Happy Holidays

The Glendale Adventist Family Medicine Residency would like to wish you and your family a safe & joyous holiday season!!

FMC Holiday Party

The FMC Holiday Party was held on 12/10/10 @ Anoush Restaurant. Here faculty, residents and staff enjoyed the festivities with holiday games, yummy cusine, a smores table, prizes and an enjoyable time together!

Glendale Health Fair

On November 6th, four of our dynamic residents participated in the Glendale Health Fair. The residents volunteered their services and provided the ~1400 participants with diabetes & cardio vascular disease screenings, blood pressure & cholestorol monitoring, patient education, and much more! They also performed over 100 gynelogical examinations!! Way to go :)

Let the Holiday Parties Begin!!

This year the GAMC Holiday Party on 12/5/10 was at the Palladio restaurant. The group enjoyed delicious Armenian cuisine, an energized dance floor, and hanging out with friends!

FMRP Alumni Dinner

Interview Season is underway and we are thrilled to have such a wonderful set of applicants thus far.

****** FMRP Alumni Dinner ******
The Glendale Adventist Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program is pleased to announce the upcoming FMRP Alumni Dinner on May 21, 2011. Information regarding tickets and details coming soon, so make sure Amanda has your contact information. The Alumni Event will also commemorate Dr. Churg's 30 years with our program! Please direct all event questions to Amanda Martin, FM Coordinator, via email at martinat@ah.org or by phone at 818-500-5525. Go FMRP :)



Hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving Day!

Weekly Bulletin 10-20-10

By popular demand we have started a weekly bulletin, it has been sent to your work emails. Please check there for an expanded version of the reminders below. Thanks, Amanda

Diabetes in FMC Survey- Please complete! Thank you :)
www.surveymonkey.com/s/HMB7MZD

Interview Season is here! We are thrilled to welcome the new interviewing group & can't wait to talk to you about our program!!

Get your flu shot! Protect yourself and all of our patients. Remaining dates:
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 @ 7am -5pm
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 7am - 3pm

Annual Open Forum w/ Dr. Reese & Morre Dean Nov 3 @ 12:30p.

In Training Exam will be on Nov 5 @ 8:00AM.

Community Service Nov 6 @ 10a-3p will provide basic health screening and education about common health related conditions that are prevalent in our community.

Nov 16's Noon Conference will give residents a head start on learning about Computer Provider Order Entry (CPOE), which puts the power of order entry directly into the hands of the provider.

Coordinator @ LLU & CAFP Recruitment Fairs

Family Medicine Residency Annual Retreat 2010

Thank you all for such a lovely & successful retreat!! The BBQ was delicious as always & the Minute to Win It games were so much fun. Here the teams prepare for a 1 minute competition. Ready, set, go!!


Following the BBQ & games we enjoyed some down time before the cocktail hour, dinner, & the GAMC Idol commenced. The next day we broke into groups to create a device to protect an egg when being tossed off the roof. Here is the winning team about to drop thier egg!


Another fabulous retreat thanks to our creative and hard working group!! Go FMRP :)

Residency Dinner 2010

Above is a group shot from our Annual FM Residency Dinner. The residents, faculty, and their families had a fun hanging out and enjoying delicious Mexican food. We are excited about the upcoming interview season & welcoming new prospective residents to our program :) Applications can be submitted to ERAS through December 31, 2010. Best of luck to you!

AAFP National Conference 2010

Come meet us in person! This year Drs. Burke, Chu, & Miller plan to attend the AAFP's National Conference in Kansas City. We will be at booth 1435 Glendale Adventist FMR from 7/29-7/31/10. We'd love to meet you and introduce our program to you :) For more information regarding the conference go to: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/cme/aafpcourses/conferences/nc.html

2010 Graduates

GAMC's Family Medicine Residency is proud to graduate the class of 2010: Dr. Berberian, Dr. Debay, Dr. Le, Dr. Namm, Dr. Patel, Dr. Tatosyan, & Dr. Vaughn. This class was filled with compassion for delivering quality patient care along with social responsibility, global interest, & were a delight to work with. Drs. Patel and Vaughn spent a month in Ecuador where they dove into the culture, assisted in rural clinics, and spent some time sightseeing. Dr. Namm enjoyed her Guam experience thoroughly and has decided to return to provide her expertise and aid to the people of Guam. We wish them all luck as they prepare for the Medical Board examination. These graduates have made a strong impact on our program and will surely be missed :) Congratulations Class of 2010!!

