Current Residents
Chief Residents
Roksolana Kuchma, M.D.
My roots are in the Ukraine, where I was born and spent my childhood. My family and I moved to Rochester in the early 1990s where I finished high school. I went to college at New Paltz. Besides keeping track of my studies, I swam competitively for my high school and college teams. I studied medicine in Poznan, Poland, where I had the chance to travel throughout Europe and experience cultures and cuisine, international travel and languages, and intercultural ethics—interests that grew over the years.
Kristen L. Thornton, M.D.
I was born and raised in the beautiful state of New Hampshire. I graduated from Providence College with a major in biology and a minor in public and community service studies. After college, I completed a year of service with the Redeemer Ministry Corps, providing Hospice respite care as well as outreach to the homebound elderly. I then spent a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer based at the Feinstein Institute for Public Service in Rhode Island. I returned to New Hampshire to attend medical school at Dartmouth, where I developed my love for family and community medicine. At Dartmouth I continued to pursue my interest in palliative care as an Albert Schweitzer Fellow, as well as in rural medicine through the Rural Health Scholars program. My ultimate goal is to combine full scope family medicine practice with an active role in resident and medical school education. Outside of medicine, I enjoy running, knitting, cooking, learning Spanish, and travel, with my favorite activity being sharing a good hearty laugh in the company of dear friends and family.
