Kevin Rolnick
Class of 2023 Madison, WI
Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Addiction medicine, global health, disaster medicine
Hobbies/Interests: Guitar, hiking, international travel, billiards
Interesting Fact: A chimpanzee once threw a melon at my head (and made solid contact). In high school I was president of Seinfeld Club — "a club about nothing."
John-Lloyd Santamarina
Class of 2023 Born and raised in Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines but now I also consider San Luis Obispo, California as my "American" hometown.
Medical School: Ultrasound, Global Health, Pediatrics, Medical Education, and Diversity
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Cooking, eating, drinking coffee, photography, supporting Bay Area professional sports, and being a complete nerd with video games, anime and super hero movies!
Interesting Fact: Played baseball for the Phillipines team in Singapore during 7th grade. We lost badly, but we enjoyed our free trip to another country. I was also a server at Cheesecake Factory and can give recommendations if needed.
Katrina Stime
Class of 2023 Spokane, Washington
Medical School: University of Washington
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Global health, med-ed, ultrasound
Hobbies/Interests: Running, hiking, biking, filmmaking, wine tasting, traveling
Interesting Fact: I was a scuba diver on a South African TV show. It never aired...
Rasheed Alhadi
Class of 2024 Marina, CA
Medical School: UCSF
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Critical Care, Medical Education, Diversity and Mentorship, Underserved Healthcare, Ultrasound
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my wife, family and friends, engaging with faith, exploring new places, cutting men's hair, soccer, basketball, board games, video games
Interesting Fact: I am the tallest and lankiest Indonesian - Yemeni you will ever meet. My favorite sports teams are the Warriors, Duke Basketball, Niners, and Juventus.
Caroline Burke
Class of 2024 Barrington, RI
Medical School: Brown University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Health policy, operations, social EM, medical education
Hobbies/Interests: Running, drinking iced coffee, watching Law & Order SVU re-runs
Interesting Fact: I starred at "left bench" for my high school's varsity women's hockey team. Go Eagles!
Laura Checkley
Class of 2024 San Diego, CA
Medical School: UCSF
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Substance use interventions from the Emergency Department, social EM, global health
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling the world, cooking and eating all the carbs (pasta, sourdough bread are some of my favorites), gardening, running in Golden Gate Park to burn off all the food I like to eat, scuba diving, snuggling with my adopted pup
Interesting Fact: I've traveled to the bottom of the ocean in a submarine twice - once to 800m and once to 600m (minor detail was that I was a fetus at the time, but shoutout to my mom who clearly loves her work enough to dive while pregnant).
Kirsten Douglass
Class of 2024 Sacramento, CA
Medical School: UC Davis
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Global Health, Disaster Medicine, Medical Education, Ultrasound
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, hiking, skiing, trivia, reading fantasy novels, power vinyasa yoga, dancing, playing with my dog, doing pinterest DIYs, and struggling to learn guitar
Interesting Fact: I am a total adrenaline junkie! I have gone skydiving (multiple times), bungee jumping, paragliding, swimming with sharks, white water rafting, and tried all sorts of weird foods.
Michaela Gonzalez
Class of 2024 San Francisco, CA and Oakland, CA
Medical School: OHSU
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Trauma informed care, diversity, equity & inclusion, mentorship, health disparities, addiction medicine, social EM, ultrasound, caring for the underserved and vulnerable populations
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, cooking, cuddling my two senior chihuahuas, reading, dancing, growing plants for my home jungle, meditation, gardening, yoga, candle making, mastering the art of the 10 minute nap, printmaking, flower arranging
Interesting Fact: I was my mom's birth partner when I was 14 years old, which paved the way to for me to become a volunteer doula at SFGH.
