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Katy Lillard (our osteopathic chief), Kevin O'Connell (our WiNC DIO), and Adam Clements (our Program Director) had a great time meeting medical students at the AAFP FUTURE recruitment fair in Kansas City.

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Recharging outdoors with the best team, our residents spent their 2026 summer retreat logged off and touching grass.

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Residents let the good times roll during an afternoon wellness activity at the bowling alley.

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Our residents Dana Warwick, MD and Katy Lillard, DO participated in a local health careers fair with high school students. Their breakout session included information about their journeys to become physicians and a suturing activity.

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Dana Warwick, MD is our program's chief resident. This position serves as the main liaison between residents and program staff, faculty, and education department.

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The Marathon County Health Department (MCHD) through support from the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line added to our Compassion Closet. Courtney from MCHD dropped off 50 travel bags with toothbrush, toothpaste, SPF, and hand sanitizer.

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For Thank a Resident Day, we used AI to help us imagine each of our 16 favorite residents enjoying a few of their favorite things! It produced some fun results and quite a few laughs.

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We celebrated "Our Favorite Residents" with favorite snacks and lunch. We are grateful to work with fantastic residents!

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Resident Morgan Kresl, MD and faculty Ben Kaster, MD received a grant from Marathon County Medical Society to stock a Compassion Closet for patients at the residency clinic. The Aspirus Foundation matched the grant to double the impact. The closet includes hygiene items, clothing, OTC meds/supplies, etc. with more items to come.

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Residents Theodore Zamzow, DO and Dana Warwick, MD each were named an Outstanding Medical Student Teacher for 24/25 by the Medical College of Wisconsin. They were recognized for advancing student learning and providing added value to the medical student curriculum.

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The residents' 2026 winter retreat was a fun day of arcade games, laser tag, a brewery tour, and of course food!

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Core faculty Dr Schoenfuss & Dr Stiff led the annual two-day OB Boot Camp. Our residents received hands on practice for prenatal care, delivery, & suturing.

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5th Wednesday Wellness took our residents to the Food + Farm Exploration Center. They learned to make three quick recipes, including potato gnocchi, and took in the wonder that is the world's largest potato masher (over 38' tall).

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The program welcomed fall with a soup cook off. There were seven soup entries and Kristin Whitaker, MD (bottom right) – community staffer and alumna of the program – won the Golden Ladle with her butternut squash soup. Judges were WiNC’s Institutional Coordinator, Julie Richards and Center of Excellence/GME Leadership Academy Director, Jami Kaiser (bottom left and center).

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Our sponsoring institution, WiNC, coordinated a procedure day with our "sister" FM programs. It was a full afternoon of interacting with residents from other programs and honing practical skills such as POCUS IV placement, endometrial biopsy, suturing, and osteopathic manipulation.

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AAFP FUTURE 2025 in July/August in Kansas City: Did you visit us? We sure hope you did and heard all about the fabulousness of our residency program. Did you miss us? Reach out and we can answer any questions you may have.

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Residents put work away and hit the links mini-golf style for their quarterly wellness afternoon.

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It was a beautiful day for the 2025 summer resident retreat. Residents grilled out for a picnic lunch and enjoyed spending time together in the fresh air at a local park.

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Residents spent a group wellness afternoon building Lego kits, eating yummy food, and hanging out together.

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We celebrated our awesome doctors on Doctors' Day with a salad bar lunch, followed by our first Dessert Bake Off. Entries included lemon shortbread cookies, berry pies, ice cream, and the winning espresso cheesecake.

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Awesome. Kind. Fun. Thoughtful. Dependable. Dedicated. Caring. Empathetic. Collaborative. These are just a few of the words that we think of when we reflect on our residents.

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Our residents are the best and we are so grateful to work with them! They take great care of our community, families, and friends. We celebrated Thank a Resident Day with a clinic favorite: a nacho bar.

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Seasonal sweater day (whether ugly or not) was a hit while we enjoyed a holiday lunch together as a clinic.

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AWFM resident physicians, faculty, administration and staff enjoyed a warming day of wellness at the hot cocoa bar. Great kick off for the holiday season!

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Dr. Kevin O'Connell (right) was in the second graduating class of residents from our program in 1982. He went on to serve as our Program Director from 1993-2016 and is now the Designated Institutional Official of our sponsoring institution WiNC. Our current Program Director Dr. Adam Clements (left), who also graduated from our program in 2015, recognized Dr. O'Connell for his lasting impact on our program at our newly named Kevin J O'Connell Staffing Room.

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Resident physicians enjoyed a wellness afternoon filled with cheese and camaraderie at the Milk Merchant. They learned to make charcuterie boards and sampled the fruits of their labor!

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Dana Warwick presented her poster on "Identifying Areas of Improvement in Healthcare for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities" at the WCRGME poster fair held at Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin.