Class of 2025

Victor Cao, MD

• Hometown:  Loma Linda, CA

• Undergraduate Education:  California State University, San Bernardino

• Medical Education:  Loma Linda University School of Medicine

• Hobbies:  Exploring the culinary scene, Mountain biking, BJJ

• Fun Fact About Yourself:  My smashburgers will knock your socks off

• Plans after Residency:  Paying off loans and traveling as much as I can

• Next Adventure:  Exploring the Amalfi Coast

• EM Interests:  EMS, event medicine, ultrasound

Yuwen Cheng, MD

• Hometown:  Queens, NY

• Undergraduate Education:  New York University

• Medical Education:  Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

• Hobbies:  #gymtoeat, coffee enthusiast, netflix binger

• Fun Fact About Yourself:  motorcycle-chick-wannabe

• Plans after Residency:  Be a spirited ER doc living the Cali dream; oh and to open a coffee shop

• Next Adventure:  If stars aligned and covid controlled, a trip to Europe. Or get a puppy I guess?

• EM Interests:  Crit Care, EMS, Addiction Med

Dev Dhillon, MD

• Hometown:  Fontana, CA

• Undergraduate Education:  University of California, Davis

• Medical Education:  University of California, Riverside School of Medicine

• Hobbies:  Snowboarding, automotive enthusiast, wood working, lifting, shooting, camping, hiking, fishing, video games

• Fun Fact About Yourself:  Put my ankle back in place after breaking it doing back flips. I landed the first one though.

• Plans after Residency:  start a family, enjoy life as an ER doc

• Next Adventure:  Travel through India

• EM Interests:  Ultrasound, EMS, critical care, toxicology, wilderness medicine

Thuy-My Le, MD

• Hometown:  Sarasota, FL

• Undergraduate Education:  Johns Hopkins University

• Medical Education:  Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

• Hobbies:  weightlifting, skiing/snowboarding/hiking, cookie and cake decorating, cooking, writing scathing yelp reviews, and playing guitar poorly

• Fun Fact About Yourself:  I believe in ghosts

• Plans after Residency:  open my own bakery, start my own tech business, and be a real doctor

• Next Adventure:  rebranding myself as a surfer chick

• EM Interests:  wilderness medicine, research, administration

Cyrus Nguyen, MD

• Hometown:  Van Nuys, CA

• Undergraduate Education:  Yale University

• Medical Education:  UC Riverside School of Medicine

• Hobbies:  surfing, Color Me Mine, world exploration

• Fun Fact About Yourself:  I was on American Idol

• Plans after Residency:  trophy husband

• Next Adventure:  adopting a dog

• EM Interests:  admin, med ed, and very excited to learn more about the many other facets of emergency medicine with which I am not familiar

Dustin Phan, MD

• Hometown:  Nashville, TN

• Undergraduate Education:  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• Medical Education:  Meharry Medical College

• Hobbies:  Live music, eating, exercise, and playing with my dog Mac

• Fun Fact About Yourself:  I once won a music scholarship for playing bluegrass guitar

• Plans after Residency:  Get a job and pay off my loans

• Next Adventure:  Hawaii

• EM Interests:  US and toxicology

Niluk Leon Senewiratne, MD

• Hometown:  Chino, California

• Undergraduate Education:  University of Southern California

• Medical Education:  University of California Riverside School of Medicine

• Hobbies: Marksmanship, Building cars, Snowboarding, Camping, Offroading, Gardening
  Fun Fact About Yourself: I have survived 3 helicopter crashes

• Plans after Residency: Work in a county medical setting/ community program. Continue to teach medical education.

• Next Adventure: Take my dad to go see Machu Picchu

• EM Interests: Critical care medicine, EM advocacy/ legislation, Hospital administration, Medical student education

Ray Tang, MD

• Hometown:  Fullerton, CA

• Undergraduate Education:  Columbia University

• Medical Education:  Mount Sinai

• Hobbies:  Kickboxing, BJJ, camping/hiking, karaoke, DIY projects, video games

• Fun Fact About Yourself:  Lately been on a medieval history binge

• Plans after Residency:  TBD, but hopefully working with many veterans

• Next Adventure:  Somewhere tropical, never had a proper tropical vacation

• EM Interests:  Wilderness med, EMS