Our Residents – LAC+USC EM

Where We’re From

Meet our Chiefs

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Current Residents

Class of 2023

Beza Abebe

Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine – PRIME-LA
Hobbies / Interests: Crossing items off my bucket list, finding spots to hammock, nature walks, volleyball, pencil sketching
Interesting Fact: Random events in my life have led to great stories: I got 3 stitches in the ED after getting hit in the face with a golf ball while jogging, I’ve taken 2 separate unplanned road trips with complete strangers, my husband and I met in LA and reconnected in SF even though he is from Toronto.

Chance Anderson

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate: UC Davis
Medical School: UC Davis
Hobbies / Interests: Pasta Making, Cooking, Baking, Reading, Hiking.
Interesting Fact: I once danced in a talent show performing alongside Shia LaBeouf.

Jack Barrett

Hometown: Danbury, CT
Undergraduate: University of Connecticut
Medical School: New York University
Hobbies / Interests: Telling people to watch “The Wire,” general admission, balling, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, balling, hot green chili peppers
Interesting Fact: Hypothetically, if there were one Pokémon with all 18 types, it would be weak against rock.

Cara Buchanan

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Medical School: George Washington University
Hobbies / Interests: Traveling without set plans, disconnecting from devices, road trips, live brass music, bookstores, days by the ocean, latin american lit, human rights photography, homemade tamales, café de olla, granadillas, jugo de maracuya
Interesting Fact: My favorite years between undergrad + med school involved the Amazon rainforest of Peru, snakes, adolescent medicine, martial arts, Sonia Sotomayor, Jazz Fest, Homegirl Café, Patagonia, Cuba, Mexico & Congressman John Lewis

David Canter

Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
Undergraduate: Wesleyan University
Medical School: USC Keck SOM

Cat Giudice

Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley (Go Bears!)
Medical School: University of Colorado (Go Broncos!)
Hobbies / Interests: backpacking, trail running, backcountry skiing, being a dog mom (I happen to have the best dog in the world), painting, exploring new and exotic corners of the world, pretending to be a tea connoisseur.
Interesting Fact: I used to open water swim right next to a great white shark nursery, unknowingly. Never again.

Katie Hawk

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Undergraduate: ASU
Medical School: Univ of AZ-COM Phx
Hobbies / Interests: physical health mostly in the form of CrossFit, all things outdoors, country and 80s new wave music with a dash of everything else, never met a food I didn’t like, extreme dog-momming, EMS and toxicology, being a good person.
Interesting Fact: I’m actually afraid of snakes and I have over 40 scuba dives on multiple continents.

Andrew Kerrigan

Hometown: Ronkonkoma, NY
Undergraduate: Boston University
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Camping, Cooking, Traveling, Long-boarding, Woodworking, and Guitar.
Interesting Fact: I used to play in multiple pop-punk/hardcore bands and had long hair down past my three nipples (also I have a third nipple).

Lucy Liu

Hometown: Germantown, MD
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: running, hiking, happy hours, instagramming food, collecting interesting sneakers.
Interesting Fact: I am an aggressive mario kart driver.

Chase Luther

Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Undergraduate: UC Davis
Medical School: Keck SOM at USC
Hobbies / Interests: Hiking, taking my dogs out, home improvement projects, competitive video games.
Interesting Fact: I sold my car to a bank robber on the run (unbeknownst to me at the time).

Taylor Lynch

Hometown: Breckenridge, CO
Undergraduate: University of Colorado Boulder
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Skiing, exploring new cultures, yoga, soccer, mountain/road biking, backpacking, running, climbing all the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado (currently at 32 of 58), and reading non-fiction.
Interesting Fact: I am in a ski gang called the Screamin’ Eagles. We are a (nonviolent) gang of skiers, bikers, and outdoor enthusiasts based out of Breckenridge who have the most fun on the mountain by using the power of friendship, 80s music, and Jorts. Signature trick = Spread Eagle.

