Chief Residents: Inaugural Class Continues to Lead
Twenty-Two members of the Class of 2017 named Chief Resident in residency programs across the country. DR. GUNJAN JOSHI
graduated from Cornell University before joining the inaugural class at Campbell and returned to his home state of New York for residency.
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r. Jerry M. Wallace, chancellor and namesake of the medical school, has often told the inaugural class, “You are pioneers,” and not surprisingly, this continues to be true. In residency programs from New York to Idaho, twenty-two Campbell Medicine Alumni were named Chief Resident this spring and will serve as leaders in their respective residency programs in the coming year.
“Being selected as Chief Resident is a huge honor,” explained Dr. John M. Kauffman, Jr., dean of the medical school. “You have been distinguished among your peers and selected to lead them and serve in an administrative role.” The role and responsibilities can vary from program to program. “Some residency programs have multiple chiefs,” explained Dr. Gunjan Joshi, Internal Medicine Chief Resident for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (PSQI) at Southampton Hospital in Stony Brook, New York. “As PSQI Chief Resident, I will be provided the time and resources to learn quality improvement tools (Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, process map, fishbone diagrams, etc.), literature on patient safety, and apply this knowledge to make meaningful change to help prevent patient harm and death.” “I will be participating in root cause analyses, peer review, quality improvement projects, and various
patient safety committees,” Dr. Joshi continued. “Medical error and the impact it has on patients, providers, and hospital systems is gaining more recognition. I believe that quality and systems improvement is the future of medicine. Reducing medical error by improving hospital systems is now a priority for administrators, so the PSQI Chief Resident position was created to address this critical aspect of patient care. Through this position, I will be able to learn the intricacies of patient safety/ quality improvement.” DR. MARY KEY from
Sanford, North Carolina, graduated from Wake Forest University before joining the inaugural class at Campbell and is excited to have been able to remain in North Carolina for residency.
Similarly, Dr. Mary Key has recently begun serving as Family Medicine co-chief resident at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. “My co-chief and I have many responsibilities mostly of which are administrative,” explained Dr. Key. “We were directly involved with the recruitment and educational committees, and recently, we have been helping our incoming interns get acclimated.” “We serve as liaisons between residents and faculty,” continued Dr. Key. “It’s really an honor to have been trusted by my peers and endorsed by my attending physicians for this position. I look forward to growing both professionally and personally through this experience.”
Class of 2017 Alumni Chief Residents:
CHRISTOPHER BENTON, DO - Emergency Medicine, Chief Resident, Cape Fear Valley Health, Fayetteville, NC RACHEL CUTLIP PRETKO, DO - Emergency Medicine Chief Resident, Inspira Health Network, Vineland, NJ ANDREW HARRISON, DO - Emergency Medicine Chief Resident, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ WESLEY JONES, DO – Emergency Medicine Chief Resident, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Chicago, IL PHILLIP DEAL, DO – Family Medicine Chief Resident, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC JESSICA HERMAN SALERNI, DO – Family Medicine Chief Resident, MUSC Trident Medical Center, Charleston, SC LIZA KESSLING, DO – Family Medicine Chief Resident, In His Image, Tulsa, OK MARY KEY, DO – Family Medicine Co-Chief Resident, Cabarrus Family Medicine, Concord, NC DAVID MCMULLEN, DO – Family Medicine Chief Resident, Cone Health, Greensboro, NC CHERIE DICKSON SALISBURY, DO – Family Medicine Chief Resident, Cahaba Family Medicine Residency, Birmingham, AL KELLY STANLEY, DO – Family Medicine Chief Resident, Residency of Idaho, Boise, ID PATRICK STEVENS, DO – Family Medicine Chief Resident, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, MI JESSICA HULBERT, DO – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, MI TARREYCA TAYLOR, DO – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia, SC JAMIE CAMPBELL, DO – Internal Medicine 4th Year Chief Resident 2020-2021, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC GUNJAN JOSHI, DO – Internal Medicine Chief Resident for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Stony Brook Medicine Southampton Hospital, Southampton, NY PAUL POIDOMANI, DO – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Stony Brook Medicine Southampton Hospital, Southampton, NY ANNE MARIE POP, DO – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI JEFFREY SOBECKI, DO – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Doctors Hospital, Columbus OH EVAN WENIG, DO – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, St. Vincent Hospital Center, Indianapolis, IN MARY ZULTY, DO – Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD SARAH MACKEY, DO – Pediatrics Chief Resident, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT ELIZABETH WILLIS, DO – Pediatrics Chief Resident, University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill, NC
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