From left are Jesse Krikorian, MD; Frank Sagato, MD; Ian Smith, MD; The “Tay” Tran, MD; Kristi Wegener, MD; and Aaron Wu, DO. These six new residents joined The Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program on July 1. (Courtesy graphic)

MARQUETTE — Six new residents joined The Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program on July 1. Residents are physicians who will spend three years training in the community-based, family medicine program.

Faculty and staff from the family medicine residency program and clinic joined together with the residents and families for a welcome picnic at Marquette Mountain Ski Hill this past July.

“It’s been a wild and crazy year,” said Program Director Brian Waite, MD. “We’re happy that our new class are finally here and ready to go to work. It’s a great class, and I look forward to working with them for the next three years.”

The six new Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program residents include:

≤ Jesse Krikorian, MD

Medical degree: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Minor in Religion from Swarthmore College

≤ Frank Sagato, MD

Medical degree: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology from William Paterson University

≤ Ian Smith, MD

Medical degree: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of South Carolina

≤ The “Tay” Tran, MD

Medical degree: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior; Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California Davis

≤ Kristi Wegener, MD

Medical degree: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience, from the University of Michigan

≤ Aaron Wu, DO

Medical degree: Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Arts in Microbiology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa

The incoming class is the program’s 41st group of resident physicians. To learn more about the Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program, visit www.mgh.org/residence.