{"id":35622,"date":"2025-08-21T16:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=35622"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:01:05","slug":"core-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/uconn-family-medicine-residency-program-at-manchester-memorial-hospital\/core-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nicole Jackson, MD<\/h3>

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Family Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Medical School <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nHarvard Medical School<\/p>\n

Boston, MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Residency<\/strong><\/td>\nFamily Medicine Residency<\/p>\n

Boston Medical Center<\/p>\n

Boston, MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Personal Information<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Nicole Jackson obtained her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Yale University, her medical school degree from Harvard Medical School, and completed her residency at Boston Medical Center. After residency, she stayed on at Boston Medical Center as faculty in the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Jackson has five years of experience working as a full-spectrum primary care and urgent care provider at a federally-qualified health center in Dorchester, MA, serving medically and socially complex patients in a predominantly low-income, ethnically and linguistically diverse neighborhood. She also has experience doing postpartum, newborn nursery and general pediatrics rounding at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Jackson has a special interest in diversity, equity and inclusion and anti-racism work and serves as the Director of Diversity Programs in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her spare time, she enjoys listening to music, dancing, worshipping at her church, self-directed learning, spending time with family and catching up with her four god-children.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Remi<\/div><\/div>

Remi Mathews, MD<\/h3>

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Family Medicine Residency Program Associate Director<\/h4>\n

Family Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Board Certification<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nAmerican Board of Family Medicine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medical School <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nP.S.G. Institute of Medical Sciences & Research<\/span>
\nCoimbatore, India<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Residency<\/strong><\/td>\nUniversity of Connecticut Health Center<\/span>
\nFarmington, CT<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Personal Information<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Remi Mathews began her studies at the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Coimbatore, India before coming to the U.S. to complete her residency at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington in 2004. After her residency she spent time as a Research Associate at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.<\/p>\n

In 2007 Dr. Mathews joined Manchester Memorial Hospital as a Primary Care Physician. She also spent time working in Wound Care and Hyperbaric treatment at Manchester Memorial Hospital. In 2013 Dr. Mathews became an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine in the Manchester Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency before becoming the Medical Director of Manchester Memorial Hospital\u2019s Family Health Care Center.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mathews is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, as well as the Connecticut Osteopathic Medical Society. She has also dedicated her time as a Volunteer Physician at Manchester Community College.<\/p>\n

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\"Eric<\/div><\/div>

Eric Sassu, MD<\/h3>
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Youlan Tang-Kipers, MD<\/h3>

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Family Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Board Certification<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nFamily Medicine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medical School <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nSt. George's University\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Residency<\/strong><\/td>\nBronxCare Health System, affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Personal Information<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Tang received her MS in Nutrition from Columbia University and her MD from St. George's University. She completed her residency training in Family Medicine at <\/span>BronxCare<\/span> Health System, affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She also served as a research scholar in the Cardiology Department at Duke University and Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University.<\/span><\/p>\n

After completing her residency training, she worked in hospital medicine for nearly four years before joining Manchester Memorial Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n

She continues to participate in various research projects in collaboration with professors from Biomedical Informatics at Yale University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Tang is passionate about learning, teaching, integrative medicine, and exploring the use of artificial intelligence in the medical field.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Alexandra<\/div><\/div>

Alexandra Zacchera, DO<\/h3>
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