Class of 2022

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Education: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine – MD
Loyola University Chicago- Master’s in Physiology
University of North Dakota
Hobbies/Interests: Fitness, longboarding, snowboarding, poetry, painting, dance, stimulating conversation, social justice and music.
Past Life: Minneapolis, Grand Forks, Chicago, and Dayton
Academic Interests: Toxicology and Addiction medicine
Favorite activities in New Haven: Archie Moore’s hot wings, hiking in East Rock, longboarding around New Haven.
Why Yale EM: Better question is why not Yale’s EM progam? Diversity of faculty and patient population, career opportunities afterwards, and the leadership.
Random factoid: I’ve done global healthcare in Mexico, Cambodia, Thailand, and Peru. I’ve also traveled to Canada and Nigeria. Never been to Europe though!

Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Education: The Aga Khan University, Pakistan (M.D. and M.B., B.S.)
Hobbies/Interests: Travel, Backpacking and Outdoor activities, Winter sports, Swimming, Research, Public Speaking, Netflix and Family (Last but not the least).
Past Life: Raised by a single-parent and grew up bugging my two older siblings, in one of World’s most populous seaport cities known popularly as the ‘city of lights’.
Academic Interests: Global Health; Toxicology; Infectious Diseases and Emergency Ultrasound; Health Policy, Administration and Law; Disaster Management; Addiction Medicine, HIV/AIDs and Gender Disparity in Healthcare.
Favorite activities in New Haven: Attending the arts and cultural activities and festivals around New Haven while appreciating the architectural beauty and ethnic diversity, strolling down the Chapel Street District, hiking up the East Rock Park, biking through the Edgerton Park and water skiing around the coast. Toad’s Place, Louis’ Lunch, GPSCY, soul de cuba, Thai Taste, community gardens and farms to name a few more.
Favorite lunch place: The street-side food carts on York St
Favorite dinner place: Turkish Kebab House and The House of Naan
Favorite pizza place: BAR New Haven
Favorite theatre: Long Wharf Theatre
Weekend getaway: Trip to Boston, NYC, Maine or Vermont.
Why Yale EM: Initially, I was attracted to Yale’s phenomenal work on substance addiction, HIV/AIDS and gender disparity in healthcare. Subsequent to my time as a sub-Intern, the diversity and strength in terms of faculty expertise and clinical interests, fellowship options, the cohort of ER house-staff and the patient population and disease pathologies that Yale offers became my compelling force towards this program. The Yale EM program offered a nurturing yet an autonomous environment for EM residents to grow and learn. Add to this an amazingly friendly group of co-residents, nurses and staff. The program’s aim and successful accomplishment of training academically-oriented leaders in emergency medicine won me over. During my interview day, on-going projects like DrivSim immediately convinced me that this is the place where really imagination is the limit. Any kind of research or leadership idea can take shape here. There is also ample opportunity to serve the community and work with the underserved population at Bridgeport while learning at a major tertiary academic center. Lastly, there is plenty that that Yale University itself has to offer in terms of academic, cultural and recreational resources.
Random factoid: I’m allergic to fruits, so an apple a day really does keep me away.

Hometown: Brookfield, CT
Education: Cornell University, BS
Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, MD
Hobbies/Interests: Yoga, CrossFit, skiing, paddleboarding, volleyball, swimming, road biking, cooking
Past Life: ED scribe, cross-country ski instructor, paddling instructor, competitive swimmer, lifeguard
Academic Interests: Medical education, critical care
Favorite activities in New Haven: Finding the perfect spot on the cliffs of East Rock Park to watch the sun set on a warm summer night… with Da Legna pizza.
Why Yale EM: After completing a sub-internship at Yale I knew it was where I wanted to train as a resident. I found the program to have inspiring faculty, supportive leadership, robust academics, and a culture that you just can’t beat. The residents and attendings were exceptional teachers, role models and friends who I wanted to spend the next four years with.
Random factoid: I lived in Nicaragua for a month before residency where I studied Spanish, worked in emergency departments, and learned how to surf.

Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ
Education: Yale School of Medicine, MD/PhD
Columbia University
Hobbies/Interests: Soccering, skiing, hiking, cookerizing, booking, photoing, coffeeing, sciencing
Past Life: Past and current life: the academic forever track.
Academic Interests: Machine learning in healthcare
Favorite activities in New Haven: All of my hobbies/interests except for skiing and hiking. And if you’ve got solutions to those, let me know.
Why Yale EM: The only emergency medicine research track in the country.
Random factoid: I tried yoga, but I can’t touch my toes.

