Providence Swedish congratulates graduating class of 2023 residents!
Residents contributed to programs and local community and now transition to medical and pharmacy careers.
SOUTH PUGET SOUND – Today we celebrate 14 residency graduates from Providence Swedish’s class of 2023. Training the next generation of physicians is part of our mission to the community. After medical or dental school, physicians receive three years of graduate medical education in our hospitals and clinics to prepare them for the next step in their careers.
Our residency programs train physicians in family medicine, rural medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and other specialties. These doctors come to our community from across the country to gain experience by caring for diverse patient populations.
Providence Swedish congratulates its local graduating class of 2023 residents! After contributing so much to their residency programs and community, they will be transitioning to their medical and pharmacy careers, many of them practicing locally.
Providence St. Peter Summit Pacific Rural Training Program
Congratulations to Drs. Roy Miller and Rabab Cheema, who are the first ever residents to graduate from St. Peter Summit Pacific Rural Training Program.
This program is located in Grays Harbor County and is affiliated with the established Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Residency Program. Residents work alongside community-based, experienced family medicine faculty as an integral part of an interprofessional healthcare team to provide care for the culturally diverse, rurally located, and often underserved patient population.
Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Program
Congratulations to Drs. Junun Bae, Chanel Wood, Joshua Wixwat, Marika Jeltema, Jairo Mendoza, Everett Barnes and Sheridan Eckart. More than half of these graduates will practice locally, including Dr. Eckart, who has accepted a position at Yelm Family Medicine, and Dr. Mendoza, who will be practicing at Providence West Olympia Family Medicine.
The Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Program provides comprehensive, full-scope family medicine training in a community-based hospital setting. It has been recognized as a high-level patient-centered medical home and has been training residents to be excellent full-scope family physicians for almost 30 years.
Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Chehalis Rural Training Program
Congratulations to Drs. Angela Shimoda, Joshua Gordon, and Jideofor Ndulue. All three graduates will be practicing in rural communities, which is the focus of the rural training program. (Also pictured are program coordinators Lisa-Ann Roura and residency program directors Drs. Rein Lambrecht and Miguel Lee.)
The rural training program is centered around providing high-quality care for an underserved population. The program is based at Providence Chehalis Family Medicine with first-year rotations at Providence St. Peter Hospital alongside the Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Residency Program, and second- and third-year rotations at Providence Centralia Hospital.
Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Program
Congratulations to Drs. Yhazmyne Hawkins and Katie Schroeder. Dr. Schroeder has accepted a position at Providence West Olympia Family Medicine and Dr. Hawkins will be remaining in Washington.
This residency prepares pharmacists to pursue an ambulatory care role where initiation and expansion of services are needed, and pharmacy leadership and education are desired.
Providence South Puget Sound Residency Programs
Providence South Puget Sound has five residency programs, including a new dental residency program beginning this year, and the four previously existing programs mentioned above. In 2023, all five residency programs welcomed 16 new residents.
