Meet Our Residents
Class of 2024
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Soojkin Kim, MD
University of Alabama, School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Full-spectrum family medicine, preventive health, procedural medicine, ultrasound, sports medicine, underserved population
Personal Interests: Cooking, outdoors, spending time with family, pilates
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Caleena Longworth, MD
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Professional Interests: LGBTQ+ healthcare, women’s health, sports medicine, medical spanish, military medicine
Personal Interests: Paddle boarding, hiking, camping, rollerblading, playing with my dogs, and reading
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Maggie Sheffield, MD
Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
Professional Interests: Outpatient medicine, preventative medicine, procedural medicine, mental health, sports medicine
Personal Interests: Hiking, cooking, reading, football, paddle bording, spending time with my husband and dog, good food and good naps
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Erica Veazey, MD
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Professional Interests: Lifestyle medicine, mental health, nutrition, hospice and palliative care, preventative medicine.
Personal Interests: Soccer, skiing, yoga, running, hiking, traveling, baking.
Class of 2025
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Elise Blaseg, MD
Sanford School of Medicine of University of South Dakota
Professional interests: preventive medicine, lifestyle medicine, underserved populations, mental health, global health, medical Spanish, procedural medicine
Personal interests: skiing, reading, quilting, baking, hiking, spending time with my husband and our dogs, gardening, camping
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Branden Buffington, DO
Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Professional interests: procedural medicine, sports medicine, lifestyle medicine, urgent care.
Personal interests: Hanging out with my best friend and dog- Bogie, also hanging out with my wife. Mountain biking, backpacking, camping, running, self-titled food connoisseur, music festivals
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John James, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Value-Based Care, Quality Improvement, Population Health, Lifestyle Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care, Evolutionary Medicine
Personal Interests: Table-top & board games, Frisbee-golf, Archery, Leatherworking, Zoos/Aquariums, Fantasy and Science Fiction books/movies
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Cannon Nelson, MD
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Professional Interests: Primary Care Sports Medicine, POC Ultrasound, Outpatient Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine
Personal Interests: Strength Training, Family, Church Involvement, Star Wars Novels and Comics, Video Games, Hiking, Camping
Class of 2026
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Nick Gajkowski, MD
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Professional: Sports Medicine, Procedural Medicine, Preventative Care
Personal: Snowboarding, golf, video games, weight lifting, and hiking
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Natasha Greene, MD
University of Nevada, Last Vegas School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Full-Spectrum Family Medicine, Preventative Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Mental Health, LGBTQ+ Healthcare, Underserved Populations
Personal Interests: Reading, baking, collecting hobbies (current favorites: bookbinding and wood-burning art), playing Nancy Drew computer games, trying new restaurants, finding a pun for everything, & going on adventures with loved ones!
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Carline Powell, DO
Midwestern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Professional interests: Preventative medicine, adolescent medicine, women's health, addiction medicine, hospitalist medicine
Personal interests: Exploring the outdoors with my husband and our two dogs, Gunner and Gracie, running, Peloton, cooking, and trying new restaurants
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Ellie Zurbuchen, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Preventative medicine, lifestyle medicine, addiction medicine, mental health, pain medicine and procedural medicine.
Personal Interests: Gardening, indoor plants, hiking, running, hot yoga, snowboarding, rock climbing, camping, pottery, spending time with my partner and our wiener dogs