Hilo Medical Center and the Hilo Medical Center Foundation hosted a welcome reception June 27 at the hospital’s River Cottage for its first class of residents for the Hawaii Island Family Medicine Residency Program. The first class of residents consists of Dr. Ka‘ohimanu Akiona, Dr. Hamed Ahmadinia, and Dr. Svetlana Shchedrina, with a fourth resident to be announced at a later date. Pictured, from left, are Boyd Murayama, assistant hospital administrator and medical group practice director; Akiona, Family Medicine resident; Carol Galper, EdD, CHES, residency administrator; Dr. Mary K. Nordling, FAAFP, clinic medical director and resident faculty; Kahu Kimo Awai; Dr. Mark Knox, resident faculty; Dr. Kristine McCoy, residency director; and Ahmadinia, Family Medicine resident. Not pictured is Family Medicine resident Shchedrina.
Hilo Medical Center and the Hilo Medical Center Foundation hosted a welcome reception June 27 at the hospital’s River Cottage for its first class of residents for the Hawaii Island Family Medicine Residency Program. The first class of residents consists of Dr. Ka‘ohimanu Akiona, Dr. Hamed Ahmadinia, and Dr. Svetlana Shchedrina, with a fourth resident to be announced at a later date. Pictured, from left, are Boyd Murayama, assistant hospital administrator and medical group practice director; Akiona, Family Medicine resident; Carol Galper, EdD, CHES, residency administrator; Dr. Mary K. Nordling, FAAFP, clinic medical director and resident faculty; Kahu Kimo Awai; Dr. Mark Knox, resident faculty; Dr. Kristine McCoy, residency director; and Ahmadinia, Family Medicine resident. Not pictured is Family Medicine resident Shchedrina.