Alumni

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Matthew Gervais, MD

Endicott, New York

Fellowship

University of Vermont Medical Center - Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Residency

University of Vermont Medical Center - Internal Medicine

Medical School

Penn State College of Medicine - MD

Hobbies: Theater - watching performances, acting, and designing lighting.  Reading - favorite genres being classic science fiction and fantasy.  Hiking, especially in the Fall.

Favorite Quote:If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” - J. R. R. Tolkien

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Elizabeth Dougherty, MD

Lowell, Massachusetts

Fellowship

University of Vermont Medical Center - Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Residency

Aurora Health Care - Family Medicine

Medical School

Chan Medical School at the University of Massachusetts - MD

Hobbies: Traveling when able, journaling, spending time with friends and family

Favorite Quote: "…for after winter comes summer, after night, the day, and after the storm, a great calm.” -Thomas à Kempis

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Erica Lash, MD

Shelburne, Vermont

Fellowship

University of Vermont Medical Center - Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Residency

Brown University - Emergency Medicine

Medical School

University of Rochester - MD

Hobbies: Anything outdoors including gardening, hiking and camping, crafting (especially quilting), and cooking/baking

Favorite Quote: "To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always."

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Kaitlin Pellicano, MD

Fellowship

University of Vermont Medical Center - Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Residency

Aurora Health Care - Family Medicine

Medical School

Ross University School of Medicine - MD

Hobbies: I enjoy being outdoors in the fall or going to the beach in the summer. I delight in hosting social gatherings and traveling the globe. I love to end my day with a walk with my dog and a glass of fine wine.

Favorite Quote: "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." - Norman Vincent Peale

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Patricia Frith, DO

Flint, Michigan

Fellowship

University of Vermont Medical Center - Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Residency

Samaritan Medical Center- Internal Medicine

Medical School

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Hobbies: jogging, growing houseplants, traveling and seeing new places, cooking, spending time with my loved ones and cat (Chicky)

Favorite Quote: “Very little grows on jagged rock.  Be ground. Be crumbled. So wild flowers will come up where you are. You have been stony for too many years. Try something different. Surrender.” -Rumi

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Kaarin Michaelsen, MD

Santa Rosa, CA

Fellowship

University of Vermont Medical Center - Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Residency

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Medical School

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Hobbies: Yelling at the TV while supporting Arsenal, Liverpool, and England during football matches; reading (murder mysteries, investigative journalism, modern British history monographs); hanging out with my kids (Emily, 18 and Alex, 16) and husband (Kenny, age highly classified) doing things like playing extremely competitive rounds of Pass the Pigs or watching dumb TV; hiking; competitive figure skating; attempting to outwit my cats (YoYo and Froot Loop).

Favorite Quote: “Savor language and words because no matter what anyone tells you, words and ideas have the power to change the world.”  John Keating, Dead Poets Society