Changes for Idaho AHEC

Lynda Bennett has joined Mountain States Group, Inc. as the new Project Center Director of Idaho AHEC.  Most recently Lynda had been working at Idaho State University – Institute of Rural Health coordinating suicide prevention efforts throughout Idaho.  Previously she has worked in diverse settings including community mental health, HIV/AIDS intervention, and education.   In addition to her role with AHEC Lynda will also be teaching Sociology at College of Western Idaho.

Lynda and her husband moved to Boise in May 2010 from Adams, Oregon.   For the past thirty years they had lived in various rural communities in Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Washington and Oregon following her husband’s career in agricultural research.  When he retired in 2010 they could finally live anyplace they wanted.  After careful consideration of various options, they chose Idaho.   Lynda says of all the places she has lived she has never felt more at home than she does here.  She spent her first year here getting familiar with various regions of the state.  She has spent time in Coeur d’Alene, McCall, Lewiston, Driggs, Sun Valley, Twin Falls, Burley and Pocatello.   Lynda has a strong commitment to improving the healthcare options throughout Idaho and looks forward to building new partnerships.

Featuring Idaho Family Medicine Residency Programs

ISU Family Medicine Residency Program
Our mission is to train physicians for successful rural family practice. The three year program is a community-based, University affiliated program designed to produce skilled, caring family practice physicians.
Contact information:
Lisa Hess, Residency Coordinator.
Idaho State University
Department of Family Medicine
465 Memorial Drive
Pocatello, ID  83201-4008
E-mail:  fammed@fmed.isu.edu
website: www.fmed.isu.edu
Residency Program:  (208) 282-4478

Family Medicine Residency of Idaho (FMRI)
Family Medicine Residency of Idaho (FMRI) offers excellent clinical training with superb patient volumes in all clinical areas.  The vision of our program is to produce outstanding family physician leaders for their communities.  The mission of our program is three-fold: 
Train superb medical school graduates to become outstanding physicians;
Prepare broadly trained family physicians to practice all across Idaho especially in rural and underserved Idaho; and
Serve the underserved in a high quality Teaching Health Center, Patient Centered Medical Home.

Contact information:
FMRI
777 N Raymond
Boise, Idaho 83704
Residency Program-(208) 367-4524
Program Director & CEO: Ted Epperly MD
Program Executive Assistant -Michelle Robin
Website: www.fmridaho.org

Congratulations to ISU and Delta Dental on the “Grand Opening” on August 30th of the Delta Dental of Idaho Dental Residency Clinic at Idaho State University-Meridian.