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Elizabeth Ellis, DO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown: <\/strong>Tappahannock, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: <\/strong>Christopher Newport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School:<\/strong> VCOM – Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency: <\/strong>The people \u2013 this is such a family<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News:<\/strong> The best sunsets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency: <\/strong>Family Medicine\/OMT Attending<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: Grocery shopping and couponing<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Fordice, DO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown: <\/strong> Virginia Beach, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: <\/strong> Old Dominion University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School:<\/strong> VCOM – Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency: <\/strong> My peers and patients! Riverside is full of friendly and caring people that make the tough days better. Also, I just love getting to finally be a doctor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News:<\/strong>  You are so close to a variety of things. The beaches are minutes away, mountains hours away, and DC is a fun day trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency: <\/strong> I want to go into clinic-based medicine with a focus on queer and transgender in an urban setting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>:  Weightlifting, traveling, reading, eating, sleeping<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

David Graham, DO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown<\/strong>: South Bend IN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>: Indiana University – Bloomington IN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School<\/strong>: Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Indianapolis IN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency<\/strong>: Patient interactions & hanging out with my co-residents <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News:<\/strong> It’s diversity in food and central location to multiple big cities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency<\/strong>: Outpatient clinic & seeing all ages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: Watching lots of movies, discovering all the regional breweries and restaurants with my wife and co-residents, hiking, tennis, and watching college football and basketball<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Niharika Gupta, DO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown<\/strong>: Audubon, PA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>: Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School:<\/strong> VCOM-Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency<\/strong>: My favorite think about residency so far are my co-residents! Everyone has been great, and I can always find help, whether it is reaching out to faculty or my co-residents. I have felt very supported!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News<\/strong>: I have really enjoyed being able to go to Noland Trail to get a hike in, but also being\u00a0 close to multiple beaches, including Virginia Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency<\/strong>: Outpatient, Lifestyle Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: Yoga, long walks, Knitting\/crocheting, hanging out with friends and family!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Isobel Hunter, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown<\/strong>: York, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>: University of Nottingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School: <\/strong>Same as college, I did the 5 year undergraduate medicine course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency<\/strong>: Returning to being a doctor and experiencing different specialties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News:<\/strong> Being near my husband’s family (free babysitting!) and the walkability and community feeling of our Hilton neighborhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency<\/strong>: To work in a small practice near home and know my patients personally, allowing me to provide the best tailored care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies:<\/strong> Singing, swimming, climbing, drawing, and playing mad games with my four year old. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Megan Knapp, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown:<\/strong> Toano, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>: Virginia Tech<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School<\/strong>: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency: <\/strong>The supportive teaching culture created by the attendings and residents, as well as the atmosphere of the hospital – everyone is so friendly and welcoming. It’s a very unique hospital; I’ve never worked anywhere with such a positive vibe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News<\/strong>: All of the different food options and living close to my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency:<\/strong> Outpatient primary care +\/- some inpatient time (TBD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: Spending time with my husband, new baby, and two dogs, dating reality shows (I know), paddleboarding, and embroidery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thi Lovo, DO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown<\/strong>: Harrisonburg, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College:<\/strong> University of Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School:<\/strong> Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency<\/strong>: The amazing people who make Riverside unique and the vast opportunity to learn alongside amazing doctors and staffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News<\/strong>: the diverse culture and activities to do<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency:<\/strong> Be part of an outpatient practice and travel out of the country to provide medical care as much as I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies:<\/strong> drawing, walking with my corgis, and traveling.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Perla Maldonado Rivera, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown: Comuy, Puerto Rico<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: <\/strong> University of Puerto Rico at Mayguez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School:<\/strong>  University of Medicine and Health Sciences, St. Kitts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency: <\/strong>Getting to know my colleagues and sharing new experiences with them. Having the ability to learn new things every day at work. How inclusive and considerate my colleagues are towards me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News:<\/strong> Living in a place that is close to the sea, since it reminds me of Puerto Rico.  