Brian Berger
Class of 2014 Medical School: UC San Francisco
EM Interests: EMS/Disaster Medicine, Education, Health Policy
Interesting Fact: I have driven cross country close to a dozen times. I am the one person in the world who likes driving through Kansas and Nebraska.
Current Position: Clinical Instructor, UCSF
Neda Farzan
Class of 2014 Medical School: UC San Francisco
EM Interests: Global health, EMS/Disaster, peds
Interesting Fact: I once spent a year road-tripping around the US and teaching kids about US history. Alaska is the only state I haven't been to (yet!). Iowa was my 49th state, thanks to my husband Ben (one of the main reasons I married him, let's be honest).
Brooke Hensley
Class of 2014 Medical School: University of Colorado
EM Interests: Ultrasound, critical care
Interesting Fact: My first groundbreaking diagnosis in medical school was Bell's Palsy... in my friend's cat, Cooper! His whiskers were drooping, he meowed from one side of his mouth, and wouldn't blink when we (gently) poked his eye. He got a CAT scan, which was negative, a course of steroids, gained 15 pounds, lost the weight, and made a full facial recovery and lived happily ever after.
Daniel Kievlan
Class of 2014 Medical School: University of Texas at Houston
EM Interests: Research, critical care, ultrasound
Interesting Fact: Trivia champion since before you were in high school (unless you're Ben Hippen): Four-year letterman and captain of Western Hills High School quiz bowl team, University of Oklahoma Boren Cup tournament all-star, leader of championship pub quiz teams in Houston, Austin, and San Francisco. Always looking for new initiates and teammates in the world of pub trivia!
Kristin Kuzma
Class of 2014 Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
EM Interests: Disaster medicine, EMS, global health
Interesting Fact: Worked in EMS for 12 years before starting medical school at 37
Deepa Ravikumar
Class of 2014 Medical School: UC San Francisco
EM Interests: Health services research, quality improvement, health systems innovations
Interesting Fact: Former spelling bee and lemon-and-spoon race champion
Daniel Repplinger
Class of 2014 Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Training: Medical Toxicology Fellowship at NYU/NYCPCC
EM Interests: Toxicology, international emergency medicine
Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCSF
Daniel Shepherd
Class of 2014 Medical School: Penn State College of Medicine
EM Interests: Ultrasound, critical care
Interesting Fact: Worked as an ocean lifeguard for the state of California for 10 years
Natalie Snyder (Natalie Desouza)
Class of 2014 Medical School: East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
EM Interests: Disaster
Interesting Fact: While living in North Carolina I was chased through a field by a heard of cattle... and lived to tell about it
Current Position: Clinical Instructor, UCSF
Philippa Soskin
Class of 2014 Medical School: Stanford
EM Interests: Health policy, public health
Interesting Fact: I play a mean game of ping pong!
Nicholas Villalon
Class of 2014 Medical School: Yale
EM Interests: Education, ultrasound, pediatrics
Interesting Fact: In his youth, he starred on '¡Sabado Gigante!,' and aspires to return to realize his early fame
Kathy Vo
Class of 2014 Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Training: Medical Toxicology Fellow, UCSF
Interesting Fact: In college, I had a short stint as a character host at Disneyland and I loved it, except the part about how I had to be Tweedle Dum for a shift.
Dina Wallin
Class of 2014 Medical School: UC Los Angeles
EM Interests: Pediatric emergency medicine, medical education
Interesting Fact: When I was younger, I used to throw up every time I got excited. Totally threw up every Halloween (throwing up inside a zombie mask is NOT fun) and every year getting our Christmas tree. I also had a mullet around 1989, and only had one ear pierced until I was 12. No wonder I had to rely on vulgarity and my loud voice to make friends.
Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, UCSF