Meet the residents training here right now.
28 family medicine residents across three cohorts. Most come from the Upper Midwest; many trained internationally. All of them chose Sioux Falls for the same reasons applicants tell us they're looking — small cohorts, deep procedural training.
Chief residents · graduating soon
Class of 2026
9 residents
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Madisyn Braun, MD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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Nneka Chima, MD, MPH
University of Nigeria Faculty of Medical Sciences
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Carla de Matos Konrad, MD
Centro Universitário Christus
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Samantha Gervais-LeClaire, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Meghan Grassel, MD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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Brynna Jansen, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth
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Meredith Keith, MD, MPH
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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Ethan Leif, MD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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Kynzie Zeutenhorst, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth
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Second-year residents
Class of 2027
9 residents
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Hijan Akeel, MD
Babylon University College of Medicine
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Ethan Brown, MD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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Daniel Garrish, DO
Rocky Vista University
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Anna McKinley, DO
Des Moines University
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Lucas Merrill, MD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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Brenda Orozco, MD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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Hannah Trierweiler, MD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
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George Tye, MD
Case Western Reserve University
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Cole VanBockern, DO
Des Moines University
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Newest cohort · interns
Class of 2028
10 residents
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Ayesha Abbas, MD
Rawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan
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Gaven Bowman, MD
University of South Dakota
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Jesse Gates, MD
University of South Dakota
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Gabbie Gervais-Maynard, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, Twin Cities
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Jacob Headlee, DO
A.T. Still University
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Christopher Keyser, MD
University of South Dakota
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Jacob Peterson, MD
University of South Dakota
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Bailey Thooft, MD
University of South Dakota
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Samuel VanOrman, DO
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – Carolinas
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Claire Weber, MD
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport
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Want to meet a resident in person?
Rotate with us and work shoulder-to-shoulder.
A medical-student rotation puts you in the resident workroom, on continuity clinic, and at noon conference. Ask current residents directly — they'll tell you what the program is actually like.