Kelsey Boyne, M.D.
Dr. Kelsey Boyne grew up in Manchester, Connecticut, and earned her undergraduate degree in Physiology and Neurobiology from the University of Connecticut in 2017. She went on to graduate from the UConn School of Medicine in 2021 before completing her residency training at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Kelsey was excited to return to the community she grew up with as an IDEM fellow.
Throughout her career, Dr. Boyne has cultivated a strong interest in global health, gaining experience through research and clinical work in Guam and St. Lucia as a medical student, as well as serving communities on the Navajo Nation in Arizona as a resident. She also developed a passion for disaster response while contributing to COVID-19 surge planning efforts at UConn in 2020.
Outside of work she enjoys hiking and backpacking with her husband, reading a good book and spending time with her rescue dog from St. Lucia, Juno
Steven Whiting, M.D.
Dr. Steven Whiting grew up in Minnesota. In 2001, he was living in El Salvador when there was a large earthquake. During that time, he did some translating work for a team of doctors from the Air Force. Because of that experience, he decided to go in to medicine. For his undergraduate education he attended Brigham Young University and graduated in 2005 with a degree in Biology. He then went to the Medical College of Wisconsin and graduated in 2010. Dr. Whiting completed his emergency medicine residency at University of Arizona South Campus in Tucson in 2013. He has spent the last 12 years working at Summit Healthcare in Show Low, AZ. During that time, he engaged in regular international volunteer work with various organizations. Because of these experiences, he found his niche and wanted to make that more of a fulltime part of my career. He has found what he was looking for in the International Disaster Medicine Fellowship here at UConn.