Elaine Hsiang
Class of 2024 Arcadia, CA
Medical School: UCSF
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: LGBTQ health, social EM, racial/migrant justice, addiction medicine, medical education, diversity and inclusion
Hobbies/Interests: Poetry, traveling, game nights, reality competition TV, enjoying a great cup of coffee and delicious foods of all kinds
Interesting Fact: My past lives include being a greenhouse weeder, graphic designer, service learning educator, film transcriptionist, and wannabe video game enthusiast
Erik Kramer
Class of 2024 Millbrae, CA
Medical School: Yale
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Expanding access to healthcare/social services through the ED, specifically violence intervention programs and mental health referrals; health policy
Hobbies/Interests: Creative writing, climbing, surfing, local music. Suffering from a deep addiction to spicy food.
Interesting Fact: I once took a very frigid skinny-dip with a Russian couple on their wedding night in the Black Sea. I used to have a pet Steller's Jay called Little Timmy who got eaten by Igor, the family dog. It sent my 9-year-old self into a months-long tailspin.
Solomiya Kryshtafovych
Class of 2024 Davis, CA
Medical School: UC San Diego
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Social emergency medicine, women's health, medical education
Hobbies/Interests: Yoga, camping, hiking, skiing, wine tasting, beading, reading (and discussing in bookclub!)
Interesting Fact: I was born in Ukraine and moved to the US at age 7. Growing up I went to Ukrainian school on Saturdays and danced in a Ukrainian folk group. My secret talent is painting Easter eggs.
René Monzón
Class of 2024 Sacramento, CA
Medical School: UC Davis
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Ultrasound, international/global health, wilderness medicine, pediatric emergency medicine
Hobbies/Interests: Soccer, basketball, being the DJ at any function, collecting vinyl, cypher sessions with my crew, hiking/camping
Interesting Fact: I met A$AP Rocky outside of a salsa club one random night in Barcelona...taught him a couple steps before he went inside. Hit me up for lessons.
Reginald Nguyen
Class of 2024 San Jose, CA
Medical School: Oakland University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Ultrasound, Medical Education, Underserved Healthcare, Social EM
Hobbies/Interests: Powerlifting, Cooking, Travelling, Running, Hiking, Concerts/Festivals
Interesting Fact: I was in an Acapella group in med school. I also collect license plates.
Alyssa Nip
Class of 2024 San Jose, CA
Medical School: UCSF
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Medical education, social determinants of health, dismantling barriers to accessing healthcare
Hobbies/Interests: Singing in a jazz band, painting/illustration, distance running, film photography, playing with other people's dogs
Interesting Fact: You can find me (dressed as a med student) in an exhibition at the SF MoMA! It's called the Chronicles of San Francisco - a large-scale "living digital mural" created by French artist JR.
Kristie Taguma
Class of 2024 Mountain View, CA
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Social EM, medical education, community outreach to the underserved population, ultrasound
Hobbies/Interests: Being outdoors, board games, picking up new hobbies, trying new restaurants/cuisines, and teaching my Australian Shepherd pup new tricks!
Interesting Fact: I was named after Kristi Yamaguchi (but am terrible at ice skating) and my last name means "bear in a rice field" in Japanese.
Alexander Tran
Class of 2024 Fresno, CA
Medical School: Saint Louis University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Social Medicine, LGBTQ+ Healthcare, Medical Education, Public Health
Hobbies/Interests: Running, hiking, brunching, being a nerd with video games, and being a dog dad
Interesting Fact: I once got lost in a giant market in Vietnam leading to a search party looking for a "lost 23 year old boy".
Tajah Tubbs
Class of 2024 Moorpark, CA
Medical School: UCLA
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Social emergency medicine, quality improvement, operations management
Hobbies/Interests: Yoga, baking, board games, hiking, hand lettering, learning new recipes
Interesting Fact: I truly enjoy cleaning and organizing things and I truly dislike chocolate and coffee (all strange, I know!)
Haley Vertelney
Class of 2024 Palo Alto, CA
Medical School: UCLA
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Palliative care, disaster medicine, health policy, LGBT+ health
Hobbies/Interests: Trail running, road biking, rock climbing, coffee guzzling, overly ambitious weekend road-tripping, world traveling
Interesting Fact: I backpacked alone around rural Panama after high school. I can wiggle one ear at a time. I did a half Ironman and will never do a full one.