Neha Amin
Class of 2016 Medical School: Texas Tech University
EM Interests: Health Policy, Public Health
Interesting Fact: The most spontaneous trip I have ever taken was to drive across the country- NYC to LA in 7 days.
Maria Beylin
Class of 2016 Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
EM Interests: Critical care, global health, policy, and research
Interesting Fact: I have an adopted penguin on the Falkland Islands.
Kalie Dove-Maguire
Class of 2016 Medical School: University of Washington
Interesting Fact: I love Xtreme Bulls
Sally Graglia
Class of 2016 Medical School: UC Davis
EM Interests: International medicine, ultrasound as an incredibly effective tool in low resource settings, improving access to care, and health policy as a tool to improve people's lives.
Interesting Fact: People tell me I laugh really loud.
Kai Li
Class of 2016 Medical School: UC Davis
EM Interests: Pediatrics, international medicine
Interesting Fact: I have all four wisdom teeth.
Current Position: Toxicology Fellow, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Juan Carlos Montoy
Class of 2016 Medical School: Stanford University
EM Interests: Health policy
Interesting Fact: Took a leave from medical school to pursue a PhD in economics at UC Berkeley
Srihari Namperumal
Class of 2016 Medical School: UC Davis
EM Interests: Critical Care, Advocacy
Interesting Fact: I used to be a serious Trekkie (conventions and everything), and it’s probably why I got a degree in aerospace engineering. I am still determined to go to space before I die – but I’m okay with being a passenger, although I prefer to be an astronaut.
Max Ritzenberg
Class of 2016 Medical School: Columbia University
EM Interests: International medicine, disaster response, and medical education
Interesting Fact: As a result of a dinnertime conversation, I found myself in the cosmetics industry for a portion of my early 20s, having started a company providing high quality personal care products to pre-teen girls (aka tweens)!
Kaija-Leena Romero
Class of 2016 Medical School: UC San Francisco
EM Interests: Research, Latino healthcare, and palliative care
Interesting Fact: An avid indoors woman, I have learned the fine art of recreation inside buildings.
Tiffany Schegg
Class of 2016 Medical School: UC Davis
EM Interests: Medical education, global health, EMS, and pediatrics
Interesting Fact: I have been involved in theater since I was young, even minoring in musical theater in college. These days, the only theater I do is Karaoke. In fact, I once got an entire bar of Nicaraguans to sing "Like a Virgin" with me.
Luz Silverio
Class of 2016 Medical School: Stanford University
EM Interests: quality improvement in terms of adverse event analyses, interdisciplinary communication (presentations/sign-outs/discharge instructions/EM-primary notifications), EMS
Interesting Fact: I was raised in a small town in Michigan famous for the instant cornbread mix created there. Have you heard of Jiffy?
Prathap Sooriyakumaran
Class of 2016 Medical School: Yale University
EM Interests: Pediatrics, Ultrasound, Disaster (manmade or otherwise) Medicine
Interesting Fact: I’m a reverend. Technically it’s with the “Universal Life Church”, and they let anyone become a reverend, but I can be your wedding officiant and sign your wedding certificate in the state of New York!
Current Position: Clinical Instructor, UCSF