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Third year
Tracy Geiger MD, Chief Resident »
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Tracy grew up in southern Wisconsin. He graduated from UW Milwaukee for his undergraduate training and then completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Tracy has a strong interest in international medicine and plans to share his medical practice with rural medicine and international medicine. He is interested in the full scope of family practice including obstetrics.
Tracy enjoys spending his spare time on the many beautiful lakes around Eau Claire which is what drew him to this area.
Tatsiana Halkova MD »
Medical school: Grodno State Medical Institute, Belarus; State Institute of Oncology and Radiology, Belarus
Undergraduate: Nursing School, Hmelnitski, Ukraine
Tatsiana was born in the Ukraine and did training in Oncology before immigrating to the United States. Her clinical interests include Preventive Medicine and cancer screening. Tatsiana likes to spend time with her family, photography and listening to classical music. She plans on practicing the full scope of Family Medicine in the Midwest.
Nadine Nixon MD »
Medical school: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Undergraduate: University of Houston
Nadine was born in Houston, Texas and spent most of her summers on her grandparents' farm near Nacogdoches, Texas. She attended the High School for the Health Professions. She received her bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Houston. She served in the Peace Corps at Kiraeni Girls' Secondary School in Tanzania, East Africa, where she taught Biology and AIDS awareness, participated in Cookery and Needlework classes, learned Swahili, and climbed Kilimanjaro with another volunteer and eleven students. Eight months prior to Peace Corps, and on her return, she lived in Madison, WI, working with people who have developmental disabilities. She graduated from UW Medical School.
She plans to stay in Wisconsin and practice in a rural setting. Her professional interests are in the areas of adult medicine and obstetrics. She is married and enjoys gardening, canoeing, and reading literature.
Second year
Sou Her DO »
Medical school: Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sou was born and raised in Laos and immigrated to the United States when he was three years old. He lived in Springfield, Illinois as well as Long Beach, California. The town where he was situated the longest was in Stockton, California.
Sou took time sampling several medical specialties and sub-specialties before he realized family medicine and pediatrics were the best fit for him. His medical interest is in pediatric immunizations and rural health care. He is fluent in Hmong and would love to come back to his community to set up a private practice and serve this underrepresented minority group.
He is active in several arenas: He was in a band in high school and was involved in many sports ranging from soccer to basketball and badminton.
Hobbies include music, sports, and watching movies.
James Lopez MD, Chief Resident »
Medical school: University of Florida - Gainesville
Undergraduate: University of Florida - Gainesville
James’ fascination of aircraft and photography evolved into owning and operating an aerial photography business. In 1993, after reaching the decision to pursue a career in medicine, he closed down his business, moved to Florida, and took the appropriate steps to gain admission into college. It was the combination of musculoskeletal anatomy, neurology, body mechanics, and the human component that gripped him. James performed research with the University of Florida Department of Orthopedics and was elected the President of the Orthopedic Interest Group. James established the school’s first Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interest Group.
Throughout his life, he has been shaped by his interests, experiences, and setbacks. It is all of these experiences that define his character and determination and his desire to help those in need. At this time, his interests are in sports medicine and spinal cord injuries, however, he has come to realize that his character and interests will continue to evolve just as they have throughout his life.
Vinay Sharma MD »
Medical school: Windsor University
Undergraduate: University of Western Ontario
Vinay was born in Northern Ireland and raised in Toronto, Canada. Since childhood, he knew he wanted a career that would compliment his passions of teaching and medical research. After completing his undergraduate degree in Biology, he enrolled at Windsor University School of Medicine. Vinay chose to pursue a residency in family medicine because of the diversity of the field. He chose Wisconsin because of the quality and reputation of the UW graduates.
Vinay enjoys traveling, cooking, playing golf and the guitar.
Diana Saykova Velkova MD »
Medical school: Medical Faculty at Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Diana was born in Sliven, Bulgaria. After graduating medical school in Bulgaria, she worked for 1 ½ years as a general practitioner and then as an ophthalmologist. It has been a lifelong dream to live in the U.S. and in 2004, Diana and her daughter were able to join with friends and move to Florida. She feels family medicine offers her the most interesting spectrum of patient care and preventative medicine.
Her special interests include: books, theater, pets, nature, and walking.
First year
Mohammad Alam MD »
Medical school: Rangpur Medical College - Rangpur, Bangladesh
Mohammad was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed his M.B.B.S. degree in 2004 from Rangpur Medical College in Rangpur, Bangladesh. He was a physician in the ER, ICU and Inpatient wards after he graduated. He began his first medical observership in Texas in 2007 and has worked with several different medical clinics since then as an extern. He recently completed a two month externship with Eau Claire Family Medicine Program. He wants to provide quality primary care for the whole family.
Mohammad enjoys the performing arts, news, sports, information and technology, reading, music and different cultures.Achal Gupta MD »
Medical school: Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences - Hubli, India
Achal was born in India. He graduated from Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences in Hubli, India with his M.B.B.S. degree in 2005 He was a medical officer at the Parveen Hospital in Karnal India prior to coming to the United States. He has completed several externships in Texas where he some of his relatives reside. He recently completed a two month externship with the Eau Claire Family Medicine Program.
Achal’s hobbies include playing baseball, cricket, hockey, swimming, and gardening, reading medical journals and working on the computer. He speaks several other languages including: Spanish, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, and Urdu.Natalya Puckett MD »
Medical school: Tjumen State Medical Academy
Natasha was born in Tyumen, Russia. She finished her Internal Medicine residency training and worked as an Internist at the regional hospital. After moving to the United States, Natasha resided in Boston, Massachusetts where she was involved in the Pediatric Anesthesia clinical research at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her professional interests include Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Preventive Medicine.
Natasha enjoys listening to the classical music, singing, cooking, yoga, traveling, outdoor activities, and spending time with her daughter and friends.Krissa Schuldt DO »
Medical school: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine - Biddeford, ME
Krissa is a native from Minnesota and is extremely excited to be returning to the Midwest. She obtained her DO degree from the University Of New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, ME in June 2009. During her training she traveled across the country working in many different health care facilities including her last 2 months here in Eau Claire at the Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic, and the Sacred Heart ER and Radiology departments.
She enjoys gardening, reading, walking her giant schnauzer Fen, jogging, spending time with friends and family and experiencing new places and activities.
Her medical Interests include preventative medicine, patient education, women's health, and manual medicine. She hopes to serve in a small community in the future.
Kirsten Stotz DO »
Medical school: Des Moines University, Osteopathic Medical Center - Des Moines, IA
Kirsten is a Minnesota native. She completed her osteopathic degree from Des Moines University, Osteopathic Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa this past May. Kirsten is married to Michael Stotz. Kirsten completed a rotation at the Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic last fall.
Kirsten and Michael share many of the same hobbies of spending time with family and friends, being active by watching or participating in a variety of sporting activities. She is an avid Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings fan.
Her medical interests include geriatrics, dermatology, pediatrics and mental health.Michael Stotz DO »
Medical school: Des Moines University, Osteopathic Medical Center - Des Moines, IA
Michael is originally from South Dakota. He completed his osteopathic degree from Des Moines University, Osteopathic Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa this past May. He is married to Kirsten Stotz. He has traveled extensively during his medical school years and chose Wisconsin as one of his training sites.
His hobbies include spending time with family and friends, watching and participating in sports and staying physically active. He also enjoys many outdoor activities popular in the Midwest such as hunting and fishing.
He is keeping his medical interests open to all possibilities within the broad scope of family medicine; however current special interests include sports medicine and osteopathic manipulation.