Please join us in recognizing John Diefenderfer DO who was honored by the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF) as the 2024 winner of AOF’s James M. Lally, DO, National Emerging Leader award. The National Emerging Leader award pays tribute to an outstanding osteopathic physician whose leadership inspires others, whose noticeable accomplishments motivate those around them, and […]
We want to recognize faculty member Greg Feero MD, PhD for his work as lead author on an important editorial published simultaneously on March 12 and March 13 in JAMA, Genetics in Medicine, American Journal of Human Genetics, Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, and Nature Genetics. The work was highlighted in a story by the National […]
Each year at the Family Medicine Education Consortium’s Annual Meeting, the best scientific posters are presented with awards to recognize their excellence. A total of 113 posters were presented at the 2023 meeting in Providence, RI and judged for visual impact, clarity of message, readability, and other factors. Please join us in congratulating PGY3 residents […]
Please join us in congratulating faculty member Julia McDonald DO who was one of two recipients honored by the Maine Medical Association with the 2023 Mary Floyd Cushman, MD Award for Exceptional Humanitarian Service as a Medical Volunteer. The award was established in 2003 and recognizes the humanitarian service of Maine medical volunteers who dedicate their […]
Please join us in congratulating family medicine residency faculty member Caroline LaFave DO for being selected by the Maine Osteopathic Association as Young Osteopathic Physician of the Year at their 2023 annual convention. The award is conferred upon an osteopathic physician new in practice who has demonstrated the potential to become a major force in […]
Please join us in recognizing chief resident Miriam Uduebor MD for their selection from among a pool of accomplished national applicants to participate in the second cohort of the Resident Scholars Program for Workforce Diversity through the Center for Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine. Only 6-8 candidates are chosen to join this year-long program. […]
Please join us in recognizing third year family medicine resident physician Dr. Anita Nwanna-Nzewunwa’s efforts in bringing together the Nigerian community in Maine. Dr. Nwanna-Nzewunwa co-organized the first-ever gathering of Maine’s Nigerian community and was interviewed by the news nonprofit Amjambo Africa!. The interview can be read here: Amjambo Africa! Vol 5 No 6 (starts […]
On July 6, 2022, Daniel K. Onion MD passed away at his home in Vienna, ME surrounded by his family. On that day, the MDFMR community lost one of its most iconic clinician educators. Dr. Onion served as Director from 1985-2002, and after stepping down remained active with the geriatric medicine fellowship. Well known as […]
Please join us in recognizing resident physician Dr. Kevin Connolly for a successful poster presentation at the 31st annual meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) in Austin, Texas on April 10, 2022. Dr. Connolly’s case-based poster, titled Pain and paralysis: How a former extreme athlete lost his ability to walk, was […]
Please join us in congratulating faculty member Jenny Pisculli MD who was recently selected as the state Oral Health Champion for the 100 Million Mouths Campaign in Maine, through the Center for Integration of Primary Care and Oral Health. The campaign, now in its second year, aims to create fifty oral health champions over the […]