Mike Messina

Hometown: Columbus, OH
Undergraduate: THE Ohio State University
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: non-academic – beach volleyball, tennis, hiking, travel, skiing, Cleveland sports, OSU Football, local breweries/any IPA, poké, ramen ; academic – MedEd, EMRA
Interesting Fact: I can quote almost every Friends episode from start to finish.

Ags Offorjebe

Hometown: San Jose, CA
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA/Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Hobbies / Interests: travel, current events (including celebrity gossip, of course!), dancing, and indoor cycling
Interesting Fact: I’ve been camping with hyenas and hippos!

Daria Osipchuk

Hometown: Foster City, CA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hobbies / Interests: Climbing, skiing, hiking, camping, the outdoors, running, scuba diving, traveling.
Interesting Fact: I watched the US women’s soccer team win gold at the London Olympics.

Colby Passaro

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Hobbies / Interests: Kayaking, backpacking, learning Portuguese, exploring Latin America.
Interesting Fact: I once helped reduce a cow’s prolapsed uterus on my parents’ farm.

Andrea (Andy) Quiñones-Rivera

Hometown: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate: UC Santa Cruz
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Hobbies / Interests: Soccer, playa y sol, health policy, health equity, social determinants of health.
Interesting Fact: childhood nicknames: duck tape, lagartija, tigger.

Alex Stern

Hometown: Orange County, CA
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Medical School: USC Keck SOM
Hobbies / Interests: Maps, worthless freeway trivia, the perfect night driving soundtrack, Los Angeles, silent mornings with coffee, fermentation, memes, ruining photos with silly faces, stretching.
Interesting Fact: Both of my parents were professional figure skaters and coaches.

Chase Westra

Hometown: Edwardsville, IL
Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Hobbies / Interests: The EM essentials – traveling, hiking, camping, snowboarding, SCUBA, and climbing. Also, exploring bars/restaurants, proofreading for grammar, and watching Ohio State football with Mike Messina.
Interesting Fact: I was once in a bathroom with the president of Honduras.

Marissa Wolfe

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Undergraduate: Binghamton University
Medical School: Stony Brook University
Hobbies / Interests: running, live music, yoga, breakfast diners.
Interesting Fact: After four months of (almost) daily yoga, I can finally touch my toes.

Hurnan Vongsachang

Hometown: San Marcos, CA
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Graduate: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Medical School: University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Running half marathons, hiking, Yelping, occasional dancing in family music videos.
Interesting Fact: All of my siblings’ and cousins’ names begin with “HUR” – gets pretty confusing at reunions!

Class of 2024

Ashley Rebekah Allen

Hometown: Twin Falls, ID, USA
Undergraduate: Seattle Pacific University
Medical School: University of Utah
Hobbies / Interests: Surfing, snowboarding, hanging with my rad kids, hiking, working out, live music, camping, brewery samplers, the beach, random trips, seeing how much I can pack into one day
Interesting Fact: When I was a snowboard instructor, I once broke my clavicle and still continued to teach lessons (aka picking up lopsided children) for the rest of the day

Ivan Oreb Aispuro

Hometown: Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Undergraduate: University of Arizona
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Hobbies / Interests: Karaoke, Cooking, Baking, Traveling, Movies
Interesting Fact: I make my own pan dulce from scratch

Eric Arnold

Hometown: Lake Forest, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Vanguard University
Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Travel, photography, soccer, global health
Interesting Fact: The best hummus I’ve ever eaten came from a South African grocery store.

Nolan Broussard

Hometown: New Orleans, LA, USA
Undergraduate: Brown University
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: College football, Cooking and eating Creole food, Saints football, Playing brass instruments
Interesting Fact: Don’t like to brag, but I’ve made more three-point shots than Shaquille O’Neal

Joey PonyBoy Cannizzo

Hometown: New Rochelle, NY, USA
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Stony Brook School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Van Life, National Parks, Hiking, Backpacking, Bouldering, Volleyball, Surfing, and 2x speed Podcasts at the gym.
Interesting Fact: My only car is a self converted Camper van named Ati-Van.

