Where We’re From
Current Residents
Class of 2021
Anna Nabel
- Hometown
- Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Undergraduate
- UCLA
- Medical School
- NYMC
- Hobbies / Interests
- Soccer, running, traveling, hiking
- Interesting Fact
- In college I learned Arabic and lived in Egypt for a while.
Sam Beckerman
- Hometown
- San Francisco, CA
- Undergraduate
- Emory University
- Medical School
- University of Miami – Miller School of Medicine
- Hobbies / Interests
- Professional cook, cyclist, Giants/Warriors/49ers all day!!!
- Interesting Fact
- I was stranded at sea and surrounded by jellyfish…but was saved by a pod a dolphins.
William Bruno
- Hometown
- Philadelphia, PA
- Undergraduate
- UC Santa Barbara
- Medical School
- UC San Diego School of Medicine
- Hobbies / Interests
- Running, backpacking, surfing, climbing, traveling, reading non-fiction, music.
Carlee Carranza
- Hometown
- Manlius, NY
- Undergraduate
- Iona College
- Medical School
- New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM)
- Hobbies / Interests
- Bodyboarding, surfing, reading, lacrosse, yoga, running, snowboarding, watching Bravo-especially Andy Cohen, serving as my husband’s personal surf photographer despite my affinity for consistently “missing the shot.”
- Interesting Fact
- I was a bartender on the beach in El Salvador at a place called Coco Bar before starting medical school, everything was all fun and games until someone would ask me to muddle the mint. I also have 23 ribs.
Molly Grassini
- Hometown
- Calabasas, CA
- Undergraduate
- New York University; Columbia University
- Medical School
- UC San Diego School of Medicine
- Hobbies / Interests
- NY Times, New Orleans, intersectional feminism and social justice, hip hop cardio (organized and alone in my room), rosé, architecture, snowboarding, more rosé.
- Interesting Fact
- Before starting down the path to medicine, I studied theatre and worked as an actor in LA and NYC.
Harleen Grewal
- Hometown
- St. Louis, MI
- Undergraduate
- Boston University
- Medical School
- Washington University
- Hobbies / Interests
- Traveling, hiking, kickboxing, screaming, watching Love and Hip Hop, brunch, house music, coloring books, puzzles, ramen.
- Interesting Fact
- I’ve been to a raccoon cafe, rabbit cafe, hedgehog cafe, cat cafe, and puppy cafe. There was a capybara present at the raccoon cafe. And, when I was in Seoul, I unfortunately didn’t have time for the sheep cafe 😦
Meghan Hurley
- Hometown
- Denver, CO
- Undergraduate
- Rockhurst University
- Medical School
- University of Colorado
- Hobbies / Interests
- Basketball, running, snowboarding, camping, backpacking, reading, taking my dog to the park.
- Interesting Fact
- I’ve climbed a 14er by moonlight in October.
Kayla Jagoda
- Hometown
- Saratoga Springs, NY
- Undergraduate
- Ithaca College
- Medical School
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Hobbies / Interests
- Travel, music, running, skiing, hiking, camping…literally anything outdoors and active, yoga, photography, kombucha brewing.
- Interesting Fact
- I lived in Hawaii for a bit and helped out on a dolphin boat.
Ou (Rowen) Jin
- Hometown
- Wenzhou, China
- Undergraduate
- Swarthmore College
- Medical School
- UCSF
- Hobbies / Interests
- Nature and all of the many ways to engage with it: camping, biking, running, climbing, hiking, smelling it, touching it, eating it, etc.
- Interesting Fact
- I have a very expensive sushi habit that has persisted despite student loans.
Emily Johnson
- Hometown
- Roseville, CA
- Undergraduate
- UCLA
- Medical School
- Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Hobbies / Interests
- Hiking, politics, board games, running, getting stronger, cooking & entertaining, winning baby smiles.
- Interesting Fact
- I know jump-rope tricks.
Erica Kiemele
- Hometown
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Undergraduate
- University of Calgary
- Medical School
- Harvard Medical School
- Hobbies / Interests
- Dancing, teaching dance and staying fit…I work outttt. Indigenous Advocacy (specifically Native American, Alaskan Native, Inuit, First Nations and Metis peoples).
- Interesting Fact
- I have 4 sets of full native regalia (dress, leggings, moccasins, beadwork). I made all my sets myself. It totals about 400 hours of work. A very intricate beadwork set can take up to 100 hours. I take requests!
Scott Kobner
- Hometown
- Flemington, NJ
- Undergraduate
- Emory University
- Medical School
- NYU School of Medicine
- Hobbies / Interests
- Settling Catan, street photography, scuba diving, chocolate milkshakes, anything tech related.
- Interesting Fact
- I once won a trip to Las Vegas playing bar trivia. Dreams do come true.
Nhu-Nguyen Le
- Hometown
- Mission Viejo, CA
- Undergraduate
- Santa Clara University
- Medical School
- Creighton University
- Hobbies / Interests
- Being with friends and family, trying/seeing/ learning new things, trail running, breakfast diners, ice cream.
- Interesting Fact
- A photo of me was once used as an ad in Nike stores.
Josh Lee
- Hometown
- San Francisco, CA
- Undergraduate
- UC Berkeley
- Medical School
- Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Hobbies / Interests
- College football, hockey, weightlifting, hill sprints, In-N-Out Burger, happy hour, movies with excessive pyrotechnics.
- Interesting Fact
- I’m a lifelong Cal fan, and my dad still has the Cal baby socks to prove it! We’ll get that Rose Bowl… someday. GO BEARS!
Neal Moehrle
- Hometown
- St. Louis, MO
- Undergraduate
- University of Southern California
- Medical School
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Hobbies / Interests
- Live music, hiking, hanging out at beaches/lakes/pools/any body of water, USC football and tailgating, traveling, eating.
