2006 Graduates
2005 Graduates
2004 Graduates
2003 Graduates
2002 Graduates
2001 Graduates

Current Fellows

Julia Ireland , D.O.- First Year Research Fellow
Julia.Ireland@bmc.org
Julia Ireland is a graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. During medical school she became involved in clinical HIV research and during residency co-authored several posters on findings of and treatment for osteoporosis in HIV patients. Following a Family Medicine residency Julia worked in a large HIV clinic in Los Angeles while serving as an assistant professor of clinical medicine for the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine's Dept. of Family Medicine. Areas of interests include nutrition, endocrinology and CAM, particularly as they relate to HIV and women's medicine.

Spires, Ann, MD
Ann.Spires@bmc.org
Ann Spires is a Family Medicine Fellow. She has a B.A. in philosophy from Davidson College, and received her M.D. from Southern Illinois University. Since completing her training at the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, she has been working as a traveling doctor in the U.S.. She has also worked with Doctors Without Borders — providing primary care in a Sri Lankan refugee camp, and helping to organize services for children during a measles epidemic in Nigeria. She has particular interests in international health, human rights, and cultural influences in health care. She and her husband enjoy traveling and tending their garden in Haverhill.

2006 Graduates

Linda Luong , MD
Linda.Luong@bmc.org
Dr. Luong's areas of research interest include mental health and obesity prevention. Prior to her fellowship she worked at a local community health center serving a diverse patient population. She received her medical degree from The Medical College of Virginia and completed her residency at Brown University Family Practice Residency. She speaks Vietnamese.

Joanne Wilkinson , MD
Joanne.Wilkinson@bmc.org
Joanne Wilkinson is a graduate of Brown University, Brown Medical School and the Brown University/Memorial Hospital family medicine residency. Prior to starting her fellowship, she worked in a variety of clinical settings for six years, including owning her own private practice in Rhode Island. She also served as a clinical assistant professor of family medicine at Brown. Her research interests include the primary care of patients with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities, and the use of prayer for health and complementary and alternative medicine. Her teaching interests include physical diagnosis, medical interviewing, medical problem-solving and the use of creative writing as a reflective tool in medical education. In her spare time she enjoys writing, rowing, and hiking, and is a voracious reader. Dr. Wilkinson is currently the Associate Predoc Director for our department.

Pomianowski, Kartarzyna (Kasia), MD

She is a native of Poland. After graduating from medical school: Akademia Medyczna K Marcinkowski Poznan, Poland, she moved to USA to continue her medical training. She graduated from Family Medicine residency at Penn state/ Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. During her residency, she worked with many underserved population of patients, especially Amish and Mennonites; who faced multiple barriers to obtain health care because of lack of medical insurance. Naturally, her research interest includes health services, and access to health care. She's also interested in alternative medicine and its role in primary care. She speaks Polish. In her spare time she enjoys mountain hiking and traveling.

2005 Graduates

Christina Holt , MD
- Family Medicine Residency Associate Program Director at Maine Medical Center

Dr. Holt received an AB in anthropology from Harvard College, and received her MD from Stanford Medical School, along with an MA in Latin American Studies, focusing on the health and culture of the Andes.She completed residency training at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA, working with the Seattle Latino population and with a developing family medicine residency program in Peru.
After residency she worked in Searsport, Maine, in family practice for five years, then worked on international health development projects and completed a public health degree in a Research Fellowship at Boston Medical Center. She is board certified in both Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine.
Dr. Holt's clinical and research interests include maternal child health, cross-cultural healthcare, rural and underserved populations, and medical education. She is presently the project director for the Lao Family Medicine Development Project at the MMC Division of International Health Improvement.

2004 Graduates

Donna Cohen , MD

Dr.Cohen graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in biology with high distinction. She then attended Jefferson Medical College graduating AOA in 1999. Dr. Cohen completed her residency training at Lancaster General Hospital. She received the Mead Johnson award for graduate education in family practice and served as Chief Resident where she had teaching, administration, clinical and research responsibilities.

Tu-Mai Tran , MD

Born in Vinh-Long, South Vietnam, Dr. Tran's interest in medicine flourished as she observed her parents, both pharmacists, help those who were sick or dying there. Dr. Tran graduated with a bachelor of science degree in Biology at the University of California, Irvine. She received her doctorate in medicine at Tufts University Medical School and completed her Family Medicine Residency at Brown University. Dr. Tran's interests include teen health care, international health care and maternal/child health.

2003 Graduates

David Anthony, MD
Dr. Anthony graduated from Swarthmore College and then attended the Bowman Gray School of Medicine graduating in 1997. He completed his residency training at the Brown University Family Practice Residency Program at Memorial Hospital. Dr. Anthony then served as the Assistant Residency / Medical Student Director in the Department of Family Medicine at Brown. He seeks further research training so that he will be better prepared for independent research work. His current research interests include the prenatal predicators of child abuse, failure to thrive, and the primary care of patients with HIV.

Christine Odell , MD
Dr. Odell graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in biology with distinction. She then worked in basic science from 1989-1993 rising to the level associate investigator. She then attended Boston University School of Medicine graduating AOA in 1997. Dr. Odell then completed a three-year family practice residency at Maine Medical Center. While a resident she received the Mead Johnson award for graduate education in family practice. Dr. Odell served as the Chief Resident at the Maine Medical Center Family Practice Residency Program where she had teaching, administration, clinical and research responsibilities. Dr. Odell is currently a faculty member in our department.

2002 Graduates

Robert Gramling, MD
Dr. Gramling graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and the Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency. Dr. Gramling's experience includes an extensive research background. He brought a wide range of volunteer activities with him, including working as a counselor for children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, presenting on HIV/AIDS to collegiate groups, and counseling and teaching high school students in confidential Q&A sessions. Dr. Gramling's interests span from triathlon training, to philosophy, to pairs dancing. Dr. Gramling is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Medicine at Brown Medical School.

2001 Graduates

Julie Taylor, MD
Dr. Taylor was our first fellow in the Family Medicine Fellowship program. During her two years here, she completed a Master of Science in Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. This entailed three semesters of course work and a thesis project. She worked on two major research projects, and has since published both as first author, including: (1) a study of fellowship training in primary care with a group of GIM faculty--paper published in Academic Medicine (poster at national conference), and (2) secondary data analysis of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) (thesis project) looking at the association of unintended pregnancy and breastfeeding behaviors--published in Journal of Family Practice (presented at a national conference). Upon graduating, she worked for a year in a private group practice. Currently, Dr. Taylor is the Director of Predoctoral Education at Brown Medical School where she manages the Family Medicine clerkship. Dr. Taylor spends 40% of her time in clinical practice, including obstetrics, and she has 30% protected time which she devotes to breastfeeding research (including additional data analyses of the NSFG) and community outreach.