Fellows
Joe Minichiello
- Year in ProgramFEL1
- HometownPelham, NH
- UndergraduateDartmouth College
- Medical SchoolDartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
- Interest/Hobbiescard and board games, making and discovering new playlists, travelling to new places, and aspiring mixologist
- If I wasn't a doctor, I would be acaterer/private chef or a tour guide
- Favorite restaurant in PortlandVia Vecchia
- Personal quote"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash." – Norman MacLean (A River Runs Through It).
- Favorite place in MaineAcadia National Park
- Medical interestsEMS, medical education, resuscitation and critical care, prehospital and interfacility transport
- Favorite weekend destinationtaking the ferry out to one of the Casco Bay islands
- Favorite Maine activityhaving a lobster roll and some chowder on the coast in the summertime (or year-round, honestly)
- What did you do before medical schoolI started working as an EMT during undergrad. I also took a year off between undergrad and medical school to complete a teaching fellowship in the Biology Department at Dartmouth.
- Why Maine Medical CenterI first came to MMC as a visiting medical student on an away rotation, and I fell in love with the program, and was fortunate enough to come here for residency. Throughout my time here as a resident, I have worked with and learned from exceptional faculty. The EMS faculty in particular are a very engaged, very knowledgeable group, and the opportunity to continue working with and learning from them was hard to pass up. Additionally, Maine geographically provides such a wide breadth of EMS opportunities, from higher-resource and higher-volume city EMS services to lower-resource services and more rural and remote services. I am also a firm believer in living and training somewhere you enjoy outside of work, and Maine has no shortage of life and wellness outside of work settings.