Current Residents
Here is a random sampling of residents from each class. If you want to see more residents from a particular class, click on the appropriate link. The year indicated is the year the resident will graduate residency.
2016 Residents |2015 Residents | 2014 Residents | 2013 Residents | Fellows
Gabby Guhl - 2015 Resident
Why Via Christi? Via Christi was an easy choice for me. I first met some of the faculty and residents as a medical student at the Global Missions Health Conference in Louisville, KY and knew that it would be a great fit for me. My passion is international missions and Via Christi offered the scope of practice that I wanted, strong obstetrical training, and great mission-minded mentors. The fact that it was in my hometown was an added bonus!
Passions: I enjoy reading, crocheting (especially hats for my sweet niece), spending time with my husband and dogs, fantasy football (Go Pack!), K-State sports, international missions, and Ethiopia.
Favorite Books: So many! There is no me without you - Melissa Fay Greene, Redeeming Love - Francine Rivers, and any Charles Dickens or Jane Austen.
After residency plan: After residency plan involves staying around the Wichita area to pay off med school loans and then hopefully finding a place to do long term medical missions, likely in Africa, but we're open to wherever the Lord leads.
Home town: El Dorado, KS
Residency stats: 2 weeks of residency - 5+ ICU patients, 1 Central Line (1st day!), 1 paracentesis.
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Zach Schaftel - 2014 Resident
I consider Colorado home, but have moved around quite a bit growing up. My favorite place, though, was Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I graduated high school. I went to college at the University of Florida, and medical school in Washington, DC. Before med school, I worked for 4-5 years out in Colorado, during which time I learned for certain that being a physician was what the profession for me.
Why Via Christi? Yes, the training here is incredible. But what what finally clinched it for me was the absolutely amazing faculty and residents. I felt comfortable here from the very beginning of my Sub-I month, and every time I have visted since was like coming home to family. And these are some of the smartest, most talented physicians I have ever met. I looked at the third-years, and said to myself, "If I can come out of this program on the other end and be that type and caliber of doctor, then Via Christi is the place for me." If I had to go through The Match again, I would make the exact same choice.
Passions: The local church, reading, banjo, cycling, hiking, food
Favorite Books: Titan, by Ron Chernow The House of Morgan, by Ron Chernow Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card Charity and Its Fruits, by Jonathan Edwards The Science of Missions, by J. Bavinck The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
After residency plan: Move to Colorado (or the Pacific Northwest) and pay off my loans, then abroad somewhere...
Home town: Loveland, CO
Residency stats: Vaginal Deliveries - 20 C-Sections (as Primary) - 5 Vacuum Deliveries - 1 EGD - 1
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David Timler - 2013 Resident
My name is Dave Timler. I am originally from Indiana. My wife and I met in Dallas. We were both teachers in Northern Virginia. I taught Physics, Latin and Biology (among other things). I found my way to medicine and then family medicine. Adrienne and I have three children (Mariana, Jacob, and Genevieve). I came from Virginia to Wichita because of the full spectrum family medicine training. I have not been disappointed.
Passions: Faith, Family, running, ND football, reading, subsidiarity as an organizing principal for social justice, ravioli,
Favorite Books: Brother's Karamazov, The Road, The Moviegoer, David Copperfield, The Divine Comedy, Modern Times.
Favorite Quotes: Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales? (Richard Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons")
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Kevin Raymer - International Fellow
Undergraduate studies: The University of Kansas, Medical School: The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Married: April 19, 2008 to the beautiful Katie Gee.
Why Via Christi? After visiting quite a few residency programs, I strongly felt the Via Christi would best prepare me to practice as a family medicine physician in an abroad setting. The additional training offered in the International Family Medicine Fellowship will also be invaluable when I serve overseas. In addition to the unparalleled training, the character of the staff and residents is second to none.
Passions: To serve others with what I've been blessed. Spending time with my wife and our family; wilbur, rosko (labradors), scrubs, and amaya (felines). Trailriding, water skiing, camping, hunting, "autoharping," reading, gardening, hop growin', lawn mowin', and the like. Re-watching the 2008 Orange Bowl and the 2008 National Basketball Championship games in the "Rock Chalk Man Cave" (my basement).
Favorite Books: Current fav: John Eldredge's "Walking with God"
Favorite Quotes: "It's our opinions that make us stupid." - Oswald Chambers
After residency plan: I will spend my first post-residency year as a fellow in the Intenational Family Medicine Fellowship. I will then find work in Wichita area until Katie is done with surgery residency. I will be looking to fulfill my loan commitment in an underserved community during that time. We will then likely move to Arizona to fulfill Katie's loan commitment in an underserved community. Once we get through all of that, we plan to overseas to serve as full-time missionaries as soon as our loan commitments are fulfilled. {The above is subject to much change as we learn to follow the will of God.}
Home town: Russell, KS
Residency stats: C-Sections: 77, vaginal deliveries: 132, forcep deliveries: about 6-8, vacuum deliveries: quite a few, colonoscopies: 31, EGDs: 20.