Sonia Desai

Hometown: Walnut, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Cal State Fullerton
Medical School: George Washington University
Hobbies / Interests: My german shepherd pup named Scooby Doo, Brazilian jiu jitsu, fitness classes, running/hiking, anything on Bravo, spicy margaritas & loaded nachos, FRIES!
Interesting Fact: I once worked out next to Malia Obama at Barry’s Bootcamp… thank God I wore deodorant!

Taylor Docter

Hometown: Los Altos, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Harvard
Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Grillos pickles, skiing, reality TV, THE outdoors, social EM, puzzles, doodle mixes, red wine, making and talking about food
Interesting Fact: I’m part of an amateur DJ duo called the Silky PJs

Megan Fischer-Colbrie

Hometown: Cupertino, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Good meals with friends, travel abroad, surfing and swimming, movies, cooking and wine
Interesting Fact: Former competitive swimmer. Still love the smell of chlorine pools, don’t miss the goggle tan.

David Fowler

Hometown: Brooklyn Park, MN, USA
Undergraduate: Augsburg College
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Hobbies / Interests: Taking my dog to the beach, telling him how good of a boy he is. Weightlifting and cycling. Awaiting the return of sports (currently resorting to watching esports). Trying out every west coast fast food chain.
Interesting Fact: I’ve knocked out the same front tooth three times (all non-hockey related incidents).

Ruben Guzman

Hometown: El Monte, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hobbies / Interests: EDM festivals, hiking, camping, napping, eating, event medicine, medical school education
Interesting Fact: As an extra, I was able to appear in the VMAs with Rihanna, briefly make an appearance in “A Star is Born,” and attended a 200 person Coldplay concert.

Darlene Hanlon

Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago
Hobbies / Interests: Running, hiking, cooking and especially eating
Interesting Fact: My first pet was a chicken named Sunflower. She was really smart.

Antonio Hernandez Saenz

Hometown: North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Cal State University, Los Angeles
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hobbies / Interests: Social medicine, Dodger games, soccer, boxing, breweries, tacos, and napping
Interesting Fact: I bleed purple and gold or blue depending on the time of year.

Sarah Hsu

Hometown: Cupertino, CA, USA
Undergraduate: USC
Medical School: WesternU COMP
Hobbies / Interests: Happy hour, yoga, breakfast burritos, being near bodies of water, snowboarding, chicken tenders, corn hole/shuffleboard, running outside, casamigos, sleepy jazz
Interesting Fact: I used to want to be a horse jockey until I realized I was too tall…so I went for the next best thing: being an ER doc

Kyle Joyner

Hometown: San Diego, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hobbies / Interests: Running, eating, sports, traveling, the twisted chile, social medicine!
Interesting Fact: When I had stomach aches as a kid I always told my parents I had appendicitis. Then one day I was right.

Karra K. Maniér

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Spelman College
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Traveling, fashion, wellness, blogging, trying new restaurants
Interesting Fact: I sleep with my eyes open.

Peter Mattson

Hometown: Redding, CT, USA
Undergraduate: Middlebury College
Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Hobbies / Interests: Sushi-making, urban photography, hockey, hiking mountains and skiing down them, bouldering, meditating, aspiring and floundering beekeeper
Interesting Fact: I grew 14 inches in high school. My family now uses me as a motivational speaker to convince young relatives they too will hit their growth spurts.

Samantha Nanayakkara

Hometown: Oxford, MS, USA
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical School: NYU
Hobbies / Interests: Watching unhealthy amounts of TV, hiking, weightlifting, trying and failing to be a minimalist, eating breakfast for every meal, eating/baking desserts
Interesting Fact: I did ballet for 10 years, and I can wiggle my ears!

