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For Bayhealth’s 30 new physician residents, the White Coat Ceremony on June 27 officially marked their transition from medical school graduates to the next phase of their medical careers. As the tradition goes, the residents get to trade in the shorter white coat they wore in medical school for the longer white coat worn by practicing physicians as they begin their residency programs. At the White Coat Ceremony in the Community Room at the Sussex Campus, internal medicine resident Dr. Bradlee Palmquist served as emcee, offering greetings and words of wisdom to the new residents. “I can attest to the fact that the White Coat Ceremony is just the beginning of a wonderful new chapter. I encourage each of you to soak up the moment today – the feelings of accomplishment and joy and celebrate how far you have come,” said Dr. Palmquist. Bayhealth’s graduate medical education (GME) programs have continued to grow since launching the first residency programs in central and southern Delaware and welcoming our very first residents in 2021. The newest classes of the four residency programs include 13 internal medicine residents, 8 family medicine residents, 3 general surgery residents, and 6 emergency medicine residents. This now brings the total to 84 physician residents advancing their training at Bayhealth and adding to the primary and specialty care we offer to community members.

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This year Bayhealth’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) program comes full circle as its inaugural residency classes—the first residents at Bayhealth and in central and southern Delaware—graduate from their programs. The Family Medicine Residency Program held graduation festivities on June 21 at the Bayhealth Blue Hen Conference Center. Each of the seven graduating residents was individually honored, and many family members, friends and program staff were in attendance to join in this moment and celebrate their collective accomplishments. “Our program would not be what it is today without all the dedication, energy and innovative ideas that our inaugural residents have poured into this program since they began,” said Interim Family Medicine Residency Program Director Angela Debo, DO. “We are grateful for them and proud of the physicians they have become, and know they have very successful careers ahead of them.” We are proud to report that a number of the graduating residents will be staying at Bayhealth. Paulina McCabe, DO, and Kendall Barton, MD will continue caring for our community as the newest physicians to join the Bayhealth Primary Care, Milford and Bayhealth Primary Care, Blue Hen practices, respectively. The following graduates will pursue positions at other institutions: Tahseen Chowdhury, MD - Outpatient position in family medicine in Marlow Heights, Maryland Melissa Eppinger, MD - Private practice primary care physician at Vanguard Medical Group in Verona, New Jersey Samantha Ginder, DO – Attending physician at York Urgent Care in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Sameer Valluri, MD – Private practice at Howard Brown Health in Chicago, Illinois Congratulations and best wishes to all of our resident graduates!

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Your health, and the health of your loved ones, is one of the most important things in your life. That’s why Bayhealth makes it easy and convenient to take a more active role in the management of your health by offering you access to our patient portal – MyChart. Head over to Bayhealth.org/MyChart today.

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