THANK A RESIDENT DAY
February 23, 2024
To: Christopher Martin, SURGERY, Acute Care Suery
Our unit appreciate your quick responses and your awesome bedside manners.
From: 15 East, 15 A East
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
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
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
To: Dr. Jonte Miller, SURGERY,
Jonte, thank you for your hard work and all that you do.
From: PK Kittipha, Advanced Practice Services
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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