– Residents –

Our multifaceted support system is the most consistent strength identified by our residents in their exit interviews. We seek to provide practical support, including educational, financial and patient care resources. Our carefully designed support creates a foundation for community between the residents and faculty. This is achieved through a two-week orientation; Winter and Summer retreats; group Bible studies in faculty homes, residents and/or their spouses; intentional mentoring and faculty/behavioral advisory relationships. In addition to practical and structural support, In His Image desires that each resident be provided excellent personal support. Through mentoring, counseling and marriage support, our residents are provided assistance in balancing their personal and professional commitments.

Our residents enjoy spending time with each other. They are committed to solid family medicine training and are eager to explore what it means to be a physician with a global health perspective. The residents work as a team in an encouraging atmosphere. Though their training is rigorous, schedules ensure time for family, personal spiritual growth and recreation.

“This should be the toughest three years of your medical training, and you will want to do that in an environment where you are cared for as a person and can grow in your faith.”
Dr Ashley Hildebrand, MD, IHI Alum

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  Dominique Bothwell, DO

  I was born and raised in Omaha, NE, attended Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, where I was lost and broken. It was not until I came to Auburn, AL to obtain my Masters of Science that I surrendered my life to the Lord Jesus Christ, met my amazing husband Demetri Bothwell
  then started medical school. We have three beautiful children, two girls Na’Kiya and Kirsten and baby boy Josiah. I desire to serve
  marginalized people groups and am very passionate about lifestyle medicine and how the decisions we make every day affect our health. I am so grateful to be training at IHI and know that I will be equipped here to boldly profess that Gospel as my faith and medicine beautifully
  collide. In our free time, my family and I like to explore parks, read, travel, and hike and try different plant-based meals together.

  Resident Chief
  VCOM Auburn
  Opelika, AL

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  Merin John, MD

  I’m from Houston, Texas but was born and raised in Delhi, India until age 13. I graduated from THE University of Texas in Austin (hook ‘em horns) with a bachelors in Public Health and went to medical school at UT Southwestern in Dallas. Now I’m excited to be a resident at IHI where I get to train to be an excellent physician and explore various avenues to serve God. After residency, I would love to live missionally in an urban underserved community and/or overseas (hoping to figure that out throughout the course of residency). I’m passionate about board games, Indian street food (chaat) and nature walks/hiking…so let’s gooo.

  Resident Chief
  Univ TX SW Med Sch
  Dallas, TX

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  Joyanna Bass, MD

  My husband Evan & I thank God for His clear direction in having us join IHI. I was born & raised in France, lived a couple years in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a child, and moved to Philadelphia, PA for a BSc in Biomedical Engineering. I then joined my sister to live her dream of working on a kibbutz farm in Israel when doors flung open for me to stay and enroll at the Technion American Medical School in Haifa. Evan & I met there in his country. Together, we seek and rejoice in being exactly where the Lord would have us because we are convinced that to be in His will is the safest and most impactful place to be.

  Technion
  Israel
  

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  Jeanette Duan, MD

  I was born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of Kansas City, Kansas. After attending undergrad at University of Miami in Florida where I also had the privilege of spending a couple semesters abroad in the Galapagos Islands and Hong Kong, I came back home to attend the University of Kansas Medical School. Though I grew up in the church, the tears and rigor of medical school truly brought me to the feet of Jesus. As I depended on Him alone, I realized that there is nothing more fulfilling in this life than to be in His presence. I see medicine as an avenue to demonstrate God’s love to a broken world, and am interested in many aspects of family medicine. In my free time, I enjoy spending quality time with loved ones and friends, worshiping Jesus, and being outdoors in God’s creation.

  Univ KS Sch Med
  Olathe, KS

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  Drew Hollen, DO

  I was raised in Hoquiam, WA with two brothers and loving Christian parents. I attended medical school at Pacific Northwest University after finishing my Spanish degree at the University of Washington where I met my lovely wife, Megan, through playing on a worship band. I decided to pursue medicine after avidly enjoying medical mission trips, studying biology, and volunteering at local hospitals. We welcomed our daughter, Nora Grace, into the world last year, formalizing my dad joke license. My hobbies include board games, cooking, guitar, outdoor exploration, and peek-a-boo. We are excited to be a part of IHI and spread God’s love to our new community!

