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Family and Community Medicine Residency Program

The Faculty

One of the distinct advantages of our University Hospital is the expertise of faculty members in the Department of Family Medicine. In addition to 14 full-time board certified family physicians, we have a number of faculty who represent various other disciplines and specialties including pediatrics, pharmacology, psychiatry, and clinical social work.

The chairman is David L. Stewart, M.D., M.P.H. an Associate Professor in Family Medicine and was the former Director of the Undergraduate Education in the Department.

Yvette L. Rooks, M.D., CAQ has been Residency Director since July 1, 2005. She is a board certified Family Physician, having served as Chief Resident in the program from 1995-1996. Dr. Rooks completed a Fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine and serves as the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Director at the University of Maryland. She is the Team Physician for The University of Maryland at College Park TERPS. Dr. Rooks is currently the secretary of the Maryland Academy of Family Physicians and serves on the Education Committee.

Prior to becoming Residency Director, Dr. Rooks served 8 years as the Course Director of the Family Medicine Clerkship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She continues to chair the Clinical Years Committee, the oversight committee for the clinic years of medical education.

Family Medicine Faculty Listing

David L. Stewart, M.D.
Chairman, Family and Community Medicine
Chief Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine

Associate Professors

Beth Barnet, M.D.
Director, Faculty Development Fellowship Program

Kevin S. Ferentz, M.D.
Medical Director, University of Maryland Family Medicine Ass. P.A.
Director of Student and Employee Health, UMB

Richard Colgan, M.D.
Director, Undergraduate Division Clerkship

Niharika Khanna, M.D.
Associate Residency Director

Assistant Professors

Alistain Esege, M.D.

Sharon Feinstein, M.D.

Paul Kulpinksi

Raymond Lewis, M.D.

Leslie Robinson, M.D.
Director, Housecall Program

Yvette Rooks, M.D.
Director, Family Medicine Residency
Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship

Vivienne Rose, M.D.

Neil Siegel, M.D.
Medical Director, UniversityCARE

Verlyn Warrington, M.D.
Director, UMBC Student Health

Department Administrator

Kathy Maddock, M.S.A., FACMPE

Support staff (Graduate Dvision)

Rhonda Thompson
Residency Coordinator

Pam Hough
Residency Secretary

Bruce Brooks
Program IT Specialist


This page was last updated on: February 11, 2008.

For more information, call the University Physicians Consultation and Referral Service at 1-800-492-5538 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).