Class of 2022
Clayton Chiapuzio, DO
- Hometown: Newbury Park, CA
- Undergraduate Education: San Diego State University
- Medical Education: Western University of Health Sciences
- Hobbies: Family time, mountain biking, sports, lifting weights, corn hole
- Fun Fact About Yourself: My son said basketball before he said daddy
- Plans after Residency: Catch up on family time, coach little league, and I guess work
- Next Adventure: Peru
- EM Interests: Ortho, EMS, academics
Suraj Patel, MD
- Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
- Undergraduate Education: UCLA
- Medical Education: Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
- Hobbies/Interests: Running marathons, skiing, hiking, skydiving, bungee jumping, traveling, brewing craft beer, eating my girlfriend’s cooking
- Fun Fact About Yourself: I can’t snap my fingers
- Plans after Residency: Catching up on sleep
- Next Adventure: Australia/Great Barrier Reef and Antarctica if I ever have enough money
- EM Interests: Toxicology, Peds EM, International Medicine, Wilderness Medicine, EMS
Allison Yee, MD
- Hometown: Cupertino, CA
- Undergraduate Education: Wellesley College
- Medical Education: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
- Hobbies/Interests: Swimming, yoga, hiking, eating all types of food!
- Fun Fact About Yourself: I used to teach high school chemistry and Mandarin.
- Plans after Residency: Find a job
- Next Adventure: Hopefully a vacation to Hawaii or traveling somewhere!
- EM interests: Working with an underserved population, ultrasound
Andrew Chon, DO
- Hometown: Irvine, CA
- Undergraduate Education: University of California, Los Angeles
- Medical Education: Western University of the Health Sciences
- Hobbies/Interests: Lifting, running, reading a solid book, hiking, scuba diving, being with friends and family, learning new skills
- Plans after Residency: Working in a community or academic center with possible plans to pursue medical business and/or physician entrepreneurship
- Next Adventure: Backpacking Europe!!
- EM Interests: Disaster Medicine, International Medicine, Ultrasound
Sam Decker, MD
- Hometown: Valley Village, CA
- Undergraduate Education: UC Berkeley
- Medical Education: SUNY Downstate
- Hobbies/Interests: Anything outdoors—hiking, snowboarding, horticulture, cycling, pick-up basketball. I’m also a bit of a retro junkie: cassettes, film, bicycles, vintage cars… I will brake for thrift shops
- Fun Fact About Yourself: I lived with an 88-year-old couple and their children in a Brooklyn brownstone for the last 2 years
- Plans after Residency: Rebuild an old bimmer
- Next Adventure: Learn Spanish and watch a few seasons of ER
- EM Interests: Medical education, anything and everything ultrasound, access, the microbiome
Owen Kemp, MD
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Hometown: Lincoln, CA
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Undergraduate Education: UC Davis
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Medical Education: Virginia Commonwealth University
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Hobbies/interests: Basketball, snowboarding, concerts
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Plans after Residency: Critical care fellowship
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Next Adventure: The Philippines
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EM interests: Critical care, health care access, toxicology
Garrett Suchecki, DO
- Hometown: Riverside, CA
- Undergraduate Education: California Baptist University
- Medical Education: Western University of Health Sciences
- Hobbies: Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, bbq, beers, sometimes at the same time
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- Plans after Residency: travel with my family!
- Next Adventure: Raising my firstborn daughter!
- EM interests: Critical Care
Terry Lefcourt, MD
- Hometown: Boulder, CO
- Undergraduate Education: Berklee College of Music/NYU
- Medical Education: University of Colorado
- Hobbies: Guitar, cooking
- Fun Fact About Yourself: I once opened for Linkin Park
- Plans after Residency: EM in Colorado
- Next Adventure: Japan!
- EM interests: toxicology, US