As 2025 draws to a close, the graduating residency class has begun the next chapter of their careers. Where are they now, and how many have remained in Wisconsin?
UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH)-Sponsored Residency Programs
Baraboo 1-2 Rural Training Track Family Medicine Residency Program
Justin Lynch, MD, is practicing at Essentia Health in Fargo, North Dakota. David Smith, MD, is pursuing a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship in Madison, Wisconsin.
Madison Residency Program
Nine of the 16 graduates stayed in Wisconsin:
- Three at DFMCH pursuing fellowships in Academic Medicine (Kimberly Krawzak, MD; Kyle Sherwin, DO) and LGBTQ+ Health (Micah Larson, MD)
- Two at Access Community Health Centers in Madison (Evelyn Luner, MD; Elisabetta Tyriver, MD)
- One at UW Health Belleville Clinic in Belleville (David Hardin, MD)
- One at UnityPoint Family Medicine Clinic in Monona (Kailin Randolph, MD)
- One at Dedicated Family Care in Madison (Aimée Wattiaux, MD)
- One at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville (Logan Yeager, MD)
Three are pursuing fellowships in Michigan (Noah Garber, MD, Disability Health Fellowship in Ann Arbor; Viktoriya Ovsepyan, MD, and Joanna Sherrill, MD, Maternal Newborn Health and Surgical OB Fellowship in Beverly Hills).
Two are practicing in Colorado (Peter Fink, MD, is practicing at UCHealth in Denver; and Rutvi Shah, MD, is practicing at Kaiser Outpatient Practice).
One is practicing at Renaissance Family Medicine Clinic in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (Abigail Cox, MD), and one is practicing at Duke Outpatient Practice in Durham, North Carolina (Molly Vernon, MD).
Monroe Residency Program
All three Monroe grads stayed in Wisconsin. John Dube, DO, at SSM Health Monroe in Monroe; Annika Evenhouse, DO, at Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center in Janesville; Christian Springer, DO, at SSM Health Monroe Clinic in New Glarus.
Academic Partner Residency Programs
Aurora Lakeland Rural Training Track Residency Program – Elkhorn
All three Lakeland graduates stayed in Wisconsin: Carley Reis, MD, at Aurora Family Medicine in Elkhorn; Clayton Lanham, MD, at Aurora Urgent Care in Lake Geneva; Justin Kryshak, MD, at Aurora Family Medicine in Delevan.
Gundersen Health System Family Medicine Residency Program – La Crosse
Two of the La Crosse residents remained in Wisconsin: Joshua Bensen, MD, at Essentia Health in Ashland; Carter Berg, DO, at Osceola Medical Center in Osceola. Three are practicing or pursuing fellowships in Minnesota: Alexander Barnett, MD, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship in Minneapolis; Kirsten Bluhm, DO, is practicing at M Health Fairview in Hugo; Kaylie McCabe, MD, is practicing at Winona Health in Winona. Nicole Johnston, MD, is practicing at Guttenberg Municipal Hospital in Guttenberg, Iowa
Aurora Family Medicine Residency Program – Milwaukee
Eight of the 10 graduates stayed in Wisconsin:
- Two at Aurora Internal and Family Medicine in Milwaukee (Alec R. Baca, MD, and Rachel Lopdrop, MD)
- One at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn (Stephanie Bruno, DO)
- One at Aurora Family Medicine in Whitefish Bay (Morgan Erickson, MD)
- One at Ascension Medial Group in Menomonee Falls (Hira Gulrayz Nasir, MD)
- One at Aurora Urgent Care in Greenfield (Spencer Randazzo, DO)
- One at Aurora Family Medicine in Grafton (Zachary Wallace, MD)
- One at Aurora Family Medicine in Franklin (Michelle Won, DO)
Kewmars Keyvani, MD, is practicing at amazon one medical in Menlo Park, California. Brenna Ori, DO, is pursuing a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon.
Waukesha Family Medicine Residency Program
One of the Waukesha grads stayed in Wisconsin: Rachael Rainey-Thomas, MD, at UW Health Yahara Family Medicine Clinic in Monona. Two are practicing at OSF HealthCare in Spring Valley, Illinois: Adam Kress, DO, and Marisa Kress, DO. Two are pursuing an OB Fellowship in Grand Forks, North Dakota: Elizabeth Ridge, MD, and Rylee Venn, DO. Betsy Revers, DO, is in Savannah, Georgia.
Aspirus Wausau Family Medicine Residency Program
Four of the six Wausau graduates stayed in Wisconsin: C. Austen Hayes, DO, at Osceola Medical Center in Osceola; Saba Kahn, DO, at Aspirus Walk In in Weston; Daniel Rubio, MD, at Aspirus Doctors Clinic in Wisconsin Rapids; Nicole Schmitz, DO, at Marshfield Clinic-Neillsville Center in Neillsville. Satchel Beranek, MD, is practicing at UC Health Primary Care – Green Valley Ranch in Denver, Colorado; Laurel Boyd, DO, is pursuing an OMT Fellowship at Berkshire Osteopathic Health in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Published: December 2025