  Pacific NW Univ Hlth Sci
  Tumwater, WA

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  Travis Nash, DO

  Jesus raised me from the ashes of a broken household in abject chaos when I was a young adult. Surrounded by violence and vice, I cried out to heaven for help, and God saved me out of my morally corrupt situation and from my own spiritually bankrupt self. Since then, I’ve worked to become a doctor so I could heal and inspire others to the highest calling in life– namely through sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Only by God’s good kindness to me, I am now a husband and father of two young boys (Judah & Samuel)- whom I love to spend my free time with. My interests include reading, writing, discussions on philosophy, theology, apologetics, as well as performing home improvements, landscaping, and playing lawn and board games, and it is my sheer delight to join the In His Image family!

  Pacific NW Univ Hlth Sci
  Richland, WA

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  Adam Newborn, DO

  I am originally from Pittsburgh, PA where I grew up as the third of five kids. I was 5 years old when I told my parents that I wanted to become a missionary doctor. I have no idea how at that age I knew what a doctor or a missionary was, but this calling has continued since. I went to Cedarville University in Cedarville, OH where the Lord grabbed a hold of my heart for international medical missions. I studied medicine at Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM) where I grew my passions for osteopathic medicine, full spectrum family medicine and obstetrical and maternal care. The Lord has paved the way for me to be at IHI and I’m thrilled to be able to live missionally and train medically with like- minded Christ followers! In my free time, I enjoy traveling, visiting National Parks, hiking, biking, and golfing

  Chicago Col
  Chicago, IL

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  Kimberly Wong, DO

  I am from Novato, CA, where I grew up in a Christian family and church and learned to love the Lord and hear His voice. I felt God’s calling to long-term medical missions in middle school and had the opportunity to travel overseas during my time in Bible College and Undergrad. While preparing to enter medical school, God called me to work with those who were being trafficked and used as sex slaves, so I answered His call by spending 10 months in Kolkata, India, working with those vulnerable women and girls. After, I ended up receiving my Master’s and osteopathic medicine degrees from Kansas City University. When not practicing medicine, you can find me singing and playing piano, crocheting animal hats for babies, reading for fun, cooking, eating and exploring new-to-me cultures. I’m excited to be part of the IHI family and learn how to be all God has called me to be.

  Kansas City Univ
  Kansas City, MO

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  Hannah Youmans, DO

  My family is from Lynchburg, VA, where I received my undergraduate degree and started my medical career at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine. I met the love of my life, Zachary, at LUCOM and we enjoyed the start of marriage in Mississippi during our last two years of medical school. In this new season of residency, we are excited to build relationships with our new church and IHI family. Professionally, I am passionate about mental & spiritual health, OBGYN care, pediatric care, clinical procedures, and osteopathic manipulative medicine. Personally, I enjoy keeping up with family, adventuring with my husband and dog Ahsoka, cross stitching, and watching anything Star Wars.

  Liberty Univ
  New Albany, MS

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  Zachary Youmans, DO

  I was born here in Tulsa, but grew up in Siloam Springs, AR. I returned to Tulsa for college and graduated from Oral Roberts University which was a very formative time in my faith and the Lord was so good to me during those years. Following college, the Lord took me all the way to Virginia for medical school where I graduated from Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine and met my wife, Hannah. Apparently I can’t stay away because the Lord has seen fit to bring me back to Tulsa for residency. Hannah and I are so thrilled to be a part of the IHI family and to love on the people of Tulsa! In my spare time, I enjoy going on walks with Hannah and our dog, Ahsoka, playing board games and video games with my family and friends, reading theology and philosophy books, playing piano, and cooking.

  Liberty Univ
  New Albany, MS