new doctors NEOUCOM grads

Six area people received their medical degrees from The Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) in a recent commencement ceremony. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of the graduating class will remain in Ohio for their residencies. The local graduates are:

JONATHAN PULIDO

Hometown: Boardman.

High School: East Liverpool.

Residency: General surgery at Mount Carmel Health, Columbus.

Spouse: Kelly Pulido.

Parents: Renato and Sonia Pulido of East Liverpool.

DOMINIC BUZZACCO

Hometown: Boardman.

High School: Cardinal Mooney.

Residency: Medical residency transitional year at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, and a residency in ophthalmology at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus.

Parents: Dominic and Pamela Buzzacco of Boardman.

ADAM LUCHEY

Hometown: Boardman.

High School: Boardman.

Residency: Medical residency transitional year in preliminary surgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, W. Va., and a residency in urology at West Virginia University School of Medicine.

Parents: Michael and Saundra Luchey of Boardman.

CHARLES SPIRTOS

Hometown: Poland.

High School: Poland Seminary.

Residency: Medical residency transitional year at St. Elizabeth Health Center-NEOUCOM, Youngstown and diagnostic radiology at Case Western/MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland.

Parents: Dr. Theodore and Georgia Spirtos of Poland.

MALINI ANAND

Hometown: Warren.

High School: Howland.

Residency: Family Medicine at University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals, Tucson, Ariz.

Parents: Madhu Anand of Warren and Manu Anand of Troy, MI.

MEGAN WALSH

Hometown: Hubbard.

High School: Hubbard.

Residency: Internal medicine at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus.

Parent: Peter Walsh of Hubbard.