HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Joseph Simmons, M.D., has been named January Resident of the Month astatine the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, announced Paulette S. Wehner, M.D., vice dean of postgraduate aesculapian education.
Simmons is finishing his 3rd and last twelvemonth of the interior medicine residency program astatine the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine wherever helium obtained his M.D. The Shinnston, West Virginia, autochthonal was nominated by members of the interior medicine faculty.
“Dr. Simmons epitomizes nonmigratory excellence,” stated Eva Patton Tackett, M.D., subordinate prof and manager of the interior medicine residency program. “Not lone is helium beardown academically and clinically, but helium is simply a terrific teacher with an unthinkable enactment ethic and beardown devotion to his patients and community. His cognition is evident by his outstanding show arsenic a three-year subordinate of our aesculapian jeopardy team.”
“Simmons’s information was a pleasance to read, and we are ever thrilled erstwhile a section physician-in-training excels,” Wehner said. “He deserves to beryllium recognized.”
As portion of his Resident of the Month recognition, Simmons received a plaque and designated parking spot.
After completing his grooming successful June 2023, Simmons and his wife, Kelly, volition determination to Morgantown wherever helium volition participate a gastroenterology fellowship programme astatine West Virginia University.
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Contact: Michele McKnight, Marshall Health / School of Medicine, 304-691-1713
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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