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Samaritan Internal Medicine Residency Program

Meet Our Faculty, Current Residents & Graduates

Behind every great residency program is a dedicated community. Learn more about our graduates, faculty, program coordinators and our current residents who help shape the Samaritan Internal Medicine Residency Program.

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Meet Our Alumni – Career & Fellowship Matches

  • Lacee Andrews, DO – Sleep Medicine Fellowship at OHSU, Portland, OR
  • Savinda Aponso, DO – Rheumatology Fellowship at Dartmouth, Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, NH
  • Brent Baldrica, DO – 4th year chief, Samaritan Internal Medicine Residency Program, Corvallis, OR
  • Michael Lethin, DO – Hospitalist at Samaritan Health Services, Albany, OR 
  • Mesa Lynch, DO – Geriatrics Fellowship at University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
  • Samuel Muchmore, DO – Hospitalist at Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR 
  • Janice Peterson, DO – Hospitalist at Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR 
  • Eric Snell, DO – Hospitalist at Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR  & Outpatient PCP, Albany, OR

  • Hamid Arain, DO – Nocturnist, Sutter Health, San Francisco, CA
  • Courtney Chason, DO – Outpatient PCP, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR
  • Steven Collins,DO – Nocturnist, Banner Gateway, Gilbert, AZ
  • Cyrus Faridi, DO – Rheumatology Fellowship at OHSU, Portland, OR
  • Kayla Fenton, MD – 4th year chief – Accepted to ID/Crit Fellowship at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
  • Thamara Magloire, MD – Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship at TUFTS, Boston, MA
  • Trey Morgan, DO – Geriatrics Fellowship University of Wisconsin – Accepted geriatric attending position at Samaritan Health Services, Lebanon, OR
  • Sarah Nies, DO – Cardiology Fellow, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR
  • Jasmine Townsley, DO – Geriatrics Fellowship University of Wisconsin – Accepted geriatric attending position at Samaritan Health Services, Lebanon, OR

  • Tola Adebola, MD – Cardiology Fellow, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR
  • Truman Chun, DO – Outpatient PCP, Keizer Permanente, Hawaii
  • Hanh Duong, MD – Hospitalist, Sutter Health, CA
  • Jasmeet Kaur, DO – Outpatient PCP, OPTUM, San Pedro, CA
  • Marielle Llamas, MD – Nephrology Fellowship at UC Davis, Sacramento, CA
  • Kristina Nagai, DO – 4th year chief, Academic Hospitalist, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR
  • Jay Perret, DO – Outpatient PCP, St Luke Community Healthcare, Ronan, MT
  • Jody Steyn, MD – Outpatient PCP, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR

Meet Our Teaching Faculty & Leadership

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Dr. Mythili Ransdell

Mythili Ransdell, MD – Program Director

Medical Education: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Residency: University of Massachusetts Residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Medical Interests: Medical education, chronic pain, addiction, neuroscience of learning

Hobbies: Anything outdoors, planning trips, jigsaw puzzles and learning languages

Interesting Fact: I’m convinced I once resuscitated a chicken from a near certain death!

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Brian Marshall, DO

Brian Marshall, DO – Associate Program Director

Medical Education: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine-Midwestern University

Residency: Samaritan Health Services

Medical Interests: Rural and community-based hospital medicine, medical education

Hobbies: Running, hiking, snowboarding, checking out new breweries
Interesting Fact: First baby born in St Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, WA — and I have the article to prove it!

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Thomas Smith, DO

Tom Smith, DO – Associate Program Director

Medical Education: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Samaritan Health Services

Fellowship: Infectious Disease Fellowship at University of California San Diego

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Kris Nagai, DO

Kris Nagai, DO – Lead of Resident Engagement

Medical Education: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific – Northwest

Residency: Samaritan Health Services

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Skotti Church, MD – Director of Graduate Medical Education / Academic Hospitalist

Medical Education: University of Colorado School of Medicine

Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine

Medical Interests: Geriatric Medicine (primary care, inpatient and consultative)

Hobbies: Estate sale shopping, avoiding bringing stray animals home

Interesting Fact: I become hangry if I don’t eat two meals by noon (rounds end at 11:49)!

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Chris Small, MD

Chris Small, MD – Academic Hospitalist

Medical Education: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans

Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Medical Interests: Clinical reasoning, education, and knowledge organization

Hobbies: Cooking, reading (recently – parenting books) and juggling (new)

Interesting Fact: Inexplicably, I hate spaghetti!

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Heidi Dunigan – Program Coordinator

Heidi Dunigan, Program Coordinator Internal Medicine Residency

College/University: Linn Benton Community College and Grand Canyon University.

Interests: Planning family activities, random day trip adventures, playing with our three dogs.

Hobbies: Kayaking, reading, amateur metal detecting and gold panning.

Interesting Fact: I do not like chocolate!

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Madison Gardner – Program Coordinator

Madison Gardiner, Program Coordinator Internal Medicine Residency

College/University: Chemeketa Community College.

Interests: Hanging out with my family, and my St. Bernard.

Hobbies: Reading, camping and spending time with friends.

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Meet Our Current Residents

Our resident physicians are the heart of our program, bringing energy, curiosity and a shared commitment to excellent patient care to their work.

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[email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

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