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Class of 2028
Mawerdi Abdulkadir, MD
Hometown: Plano, TX
Undergraduate School: The University of Texas at Dallas
Medical School: New York Medical College
EM Interests: Sports Medicine, Toxicology, Ultrasound, Pain, Social EM, Event Medicine
Hobbies: I love to sing and dance, catch me at karaoke always! Love watching and tweeting about football. Go Cowboys! I like taking walks/hiking/appreciating nature. Slowly getting back into reading and writing :)
Social Media: Tiktok @mawordy
Sayma Akhter, DO, MS
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduate School: CUNY City College of NY
Medical School: Touro COM - Middletown
EM Interests: SIM, Ultrasound, Crit Care, wilderness
Hobbies: cooking new food, hiking, workingout/running, roadtrips, finding new restaurants to try, hanging out with friends and family, traveling and learning about different cultures
Previous Careers: Medical Scribe
Social Media: IG @Saymasays_
McKenzie Andrews, MD, MPH, MAT
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Undergraduate School: Stanford University
Medical School: SUNY Downstate
Graduate School: Relay Graduate School of Education (MAT) & SUNY Downstate (MPH)
EM Interests: MedEd, Peds, Sports, Global Health, Addiction
Hobbies: Run club, climbing, chess, church, cooking
Previous Career: Teach for America, J.P. Morgan technology analyst, Dairy Queen employee
Ally Below, DO
Hometown: Huntsville, AL
Undergraduate School: Clemson University
Medical School: UNECOM
EM Interests: tox, meded, clinical forensics, sim, social em
Hobbies: crafting, taking long walks with my dog, plants, cooking, sports (watching not playing), finding new restaurants, happy hour, visiting friends in their cities, traveling
Brian Goldberg, MD
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate School: Bates College
Medical School: Rush Medical College
EM Interests: EMS, Event Medicine
Hobbies: Spending time with my family, playing sports, eating
Previous Careers: NYC Paramedic
Sebastián Gómez Giraldo, MD
Hometown: Crestwood, KY
Undergraduate School: UMass Amherst
Medical School: Boston University
EM Interests: Med Ed, Peds, Med Spanish, Social EM, all the things
Hobbies: Soccer (and sports in general), anime, video games, curating fire playlists, dropping contextually-appropriate spongebob references
Social Media: IG @swoahmez
Gabby Hernandez, DO
Hometown: Washington DC
Undergraduate School: University of Virginia
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
EM Interests: Administration, International/Global Medicine, Mentoring
Hobbies: Spending time with friends and family, Running, Working out, Tearing up the dance floor with my friends, Going to concerts, Last minute travelling, Cooking/baking, Finding the best happy hours, Anything involving the water, Wine nights and binge- watching tv shows, Exploring NYC, UVA basketball, sweet treats
Social Media: IG @gabbiehernandez2
Jessica Hernandez-Moreno, MD
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Undergraduate School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Medical School: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
EM Interests: Social EM, Global Health, Wellness
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, running, podcasts, making pour over coffee
Previous Careers: Nursing assistant, tutor, running coach
Tahrin Imam, MD
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Undergraduate School: University of South Florida
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
EM Interests: MedEd, Wilderness, US
Hobbies: Baking, reading, moon hunting, Tampa Bay sports teams fanatic
Samvit Iyer, DO
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Undergraduate School: Univeristy of Florida
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine- Bradenton
EM Interests: Ultrasound
Hobbies: Cricket, Pickleball, Football, Video Games, Thrifting
Social Media: IG @yaboisamvit
Deaton Jones, MD
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Undergraduate School: Columbia University
Medical School: University of Rochester
Hobbies: Anything involving my pup Zorra, tennis, RuPaul's Drag Race and all things LGBTQ+
Previous Careers: Fashion, advertising, fitness
Therese Kichuk, MD PhD
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Undergraduate School: Barnard College
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
Graduate School: Princeton
EM Interests: Disaster relief, climate change and health, global health
Hobbies: Reading, writing, going to plays, hanging out with my dog, long park walks, cooking with friends, movie nights, hiking adventures upstate!
Previous Career: Bench Researcher
Social Media: @tesslakoil
Linh Le, MD
Hometown: Moreno Valley, CA
Undergraduate School: UC Riverside
Medical School: California University of Science and Medicine
EM Interests: Wilderness 🤠 but open to other possibilities
Hobbies: Going to the movies and concerts. Binging the latest kdramas. Hiking, photography, all things outdoors. Trying to stay awake at any given point in time.
Isaac Lee, DO
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Undergraduate School: California State Long Beach
Medical School: Touro University Nevada
EM Interests: Peds EM, Pain Management, Cardiac
Hobbies: CrossFit 🏋🏻 Runnin 🏃🏻Karaoke 🎤 Choreo 🕺🏼Food Crawls 🍜 Board Games 🎲 Movie Nights 🍿 Reading 📖 Bar Crawls 🍻 Chillen at parks 🌳
Previous Careers: Pharmacy Tech, Music/Dance Teacher
Steve Markham, DO
Hometown: Ambler, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate School: Cornell University
Medical School: Kansas City University
EM Interests: Wilderness Med, Administration
Hobbies: Rowing, Surfing, Climbing, Cycling, Camping, MTA enthusiast, local history
Previous Careers: Renewable Energy Development, Business Development, Clinical Researcher
Dalonna Payton, DO
Hometown: Manteca, CA
Undergraduate School: California State University, Fresno
Medical School: California Health Sciences University
EM Interests: Event Medicine, Ultrasound, Social EM
Hobbies: Snowboarding, figure skating, concerts & music festivals, happy hour, yoga, binge-watching shows, taking pictures of my cat, retail therapy, wordle
Previous Careers: Medical Assistant, Scribe
Social Media: IG @dalonnalanae
Brinca Siow, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate School: UC San Diego
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago
EM Interests: Social EM, event medicine, street medicine, disaster medicine
Hobbies: Snowboarding, NBA, live concerts & sports, cooking, being an amateur barista + bartender, exploring the city's best food and drinks
Jennier Van, DO
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Undergraduate School: Stony Brook University
Medical School: NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
EM Interests: Event Medicine
Hobbies: weightlifting, EDM, reality TV
Social Media: IG @xjvanx