New Saratoga Hospital Family Medicine Residency Announces Inaugural Class
The new Saratoga Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program has successfully matched its inaugural class of six medical residents who will begin their three-year residency training on July 1, 2023. Six residents will be added to the residency each year, totaling 18 residents by 2025.
Match results were announced by the National Resident Matching Program on Friday, March 17. The family medicine residents, class of 2026 are:
- Alina Bazarian, MD— Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
- Awais Chaudary, MD— Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- Carolyn Corcoran, DO— Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Anna Kaoutskaia, MD— St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman
- Elena Mejery, MD— Medical University of the Americas, Nevis
- Zeynep Ovacik, MD— Istanbul University, Turkey
“We are pleased to welcome our talented inaugural class to our community to take part in this innovative residency program,” said Ephraim Back, MD, Saratoga Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program director and chief of clinical initiatives at Hudson Headwaters Health Network. “The six residents were chosen from more than 1,500 applicants based on their strong academic credentials and commitment to the mission of the hospital and residency program. Our faculty look forward to collaborating with this class to develop a model for 21st century family medicine education.”
The inaugural program is designed to provide excellent clinical training in both hospital and ambulatory medicine, with a special emphasis on behavioral health, addiction treatment, population and community health, rural health, and state-of-the-art technology. Residents will gain experience at Saratoga Hospital’s main campus and the Saratoga Community Health Center, along with the Backstretch Clinic at the Saratoga Race Course. They will also train at Hudson Headwaters Ticonderoga Health Center and the new Glens Falls Family Health Center scheduled to open in the fall of 2023.