Keesler Internal Medicine Residency Program

Our National ACP Doctor’s Dilemma team fought hard- fueled by their Rheumatology and Biostats knowledge they battled into the semifinals! Way to go Rachel, Cody, and Luke!

Our Doctor’s Dilemma team had a strong showing at MS/AL ACP in May! Our residents showed off their interesting cases in the poster competition!

Espen Earl and Savannah Sutherland represented us well this week at CHEST in Chicago!

In September we took 11 residents to present at the Triservice ACP Conference in Virginia Beach!

Our Doctor’s Dilemma team won for the Air Force and earned a spot at the National ACP competition in San Francisco! Congrats to Drs. Earl, Pray, and Van Es!

On May 22, 2025 we celebrated the graduation for our PGY3s and PGY1s.

Graduates and where they are now:

Chris Anderson- Staff Internist, Lakenheath
Loron Ashcroft- Rheumatology fellowship
Albert Dizon- Gastroenterology fellowship
Emanuel Keiler- Cardiology fellowship
Kyle Quist- Staff Internist, Keesler
Kyle Roe- Chief Resident
SJ Sutton- Cardiology fellowship
John Waldron- Chief Resident

(Long overdue updates coming!)

Way back in May we held our annual awards ceremony recognizing amazing faculty and residents!

Faculty of the Year- Peter Barnes, Ethan Arnold, and David Demasters

Resident of the Year- John Waldron

Intern of the Year- Rachel Pray

Teacher of the Year- SJ Sutton

Clinic Staff Fan Favorite- Espen Earl

Humanism in Medicine Award- Amberly Vaughan

These interns (PGY-1) from the Keesler Class of 2027 are thrilled to have finished their first July of residency!

July is an important time of transition in GME training and marks a shift for newly graduated medical students into actual functioning doctors in training, in charge of their first patients, writing their first orders, and getting their feet wet into what the next 3 years are going to look like. Congratulations!

May 23rd, 2024.

Keesler Internal Medicine Residency graduation.

A celebration of both PGY-3 residents taking their places as fully qualified Internal Medicine Physicians into their new roles as staff/fellows and of the PGY-1 residents transitioning from Intern to Senior.

It is an old Keesler tradition to take graduation photos on the sun-drenched front steps of the 81 MDG, flanked by centuries old live oaks. Congratulate these two classes on making their mark in Keesler and Air Force Medical Corps history!

Graduating Keesler seniors:

Capt Haley Caldwell - IM, Eglin AFB
Maj Audra Cochran - Allergy Fellowship, SAUSHEC
Capt Ian Del Valle - IM, Wright Patterson AFB
Capt Devlin Farr - IM, USAFA
Capt Kevin Kriege - Cardiology Fellowship, SAUSHEC
Capt David Shumway - AM, RAF Lakenheath, UK

Capt Sierra Canapp and Capt Ethan Arnold will stay at Keesler as Chief Residents.

Keesler Interns:

Capt Luke Bechler
Capt Brennan Bowman
Capt Lakin Dammer
Capt Espen Earl
Maj Jafet Ojeda Rodriguez
Capt Savannah Sutherland
Capt Amberly Vaughn
Capt Eshaan Zaveri
Capt Scott Klem

Following up on their sweep at the USAF ACP Doctors Dilemma Jeopardy competition and appearing at the national competition for the second year in a row, Keesler was strong enough to make it all the way to the semi-finals! Next year, the Osler Cup! (3rd time, they say, is the charm)

Pictured: Dr.s Albert Dizon, Ethan Arnold, Manny Keiler, and Program Director Amanda Deans

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Keesler residents recently made the trip to Destin to present their research at CCR East Rheum in the Beach and the NYRIF conference. Rheum on the Beach is one of the favorite Keesler conferences—well attended and highly anticipated each year. You know what they say! There’s rheum in everything, and everything is rheum!

Pictured (from left): Dr.’s Nam Nguyen, Haley Caldwell, Sierra Canapp, Loron Ashcroft, John Waldron

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Uniform of the Day (UOD): Christmas/Holiday Sweater 🎄✨🩺