Fellows
Richard V. Shen, MD
PGY 5
Hometown: Hercules, California
Undergraduate: University of California - Berkeley
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Interests / Hobbies: Bicycling and bicycle repair and building. Vegetable and flower gardening. Cooking – especially burgers and spicy food. And making lawn furniture out of fallen tree branches.
Medical interests: I am interested in parasites, vector-borne diseases. Related to these and other communicable diseases, I want to be involved with public and community health.
Why Maine Medical Center: When I first came to Maine and later did residency at Maine Medical Center, I loved the environment and the people that I worked with. The collegiality of the hospital and the infectious disease doctors has really impressed me and I know I will be able to really learn and grow here in Portland.
Rami Waked, MD
PGY 4
Hometown: Lebanon
Undergraduate: Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Medical School: Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Residency: Hôtel-Dieu de France
Interests / Hobbies: Swimming, Basketball
Medical interests: Antibiotic stewardship, gram negative resistance, epidemiology, multi drug resistant tuberculosis
Why Maine Medical Center: Flexible program, conviviality of the Infectious Diseases doctors, and research activities