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 finish residency.
2009 Residents | 2010 Residents | 2011 Residents | 2012 Residents | Fellows
David / Dave Larson - 2009 Resident
Married to Laurie 2002. Graduated from Kansas State 2002. Graduated from KU School of Medicine-Wichita 2006
Why Via Christi? I loved interacting with the residents and faculty here when I was a medical student here in Wichita.
Passions: Spending time with my wife and daughter. Reading. Playing noon-ball. Drinking coffee. Men's group from church. Watching college football.
Favorite Books: The Divine Conspiracy. The Gulag Archipelago. John Grisham novels.
After residency plan: I plan to be a country doctor in Central Kansas.
Home town: Tescott, KS
For more 2009 Residents click here.
Sam Ratermann - 2010 Resident
Sam and his wife Shannon arrived in Wichita from Tulsa, Oklahoma with a desire to pursue a career in rural family medicine. Sam's undergraduate training is in mechanical engineering and Shannon is a pediatric physical therapist.
Why Via Christi? OB, procedures, and excellent hands-on training
Passions: Fishing, hunting, golfing, photography, cooking, and anything outdoors.
After residency plan: Eastern Oklahoma
Home town: Bixby, Oklahoma
For more 2010 Residents click here.
Dianna Kubacz - 2011 Resident
I was born and raised in South Carolina, where my parents and older brother still live. I attended Erskine College, a small school in Due West, SC. During college I spent my summers on medical mission trips to Honduras and Egypt. And it was on the medical mission field in South Africa that I met my husband (and future classmate) Dean. We both attended the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. I am excited about our recent move to Kansas and the new adventure that residency will be.
Why Via Christi? Great obstetrical (surgical emphasis) and pediatric training with dedicated ObGyn and Ped faculty --- all this in a family friendly environment with people we really enjoy! Plus, the new international fellowship is in line with where we feel God is leading us long-term.
Passions: spending time with Dean, international medicine, running, cooking ethnic food, crafts, and travel
Favorite Books: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Favorite Quotes: God gives GOOD gifts!
After residency plan: Practice medicine with Dean overseas or in small town USA -- AND raise a family!
Home town: Aiken, SC
Residency stats: In my first week of residency as a newbie intern . . . 1 c/section, 1 circumcision, 5 vaginal deliveries, and 3 gyn surgeries.
For more 2011 Residents click here.
McGarrett Groth - 2012 Resident
Well, if you really want to know about me and are spending time looking at my profile you must really be bored! Ok, now that we have that cleared up, on to the good stuff. I was born and raised in a small town in northeast Kansas called Hiawatha. Well not actually born there, but for sake of the arguement I won\'t claim being born in Nebraska! Sorry Fagot! ;) For those of you that don\'t know where that it, look at a map! Just kidding! It is about 18 miles from the Nebraska border and 45 miles from Missouri. As for my true birth story just ask me as it is a good one! A true miracle for sure! Well some poeple might think of it as a punishment because I survived and know they have to put up with me! I went to college at KSU and will always be a Wildcat! After that I went to medical school Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. (That\'s not a mouthful at all...) For my third and fourth year rotations I came down to Via Christi here in Wichita and liked it enough to stay.
Why Via Christi? I chose Via Christi for many reasons. As I mentioned above, I did my third and fourth year rotations down here and had nothing but great things to say about my experiences here. For one, I enjoyed the hands on experience we get especially when it comes to OB. We are primaries on c-sections on day one and I guess I was a glutten for punishment and like getting thrown into the fire! Also, I really have to say that we have a great group of residents, faculty, and community attendings that we rotate with. Everyone is easy to get along with and are eager to teach and help each other out. I felt as though I \"fit in\" here and that is what I think the right residency program is all about. When you know it is the right place for you, you know. I like the promotion of the full spectrum training for family physicians that is emphasized at Via Christi. My ultimate goal is to stay in the rural midwest and practace full scope primary care. Another draw to the program is the Sports Medicine fellowship as my other interest in medicine has always been orthopedics. Oh yeah, study group helped too! (If you have questions what this entails, just ask.)
Passions: Outside of the obvious passion of medicine, at the top of my list is friends and family. I believe that is what truly makes my life great is the wonderful supportive friends and my caring family. I especially love to spend time with my niece and nephew which are the most amazing little kiddos you will ever meet! Yeah, that\'s a challenge! (Ok, I may be just a bit biased, but they are pretty awesome!) When I am not working, I like to play sports. Basketball is the one I play most of the time now and I suppose some may say I am a bit wild and out of control on the court. I suppose that that isn\'t too far of a stretch! (Ask Dr GM Stephens for details.) I also like to play baseball, softball and football. I also enjoy riding my motorcycle when the weather is nice out. There is just something relaxing about hitting the open road without any particular destination and taking in all the sights and sounds along the way all while basking in the open breeze. Unfrotunately I am not cool enough to join the scooter gang... uh-hum... (Not to mention any names or anything, Gilbert, Fagot, M Penny....) I also like to tool on cars and motorcycles when I get the chance. I guess that stems from being raised on a farm when I was younger. I love to listen to music and watch movies when I get the chance. I am also trying to learn the guitar, but just not quite talented enough to make the resident band.. But I am trying! :P
Favorite Quotes: Git \'R Dun! Ok, I couldn\'t think of anything else, but isn\'t that an appropriate quote coming from a rural KS boy?! Who doesn\'t like Larry the Cable Guy?!
After residency plan: After residency I would like to do the Sports Medicine Fellowship. I have always been interested in orthopedics and this way I will get my ortho fix all while still being a part of my other passion of family medicine. Ideally I would like to go back to a small to medium sized town that has a small college and do full spectrum medicine and be the team doctor for the college on the side.
Home town: Hiawatha, KS
Residency stats: 30 SVD 1 Vacuum 8 C/S *one month of OB
For more 2012 Residents click here.
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.