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Julie Ngoc Thai, MD
STFM Member Julie Ngoc Thai, MD, is a first-generation Vietnamese-American and is the first in her family to earn a college degree in pursuit of medicine. She has accomplished more than her parents could ever have envisioned when they arrived in the US as refugees.
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Christopher Harris, MD
STFM Member Christopher Harris, MD, is a Family and Preventive Medicine resident at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr Harris has been an STFM member since 2018 and is a 2020 Faculty for Tomorrow Resident Scholar.
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Josue Santos, MD
STFM Member Josue Santos, MD, is a family medicine resident at Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Dr Santos is a 2020 Faculty for Tomorrow Resident Scholar.
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Thomas Ricks, IV, MD
STFM Member Thomas Ricks, IV, MD, is a resident at MUHC Family Medicine, Charleston, SC and has been an STFM member since 2021.