Alexa Bisinger
Class of 2015 Medical School: Stanford
EM Interests: Humanitarian disaster relief, ultrasound
Interesting Fact: I worked as a waitress for about eight months at a steakhouse where I needed to wear heels (>2 inches, specifically) and skirts to work, learn about 4 different ways to cut cigars, and attend to port tastings before I escaped to live in Paris for two months. I also have an MBA, and am interested in social entrepreneurship, social venture, and food start-ups.
Lauren Chalwell (Lauren Wooley)
Class of 2015 Medical School: University of Maryland
EM Interests: Critical care
Interesting Fact: I'm a diehard Michigan football fan - you can find me on any given fall Saturday morning wearing maize and blue and singing Hail to the Victors. I was convinced I wouldn't get into med school at Maryland though, because my interviewer was an Ohio State alum... and I provided the evidence of why Michigan is a superior team.
Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCSF
Raphael Falk
Class of 2015 Medical School: Mount Sinai
EM Interests: Health policy, pediatrics, cost-effectiveness
Interesting Fact: I've been knocked unconscious twice: once by myself and once by a stranger.
Scott Fischette
Class of 2015 Medical School: UC San Francisco
EM Interests: Ultrasound, international emergency medicine, palliative care in the ED
Interesting Fact: I've collected a menagerie of strange jobs during my past lives: working as a shepherd in Scotland, a bouncer/night manager up on Quadra Island, working as a gardener at Amitabha Buddhist Center in Somerset, living off the grid, and running a CSA in Kitsap County, WA.
Sean Kivlehan
Class of 2015 Medical School: New York Medical College
EM Interests: EMS, policy and global health
Interesting Fact: Was a NYC paramedic before residency, now adjusting to life on the west coast and trying to stand on a surfboard for more that 5 seconds!
Current Position: Attending Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School
Johnson Kwan
Class of 2015 Medical School: Albany Medical College
EM Interests: Ultrasound, sports medicine, global health
Interesting Fact: I have tried durian and liked it
Jennifer Lanning
Class of 2015 Medical School: University of Chicago
EM Interests: Research
Ross Levin
Class of 2015 Medical School: Georgetown
EM Interests: Distaster/EMS, international EM
Cynthia Maldonado
Class of 2015 Medical School: UC San Francisco
EM Interests: ultrasound, critical care, underserved medicine, research, international EM/systems development
Brian Resler
Class of 2015 Medical School: New York Medical College
EM Interests: Simulation, education, global health, policy
Interesting Fact: : I've tried all the top-ranked burgers in New York City (Rub BBQ is the best) and I am now working on San Francisco
Julian Villar
Class of 2015 Medical School: Emory
EM Interests: Critical care, wilderness
Interesting Fact: Even though I grew up in Latin America, I cannot play soccer to save my life.
Nathan Wilson
Class of 2015 Medical School: University of Michigan
EM Interests: EMS/Disaster, global health
Interesting Fact: Brief stint as a movie star in the "Last King of Scotland." Past lives as a commercial fisherman and carpenter. I cannot live without fried plantains.