Residents2025b – EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Class of 2025 (3-yr)

Hometown: Altadena, CA
Undergraduate Education: Gonzaga University (Go Zags!)
Medical Education: Rocky Vista University
Hobbies: Running, Photography, Film-Nerd
Fun Fact About Yourself: I had my 1.5 seconds of fame when I got to walk in the background of an episode of Scrubs.
Plans after Residency: Be the best community doc that I can be. Figure out how to be an adult.
Next Adventure: Somewhere tropical
EM Interests: Critical Care, Ultrasound, Homelessness

Hometown: Fremont, California
Undergraduate Education: UC Irvine
Medical Education: California Northstate College of Medicine
Hobbies: Cooking, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Lifting, Running, Video Games, Music
Fun Fact About Yourself: I can sneeze with my eyes open
Plans after Residency: Developing a long-lasting career in Emergency Medicine, serving the community, and furthering medical education
Next Adventure: To the fridge
EM Interests: Social EM, Ultrasound, Critical Care, Research

Hometown: Cupertino, CA
Undergraduate Education: UC Santa Cruz
Medical Education: Western University of Health Sciences
Hobbies: BEING OUTSIDE, playing soccer, basketball, hiking, biking, playing guitar/singing/songwriting, snowboarding, food exploring, live music, travel
Fun Fact About Yourself: I’ve traveled to 30 countries and counting!
Plans after Residency: finding a job, crit care fellowship?, napping
Next Adventure: Patagonia, Algarve coast, Zanzibar
EM Interests: crit care, global health, disaster relief

Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA
Undergraduate Education: University of California, San Diego
Medical Education: Creighton University – Phoenix Regional Campus
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, music, shopping for good deals, cosmetics, audiobooks, video games
Fun Fact About Yourself: I got succinylcholine when I was awake. 2/10 would not recommend.
Plans after Residency: Hopefully can go straight into attendingship, ideally in Southern California
Next Adventure: Domestic destinations that I haven’t explored yet (e.g. Miami, Austin, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Atlanta)
EM Interests: Disaster medicine, ultrasound, toxicology

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduate Education: University of Pittsburgh
Medical Education: Touro University California
Hobbies: Golfing, basketball, baseball, hiking, live music, board games, having spirited debates about the life of a Costco $5 rotisserie chicken
Fun Fact About Yourself: Met Oscar De La Hoya once – he was not impressed we share the same first name
Plans after Residency: Find a job and not be homeless
Next Adventure: Machu Picchu!
EM Interests: Toxicology, Critical Care, Ultrasound

Hometown: Reno, NV and San Diego, CA
Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College
Medical Education: University of Nevada School of Medicine
Hobbies: skiing, cycling, hanging out with the family, eating burritos
Fun Fact About Yourself: I thought it would be fun to open a couple of waxing salons…it wasn’t
Plans after Residency: work, paint, travel
Next Adventure: Airstream…or maybe just get a longboard.
EM Interests: EMS, wilderness medicine

Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
Undergraduate Education: UC Davis
Medical Education: Touro University California
Hobbies: Board games, basketball, snowboarding, reading
Fun Fact About Yourself: Used to do pop and lock dancing before my joints got creaky
Plans after Residency: Possibly fellowship, continue to work with the Southern California patient population, plan for family
Next Adventure: Hopefully Maui!
EM Interests: Ultrasound, admin

Hometown: Torrance, CA; Tokyo, Japan
Undergraduate Education: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Medical Education: Sackler School of Medicine
Hobbies: Traveling, cooking, watching true crime documentaries and war films
Fun Fact About Yourself: As of 2022, I’ve lived on 3 continents and traveled throughout 20 different countries
Plans after Residency: Fellowship
Next Adventure: Australian outback, Swiss alps, Norwegian fjords
EM Interests: Critical care, EMS, tactical medicine