UConn Family Medicine Residency Program at Manchester Memorial Hospital

UConn Expanding its Robust Residency Programs - UConn Today Eastern Connecticut Health Network and Waterbury Health Join UConn School of Medicine’s Sponsored Residency Programs

Check out the latest from UConn about our exciting new partnership! As we enter recruitment season, we couldn’t be more thrilled to collaborate with such an amazing sponsoring institution. Read more here:

UConn Expanding its Robust Residency Programs - UConn Today Eastern Connecticut Health Network and Waterbury Health Join UConn School of Medicine’s Sponsored Residency Programs

We are proud to announce as of September 1, 2025, the UConn School Medicine was selected by ECHN Residency Programs as its new sponsor for its Family Medicine and Psychiatry Training Programs. UConn School of Medicine is a leader in graduate medical education in Connecticut and is among the largest sponsors of GME in the country, ranking in size among the nation's top 10 percentile. UConn is home to robust 80-plus training programs annually training over 800 physicians and surgeons!

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We are proud to announce as of September 1, 2025, the UConn School of Medicine was selected by ECHN as its new sponsor for its Family Medicine and Psychiatry Training Programs. UConn School of Medicine is a leader in graduate medical education in Connecticut and is among the largest sponsors of GME in the country, ranking in size among the nation's top 10 percentile. UConn is home to robust 80-plus residency training programs annually training over 800 physicians and surgeons.

Congratulations to our graduates!

Congratulations to the newest graduates of our Family Medicine Residency Program! 🎓 From left to right: Dr. Ahad Idris, Dr. Jesse Peery, Dr. Johnathan Choptij, Dr. Erisa Gjinaj, Dr. Eric Sassu, and Dr. Angus Yuen. Your hard work, compassion, and dedication to patient care have been truly inspiring. We can’t wait to see the impact you’ll make in the communities you serve!

How talented is our PGY 2 Family Medicine Resident Dr. Frykenberg?! 🎹

A peaceful and heartwarming morning at Vernon as our residents enjoyed a live piano concert by the talented Sam Frykenberg, a 2nd year Family Medicine Resident with ECHN. His original compositions created a truly calming and uplifting atmosphere. Thank you, Sam, for sharing your gift with us! 🎶💙 🎹 #AtlasCT #VernonSTRONG #LiveMusicHealing #GratitudeMoments #MorningMelodies

Please help us in welcoming our Psychiatry Residency Class of 2029! 🩺🥼

We are so excited to welcome our Family Medicine Residency Class of 2028 to ECHN! 🩺🩻🥼

Resident Appreciation lunch! Grateful for you!
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We are so excited to announce our incoming chief residents, Dr. Daniel Ghajar & Dr. Andrei Lieders! 🩺🩻👨‍⚕️

Please say hello to our Family Medicine Residency Class of 2027! Welcome to ECHN everyone!

(pictured left to right):
Jake Laperche MD, Hazel Contractor MD, Bianca Graziano MD, Sarah Howard DO, Rosa Hernandez Corona, MD & Donald Borchert DO

Please help us in welcoming our brand new Psychiatry Residents to ECHN! We our starting off our program with PGY 1's and PGY 2's and we are so excited to have this residency at our organization!

PGY 2 Class: Shreyas Deshmukh MD, Ruchika Joshi MD, Lekshmi Ushakumari MD, Katherine Valles MD

PGY 1 Class: Carine Djaiani MD, Noura Rakab MD, Lina Shroof MD, Mahnoor Waqar MD