Class of 2026
Matthew Alschuler, DO
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Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
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Undergraduate Education: University of California, Riverside
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Medical Education: Western University of Health Sciences
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Hobbies: Watersports (swimming, snorkeling, SCUBA), hiking, finding new places to eat!
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Fun Fact About Yourself: I went scuba diving with sharks and manta rays
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Plans after Residency: Fellowship or travel TBD!
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Next Adventure: Going to Italy to see family
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EM Interests: Critical care, ultrasound
Aswin Bikkani, MD
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Hometown: Cleveland, OH
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Undergraduate Education: University of Cincinnati
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Medical Education: University of Cincinnati
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Hobbies: Cooking, baking, eating Khao Soi, bouldering (just indoors.. for now)
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Fun Fact About Yourself: One month during COVID I baked around 20 pies in 30 days
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Plans after Residency: Design a kitchen
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Next Adventure: Driving a very carsick cat to California
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EM Interests: Ultrasound, international work, acute pain
Cameron Farsar, DO
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Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
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Undergraduate Education: University of California, Riverside
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Medical Education: Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Hobbies: Competitive tennis, car enthusiast, playing piano, eating sushi, listening to oldies music
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Fun Fact About Yourself: I paid off a semester of med school debt reselling sneakers
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Plans after Residency: Get a pilot’s license, enjoy the Cali sun, save lives!!!
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Next Adventure: Somewhere tropical…
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EM Interests: Critical care, pain management, med ed
Andrew Gurewitz, DO
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Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Undergraduate Education: University of California, Santa Cruz
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Medical Education: Pacific Northwest University
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Hobbies: Mountain biking, rock climbing, fly fishing
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Fun Fact About Yourself: I fell through a roof once, stay on the rafters
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Plans after Residency: EMS fellowship, get my pilots license, be a super solid EM physician
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Next Adventure: Driving around the west in my truck mountain biking and fishing
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EM Interests: EMS, critical care, pediatrics
Tanner Hanson, DO
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Hometown: Minooka, IL
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Undergraduate Education: Utah Valley University
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Medical Education: Western University of Health Sciences
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Hobbies: Spending time with my wife and two daughters, rock concerts, snowboarding, playing guitar, and golf
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Fun Fact About Yourself: Been to over 100 concerts and seen over 300 bands perform live
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Plans after Residency: Whatever the Army has in store for me. Probably a staff position at an Army hospital.
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Next Adventure: Paris and Amsterdam for our 10 year anniversary!
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EM Interests: Critical care, tactical medicine, disaster medicine, and rural medicine.
Jerry Hsu, MD
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Hometown: Hacienda Heights, CA
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Undergraduate Education: University of California, San Diego
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Medical Education: Case Western University
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Hobbies: Off-roading, wrenching, camping, snowboarding, cycling
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Fun Fact About Yourself: Last winter, I drove up to a summit in South Dakota without any recovery gear. On the way down, I almost turned into a popsicle.
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Plans after Residency: Become a nomad
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Next Adventure: Finish my overlander for the road trip to Patagonia
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EM Interests: Wilderness Medicine, Critical Care
Douglas Jury, DO
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Hometown: Corona, CA
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Undergraduate Education: University of California, Irvine
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Medical Education: Western University of Health Sciences
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Hobbies: Surfing, Snowboarding, Rock Climbing, Camping, Kayaking, Fishing, Boxing, Refurbishing Classic Cars, and Gardening
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Fun Fact About Yourself: I once grew my hair down to my mid-back and donated it to help make wigs for women undergoing cancer treatment
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Plans after Residency: Fellowship maybe, and probably some world travel
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Next Adventure: Wherever adventure calls
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EM Interests: Austere medicine, Wilderness medicine, Ultrasound, Hyperbaric medicine, Tactical medicine and EMS
Veasna Khay, MD
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Hometown: Gilroy, CA
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Undergraduate Education: UCLA
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Medical Education: St. George’s University
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Hobbies: Surfing, basketball, tennis, guitar, DJ-ing, running, listening to music while on a walk and dancing as if I own the world
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Fun Fact About Yourself: I competed/coached on the UCLA Dragonboat team and won back-to-back collegiate championships
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Plans after Residency: Dream about travel while working to pay off loans
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Next Adventure: International surfing
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EM Interests: Ultrasound, admin, sports med
Hasan Makda, MD
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Hometown: Anaheim, CA
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Undergraduate Education: University of California, San Diego
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Medical Education: St. George’s University
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Hobbies: Traveling for food with my wife, powerlifting, legos, leasing cars
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Fun Fact About Yourself: I was a matchmaker in medical school
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Plans after Residency: EMS fellowship
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Next Adventure: Dubai!
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EM Interests: EMS, tactical EMS, event medicine, disaster medicine
Brandon Painter, MD
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Hometown: Edgewood, New Mexico
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Undergraduate Education: University of New Mexico
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Medical Education: University of New Mexico
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Hobbies: Dirt bikes, street bikes, mountains bikes, road bikes… did I mention bikes? Snowboarding, climbing, soccer, Texas hold’em poker
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Fun Fact About Yourself: Once I broke both of my arms and couldn’t wipe my own butt for a month
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Plans after Residency: Practicing EM and being a leader on the Alpinestar Medical Team for the Supercross and Motocross professional dirt bike racing series
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Next Adventure: Rio de Janiero, Brazil & Tokyo, Japan
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EM Interests: EMS, event medicine, global health, wilderness medicine
Christopher Romito, MD
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Hometown: Friendswood, Texas
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Undergraduate Education: University of Texas at Dallas
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Medical Education: St. George’s University
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Hobbies: PC gaming (DoTA 2, Monster Hunter), raging at said PC games, sports (kiteboarding, soccer, volleyball, tennis), TV (comedies, action, anime), browsing grocery stores (ALDI #1, change my mind)
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Fun Fact About Yourself: I’ve lived in 5 different countries (Italy, USA, Canada, Spain, Grenada)
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Plans after Residency: Get my hustle up and finally start making some good money, probably in the middle of nowhere
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Next Adventure: Visiting Italy and Greece before residency
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EM Interests: Rural medicine, global health