Jane Broxterman, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Associate Program Director
Primary Care/Ambulatory Subspecialty Training Director
I am passionate about primary care and the longitudinal care of complex older adults. As the director of PCAST (our Primary Care and Ambulatory Sub-Specialty Training program), I design and coordinate the curriculum and rotations of our PCAST residents. I greatly enjoy teaching residents both the science and the art of medicine, and I am thrilled to be the ambulatory program director for our residents. Our program offers a variety of continuity clinic experiences at several locations that can be tailored to your professional goals and clinical interests. I am confident that you will have an ambulatory education that will give you a solid fund of knowledge and complement your career path throughout your residency.
After completing my internal medicine residency at Indiana University, I was staff at our Leavenworth VA Medical center from 2006-2007. In 2007, I joined the faculty at the University of Kansas as a general internist. My professional interests include resident education, ambulatory medicine and palliative medicine. I am the mother of 3 young children – and my hobbies surround their youthful activities with sporting events and family activities.
Leigh Eck, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Associate Program Director
Curriculum Development and Compliance
After the recent completion of an endocrinology fellowship, I excitedly returned to a role in residency education as an Associate Program Director. My involvement in the Internal Medicine Department at the University of Kansas dates back to 2002 with residency. Following the completion of residency in 2005,I had the opportunity to serve as a chief resident. I enjoyed that position tremendously, and realized that I wanted to remain in academic medicine following the completion of fellowship. As a resident, fellow and now faculty at KUMC, I am continually amazed at the intelligence and enthusiasm of our medical students, residents and faculty. I am honored to have the opportunity to interact with such bright and motivated individuals, and I feel very lucky to be working in an environment that fosters life long learning.
As you interview at residency programs across the country, I challenge you to really get a feel of each program's residency leadership. A strong residency leadership team is your best advocate as you navigate through this next stage in your training. Academic medicine is always evolving, and it is very important that residents have vocal advocates to ensure that their interests are maintained. I feel that our program works extremely hard to support its residents from the Chairman's office on down; I hope that you gain that same sense during your interactions with us.
I look forward to meeting you during your upcoming interview season. It is an exciting time to be at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and I hope that you are able to appreciate that during your visit to our campus!
Becky Lowry, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Associate Program Director
Compliance and Programming
After completing a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and a chief resident role during this time, I had the opportunity to serve as a chief resident for the Internal Medicine Department in the 2007 academic year. This was a rewarding opportunity and confirmed my enjoyment working with medical students and resident learners. Since that time, I have had the opportunity to serve as the Clerkship Director for the Internal Medicine Sub-Internships and then, since 2010, as an Associate Program Director with the Residency Program. The opportunity to work with faculty and learners that are committed to both the exceptional care of complex adult patients and the life-long learning associated with the practice of internal medicine has been an honor.
As you navigate the interview process, it is important to identify a program with a leadership team actively involved in resident advocacy as well as one that is affiliated with a hospital and ambulatory practice committed to outstanding patient care. The rare combination of excellence in both of these aspects is one of the things we work hard to maintain and are proud of here at the University of Kansas Medical Center. I am thrilled to be a part of our institution and look forward to meeting you during the upcoming interview season!
After completing my residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (during which time I was the Med/Peds Chief Resident) here at KU, I went on to do fellowships in pulmonary and critical care, pulmonary vascular diseases, and lung transplantation. I have chosen a career in academic medicine and hospital service as I enjoy the opportunity to work with students, residents, and fellows on a daily basis. My current academic interest is in the management of patients with pulmonary hypertension. I am also chair of the code blue and rapid response team committee and involved in the Patient Safety Conferences held on a monthly basis to improve the clinical practice at KU.
As you go through the interview process for internal medicine, I hope you are able to see the unique characteristics the University of Kansas Medical Center has to offer. The faculty and residents have a fantastic camaraderie that carries through to the daily practice of medicine and allows for an extraordinary teaching environment. It was the environment of clinical care and education that drew me back to KU as faculty. As an associate program director, I have worked to develop a mentoring program that joins residents with faculty members in order to facilitate new research opportunities and to assist in making decisions about career goals. We have a superb teaching program, and I am thrilled to be a part of this growing academic institution.
Alex
Hallock, MD
Leavenworth VA Medical Center
Associate Program Director
Site Director
After doing my residency in internal medicine at KU in 1998, I joined the residency program leadership in 2004 where I serve as an associate program director at the Leavenworth VA Campus. I became interested in working with the internal medicine program because of my love of teaching residents and medical students. At Leavenworth you will routinely see me participating in the discussion at morning report and giving lectures. One of the benefits of the University of Kansas internal medicine residency program is that you are given a unique experience at each of our three sites that broadens your exposure and improves the diversity of your training. The Leavenworth VA offers a community based experience with exposure to ambulatory and long-term care medicine. As a resident here, you will find a collegial atmosphere that allows for autonomy but with ample supervision available as needed. In addition to teaching, my other interests include bioterrorism response education and serving as a Bioterrorism Clinical Coordinator/Decontamination Team leader at Leavenworth.
Trenton Nauser, MD
Kansas City VA Medical Center
Site Director
Associate Program Director
Evidence-Based Medicine and VA Systems Improvement
Dr. Nauser earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in the six year combined B.A./M.D. program. After completion of internal medicine residency and chief residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis, he pursued a fellowship in pulmonary & critical care medicine at the University of Kansas. He joined the faculty in 2001 with an appointment at the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His interests include critical care pharmacology, novel treatments of venous thromboembolism, and quality improvement in the ICU. A devoted teacher, he was honored with the “University of Kansas School of Medicine Outstanding Teaching Award” by the internal medicine house staff in 2007-2008.
Micah Pescetto, DO
KCVA Med Center
Associate Site Director
Associate Program Director
Stewart Babbott, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Senior Program Advisor
Allan Fleming, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Senior Program Advisor
Erica Howe, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Educational Service Director
Jessica Kalender-Rich, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Geriatrics Rotation Director
Michael Luchi, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Senior Program Advisor
Courtney Rhudy, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Resident Clinic Director
Sally Rigler, MD
University of Kansas Hospital
Curriculum Development in Evidence-Based Medicine Director
Stephanie Thompson, MD
Kansas City VA Medical Center
Resident Clinic Director
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