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What a journey my residency years have been, and it’s flown Montana in Missoula, Montana and heading to Full part of the greater WesternU family, we are trailblazers –
by, to say the least. The more I learn, the more I realize I Spectrum Family Medicine, including obstetrics and making our distinctive marks across the great Pacific
don’t know. Being able to train so close to where I grew up inpatient medicine, at St. Luke’s Community Hospital Northwest.
has made it possible to be with the people I care about in Ronan and Polson, Montana. Some highlights of my residency years include: delivering my
most and enjoy the many activities I grew up doing. And it first OB continuity patient on Easter Sunday, running my
has made the work/life balance much more achievable. I loved being part of WesternU COMP-Northwest! When
compared to my peers, I feel we received a solid foundation first code blue, comforting a patient and her husband when
Residency has been a mixture of emotions, working hours she found out her condition was terminal, surviving 24-hour
on end with little sleep, shedding tears, sharing laughs and and an even better family in Lebanon. The faculty and staff shifts and night rotations while maintaining (most of) my
are like no other. We had a unique opportunity to help
making memories with some remarkable people while sanity, getting schooled on how to play Uno from one of my
thinking about the difference we are making in people’s mold the Lebanon campus and culture. peds patients, meeting my classmates who have become my
lives. It has been an unforgettable experience, one I will The highlight of my residency would be bonding with my second family, and eating Fruit Loops out of a milk carton at
soon reflect back on and miss. stellar classmates and co-residents. I feel so fortunate to 2 a.m., to name a few.
As a third-generation Oregon native, practicing medicine have matched in Missoula. I wouldn't have it any other way. Having been born and raised in Hawaii, it’s hard to call
near home has been a goal of mine since I set out to Eileen Domingo, finishing residency at Providence St.
become a doctor when I was 10 years old. As that dream Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington and heading anywhere else home, but I’ve been able to do just that in
Washington. I love connecting with nature on hikes, picking
became a reality, the goal has not changed, but rather into family medicine at the Yakima Valley Farm
strengthened, as I want to give back to the community that Workers Clinic in Toppenish, Washington. blackberries along the river, immersing myself in the arts by
watching Broadway, indulging in the ethnically diverse
has helped me along this arduous journey. I recently signed
with Mosaic Medical in Bend, Oregon and will be working Being a WesternU COMP-Northwest alum and part of the culinary scene, and most of all, developing a real connection
with the people that I've served in my career thus far. I’m
as an internal medicine provider in its outpatient clinic inaugural class, I feel there is a strong sense of community
starting this August. between classmates, professors, and staff that carries on no very fortunate and excited to be joining Yakima Valley
Farmworkers Clinic in Central Washington as a family
matter the distance or space in time. It’s surreal to be able
Mariah Bonner, finishing residency at the University of to call ourselves the inaugural class. As much as we are a medicine doctor. n
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest Inaugural Class
by, to say the least. The more I learn, the more I realize I Spectrum Family Medicine, including obstetrics and making our distinctive marks across the great Pacific
don’t know. Being able to train so close to where I grew up inpatient medicine, at St. Luke’s Community Hospital Northwest.
has made it possible to be with the people I care about in Ronan and Polson, Montana. Some highlights of my residency years include: delivering my
most and enjoy the many activities I grew up doing. And it first OB continuity patient on Easter Sunday, running my
has made the work/life balance much more achievable. I loved being part of WesternU COMP-Northwest! When
compared to my peers, I feel we received a solid foundation first code blue, comforting a patient and her husband when
Residency has been a mixture of emotions, working hours she found out her condition was terminal, surviving 24-hour
on end with little sleep, shedding tears, sharing laughs and and an even better family in Lebanon. The faculty and staff shifts and night rotations while maintaining (most of) my
are like no other. We had a unique opportunity to help
making memories with some remarkable people while sanity, getting schooled on how to play Uno from one of my
thinking about the difference we are making in people’s mold the Lebanon campus and culture. peds patients, meeting my classmates who have become my
lives. It has been an unforgettable experience, one I will The highlight of my residency would be bonding with my second family, and eating Fruit Loops out of a milk carton at
soon reflect back on and miss. stellar classmates and co-residents. I feel so fortunate to 2 a.m., to name a few.
As a third-generation Oregon native, practicing medicine have matched in Missoula. I wouldn't have it any other way. Having been born and raised in Hawaii, it’s hard to call
near home has been a goal of mine since I set out to Eileen Domingo, finishing residency at Providence St.
become a doctor when I was 10 years old. As that dream Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington and heading anywhere else home, but I’ve been able to do just that in
Washington. I love connecting with nature on hikes, picking
became a reality, the goal has not changed, but rather into family medicine at the Yakima Valley Farm
strengthened, as I want to give back to the community that Workers Clinic in Toppenish, Washington. blackberries along the river, immersing myself in the arts by
watching Broadway, indulging in the ethnically diverse
has helped me along this arduous journey. I recently signed
with Mosaic Medical in Bend, Oregon and will be working Being a WesternU COMP-Northwest alum and part of the culinary scene, and most of all, developing a real connection
with the people that I've served in my career thus far. I’m
as an internal medicine provider in its outpatient clinic inaugural class, I feel there is a strong sense of community
starting this August. between classmates, professors, and staff that carries on no very fortunate and excited to be joining Yakima Valley
Farmworkers Clinic in Central Washington as a family
matter the distance or space in time. It’s surreal to be able
Mariah Bonner, finishing residency at the University of to call ourselves the inaugural class. As much as we are a medicine doctor. n
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest Inaugural Class
