Meet Our Residents

Class of 2024

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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!

  • 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

  • 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