Quinnipiac Appoints Director of Medical Student Home Program

NORTH HAVEN, CT — Dr. Traci Marquis-Eydman, of Clinton, has been appointed director of the Medical Student Home (MESH) Program and associate professor of clinical arts and sciences at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.

In her new role, Marquis-Eydman will oversee the program that matches medical students with Connecticut-based primary care physicians, who serve as the students’ preceptors.

Students spend one afternoon each week in their preceptors’ practices, working with the physicians and their patients and staffs. That relationship continues throughout the students’ time in medical school. Currently, there are 90 physicians in the MESH program.

In addition, she will teach courses in the medical school, serve on the admissions committee and advise first and second-year students.

“Traci’s clinical experience over her years in private practice provides her with the insight and connections to identify high quality physicians in the community who can serve as preceptors and mentors for the school’s longitudinal ambulatory experience in the first two years of the curriculum,” said Dr. Bruce Koeppen, dean of the medical school.

Marquis-Eydman said, “I am so thrilled and honored to be a part of the Netter family – the school’s commitment to the creation of compassionate and patient centric and well prepared physicians is why I’m here.”

Before joining Quinnipiac, Marquis-Eydman, a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, was the chief experience officer at Northeast Medical Group, Yale-New Haven Health Systems. She earned her medical degree at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. She completed her family medicine residency at Deaconess Hospital/St. Louis University in St. Louis. She also holds a bachelor’s degree from Colby College.

Pictured: Dr. Traci Marquis-Eydman, of Clinton, is the new director of the Medical Student Home (MESH) Program and associate professor of clinical arts and sciences at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

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