Reid Health celebrates residency program’s Class of 2024

July 2, 2024 -- When Nicholas Hinkle, DO, has finished his time at Reid Health's Family Medicine Residency Program, he won't have far to travel to continue his career.

One of seven physicians who are nearing the completion of their residency, Dr. Hinkle will move to Reid's State Line Family Medicine practice in Richmond later this month.

"How great is it that Dr. Hinkle gets to join some of his teachers now in practice?" said Phillip Scott, DO, FAAFP, Residency Program Director. "Reid and those we serve benefit every time Reid successfully recruits a terrific physician to the community.

"When we recruit a graduate from our program, it's keeping someone here who we've had three years to observe under both good and difficult conditions and someone who has had the opportunity to see what it's like to be a physician with Reid."

Members of the residency program's Class of 2024 were recently celebrated at Forest Hills Country Club in Richmond. Others graduating in the class include:

• Kristopher Brott, DO, who will practice outpatient medicine in Indiana;
• Shruti Dave, MD, who will be a hospitalist in Florida;
• Tanner Everhart, DO, who will practice outpatient medicine at a practice in his hometown of Lafayette, Indiana;
• Joseph Intriago, MD, who will practice outpatient medicine in Missouri; and
• Sara Khan, MD, who will be a hospitalist in New York.

"This year's class is a wonderfully diverse group, coming from U.S., Caribbean, and other international medical schools," Dr. Scott said. "They've developed impressive skills and will make a significant impact on the communities they'll serve after graduation."

Reid's residency program is affiliated with the Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience in Kansas City, Missouri. Graduates complete three years of training in family medicine, gaining a wide-ranging experience in the Reid Health system.

Six core faculty members -- Dr. Scott; Novera Inam, MD; Nuzhat Nisa, MD; Donald Smith, MD; Andy Tran, MD; and Tim Kaehr, PsyD, HSPP, LMFT -- supervise the residents' overall training, along with 75 community physicians who act as preceptors across a variety of medical specialties.

"This year's class is a wonderfully diverse group, coming from U.S., Caribbean, and other international medical schools. They've developed impressive skills and will make a significant impact on the communities they'll serve after graduation." -- Dr. Phillip Scott, Residency Program Director

Seven new physicians will join the program, bringing the total number of residents to 17.

The residents in Reid's program include:

• Advancing second-year residents Bothaina Afifi, MD; Nicole Hountz, DO; and Jeffery Lee, MD
• Advancing first-year residents Stephanie Delgado, MD; Rajesh Dhakal, MD; Megan Hammersla, MD; Christine Miller, DO; Vivien Nsonwu, MD; Jesse Smallwood, DO; and Salecah Ullah, MD
• Incoming residents Samuel Griffin, MD; Sadia Khan, MD; Victor Odoma, MD; Natalia Rosca, MD; Vivek Roy, MD; Rohit Shrestha, MD; and Amal Sobeih, MD

Two of the newcomers already have ties to Reid. Dr. Sobeih's husband is Ahmed Amro, MD, an interventional cardiologist at Richmond Cardiology Associates, and Dr. Shrestha is friends of residency program graduate Kapesh Kumar, MD, and Ajit Dhakal, MD, who serves at Reid as a hospitalist.

"Reid Health and Richmond generally are great places to work and live -- which is no surprise to those of us who already do so -- but it isn't widely known outside our area," Dr. Scott said. "So the people who already have ties to our area are a wonderful recruiting opportunity because they're familiar with our community and culture."

To learn more about the program, go to reidhealth.org/family-medicine-residency-program.