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Congratulations graduating residents!
Graduate Medical Education, Family Medicine, Internal MedicineCongratulations graduating residents!
Jul 8, 2022, 12:14 PM
Congratulations to our residents who graduated in June 2022!
Six residents
will remain at Skagit Regional Health
following graduation and will begin the following roles later this year:

- Emily Kunz, DO, will join Family Medicine Residency Core Faculty while practicing OB.
- William Hudson, DO, Nicholas Goodman, DO and Vicky Sandhu, DO, will remain in Mount Vernon as they become hospitalists with Sound Physicians, practicing at Skagit Valley Hospital.
- Furqan Taher, DO, will join the outpatient Internal Medicine team in Mount Vernon.
The remaining six residents and their future plans are listed below:
- Rabia Sarwar, MD, will become a hospitalist at CentraState Hospital in Freehold, New Jersey.
- Kaitlin McDade, DO, will enter a Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship at Louisiana State University.
- Mark McGrath, MD, will practice Family Medicine in an outpatient setting.
- Zakaria Sharif, MD, will become a hospitalist at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington.
- Matthew Boyle, DO, will become a hospitalist at Island Health in Anacortes, Washington.
- Cory Schmidtz, DO, will practice Family Medicine at SeaMar Community Health Center in Bellingham, Washington.
We wish all of our graduating residents the best in future endeavors!
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Congratulations graduating residents!
Jul 8, 2022, 12:14 PM
Congratulations to our residents who graduated in June 2022!
Six residents
will remain at Skagit Regional Health
following graduation and will begin the following roles later this year:

- Emily Kunz, DO, will join Family Medicine Residency Core Faculty while practicing OB.
- William Hudson, DO, Nicholas Goodman, DO and Vicky Sandhu, DO, will remain in Mount Vernon as they become hospitalists with Sound Physicians, practicing at Skagit Valley Hospital.
- Furqan Taher, DO, will join the outpatient Internal Medicine team in Mount Vernon.
The remaining six residents and their future plans are listed below:
- Rabia Sarwar, MD, will become a hospitalist at CentraState Hospital in Freehold, New Jersey.
- Kaitlin McDade, DO, will enter a Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship at Louisiana State University.
- Mark McGrath, MD, will practice Family Medicine in an outpatient setting.
- Zakaria Sharif, MD, will become a hospitalist at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington.
- Matthew Boyle, DO, will become a hospitalist at Island Health in Anacortes, Washington.
- Cory Schmidtz, DO, will practice Family Medicine at SeaMar Community Health Center in Bellingham, Washington.
We wish all of our graduating residents the best in future endeavors!