Alumni Notes

'00s

Kevin Longie, M.D. ‘05 and Kelly Longie, M.D. ’05, second-year residents in the UND family medicine program at Bismarck, were recognized during the annual Doctors’ Day “Best of the Best Awards” event this spring at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck. The twins received the “Most Helpful Residents” award, given to physicians who “have gone above and beyond” during the previous year.

Candelaria Martin, M.D. ’04, third-year resident at the UND Center for Family Medicine, Minot, received the American Academy of Family Physicians/Bristol Myers Squibb Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education.  Award recipients represent the most outstanding family medicine residents in the country.  Their performance in residency training has proven to be the finest and brightest among a large group of highly qualified applicants.

Audrey Kost, PA-C ’03, was recognized as the “Outstanding VA Healthcare Provider of the Year” for 2006 by the Department of South Dakota Disabled American Veterans.  Kost works at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD.

Heidi Philpot, M.D. ’03, joined the faculty at Altru’s Family Medicine Residency in Grand Forks, ND.  She completed her residency at the same facility and is now one of six faculty physicians and 18 resident-doctors available to patients. Philpot was recently awarded the William Buckingham Outstanding Resident Award, sponsored by the North Dakota Academy of Family Physicians.

Robin Hape, M.D. ’02, a fifth-year resident in the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ surgery residency program, Grand Forks, received a travel grant to attend a national meeting on the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers. The grant supported his participation in the Fifth Annual Symposium on Gastrointestinal Cancers: Integrating Recent Advances into Clinical Practice, sponsored by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, in October in St. Louis, MO.

Clayton Fetsch, M.D. ’01, began his practice at McPherson Memorial Hospital in McPherson, KS.  He is trained in general surgery but has a special interest in laparoscopic procedures. Fetsch completed his surgical residency and internship at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita.

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'90s

David Burt, M.D. ’99, has joined the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, as an assistant professor. He is working as an attending physician in the emergency department and is engaged in teaching, research and administration. His area of special interest is cardiovascular emergency medicine, particularly the treatment of acute MI (myocardial infarction). After graduating medical school at UND, Burt served as a volunteer physician in Guatemala,  completed residency training in emergency medicine at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, and was the nation's first graduate from the University of Virginia's unique fellowship in cardiovascular emergency medicine.

Christa Andrews-Fike, M.D. ’96, joined ThedaCare Physicians-Shawano in Green Bay, WI.  Andrews-Fike is certified in family medicine, advanced trauma, life support, advanced cardiac life support, neonatal and pediatric advanced life support. She completed her residency at the University of Tennessee Department of Family Medicine, where she was the chief resident. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Medical Association.

Kent Diehl, M.D. ’93, has joined the Kidder County Primary Health Care Corporation in Steele, ND, as a primary care physician.  He completed his residency in Bismarck at the UND Family Practice Center.

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'80s

Andrew McLean, M.D. ’87, is the new medical director of North Dakota’s state mental hospital in Jamestown.   He will continue to hold his position as medical director of the Southeast Human Service Center in Fargo while serving in his new job in Jamestown.  McLean also serves as a clinical professor of clinical neuroscience for the medical school.

Timothy Henry, M.D. (B.S. Med. ’80), of Wayzata, MN, received an Innovator Award from the American College of Cardiology, Minnesota Chapter.  Henry has been a pioneer in organizing innovative strategies to treat acute myocardial infarction in community hospitals.  He established a level one heart attack program for Abbott Northwestern Hospital with the results cited by hospitals around the world as they seek to replicate what he has done.  He also has been a leader in understanding how to reduce door-to-balloon times for patients suffering from heart attacks.

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'70s

Mark Wiest, M.D. ’77, has been named medical management executive for CIGNA HealthCare.  Based in Green Bay, WI, Wiest is the medical lead for CIGNA’s health benefits plans throughout the region, including health advocacy, disease management and medical management. Wiest joined CIGNA from Prevue Health Services in Green Bay, WI, where he served as senior vice president and chief medical officer since 2003. Previously he was medical director for CIGNA HealthCare of Arizona.  He has a master’s degree in administrative and preventive medicine from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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'60s

Glenn Thoreson, M.D. (B.S. Med ’64), of Mayville, ND, received the Community and Professional Services Award from the North Dakota Medical Association.  Having spent over 35 years as a family physician, Thoreson is retired and works part-time with a clinic in Valley City, ND.

Patrick Kavaney, M.D. (B.S. Med. ’63), joined North Country Urology, a new service opened by North Country Health Services in Bemidji, MN.  Kavaney completed his degree at Northwestern Medical School, an internship at Denver General Hospital, a general surgery residency at the University of Minnesota and a urology residency at Stanford University. Prior to joining North Country Urology, he worked as a urologist at MeritCare Clinic-Bemidji.

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