Resident Graduation was, once again, a wonderful experience for the entire Department of Medicine family and most especially for our graduating residents and fellows. Special congratulations to Eric Muller (Senior Resident of the Year), Mary Westerholm (Carlson Awardee), Mark Obermyer (Resident Teacher of the Year), Leo Marucci (Wood/Messmore Hines VA Awardee), Ben Powers (Intern of the Year), and Anil Venugopal and Sowjanya Reganti (Fellow of the Year) for their special recognition. Also, congratulations to Helena Wang, Steve Gawne, Matt Fitz, and Scott Pawlikowski for being recognized by our residents as Faculty Teachers of the Year.

Special thanks to our outgoing, and outstanding, chief residents Ryan Carrick, Nate Derhammer, Frankie Lee for creating a wonderful graduation slide show presentation.

Intern Retreat 2008

Graduation 2007-2008: Thank you Nate, Frankie, and Ryan for a great year as chief residents!