EMS Appreciation BBQ

Orientation is in full swing & our incoming residents are one step closer on their journey. Here is a picture of our incoming intern class on June 16, 2010 at the EMS Appreciation Luncheon. A lively group showed their support for our Emergency, Fire, & First Response Teams with a BBQ lunch accompanied by a live country band. It was a great chance to acknowledge the importance of our EMS team in serving the residents of Glendale, CA.

Site Visit

I am pleased to report that our Site Visit on May 25, 2010 went smoothly. Thank you for Everyone’s dedication and teamwork! I am thankful I work with such a wonderful group of faculty and resident :) Now a few weeks before graduation and I am sentimental as this was the class I started with. This year's graduates are Drs. Berberian, Debay, Le, Namm, Patel, Tatosyan & Vaughn. I wish them all the best & everyone here will miss them dearly. As our transition occurs we look forward to welcoming our incoming PGY-1s. Biographies for Drs. Chang, Dao, Frazier, Gerard Madzar, Hyun, Leong, Shen, & Wu are coming soon!

2010 Downtown Dash

On Saturday March 14, 2010 the Family Medicine Center & Skin MD were proud to be sponsors for the 2010 Downtown Dash as well as participants. The Downtown Dash is put on by Glendale Adventist Medical Center to promote Stroke awareness to the community. Strokes are the 2nd leading cause of death in the San Fernando Valley and the leading cause of adult disability in America. Congratulations to all the finishers!

Dr. K and Dr. Dand family on Dr. M's internet radio show

Dr. Marina Khubesrian comes on the show with her husband, Dr. Mark Dreskin, aka "Doc Zeller" and daughter, Sophie and cousin, Emily and they ALL made the show lively with advice and music.
Here's the link:

http://drgroovy.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-02-15T22_36_49-08_00

3rd Annual Downtown Dash - March 14th

Family Practice of Glendale will participate in the 3rd Annual Glendale Downtown Dash. If you are interested in joining please see Lou (x3615) or Robert (x3610). FPG's goal is to raise $100 per person (see Lou or Robert for details). Information is as follows:

Date: March 14, 2010
Time: Registration - 7:00am; Run/Walk starts 8:00am
Registration Fee: $25 per person; includes shirt from Downtown Dash and FPG (Participants will need to sign up and pay Lou by February 26, 2010. The employee only will be reimbursed the day of the event. No refunds if you do not show up.)

This event is open to all family and friends. Hope to see you there!

Such a success!! Thanks for all the support :)

Rainbow over FMC Feb 2010

Oh it rained and rained and rained, and finally we saw the rainbow, right over the buidling.
Photo courtesy of Reham Attia, PGY1

LA Marathon 3/21/10

Hi Folks-
The GA FMRP will be staffing one of the medical tents at the LA Marathon (Sunday March 21, 2010) this year. We will be stationed at Hollywood and Garner which is Mile 12. In order to participate, there is one training session before in the week of March 13. Almost anyone can help. It's exciting and fun and even if you can't walk or run 26 miles- you can still be a part of the action!
Contact Dr. Miller- millerk3@ah.org or if you are interested.

3/21/10 LA Marathon GAMC FM Physicians:

New Website!!!

Hi Folks-

As our interview season winds down, we are revving up with a new blog and new website additions. Please enjoy our new easier navigation and more web pages of information for prospective residents, current residenst, faculty and staff and alumni.

We hope you enjoy interacting with us in our new, more interactive web-world.

Health and Happiness,

GAMC FMRP