site through a lottery process.

We also are a core site for 3rd-year Family Medicine Clerkships at Tufts University (Maine Medical) School of Medicine and Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.

We strive to provide an optimal learning experience by allowing students to be involved in all aspects of medical education. We will only schedule rotations when there is no conflict with resident education. Rotations are also available to students from other U.S., Canadian, and international medical schools.

What We Offer to Students
· CMMC is located within walking distance to many restaurants, shops, services, and places of worship. It is also close to Bates College.
· Transportation services are easily accessed.
· In Auburn, apartment-style housing is provided, if available. It may be necessary for you to share an apartment with a different sex if the student census is high. Apartments have a fully- equipped kitchen, linens are provided and laundry on site in apartment, wireless internet, and basic cable. No pets are allowed.
· Parking – Off-street parking is available to all students.
· Food – We are unable to provide free meals to elective students.
· For further questions please contact Katherine Truitt, Student Coordinator at Katherine.Truitt@cmhc.org or call 207-795-2824.

Elective Clerkships
The following elective clerkships are available at CMMC and are coordinated by the Family Medicine Residency office. We only approve rotations that offer the most optimal education and clerkships are only scheduled when they will not conflict with resident education. We offer these rotations to students from U.S., Canadian and offshore medical schools.

Family Medicine (Sub-Internship)
· 4-week clerkship
· Combination of Inpatient and Outpatient experience
· Opportunity to take a short call an on-call shift if desired (PM or Weekend)
· Didactic sessions weekly
· Participate as a member of the patient care team

We offer other rotations on a case-by-case basis. These specialties can include:
· Infectious Disease
· Cardiology
· Emergency Medicine
· Vascular Surgery
· OB-GYN
· Pediatrics
· Surgery
· Outpatient Medicine
· Internal Medicine
· Rural Family Medicine.

If there is a rotation you are interested in and did not see it listed, feel free to contact us to determine if it can be arranged.

If you have questions regarding a clerkship, contact Katherine Truitt, Student Coordinator at Katherine.Truitt@cmhc.org or call 207-795-2824.

Documentation Requirements (Once Approved for a Rotation)
 · Clinical Experience Agreement between your school and Central Maine Medical Center (Our contracts personnel will work with your school to establish this)
 · Letter of Good Standing
 · Immunization Records for Measles, Rubella, Hepatitis B, Varicella, Influenza (during appropriate season), and Covid-19
 · Tuberculin Test (PPD)
 · National Background check is complete with satisfactory results (local background checks are not accepted)
            o Social Security Address/Alias trace
            o State of Residence Criminal Background search
            o National Sex Offender search
            o Office of Inspector General search
            o Excluded Party List System search

Application Forms and Materials (click here)
Application materials
            · Cover letter
            · Curriculum vitae or resume
            · Unofficial copy of your current transcript
            · United States Medical Licensing Examination Step scores (if applicable)

UNE Core Students 2024-2025

Publication and Presentation

Bethany Picker, M.D.

Program Director
Faculty

Presentations at Residency Leadership Summit:
Sprint to Improvement (2022)
PEP talks for All (2021)
Faculty
Program Director
Leadership
Council on Academic Family Medicine, AFMRD Representative CAFM
Physician Leadership Accelerator Program
Starfield Summit Representative for Rural Residencies Starfield Summit
National Innovation/Research Projects
Length of Training Study
Clinic First/FM Innovation in Continuity Clinical Experience

Kara Callahan, M.D.

Associate Program Director, Inpatient Medicine Services and Curriculum
Faculty

“Faculty Development Needs Assessment”
Poster Presentation, Society for Teachers of Family Medicine National
Conference
“CCC on a mission: Developing a mission statement to add clarity, purpose, and
transparency”
Family Medicine Education Consortium
“In Touch with Inpatient Care: Osteopathic Principles and Practices in the Inpatient
Setting”
Family Medicine Education Consortium

Annie Derthick, Ph.D

Associate Academic Program Director and Director Behavioral Science
Faculty

DISSERTATION
Derthick. A. O. The Sexist MESS: Development and initial validation of the Sexist Microaggressions Experiences and Stress Scale and the relationship of sexist microaggressions and women’s mental health (Doctoral dissertation). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global (No. 3470179).

