WWAHEC celebrates placing 22 R/UOP students during the program’s 22nd year

The Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program (R/UOP) is in its 22nd year of the program and the Western Washington Area Health Education Center (WWAHEC) placed 22 University of Washington medical students around western Washington this summer. R/UOP, which began in 1989, is a popular four-week, elective immersion experience in community medicine for UW medical students between their first and second year of medical school. Students in western Washington were placed as far north as Bellingham, south to Mossyrock and west to Westport.

During their four-week rotation, students live in rural or urban underserved communities throughout Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI), working side-by-side with local physicians providing healthcare to underserved populations. For the summer of 2011, a total of 119 students were placed throughout the WWAMI region. The WWAHEC was responsible for placing students in western Washington and would like to thank the following preceptors, many who have precepted for years, for their generosity and willingness to be part of the program this summer:

Ione Adams, MD, SeaMar CHC, Bellingham

Freeha Bokhari, MD, Bogachiel Medical Clinic, Forks

Todd Carlson, MD, Olympic Primary Care, Port Townsend

Todd Chambers, MD, Eastside Family Medical Clinic, Tacoma

Alan Chun, MD, International Community Health Services, Seattle

Christian Dahl, MD, Rainier School RHC, Buckley

Ben Danielson, MD, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Seattle

Shelly Dueber, DO, The Beach Clinic, Inc., Westport

Anthony Giefer, MD, MPH, Orcas Medical Center, Eastsound

Kimo Hirayama, MD, International Community Health Services, Seattle

Jane Huntington, MD, Harborview Medical Center Family Medicine Clinic, Seattle

Suzanne Laurel, DO, Auburn Community Health Center, Auburn

Michael Lippman, MD, North Seattle Public Health Center, Seattle

Kevin McCurry, MD, Riffe Medical Center, Mossyrock

Robert McElhaney, Jr., MD, Mary’s Corner Medical Clinic, Chehalis

Issac Pope, MD, Pope’s Kids Place, Centralia

Carrie Rubenstein, MD, Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center, Seattle

Bertha Safford, MD, Ferndale Medical Center, Ferndale

Ki Shin, MD, Montesano Internal Medicine Clinic, Montesano

Lillian Wu, MD, Auburn Community Health Center, Auburn

 

For more information on the R/UOP program, please visit the University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine R/UOP website, or contact Jana Lindner at WWAHEC via .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or phone, (206) 441-7137.