Zach Reichert

Hometown: Berrien Springs, MI, USA
Undergraduate: Andrews University
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Running (road and trail), reading, watching movies, travel, relaxing at jazz clubs
Interesting Fact: I worked in a deli for 6 years but they never promoted me past the level of dish washer

Juan Valente Resendez

Hometown: Laredo, TX, USA
Undergraduate: The University of Texas at Austin
Medical School: The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Hobbies / Interests: Exploring new restaurants and breweries, being a plant dad, all things Pokémon, craft cocktails, reggaetón, binging competition/cooking/trash reality TV shows.
Interesting Fact: I used to play the trumpet in a traditional mariachi band.

Noa Pulama Yee

Hometown: Honolulu, HI, USA
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Medical School: University of Hawaii Medical School
Hobbies / Interests: Surfing, poetry, ukulele, guitar design, mixology, exercise, nutrition
Interesting Fact: In-N-Out is my favorite restaurant

Class of 2025

Chris Androski

Hometown: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
Undergraduate: Northeastern University
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hobbies / Interests: I’ve developed an obsession with Formula 1 over the past few years, and my wife once commissioned a custom Formula 1 cake to be made for my birthday.

Vian (“Vee”) Zada

Hometown: San Diego, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Pomona College
Medical School: Georgetown University
Hobbies / Interests: Backpacking, not killing my 64 + houseplants, stargazing on smoggy LA nights.
Interesting Fact: Learning my 6th language but no means fluent in any single one. My Tamagotchi frequently dies on shifts, but thankfully not my patients.

Ian Thomas

Hometown: Watsonville, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Pomona College
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hobbies / Interests: Volleyball, Camping, Musical Theater, Coffee Brewing, Travel.
Interesting Fact: In search of the best breakfast burrito in LA.

Freddy Tadros

Hometown: Alexandria, Egypt
Undergraduate: Santa Clara University
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: All dogs, running, food, podcasts.
Interesting Fact: The only musical talent I have is that I can one-handed clap with either/both hands. Very dumb.

Alex Sapin

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Tulane University
Graduate: Tulane University
Medical School: Tulane University
Hobbies / Interests: Cooking, eating, traveling, gardening, live music, reading, dungeons and dragons, and most importantly memorizing all the sports facts and remembering everyone who used to play sports.
Interesting Fact: I once ate a curry made with tadpoles.

Maria Isabel Santana

Hometown: Downey, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Chapman University
Graduate: Keck Graduate Institute
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Travel (local & international trips), escapism through reading (classic lit, poetry, romance, thrillers, fantasy, anything but medicine lol), escape rooms (done over 75 of them so far), social EM, diversity in medicine, anything Latinx, LGBTQIA+
Interesting Fact: When I was 6, I truly believed I levitated once. I didn’t tell anyone until I was in my early 20s and realized it probably didn’t actually happen.

Andrew Rosales

Hometown: Montebello, CA, USA
Undergraduate: California State University, Long Beach
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hobbies / Interests: Cooking, Breakfasting w/ friends&family. Getting outside to hike/climb/camp. Social EM/Medicine/Education.
Interesting Fact: I was born at 10lbs8oz, on time.

Eric Pellegrini

Hometown: Orange County, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Graduate: Boston University
Medical School: Boston University
Hobbies / Interests: Exercising, going to concerts, playing soccer, traveling, trying new restaurants/breweries, golfing, curating music playlists for friends, overly investing myself into UCLA sports, napping on my couch, snowboarding.
Interesting Fact: I’ve seen 188 different artists in concert since high school.

Benjamin Partiali

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Undergraduate: University of Southern California
Graduate: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Working out, foreign films, martial arts, basketball, random YouTube channels/videos.
Interesting Fact: I still use #2 wooden pencils and prefer them over pens.