BOOKS
David, E. J. R., & Derthick, A. O. (2017). The psychology of oppression. New York, NY: Sage.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Brown, S. R., Friedman, R., McDermott, S., Oliveri, M., Derthick, A. O., & Picker, B. (2021). Highlights of the innovation showcase. Annals of Family Medicine, 19(4), 375-376. PMID#34264849

Kam-Magruder, J., LeSage, K., Derthick, A.O., & Ackerman, L. (2018). An interprofessional residency curriculum in geriatrics and palliative care: PRiMER: Peer Reviewed Reports in Medical Education, 2(21). doi:10.2245/PRiMER.2018.183282

Derthick. A. O., Swift, J. K., Thompkins, K. (2018). A test of the utility of therapists’ and clients’ expectations in predicting treatment duration and outcomes. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Swift, J. K., & Derthick, A. O. (2013). Increasing hope by addressing clients’ outcome expectations. Psychotherapy, 50, 284-287. doi:10.1037/aoo31941

Wong, G., Derthick, A. O., David, E. J. R., Saw, A., & Okazaki, S. (2013). The what, the why, and the how: A critical review of racial microaggressions research. Race and Social Problems, 6(2), 181- 200.

NATIONAL SERVICE:
Editorial Board, Family Medicine
Medical Editing Fellowship, STFM

Nicole Boutaugh, D.O.

Director Rumford Community Home
Faculty

FM Education Consortium, 2022 Post Covid Care: Integrative approach,
(Boutaugh, Decker and Picker)
CMMC CME Committee and CMMC FMR M&M Advisor
Boutaugh N, Derthick A. Creole Son. Fam Med. 2021;53(3):230-231.
https://doi.org/10.22454/FamMed.2021.485263.

Nicole S. Boutaugh, D.O. and Claudia K. Geyer, M.D. Intermediate Care Unit Implementation Impact on Medical Unit Rapid Response Team and Code Call Frequency. Maine Chapter Society of Hospital Medicine Poster Competition, Portland, ME May 2017

Patricia Collins, D.O., OMM

Faculty
Optimizing Graduate Medical Education during Early Residency
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Residency Faculty Fundamentals Certificate

Chris Decker, D.O., OMM

Director of Integrative Medicine
Faculty

Review of Effectiveness of Psilocybin for Depression. Integrative Medicine. 2022
Integrative Approach to Long Covid Seminar at Family Medicine Education Consortium. 2022
Creator and instructor for Intro to Integrative Medicine Course at Maine College of Healthcare Professionals 2021

Margo Goodman, D.O., C-NMM/OMM

Director of Osteopathic Education
Faculty


Lecturing at the Maine Osteopathic Associations semiannual conference
Lecturing for NEOMEN’s semi-annual OMM updates
Peer review published book review in STFM
Working on Lifestyle Medicine Board Certification

Lauren Nadkarni, M.D., CAQSM

Assistant Regional Dean, UNECOM, Family Medicine Residency
Faculty

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nadkarni L, Haskins A, Holt C, Dexter W. Reduction of High School Ice Hockey
Injuries With Implementation of New Checking/Boarding Rules. Clin J Sport Med.
2021;31(6):e420-e424. doi:10.1097/JSM.0000000000000846

Book Chapters/Invited Reviews
Nadkarni, L, Gillespie, HM, & Dexter, WW. (2019). Anterior Shoulder Instability in
M.D. Miller, et. al (Eds.),Essential Orthopaedics, Second Edition.

Case Reports
Nadkarni, L, Quinn, K, & Gillespie, H. (May, 2019). Knee Pain – Swimming in
Dangerous Waters. Presented at: American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM) Annual Meeting; Orlando, FL, USA

Nadkarni, L, Bigosinski, K, & Gillespie, H. (April, 2019). Hit to the Head and Heck –
Shock to the Shoulders Presented at: American Medical Society for Sports
Medicine (AMSSM) Annual Meeting; Houston, TX, USA

Theses/Dissertation:
Tissue Engineering Approaches for Dentinogenic Restoration (2009). Advisor:
Dr. David Kaplan. Tufts University

Published Abstracts:
Nadkarni, L, Dexter, W, Holt, C, & Haskins, A. (April, 2019). High School Ice
Hockey Concussion Rates Reduced with Implementation of New
Checking/Boarding Rule.  Presented at: American Medical Society for Sports
Medicine (AMSSM) Annual Meeting; Houston, TX, USA

Nadkarni, L, Dexter, W, Holt, C, & Haskins, A. (April, 2018). Reduction of High
School Ice Hockey Injuries with Implementation of New Checking/Boarding
Rule.  Presented at: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
Annual Meeting; Orlando, FL, USA

Non-print Scholarship:
Conte, J, Nadkarni, L, Derthick, A, Lucas, J, & Corbett, I. (October 2020). It’s Not
All In Your Head. Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) Annual
Meeting; virtual.

