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THANK A RESIDENT DAY

February 23, 2024

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To: Christopher Martin, SURGERY, Acute Care Suery

Our unit appreciate your quick responses and your awesome bedside manners.

From: 15 East, 15 A East

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To: Dr. Anthony Strada, SURGERY,

Thank you, Tony, for your enthusiasm and all that you do for those you work and

collaborate with. Thank you for your hard work this year as Chief Resident. It's

been great to work with you.

From: Panicha "PK" Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Dr. Brandon Painter, SURGERY,

Thank you, Brandon, for the patience you show to those you work with. It has

been a pleasure to work with you. You are appreciated and thank you for all that

you do as Chief Resident this year.

From: Panicha "PK" Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Dr. Brian Sutjiadi, SURGERY,

Thank you, Brian, for your continued hard work and striving for excellence in

patient care. You are appreciated and your work is noted. Thank you isn't enough.

From: PK Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Dr. Jonte Miller, SURGERY,

Jonte, thank you for your hard work and all that you do.

From: PK Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Dr. Joyce McRae, SURGERY,

Joyce, Thank you for your patience with everything - teaching Jrs, students, and

being diligent in all that you do. You are an incredible Resident and Surgeon in

the making.

From: PK Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Dr. Nicole DePolo, SURGERY,

Thank you, Nicole, for your continued hard work as Chief Resident this year.

Thank you for all that you do and for your continued teaching and leadership

amongst residents. Thank you for your commitment to equity.

From: Panicha "PK" Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Dr. Rosanne Thornhill, SURGERY,

Thank you, Rosanne for all that you do and your commitment to those around

you. The work you do and the care you provide does not go unnoticed. You are

appreciated. Thank you for your leadership as Chief Resident this past year.

From: Panicha "PK" Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Dr. Thaer Shehadeh, SURGERY,

Thank you, Thaer, for your commitment to leading, guiding, and teaching Jr

residents and students to grow in the duration of their rotations. Thank you for

your continued excellence. You are greatly appreciated.

From: PK Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Dr. Zachary Tran, SURGERY,

Thank you, Zach, for your enthusiasm when working with Jr residents and for

your continued leadership as Chief Resident with our team (GI Surgery). It is

appreciated and well-noted.

From: PK Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: emily stevenson, SURGERY,

Emily, thank you so much for getting me involved in the OR and for taking the

time to teach me how to suture. your willingness to teach me early on in my

rotation gave me the confidence to take initiative throughout the rest of my time

on surgery. wishing you all the best.

From: aleece, llusom

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To: Entire ACS residency group (including all those involved in outpatient

wound care clinic), SURGERY, ACS

We all want to thank you for the hard work to make the wound care clinic

successful. Our patients deserve your skill and kindness everyday. We are so

proud to work alongside you all.

From: The entire inpatient wound care/ostomy team., Wound/Ostomy

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To: Fellow Dr. Christina Poa-Li, SURGERY,

Thank you for everything you do for our team, our patients, the students that

rotate through, and our colleagues. You have been a pleasure to work with and

are appreciated. Thank you is not enough!!

From: Panicha "PK" Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services

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To: Jillian Drogin, SURGERY,

Hi Jillian, it was great working with you. Thank you for your encouragement and

even advising! Best wishes with the rest of your intern year!

From: David Ngan, Loma Linda University School of Medicine

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To: Joyce McRae, SURGERY,

Thank you, Dr. McRae for all your help here at the Surgical Hospital PACU. You

are so kind, thorough, and attentive to all your patients- it is a privilege to work

with you!

From: Kayleigh Drozd, RN, Surgical Hospital PACU

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To: Juan Quispe, SURGERY,

Thank you for being such a great doc on your night time ACS rotation. I know

myself and all of my RN colleagues felt our concerns were addressed when it

came to the patients. We know that rotation can be stressful so we thank you for

all that you do.

From: Andrew Magallanes, 6A West Transplant

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To: Michael Durkin, SURGERY,

Thank you so much for the time you spent with a family on my service to help

them understand the patient's condition and clear some communication hurdles.

It was above-and-beyond!

From: Mike Nguyen, Internal Medicine / Hospitalist Group

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To: Michael Wilkinson, SURGERY,

Michael, Thank you for being such a welcoming and inclusive senior. Surgery

was genuinely been my favorite rotation and your intentionality in getting me

involved in surgery/rounds was a huge part of that. Your life and schedule are so

busy, but the fact that you took the time to teach meant so much. Hope to see you

again in the future and to treat medical students when I'm a resident the way you

treated me.

From: aleece cazan dietrich, llusom

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To: Michelle Hong, SURGERY,

Thank you for all of your help in our Surgical Oncology clinics!! You are so

knowledgeable, and you make the patients feel at ease! You make clinic run

smoothly! Good luck to you!

From: Ashley Luna, Surgical Oncology

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To: Michelle Hong, MD, SURGERY,

Thank you, Dr. Hong, for your excellent care of our collective colorectal surgery

patients. Your tireless effects, attention to detail, and efficiency with running a

complex service has not gone unnoticed. Knowing that you are "in charge" gives

me the confidence to know that patients will be well taken care of.

From: David Row, Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

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To: Nicole DePolo, SURGERY,

Thank you, Dr. DePolo for your dedication and commitment to our collective

colorectal surgery patients. Your "human-kindness" in your interactions with

patients has not gone unnoticed.

From: David Row, Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

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To: Own Van der Werf, MD, SURGERY,

Thank you, Dr. Van der Werf for your care of our collective colorectal surgery

patients. Your can-do attitude and not shying away from the hard work has not

gone unnoticed.

From: David Row, Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

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To: Sean Hendrix, MD, SURGERY,

Thank you, Dr. Hendrix, for your ongoing commitment and excellent care of our

collective colorectal surgery patients. Your timely communication and pleasant

demeanor has not gone unnoticed.

From: David Row, Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

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To: SICU Residents, SURGERY, SICU

I wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude for all of your hard work and

dedication to your patients and colleagues. Thank you for everything you do; it

makes a BIG difference every day!

From: Santhy Fang, PSR - Clinical Documentation Integrity

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To: Surgery residents, SURGERY,

Dear surgery residents, thank you all for being the most caring, smart, and gifted

group of residents at LLUH!

From: Mark Reeves, Surgery

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To: Tony Strada, SURGERY,

Thanks for being so inclusive in the OR and keeping a stressful rotation light with

a sense of humor. for what it's worth, all of us students agree you were the best

senior we've gotten to worked with this year. I imagine your life is stressful but

thanks for not letting that keep you from teaching us med students along the way.

From: aleece cazan dietrich, llusom

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To: Zachary Tran, MD, SURGERY,

Thank you, Dr. Tran, for all of your hard work and efforts in running a complex

and busy service with limited manpower. Your commit to the care of our

collective patients has not gone unnoticed.

From: David Row, Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

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To: ALL RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS, ALL PROGRAMS,

We appreciate each and every one of you for all your hard work and dedication.

We are proud to be a part of your Graduate Medical Education journey and are

always here to support you any way we can!

From: Everyone at the GME Office