ECHN Residency Programs

09/09/2025

We are proud to announce as of September 1, 2025, the UConn School Medicine was selected by ECHN Residency Programs as its new sponsor for its Family Medicine and Psychiatry Training Programs. UConn School of Medicine is a leader in graduate medical education in Connecticut and is among the largest sponsors of GME in the country, ranking in size among the nation's top 10 percentile. UConn is home to robust 80-plus training programs annually training over 800 physicians and surgeons!

Learn more here: https://academicaffairs.echn.org/programs/

09/09/2025

We are proud to announce as of September 1, 2025, the UConn School of Medicine was selected by ECHN as its new sponsor for its Family Medicine and Psychiatry Training Programs. UConn School of Medicine is a leader in graduate medical education in Connecticut and is among the largest sponsors of GME in the country, ranking in size among the nation's top 10 percentile. UConn is home to robust 80-plus residency training programs annually training over 800 physicians and surgeons.

08/07/2025

Congratulations to our graduates!

Congratulations to the newest graduates of our Family Medicine Residency Program! 🎓 From left to right: Dr. Ahad Idris, Dr. Jesse Peery, Dr. Johnathan Choptij, Dr. Erisa Gjinaj, Dr. Eric Sassu, and Dr. Angus Yuen. Your hard work, compassion, and dedication to patient care have been truly inspiring. We can’t wait to see the impact you’ll make in the communities you serve!

13/05/2025

How talented is our PGY 2 Family Medicine Resident Dr. Frykenberg?! 🎹

25/03/2025

Please help us in welcoming our Psychiatry Residency Class of 2029! 🩺🥼

24/03/2025

We are so excited to welcome our Family Medicine Residency Class of 2028 to ECHN! 🩺🩻🥼

05/03/2025

Resident Appreciation lunch! Grateful for you!
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05/03/2025

We are so excited to announce our incoming chief residents, Dr. Daniel Ghajar & Dr. Andrei Lieders! 🩺🩻👨‍⚕️

05/08/2024

Please say hello to our Family Medicine Residency Class of 2027! Welcome to ECHN everyone!

(pictured left to right):
Jake Laperche MD, Hazel Contractor MD, Bianca Graziano MD, Sarah Howard DO, Rosa Hernandez Corona, MD & Donald Borchert DO

05/08/2024

Please help us in welcoming our brand new Psychiatry Residents to ECHN! We our starting off our program with PGY 1's and PGY 2's and we are so excited to have this residency at our organization!

PGY 2 Class: Shreyas Deshmukh MD, Ruchika Joshi MD, Lekshmi Ushakumari MD, Katherine Valles MD

PGY 1 Class: Carine Djaiani MD, Noura Rakab MD, Lina Shroof MD, Mahnoor Waqar MD

05/08/2024

ECHN's Family Medicine Residency Class of 2024
Congratulations to our Graduates! We wish you the best in your future careers!

15/07/2024

Check out our Family Medicine Residency on Instagram!