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Daryll Brosanders, M.D. Daryll grew up in the West but has lived in the Northeast for the last ten years. He received his MD from Cornell University Medical College. He has a BA in Anthropology and Biology from Wesleyan University where his honors thesis investigated the role of a national health promotion program in a rural Mexican community. After college, he worked as a literacy volunteer in northern Mexico. Daryll spent his first two years of medical school at Temple University where he became interested in occupational and environmental health while learning about lead contamination in North Philadelphia and Antofagasta, Chile. He enjoys traveling, canoeing, and entertaining his cat, Pepita. He is married to Melissa. Daryll now practices at Indian Health Service in Crowne Point, New Mexico.

Melissa Brosanders, M.D. Melissa grew up in Belmont, MA and received her MD from Cornell University Medical College in New York City. She has a BA in Biology from Wesleyan University. Melissa first got excited about the power of idealism when she took a year off after high school to be a City Year Corps member. Working with City Year to create an after school program in Roxbury and teaching in a bilingual classroom in the South End inspired Melissa to study Spanish in college. She and her husband, Daryll, later worked on a literacy project in rural Mexico for one year. During medical school, Melissa worked with the NYC chapter of physicians for a National Health Program. She enjoys backpacking, canoeing, bird watching and public radio. Melissa now practices at Indian Health Service in Crowne Point, New Mexico.

Stephen Buttenwieser, M.D., M.P.H. Stephen was born in Boston, MA. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School. He has a BA in history from Harvard College. He helped homeless families in Framingham, MA locate and finance housing and access related social service programs. As part of the NY Health Department’s Health Research Training Program, he helped research and develop a database of HIV prevention services in New York City. He speaks intermediate level Spanish. He enjoys hiking, jogging, reading fiction and newspapers, going to the movies, being an uncle to his three-year- old niece, and following the Boston Red Sox. Stephen is now a faculty member in our residency program.

Bonnie Cohen, M.D.  Bonnie was born in Dover, NH. She grew up in Northampton, MA and received her MD from U Mass Medical School. She has a BA in English from Wesleyan University. She did a four-week public health education project, which involved hiking between rural mountain villages in Bolivia to build relationships, distribute public health manuals, and teach public health classes in Spanish. She assisted her sister in directing an after-school program for low-income Puerto Rican and Anglo elementary school students. She completed a 4-week Spanish course in Guatemala. She enjoys dancing, writing, singing, outdoor recreation, crafts, and Jewish community activities. Bonnie practices at Union Square Family Health, a community health center in Somerville, MA.

Tanya Kapka, M.D., M.P.H. Tanya was born in Cleveland, OH. She received her MD from Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine. She has an MPH in international health from Harvard School of Public Health and also has a BA in English from Oberlin College. She is a National Health Service Corps Scholar. She has volunteered in many free clinics for the indigent population. She has done medical electives in Chiapas, Mexico; Tamil, Nadu, India; and the Acoma Reservation in New Mexico. She also participated in a public health program in Havana, Cuba. She speaks Spanish. She enjoys traveling, hiking, playing the violin, running, biking, salsa dancing, cooking and writing. Tanya now practices as the only physician at a community health center, in Sandy, Oregon. She also practices at Virginia Garcia Memorial Center in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Margaret Kini (Kouril), M.D. Margaret was born in New York.  She received a BA in women's studies at Wesleyan University and her MD from the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio.  After completion of the Lawrence residency, she was one of the first OB fellows at Lawrence and helped create the fellowship.  She served as the Co-Director of the OB Fellowship before leaving the health center in 2008. She has a particular interest in midwifery.  She speaks Spanish and learned much of it in Lawrence, after establishing a beginner base while living abroad.  She has traveled to Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and India.  She enjoys dancing and spending time with her husband, her daughter and new son, family, and friends.

Bina Patel, M.D., M.P.H. Bina was born in England and subsequently spent seven years living in Bahrain before moving to Chicago at age 12. Since then, she has attended both undergraduate and medical school at the University of Chicago. She also obtained a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in international health from Harvard. After her first year of medical school, she spent seven weeks with operation crossroads - Africa in Asakraka, Ghana helping to finish the construction of the maternity wing of a clinic. She spent a month doing clinical work in Quito, Ecuador and another doing community and clinical work in Santa Marta, El Salvador. She speaks French, Spanish, Gujarati and English and enjoys cooking, running, traveling, reading, and writing. After completing her residency, Bina stayed on with us as one of the first OB fellows at Lawrence. She now practices at La Clinica de la Raza, a community health center in Oakland, California.

Cheryl Seymour, M.D. Cheryl was born in Columbia, MD. She received her MD from Dartmouth Medical School. She has a BSE in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. At Dartmouth, she founded a new community service group to involve medical students in a local AIDS service organization. Cheryl and her classmates developed skits and interactive exercises about medical and social issues relating to HIV/AIDS and acted as guest panelists in local schools. She has knowledge of French and German and is learning Spanish. She enjoys running, hiking, baking, knitting, playing the piano, and singing. Upon completion of her residency, Cheryl completed a Geriatrics fellowship at the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Geriatric Fellowship. She is now a faculty member in the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency Program.

Victoria Hopkins , M.D., M.P.H. Victoria hails from Pusan, South Korea. She received her BA from Brown University with a concentration in International Health: Primary Care & Community Based Empowerment in Latin America". She also attended medical school at Brown and holds an MPH from Harvard. Victoria has volunteered at an orphanage in Guatemala, community health promotion in El Salvador and worked with street kids in Nicaragua. She is proficient in Spanish and is learning Korean. In her leisure time she enjoys travel, reading, dancing and learning the guitar. Upon completion of our residency, Victoria completed a fellowship at Brackenridge Hospital in Texas. Victoria now works at Urgent Care in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

John Rivera, M.D., M.P.H. Although John was born in Salamanca, Spain, his home is in Southington, CT. John received his a BA from Brown University in German Studies and Biology. He also completed medical school at Brown and holds an MPH from Harvard. John has spent time volunteering at the Chad Brown Community Clinic and at the Rhode Island Juvenile Detention Center. He is fluent in both Spanish and German. His hobbies include cooking, travel, meringue and salsa dancing and learning new languages. John now practices as a hospitalist at Yale University Hospital.

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