Pictured (L-R) are Shannon Trego with Dr. Don Richter and
Kari Bernard of Mountain Laurel Medical Center in Oakland, Maryland. Shannon
comes to Western Maryland via the Garrett Allegany Health Workforce Development
Network, a Western Maryland AHEC grant funded by the United States Office of
Rural Health Policy. For more information contact Martha Bird at
mbird@wmahec.org.
Trego is a student from the University of Maryland Eastern
Shore Physician Assistant Program. She will be at Mountain Laurel Medical for 2
months until March 6, 2013 as part of a 12 month series of rotations that make
up the Physician Assistant clerkship. Shannon will be completing her entire
clerkship in Western Maryland, alternating between Garrett and Allegany
counties. She is projected to complete her clerkship in December 2013.
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Garrett County Welcomes Medical Resident Dr. Castel
Santana
Garrett County Health Officer Rodney Glotfelty introduced Dr.
Castel Santana to Garrett County Health Department and Western Maryland Area Health
Education Center staff at a welcome luncheon at the health department on
Tuesday, January 8, 2013, as Dr. Santana begins his month-long Community Medicine
rotation. Dr. Santana is a medical resident from the University of Maryland
School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Santana will learn public health in a rural setting via the health department. He is
also spending time with preceptors Dr. Donald Richter, Mountain Laurel Medical
Center Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center, with Family
Practitioner Dr. Robert Goralski of Garrett Medical Group, and with Dermatologist
Dr. Daniel Herring, Oakland, Maryland.
Glotfelty expressed his pleasure in having Dr. Santana in
the county to explore how the provision of health care services are done in a
rural county in a uniquely collaborative manner. Programs such as the Garrett
Allegany Health Workforce Development Network (GAHWDN) will eventually help
with the difficult job of recruiting physicians to rural settings.
Dr. Santana, who was the Midwest Wrestling Rookie of the
Year in 2001, maintains his interest in sports via coaching and planning
community health fairs focused on health and fitness. He stated that he is looking forward to
working with physicians in the community and getting to know Garrett County.
Dr. Santana comes to Western Maryland via the Garrett
Allegany Health Workforce Development Network, which is funded
by the United States Office of Rural Health Policy. For more information contact Martha Bird at mbird@wmahec.org at Western Maryland AHEC.
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Dr. Tracy Givens completes her October 2012 month-long rotation in
Western Maryland with Dr. Robert Goralski, Garrett Medical Group, who practices
Family Medicine in Oakland, Maryland. Medical
residents such as Givens are required to complete this curriculum by the
University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Family and Community
Medicine (“UM SOM Department”).
In
addition to her time at Garrett Medical Group, Givens spent a week at the
Allegany County Health Department and a week at Garrett County’s Mountain
Laurel Medical Center with Dr. Donald Richter. This curriculum, along with
other initiatives designed to increase access to primary care services in the
region, was created by the Garrett-Allegany Health Workforce Development
Network (GAHWDN) and is funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services
Administration. GAWWDN is a collaborative effort among health facilities and
providers in both counties, Western Maryland AHEC, and the UM SOM Department of Family and Community Medicine.
For further information, contact Martha Bird, Network Director, at
301-777-9150, Ext. 110, or mbird@wmahec.org.