Published on June 12, 2025

Congratulations to Our Class of 2025 Family Medicine Residency Graduates!

2025 graduates
Back row: Matthew Pearson, MD; Brian Christensen, DO, and Avery Buckles, DO. Front row: Zhen Arthur Lu, MD; Millie Babbs, MD, and Eric Stewart, MD.

Our Graduates

Millie Babbs, MD, Future plans: Owensboro Health Family Medicine in Beaver Dam, Kentucky

Avery Buckles, DO, Future plans: Owensboro Health Family Medicine in Leitchfield, Kentucky

Brian Christensen, DO, Future plans: Family Medicine FQHC clinic in Ontario, Oregon

Zhen Lu, MD, Future plans: Reagan County Clinic in Big Lake, Texas

Matthew Pearson, MD, Future plans: CoxHealth Family Medicine Clinic in Branson, Missouri 

Eric Stewart, MD, Future plans: UChicago Family Medicine in Chicago, Illinois

About Owensboro Health

Owensboro Health is a nonprofit health system with a mission to heal the sick and to improve the health of the communities it serves in Kentucky and Indiana. The system includes Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, nationally recognized for design, architecture and engineering; Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital; Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center; the Owensboro Health Medical Group comprised of over 350 providers at more than 30 locations; three outpatient Healthplex facilities, a certified medical fitness facility, the Healthpark; a weight management program, and the Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center.

On average each year, we have more than 19,000 inpatient admissions, deliver 2,000 babies and provide the region’s only Level III NICU. Owensboro Health physicians perform nearly 33,000 surgical procedures, including nearly 150 open-heart surgeries. Our physicians and staff have 90,000 Emergency Department visits and more than 1.25 million outpatient visits annually. Visit our home page for more information.