Smiley's Family Medicine Residency Program

Letter from the Program Director

I am excited to announce that I will be on sabbatical during the fall of 2008 to study how family physicians in Buenos Aires practice chronic disease management. The Argentinean population struggles with many of the same chronic health conditions we do within a health care system that is a mixture of private insurance and government subsidized health care. In Argentina I will be...

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Smiley's Events

Smiley’s will be hosting
Exploring the Immigrant Experience Through Film and Storytelling
A Health Care Perspective
Tuesday, November 18

Join our faculty and residents to watch a segment of the film The Visitor and listen to the stories of

Tim Ramer, MD, Smiley’s faculty, patient care director, and interim program director

Maya Miley, MD, Smiley’s graduate and former chief resident

and Roli Dwivedi, MD, chief resident

We will discuss how life in a new culture shapes the patient experience and influences patient care.
A sampling of ethnic foods will be served beginning at 6:00 pm.

We invite anyone with an interest in family medicine or global health. Contact Rossi Cannon at
rcannon@umphysicians.umn.edu
to RSVP or for more information.

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Smiley's Annual Halloween Potluck

Clockwise from top: Joel Wegener, MD, in a gorilla suit; Nicole Chaisson, MD, uses highly scientific methods to provide chief resident Roli Dwivedi, MD, with a diagnosis; Chrystian Periera, PharmD, as the "Inredible" Hulk; Tim Ramer, MD, shaved half of his head and his beard to portray the "Undecided Voter"; Susan Keasling, MD, provides music for the occasion on her violin; Frank Melo, MD, as the "Senior Intern" and Tim Ramer, MD.

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