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Family
Medicine Residency
Program
Faculty
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All
members of the Department of hold appointments
through the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
The Department has more than 60 community volunteer physicians
that work with resident physicians and students. These community
volunteer physicians hold clinical faculty appointments from MSU-CHM. |
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| Edward
Jackson, M.D.,
is the Chair of Family Medicine and the Director
of Undergraduate Education for the Department. Dr. Jackson
leads a popular clerkship for the Michigan State University
medical students. He directs the Department’s Ambulatory
Geriatric Evaluation Service and has an added
certificate of qualifications in geriatrics. In 1999 and
2002 Dr. Jackson received the Outstanding Community Faculty
Award from MSU. Dr. Jackson is a past (2000-2001) President
of the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians and currently
serves as the MAFPs alternate delegate to the American Academy
of Family Physicians. He also chairs the Commitee on Continuing
Medical Education for the Michigan Academy and is a member
of the committees on Legislative Affairs, Practice Environments
and Economics, and the leadership planning committee. |
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| Stuart
Rupke, M.D., is an Assistant Program Director. Dr.
Rupke joined our faculty after years of private practice
in the mountains of western Virginia. He serves as Director
of Grand Round Presentations, and completed a fellowship
in faculty development through Michigan State University. |
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William Morrone, D.O., Assistant Program Director
William R. Morrone, DO, is married with two children, has been Assistant Adjunct Faculty of Family and Community Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM), Des Moines University and is now Asst Director of Family Medicine at Synergy Medical Education Alliance (MSUCHM). Dr. Morrone has also been the Director of Pathology at American Medical Missionary Care, Saginaw County, Michigan and is a current Medical Director at Hospice of Michigan CT101 on Mack Avenue in Detroit, Michigan and Saginaw.
Dr. Morrone is a graduate of Michigan State University (MSUCOM), served his internship in internal medicine in Lansing at Ingham Regional Medical Center and his residency in family medicine at the Michigan State University statewide campus site at Bay Regional Medical Center. He is double board certified by the American College of Osteopathic Family Practitioners and the American Academy of Pain Management. Owosso Memorial Hospital has granted Dr. Morrone consulting privileges to work in a hospital setting. Dr. Morrone holds a DEA license for treatment of opioid dependence with buprenophine.
Dr. Morrone is an active addiction educator and social advocate in pain management and has contributed numerous didactic pieces to the state medical societies in this area. He also holds a graduate degree in toxicology and pharmacology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, graduate school of pharmacy. Most notable to pop culture cable TV news viewers is that he has been on Nancy Grace-CNN Headline News, Court TV, CNN, FOXNews Channel and MSNBC giving medical opinions on everything from child care to lead paint or death and the 6 stages of decomposition. Public Service is no stranger to Dr. Morrone as he is a Medical Examiner and has been a volunteer firefighter. |
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| Sreeram Gonnalagadda, M.D., Assistant Program Director |
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| Wendy
Yang , M.D., Assistant Program Director, is a graduate
of Syngery Medical. She assists in coordinating the clerkship
for the medical students and works as the
unofficial "social director" for the department. Her motto is "friends make
work fun".
Dr. Yang graduated from Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, located
in Seoul, S. Korea. She spent a year in Boston studying dermatology before coming
to Saginaw to do her residency. As a resident she had the opportunity to go
to Nicaragua on a short mission trip and also serve as chief resident. |
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| Deb Bonitz, Ph.D.,
Director of Behavioral Medicine, Dr. Bonitz earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She completed
a two-year APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical
Health Psychology with the MSU/FAME Professional Psychology Consortium
in Flint, Michigan in September 2005. Dr. Bonitz
develop s the psychological knowledge, doctor -patient relationship skills,
and communication skills of the Family Medicine residents. She accomplishes
these through didactics and feedback from shadowing or live observation of the
residents at Generations Family Care Clinic. In addition, Dr. Bonitz accepts
referrals from the Family Medicine residents and faculty as psychotherapy
patients. |
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Elaine Gunn, M.D., Pediatric
Director and adjunct instructor.
Dr. Gunn assists in the medical education of residents and medical
students.
Dr. Gunn completed her residency
training at Detroit Medical Center-Wayne State University. |
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Osama Elfabagh, M.D., Pediatric
Physician and adjunct instructor.
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| Robert
Vitu, M.D., serves as a volunteer faculty member in
the Family Medicine Center each week. Dr. Vitu had
a successful private practice in Saginaw for many years,
and is a past-president of the Michigan Academy of Family
Physicians. |
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| Lawrence
LaLonde, M.D., serves as a part-time Assistant Director.
Dr. LaLonde has a busy private practice, and his clinical
experience is of great value when he precepts in the Family
Medicine Center twice a month. |
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