Greetings from University of Minnesota / St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency

In residency programs, summer always brings both beginnings and endings. This year we say goodbye to four fine graduates who completed their training and are now in the process of beginning their new careers.

Priscilla V. George, MBBS will be practicing as a locum physician while looking for opportunities to practice in the Midwest.  Melissa M. Ensign (Keller), MD will be practicing at St. Cloud Medical Group in St. Cloud.  Stephanie L. Hemmer, DO would like to remain in the central Minnesota area and Camille E. Lang, MD will be practicing at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, MN.

We welcome our new PGY-1 class. Laura J. DuChene, MD, Natalya V. Lyadova, MD, Vitus N. Nwaele, MBBS, Elsaid Rabie, MBChB and Gobindveer Sahi, MD.

Two new third year medical students from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine joined us in late June to perform their clinical clerkships at St. Cloud Hospital. We welcome Claire Philippe and Chris O’Neill . They join our two fourth year students who have now completed their third year clerkships, Kendra Morlok and Mary Nielsen.

Carl Melling, MD has joined the University of Minnesota/St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program as a faculty member.  Dr. Melling practiced at CentraCare Health System in Melrose for over 30 years.

Mark Becker, MD has been named Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Teacher of the Year. Dr. Becker has been teaching our residents since 2001. Congratulations!

Camille Lang, MD had her HDA article entitled “Is a structured exercise program as effective as arthroscopic surgery for decreasing the pain of nontraumatic mensical injuries?” published in the April 2010 issue of Evidence-Based Practice.

Stephanie Hemmer, DO had her HDA article entitled “Does early insertion of tympanostomy tubes improve development outcomes of children with chronic middle ear effusion?” published in the May 2010 issue of Evidence-Based Practice.

Kourtney Bradford, MD has been busy publishing articles. Her article entitled “Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby” was published in the January 2010 issue of Family Medicine. Her second article entitled “Management of Chlamydia in Non-Pregnant Women” was published in the June 2010 issue of Evidence-Based Practice.

Our transformation into a Patient Centered Medical Home is progressing successfully.  We recently had our site visit in May 2011 and hope to find out soon whether we have been approved.

Melissa Keller, MD had her HDA article entitled “Is acupuncture effective therapy for irritable bowel syndrome?” published in the August 2010 issue of Evidence-Based Practice.

Punam Patil, MD had her HDA article entitled “What is the best approach to managing a patient with a mildly elevated AST and/or ALT?” published in the August 2010 issue of Evidence-Based Practice.

Priscilla George, MD had her HDA article entitled “Is acupuncture effective therapy for depression?" Published in the October 2010 issue of Evidence-Based Practice.

Manju Pandey, MD and Tom Satre, MD had their article entitled “What is the best method of compression to speed healing of venous stasis ulcers?” published in the May 2011 issue of Evidence-Based Practice.

Toby Christie-Perkins, Tom Satre, MD and Paul Wenner, PhD, LP presented “Integrated Inpatient Rounds: An Answer for Multiple Residency Needs” at the 44th STFM Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, on April 30, 2011.

Tom Satre, MD presented “Resident Scholarly Activity: Lessons Learned in Organizing a Herd of Cats” at the 44th STFM Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, on April 30, 2011.

Jasvir Singh, MD and Tom Satre, MD had their article entitled “What is the target heart rate in a patient with chronic atrial fibrillation?” published in the December 2011 issue of Evidence-Based Practice.

We enjoy having students do clerkships with us. If you would like to spend some time with us, contact Renee Sauve for more information at sauver@centracare.com or 320-240-3182.