How nice and welcoming people in this area have been towards me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency: <\/strong>Work in a health group, travel to new places, buy a house and get at least 2 dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: Cooking, Hiking, Trails, going to the beach, traveling, road trips<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Diksha Paudel, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown: <\/strong>Dan, Nepal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: <\/strong> Trinity International College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School:<\/strong>  China Three Gorges University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency: <\/strong>Working closely with a diverse team of health professionals, mentorship support, building relationships with patients and making tangible difference in lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News:<\/strong> Beach access, restaurants, weather, diversity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency: <\/strong>Stay in area and work as a primary care doctor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: Cooking, watching suspense thriller movies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Zachary Treser, DO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown: <\/strong>Blacksburg, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College: <\/strong>Virginia Tech<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School:<\/strong> VCOM-Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency: <\/strong>Building relationships with my patients and spending time with my co-residents<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News:<\/strong> Being close to the beach and living near family<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency: <\/strong>Work in outpatient family medicine with focuses on pediatrics and sports medicine patients<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: Exercising, pickleball, spending time with my wife and dogs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Vaughan, DO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HomeTown<\/strong>:  Williamsburg, VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>:  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School<\/strong>:  Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency<\/strong>:  Co-residents and Faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News:<\/strong>  There’s lots of fun stuff in the area and it’s close to my hometown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency<\/strong>:  Outpatient Family Practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>:  Weightlifting and building a 1953 f100 show truck.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sushmita Yadav, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hometown:<\/strong> originally Saptari, nepal and in USA i would like to call Fairfax, VA my hometown <\/p>\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>: Jalalabad ragib rabeya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical school:<\/strong> Jalalabad Ragib Rabeya Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency<\/strong>: the people, patients, location <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Newport news: <\/strong>close to beach, calm and quiet, close to NOVA, proximity to family and friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goal after residency:<\/strong> outpatient family medicine clinic might be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: traveling, cooking, spending time with family and friends <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Allison Zamora, DO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Home Town<\/strong>: Advance, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College<\/strong>: UNC Chapel Hill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical School:<\/strong> LUCOM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about residency<\/strong>: I love the people! Residency can be hard but when you have seniors and faculty who are excited to teach and support you, it makes things much better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite thing about Newport News<\/strong>: There are so many opportunities to get outside and lots of cool places to explore! Plus we are a quick drive to OBX!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals after residency<\/strong>: I would love a combination of inpatient and outpatient medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbies<\/strong>: I love being outside! – hiking, running, gardening. I also enjoy cooking, trying new restaurants with my husband, and hosting hang outs with friends.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth Ellis, DO Hometown: Tappahannock, VA College: Christopher Newport Medical School: VCOM – Virginia Favorite thing about residency: The people \u2013 this is such a family Favorite thing about Newport News: The best sunsets Goals after residency: Family Medicine\/OMT Attending Hobbies: Grocery shopping and couponing Daniel Fordice, DO Hometown:  Virginia Beach, VA College:  Old Dominion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":962,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3352","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/962"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3296,"date":"2023-08-24T10:13:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/?page_id=3296"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:20:58","slug":"medical-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/riverside\/medical-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Audition Rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Riverside Family Medicine offers 2- or 4- week audition rotation to current 4th year medical students who are interested in matching with our program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will spend half their time seeing patients under faculty and resident survervision in the outpatient residency office and the other half working with the residency night shift inpatient teams at Riverside Regional Medical Center. Other opportunities include noon didactics, faculty lectures, and specaily experiences such as Lifestyle Clinic and OMT Clinic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotations are offered starting at the beginning of the M4 year until the end of January of the M4 year. Placement is first come first served bases on application completed date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We offer housing if available and if given significant notice. Housing is a 3 bedroom apartment provided by the Riverside Regional Medical Education Department. The apartment has two bathrooms, a dining area, living room and each room has 2 twin beds. Apartments are shared with up to 5 other Riverside medical students. Meals may be purchased at the hospital cafeteria, however, the apartment has kitchen facilities for cooking. Heat and air are controlled by the occupants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheduling Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We will start accepting applications late February to early March. We will contact you after receiving your application as soon as possible based on the volume of applications. Students will be scheduled in the order of submission. You will receive a confirmation email of your rotation date. Three weeks prior to your rotation, you will received additional paperwork to complete and instructions for completing online modules for electronic record access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Apply<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 2026-2027 application is now available – <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To apply for an audition rotation, please visit VSLO or contact Sydney Keever at sydney.keever@rivhs.com<\/a>. You will need to submit the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n