Louis Nguyen

Hometown: San Diego, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Graduate: UC San Diego
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hobbies / Interests: Computer stuff, making all sorts of coffee, camping, hiking, climbing, road cycling, movies, video games, studio photography, researching new hobbies.
Interesting Fact: My name in Vietnamese literally means ‘water jug’

Laura Hemker Moles

Hometown: Boise, ID, USA
Undergraduate: George Washington University
Graduate: Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: University of Nevada Reno
Hobbies / Interests: Adventures with my husband and pup, trail running, skiing, learning to surf, & exploring new restaurants.
Interesting Fact: I was a river guide in Utah and Grand Canyon before medical school.

Jack Mazzulo

Hometown: Charlotte, NC, USA
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University
Hobbies / Interests: Soccer, volleyball, game nights, photography, movies, exploring vegan food in LA, and any excuse to hang out with friends and family.
Interesting Fact: Despite being severely afraid of the ocean, tight spaces, and heights, I went cage diving with great white sharks, underground cave exploring, and bungee jumping over a 700ft gorge, all in the same month.

Matthew Villelli-LaPlante

Hometown: Spokane, WA, USA
Undergraduate: University of Portland
Medical School: Western University, COMP-NW
Hobbies / Interests: Playing soccer and supporting Arsenal FC. Being outdoors, whether that’s playing sports, hiking, yard work, or chilling by a body of water. Interested in the natural world and bettering our food chain – go Patagonia!
Interesting Fact: I’ve helped a llama give birth.

Nick Ingram

Hometown: Fountain Valley, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: TouroCOM – New York
Hobbies / Interests: The beach, water sports, cooking, Hardcore History podcast, long distance running, and healing my injuries from long distance running.

Madeleine Heller

Hometown: Seattle, WA, USA
Undergraduate: University of Southern California
Medical School: UCLA
Hobbies / Interests: Dogs, ice cream, biking, backpacking, global health, social EM, dogs.
Interesting Fact: I went to the same high school as Jimi Hendrix.

Donya Enayati

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UCA
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Playing tennis and street hockey, enjoying live music, discovering new artists, cheering on my favorite soccer teams, and exploring social emergency medicine.
Interesting Fact: I have a vinyl collection of over 300 records.

Lindsay Dreizler

Hometown: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Undergraduate: UC Berkley
Medical School: Brown University
Hobbies / Interests: Climbing, swimming, salsa dancing, camping, ukulele, photography.
Interesting Fact: I lived on a goat farm for 2 months.

Matthew Demarest

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hobbies / Interests: Beach Volleyball, College Football, Dodger Baseball, Italian Cooking, Road Trips, Horror Movies, the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, quoting It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Interesting Fact: I am a strong advocate for all things Pumpkin Spice.

Megan Bocchicchio

Hometown: Trabuco Canyon, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Hiking, camping and backpacking with my dog, climbing inside and outside rocks, swimming, cooking and then eating.
Interesting Fact: Competed in the Annual Crab Festival “Fish Toss” in Kodiak, AK this year. It’s like an egg toss but with a dead fish. Did not win.

Paul Aragon

Hometown: South Valley, NM, USA
Undergraduate: University of New Mexico
Medical School: University of New Mexico
Hobbies / Interests: Biking, swimming, camping, brunching, vintage Jeeps, happy hours, traveling, breakfast burritos, 80s-90s action movies, leather work, green chile, and definitely lounging with my wife and two chocolate labs.
Interesting Fact: I can take a nap basically anywhere.

Jack Roos

Hometown: Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA
Undergraduate: Colorado College
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Hobbies / Interests: Snowboarding, Live Music, Climbing, Biking, Sandwiches
Interesting Fact: If your car floods, you can fill it with kitty litter to dry it out. I’ve done it twice now.

Class of 2026

Sarah Williams

Hometown: Truckee, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Claremont McKenna College
Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
Interesting Fact: I ski patrolled before medical school. Part of my job was to use explosives to set off avalanches for snow safety. My dad is a career ski patroller, so I got to do that with him!

Jorge Serrano

Hometown: Tracy, CA, USA
Undergraduate: California State University, Sacramento
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Interesting Fact: I once bested a raccoon in hand-to-hand combat for the rights to a bag of cereal.

