This is an exciting time for Orange Park EM residents! The ITE is behind us, and we are looking forward to meeting our new interns in July. With the arrival of our 12 new interns, our residency family will be complete. We are excited to have our full complement of 36 residents led by our first 12 trailblazers. 

As we prepare to welcome this new class, it is important to reflect on the past two years and give thanks where it’s due. We would like to highlight Dr. Ahmad Mohammadieh, who is finishing his second year of residency and his third year as Chief Resident.  He led our inaugural class and is a continual shining example of dedication, leadership and perseverance. Over the past two years, he worked tirelessly with the faculty to make our program successful. Dr. Mohammadieh set the bar high for his successors and co-residents. Drs. Cody Russell and Janae Fry will be stepping into his role as Co-Chief Residents in July. They will help our program transition from 24 to 36 residents and do their best to fill the shoes of Dr. Mohammadieh.

On the academic front, Orange Park Medical Center just completed construction on a new patient tower, and we are looking forward to construction of our new simulation center. We are currently prepping for an outdoor mass casualty exercise complete with special effects and a post-conference barbeque. Dr. Kendall Talley, PGY-1 and Cody Russell, PGY-2 recently presented “Globe Luxation: Traumatic or Not?” and “Emergency Department ‘Provider Discharge’ A Quality Project” to the Clay County Medical Society. Dr. Cody Russell, PGY-2 is also leading a team that will travel to local medical schools to teach ultrasound. Dr. Trevor Lofgran, PGY-2  recently conducted a wilderness medicine training experience for Bradford County EMS with the help of faculty members Drs. Terrell Swanson and Justin Deaton. 

Class of 2024 Match List:

Paul Bissmeyer, DO
Kansas City University

Ashley Frost, MD
St. George’s University

Edward Hu, MD
University of Illinois

Adrian Huffard, MD
Indiana University

William Angelo Kantrales, DO
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Kelsey Leonard, MD
Oakland University

Brandon Nielsen, DO
Rocky Vista University

Madelyn Nygren, MD
Oakland University

Elizabeth Piwowarski, DO
VCOM, Virginia

Rachel Sealby, DO
VCOM, Carolinas

Dillon Smith, DO
Rocky Vista University 

Michael Wakely, MD
University of Wisconsin