GME Committee
Healthy Rural California’s Graduate Medical Education Committee was formed in 2020 and 2021 as a community-focused consortium model medical residency program. Led by Dr. Ted Zwerdling, Designated Institutional Official (DIO), the GMEC sets and monitors policies and procedures for all residents in our programs.

In addition to the DIO, the GMEC includes:

Michelle Hamline, MD, Associate Director of Quality Improvement, Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis School of Medicine

Sean Liston, MD, Patient Safety and Improvement Chair, Enloe Medical Staff

Debbie Lupeika, MD, FAAFP,  Associate Dean for Rural and Community-based Education, UC Davis School of Medicine

Andy Miller, MD, Community Health Physician, Enloe Medical Center

Malcolm MacDonald, MD, Family Medicine General Practice

Chester Austin, MD, CMO, Northern Valley Indian Health

Rachel Mitchell, MD, Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Healthy Rural California

Donovan Wong MD, Associate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Healthy Rural California

Psychiatry Resident representation at each GMEC: Nicole Wiecks, DO; Jasmine Gill, MD; Mira Parekh, MD; Leandra Padayachee, DO

Healthy Rural California’s first residency program is a 4 x4 Psychiatry Residency program with an innovative curriculum focused on Trauma-Informed Care and Health Equity. Recruitment of residents will begin in Summer 2023 with the goal of participating in Match Day 2024 and the first cohort of Psychiatry Residents to arrive in July 2024.

Click here for the Sponsoring Institution Policies.
Click here for Healthy Rural California GME Organizational Chart.