Jerry Pomeranz, M.D.

Faculty

Baliunas, A.J., Pomeranz, J.E., & Zimmer, D.F. (2021, December).  Vasculitis after
COVID-19 Vaccination.  Emergency Physician Monthly.  Retrieved January 31,
2022, from https://epmonthly.com/article/vasculitis-after-covid-18-vaccination/.

White, D.A., & Pomeranz, J.E. (2018, July).  Validity of consumer-marketed handheld
near infrared spectrometer.
Poster presented at AAFP National Conference, Kansas City, MO

Recent Events

Thank-a-Resident day 2025

Clinic in the Community

Rally For Recovery

Residency Program

The State of Maine funded the four ACGME Sponsoring Institutions in Maine to create a first-of-its-kind collaboration in Maine to develop high quality rural residency rotations at hospitals and community-based healthcare centers across the state, with a focus on giving medical residents experience caring for Maine’s diverse socio-economic, racial and regional populations.

Our Mission and Vision:

We foster a collaborative environment centered in our tradition of Family Medicine while anticipating the changing needs of our community in order to cultivate compassionate, socially responsible leaders who create the future of healthcare for all.

CMMC FMR has a long history of commitment to rural education. Currently, we are a member of the Maine Rural Graduate Medical Education (MERGE) Collaborative, which is a partnership between the four Sponsoring Institutions in the state to expand rural training opportunities. To date, MERGE has created over 30 training sites in rural communities across Maine available to residents in all MERGE Collaborative sites, including CMMC.

We are glad you are committed to a career in family medicine and exploring training opportunities in Maine. Maine is spectacular, offering something for everyone – mountains and coastline, rural and urban. Our residency has a 41-year track record of preparing outstanding family physicians who go on to care for their communities “The Central Maine Way.”

Our top priority is to provide an intellectually stimulating and emotionally supportive environment in which to learn and develop your family medicine skills and to formulate your own practice style.

Take our virtual tour!

Program Overview

Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency (CMMC FMR) is a 7-7-7 ACGME certified program with an osteopathic recognition track and rural training. Founded in 1978, CMMC FMR has graduated over 160 family physicians. Our program prepares physicians to practice family medicine in communities with populations ranging from 500 to 500,000.

The residency is based at the Oscar Treat Turner Family Medicine Center, an outpatient health center on CMMC’s main campus in Lewiston, Maine.  We also have additional continuity clinics in Rumford at the Swift River Family Medicine office and provide first contact care to undergraduate students at Bates College in Lewiston.  We are the only residency in our sponsoring hospital, allowing our residents to easily gain experience in all aspects of inpatient and outpatient care. Our curriculum provides opportunities for further training in many areas of family medicine including integrative medicine, geriatrics, sports medicine, neuromusculoskeletal medicine, public health and others as directed by each resident’s specific learning goals. We expose residents to Lewiston and surrounding rural communities early in their training to inspire them for where their education can lead.  CMMC also offers a fellowship in hospital medicine and provides clinical and educational training opportunities to third and fourth-year medical students.

Located on the banks of the Androscoggin River, Lewiston is the second largest city in Maine, and the cultural and services hub of Central Maine. Our diverse city has a small town feel and welcoming community. Local access to arts, culture, outdoor recreation, and nationally recognized academic institutions are supplemented by convenient proximity to the mountains of Western Maine, the Atlantic Ocean, and other major cities such as Portland and Boston, all of which make Lewiston a fantastic home base to explore Maine and Northern New England.

Contact Us

Family Medicine Residency Administrative Offices
76 High Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
207-795-2803 administrative offices
207-795-2190 administrative fax

Bethany Picker, M.D.
Program Director
pickerbe@cmhc.org

Mary Dooley, B.S.
Recruiting Coordinator
mary.dooley@cmhc.org

Accreditation and Affiliations