- Interesting Fact
- I broke my arm in third grade, and when the nurse asked me how it happened, I allegedly pointed to my stepdad. I was later told that they pulled him aside and questioned him. And that’s how I almost broke up my family at the ripe age of 8 years old (spoiler alert, he was innocent).
Madeline Ross
- Hometown
- Washington, DC
- Undergraduate
- Tulane
- Medical School
- Georgetown University
- Hobbies / Interests
- Cheese, dancing, L-shaped couches, reality TV classics a la Survivor, slow cookers, live music, and all things aquatic.
- Interesting Fact
- Technically, I was casted/performed in Beyonce’s Super Bowl XLVII halftime show.
Brittany Tyson
- Hometown
- Stuart, FL
- Undergraduate
- University of Miami
- Medical School
- University of Miami – Miller School of Medicine
- Hobbies / Interests
- Anything that involves my dog Bailey, eating, cooking, board game nights, Netflix, hiking, running, traveling.
- Interesting Fact
- I once won a video game contest in college by knowing every secret level on Super Mario World for Super Nintendo.
Mark Zhang
- Hometown
- Phoenix, AZ
- Undergraduate
- Arizona State University
- Medical School
- Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Hobbies / Interests
- Binging every Netflix show ever made, being a Costco Executive member, and occasionally going outdoors when the internet goes down. Huge fan of pumpkin spice lattes.
- Interesting Fact
- For a non-dad, I make a ton of dad jokes.
Class of 2022
Collin Cousins
- Hometown
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Undergraduate
- Macalester College
- Medical School
- University of Minnesota
- Hobbies / Interests
- Camping, running, skiing, reading, Lady (my old mini dachshund)
- Interesting Fact
- I was the last of my friends to get a smartphone
Charity Apelo
- Hometown
- Walnut, CA
- Medical School
- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Interesting Fact
- I love going to the dentist
Sarah C.
- Hometown
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Medical School
- University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Interesting Fact
- I use one ear for hearing and one for jewelry
Erik Christensen
- Hometown
- Mankato, MN
- Medical School
- University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Interesting Fact
- I walk my cat Manchengo on a leash, unironically
Chris Feng
- Hometown
- Torrance, CA
- Medical School
- The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
- Interesting Fact
- I was once stuck on a bathroomless bus for 14 hours…while having Giardia.
Kinzi Halle
- Hometown
- Wenatchee, WA
- Medical School
- Tufts University School of Medicine
- Interesting Fact
- I have the perfect outline of an ATV exhaust pipe–screws and all–branded on my left thigh.
Oswaldo Avalos
- Hometown
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- Medical School
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Hobbies / Interests
- Beach, eating, traveling
Megan Johnson
- Hometown
- Green Bay, WI
- Medical School
- Keck University School of Medicine
- Interesting Fact
- I learned ctrl+c/v/x/z in med school
Daniel Klein
- Hometown
- Roseville, CA
- Medical School
- Keck University School of Medicine
- Interesting Fact
- I met my fiancée while traveling in Northern Chile 5 minutes before an earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale hit the area
Simone Miller
- Hometown
- Hadley, MA
- Medical School
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Interesting Fact
- I was a competitive gymnast for 12 years and can still balance in a handstand for over a minute
Michelle O’Connor
- Hometown
- Dedham, MA
- Medical School
- Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Interesting Fact
- I am the proud sponsor of a rescue llama
Ricardo Padilla
- Hometown
- Pomona, CA
- Undergraduate
- CSU Fullerton
- Medical School
- Keck University School of Medicine
- Hobbies / Interests
- Dodgers, Lakers, MMA, weightlifting, competitive pistol/rifle shooting, guitar, DJing, live music, beer, tattoos, politics, American history, Mexican history, spending time with my wife, daughter and the family pitbull.
- Interesting Fact
- I had appendicitis three times.
Katherine Ross
- Hometown
- Redmond, WA
- Medical School
- Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Interesting Fact
- I was on a Latin fusion dance team in college (salsa, bachata, merengue, cha cha, etc)
Natasha Sanchez-Cristal
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
- Medical School
- University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Interesting Fact
- I am the only person in my family who hasn’t been stung by a sting ray.
Hank Song
- Hometown
- Northridge, CA
- Undergraduate
- Princeton University
- Graduate
- Graduate: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Medical School
- University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
- Hobbies / Interests
- Climbing, cycling, ceramics, cello, cooking, carpentry, chatting, commiserating. Global health and humanitarian response.
- Interesting Fact
- I was born in New Orleans and spoke with a southern accent until I moved to California at seven years old.
Katherine Stiene
- Hometown
- Northport, NY
- Medical School
- Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
- Interesting Fact
- I have 3 titanium plates and 12 screws in my jaw from a (perfectly unlucky) fainting episode during med school.
Erik Swanson
- Hometown
- Waterford, CT
- Medical School
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- Interesting Fact
- I peaked in high school when I won best hair, Waterford High class of 2009
Lily Vartanyan
- Hometown
- La Canada, CA
- Medical School
- Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Interesting Fact
- I once was in a band with Megan Johnson’s boyfriend. The band was called “Pleural”
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
- Hobbies / Interests
- Fatherhood (human and canine okay, please no cats), sport, outdoorsmanship, the Bon Appetit test kitchen.
- Interesting Fact
- I grew up in Florida, but that doesn’t make me a bad person.
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 UniversityMasters Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (MPH)
- Medical School
- University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine (MD)
- 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, PB&J sandwiches, Hiking, backpacking, cycling/ running (very short distances, I get bored), Volleyball, Surfing, and 2x speed podcasts at the gym.
- Interesting Fact
- It is alarmingly difficult to find pictures of me wearing shirts.
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 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