Family Medicine Residency - Our People

I am so glad you are here to check out the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency. As you will find out quickly, this is an amazing place to train.

A little about me: I spent my life in Eastern Europe and did my undergraduate education at Carson Newman University in East Tennessee. I came to Wake Forest University School of Medicine for medical school and was planning on going out west for residency. In fact, the only program I applied to in the South was Wake Forest Family Medicine. However, after interviewing ALL over, I found out just how special and unique a place this is. I ended up staying and met nine of my best friends for life during the next three years of residency. I then completed my OB/Women's Health fellowship at Cone Health and realized that I wanted the privilege of working with some of the best and brightest residents out there in an environment that is full of the great people and experiences that make Wake Forest unique. So here I am and now I get the even greater honor of directing and advocating for 30 unique and incredible residents who make me a greater person, colleague and physician.

Here at Wake Forest Family Medicine, we pay careful attention to keeping your residency full of enough breadth and depth to make you successful family doctors anywhere in the U.S. and in any clinical setting. We work hard to keep your clinic patient panels diverse, clinic experiences varied and exposure to various subspecialists and their services plentiful. Our goal is for you to really experience what community family medicine feels like but in a setting that allows you to tap into all the resources that a tertiary care center provides. As you decide what interests you, there is time set aside for you to explore these interests and develop individual skills as well. We have had residents go to most of the available fellowships in past years and are able to work toward helping you realize your goals, whatever they are.

As you navigate these next three years of residency, we strive to come alongside and support each of you individually as you figure out where your interests and career goals are taking you. You will also have the support of other amazingly talented residents in your class and those classes around you, and they will quickly become your greatest allies and best friends. Thanks for taking the time to check us out and we hope to see you on the interview trail!

Thank you for taking the time to learn about the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency. As a graduate of our program, I am excited to share what makes this residency a special place to train. I came to Wake after completing medical school at the Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, VA and went on to complete a sports medicine fellowship at VCOM-Virginia Tech. When searching for a residency program, I wanted a place that would be both challenging and supportive, have an academic mission but community focus, and prepare me to practice in almost any setting. I found each of these elements woven into the culture of the department, and it is this culture that made me excited to return as a faculty member.

Our program will prepare you to be a well-rounded and outstanding family physician capable of not only practicing in any setting but to serve as leaders in the community. We offer full-spectrum and challenging primary care training that blends the best of academic medicine and community practice. We strive to support our residents and help them reach their personal and professional goals. In addition, we offer unique experiences such as:

• Exposure to point-of-care ultrasound
• Sports medicine coverage
• Elective options in obstetrics and women’s health
• Opportunities to explore integrative medicine
• Training in care for underserved populations
• Opportunities for global health

We are proud of our program and invite you to learn more about our team and how you can be a part of the Wake Forest family!

Thank you so much for finding us! My family and I think this is an amazing place to live, train and work- I hope you are able to feel how special this program and community is! I grew up in Michigan (I'll show you where on my hand…) and moved to Virginia to attend the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine- Virginia Campus. I joined Wake Forest Family Medicine in 2013 as a resident. I then stayed on another year as an Academic Fellow, gaining experience in educating all levels of medical learners and completing a Master's Degree in Health Professions Education from Johns Hopkins before joining faculty. My passion lies in developing and implementing novel curriculum for today's medical learners highlighting practical, yet breadth of knowledge required for Family Medicine- so come geek out with me!

What struck me most about Wake when I interviewed for residency, and what still holds true today, is that our residents are kind-hearted, brilliant and have diverse interests. We do not train one particular type of person and that truly makes us collectively stronger. Each year our graduating residents take a variety of positions (outpatient primary care, urgent care, hospital medicine, sports medicine, geriatrics, obstetrics, academic, etc.) in a various settings. Because of the breadth of training offered at our academic tertiary care center, our residents have an abundance of opportunities to gain the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in their careers- whatever that may be! As a program, we honor and appreciate the individual person in their quest to reach their fullest potential and truly care about you as a human being. We would love the opportunity to have a role in your development as a person and professional!

Welcome to Wake Forest Family Medicine! Thanks for checking out our page and getting to know us. We're excited you are considering our program and hope this gives you a taste of what makes our program so special.

Wake Forest Family Medicine is a fantastic place to learn (we are obviously unbiased)! Our program will provide you with a very broad spectrum of experiences that you can cater to your own training goals. We train in an academic setting with a heavy emphasis on collaboration between specialties and programs. This enriches the diversity and quality of elective experiences available to our residents. Our family medicine residency will prepare you for whatever your career aspirations are. Recent graduates have accepted positions as outpatient primary care doctors, hospitalists, and urgent care providers, some of whom do all three. We have also been very successful at matching residents into various fellowships, such as sports medicine, obstetrics, academics, and wound care. If you're interested in it, we probably have it.

But wait, there's more! In addition to our top-of-the-line medical training, what sets our program apart is the people. Wake Forest Family Medicine truly is a family, and our patients experience that first-hand. There's a reason so many of our faculty graduated from our own residency program. You will have a hard time finding a more empathetic, passionate, and selfless group of people. We have the absolute best co-residents and faculty members, and you will often find us out and about in the Winston-Salem area together. Outside of our program, we have tight-knit relationships with the other graduate training programs at Wake Forest, and they treat us like one of their own.

When you're not in the hospital or clinic, the Winston-Salem area has an abundance of activities for anyone and everyone. College and professional sports, stunning hiking trails, river tubing and hanging by a lake, our upcoming arts district, trying one of the many new restaurants popping up every week, and the countless breweries and wineries in the area – just to name a few.

We cannot overstate how much we love this program, and we know you will too. We appreciate your interest in Wake Forest Family Medicine and hope to meet you soon. Please let us know if you have any questions for us!