Alex Gregor

Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Undergraduate: Davidson College
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interesting Fact: I was almost swallowed by a whale

Gonzalo Paz-Soldán

Hometown: Washington D.C., DC, USA
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Medical School: SUNY Downstate
Interesting Fact: I hold citizenship in 3 different countries!

Catherine Finney

Hometown: La Canada, CA, USA
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine
Interesting Fact: I ate fish for the first time in med school

Janette Conde

Hometown: Miami, FL, USA
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Interesting Fact: My first language was Spanish. Despite this I still can’t roll my r’s…

Alison “Ali” Fedigan

Hometown: Clayton, California, USA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: University of Colorado SOM
Interesting Fact: I once made a guest appearance on The Amazing Race.

Brittany Trompetto

Hometown: Oak Park, California, USA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Interesting Fact: I danced for 16 years and was on a competitive hip-hop team in college.

Nick Herzik

Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Williams College
Medical School: Columbia University
Interesting Fact: Sea urchins have a radially symmetrical mouth apparatus called Aristotle’s Lantern. I know this interesting fact because I come from a family of commercial sea urchin divers.

Claudia Trilles

Hometown: Miami, Florida, USA
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Medical School: FIU Herbert Wertheim COM
Interesting Fact: While backpacking abroad, I managed to convince two airlines to allow me to travel without legitimate identification after my passport was stolen.

Kristina van de Goor

Hometown: San Francisco, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Interesting Fact: I weirdly love assembling furniture, IKEA preferred

Amanda Reilly

Hometown: Coronado, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Graduate: Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Medical School: UCSF
Interesting Fact: Before medical school I helped my parents fix an old sailboat and we sailed to Mexico and back.

Magda “Mags” F. Garcia

Hometown: Hacienda Heights, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UC Riverside
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences – COMP
Interesting Fact: My first car was a stick-shift 1990 Mazda Protege that ended up with a total of 318,800 miles.

Kathleen “Katie” Ferguson

Hometown: Reno, Nevada, USA
Undergraduate: University of Nevada Reno
Medical School: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Interesting Fact: My talents include hula-hooping and baking chocolate chip cookies.

Lexie Cantarero

Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UC Santa Barbara
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Interesting Fact: My face was once on a Dr. Pepper 2L bottle that was sold in stores across the country.

Taylor Daum

Hometown: Butte, Montana, USA
Undergraduate: Boise State University
Graduate: Loyola University Chicago
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Interesting Fact: I recently went to a live taping of The Price Is Right and my grandpa almost won a luxury refrigerator and a year supply of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream (good thing he didn’t – he’s a diabetic with a sweet tooth).

Joshua “Josh” Bridge

Hometown: Rocklin, CA, USA
Undergraduate: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Medical School: Rocky Vista University
Interesting Fact: I’ve worked a ton of odd jobs including greeting-card shelf installation, maintenance and landscaping at an apartment complex, selling insurance for sporting goods, (poorly) folding clothes at department stores, teaching tactical medicine to law enforcement, and quality assurance in the organic chemistry lab and bottling line at a winery.

Donnis “Don” Davis

Hometown: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Undergraduate: University of New Mexico
Medical School: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Interesting Fact: I went to 8 different schools between kindergarten and 12th grade.

Jason Nunez

Hometown: Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
Undergraduate: Columbia University in the City of New York
Graduate: SDSU School of Public Health
Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Interesting Fact: I’ve never been able to get through the first Lord of the Rings movie without falling asleep. I fall asleep at the same scene every time (Frodo hiding under a tree). It’s a great movie, I’m just cursed

Pablo Gutierrez

Hometown: Sacramento, CA, USA
Undergraduate: UC Santa Cruz
Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Interesting Fact: A few years back, I was in a cast for 4 weeks after rupturing my achilles, and in a vicodin-enhanced state of ennui and extreme self-assuredness I applied for and got a job as an online relationship coach