Hometown: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Education: College of William & Mary, BS, Biochemistry, Kinesiology & Health Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University, MD
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my dogs (Pippa and Bertie), reading, travelling, yoga, a good cheese plate with friends
Past Life: ED Scribe, nanny, lab rat
Academic Interests: Medical Education, Toxicology, Healthcare Disparities, Health Policy
Favorite activities in New Haven: To be decided! I’m excited to move back North again.
Why Yale EM: It was clear to me on interview day that not only does this program have the vast resources of Yale behind it but it has incredibly supportive faculty who provide unparalleled encouragement of their residents, whatever his or her career ambitions are. This truly is the create your own adventure of residencies.
Random factoid: I had two varsity letters in High School. As a mathlete.

Hometown: Yellow Springs, OH
Education: Eastern Kentucky University
Wright State University School of Medicine
Hobbies/Interests: Beards, napping, owls, sleeping under the stars, David Attenborough, bonsai trees, leather-bound books, old maps
Past Life: Outdoorsman (see above regarding beards), semiprofessional ping-pong player, international traveler, firefighter
Academic Interests: End-of life care, wilderness medicine, global health, patient communication and health literacy
Favorite activities in New Haven: Books, beer, bears, Battlestar Galactica. I love spending time in the library (I’m a huge nerd), and exploring the food and beer scene. A lapsed homebrewer myself, I’m interested in trying the local and regional IPAs in New Haven and New England.
Why Yale EM: Yale’s program affords two, often disparate, opportunities: an academic setting on the leading edge of what’s new in emergency medicine, and an largely uninsured or underinsured, diverse patient population. This combination of academia and a population of patient’s that need quality, compassionate care is why I chose Yale EM.
Random factoid: I’ve watched all 5 seasons of The Wire six times.

Hometown: Boise, ID
Education: Yale University – B.S. Psychology
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine – M.D.
Hobbies/Interests: Running, mountaineering, downhill/xc skiing, rock climbing, scuba diving, beating Harvard
Past Life: Raised in Idaho, where I developed a love for all things outdoors. Attended Yale for undergrad and competed on the Track and Cross Country teams. Spent a couple years between college and medical school restoring a historical site in Alaska, working in Kenya for a company that runs outpatient medical clinics, and doing research on altitude physiology in Utah, among other things.
Academic Interests: Wilderness Medicine
Favorite activities in New Haven: Running on the East Rock and Maltby Lakes trails (New Haven is underrated as a great running city!), eating at Lalibela and Miya’s Sushi, visiting the Yale Art Gallery and Yale Center for British Art.
Why Yale EM: Ideal balance of training facilities, with a diverse patient population. Exceptional opportunities to explore wilderness medicine. Outstanding academic institution with abundant educational resources and phenomenal faculty.
Random factoid: When I completed my scuba certification course I became the youngest certified diver in Idaho.

Hometown: Arecibo, Puerto Rico and Amherst, MA
Education: Boston University School of Medicine (MD)
Mount Holyoke College (Post-Baccalaureate)
Gakushuin University, in conjunction with the Australian National University (Graduate Diploma in East Asian Languages)
The Australian National University
Hobbies/Interests: I love to travel internationally when possible. We also play a lot of videogames as a family. Knitting keeps my hand eye coordination up to snuff and my head warm.
Past Life: My path to medicine was curvy to say the least. I worked in coffee shops around the country and overseas before settling in Australia for my undergraduate education (my husband is Australian!) In Australia, I studied Japanese and Chinese, which eventually led me to studying at Tokyo’s Gakushuin University as part of a master’s program. I even wrote and defended my master’s thesis in Japanese! In Japan, I became pregnant with my daughter, and decided to pursue medicine in the Unites States. I was a translator/interpreter and medical assistant/scribe while maintaining a full course load of prerequisites in preparation for medical school.
Academic Interests: Medical Education, FOAMed, Latino health
Favorite activities in New Haven: Is pizza an activity
Why Yale EM: When I had to think about what my ideal learning environment would be, I thought of a place that would encourage me to become more than a great physician. Yale’s Emergency Medicine department offers the kind of environment that pushes and inspires you to think beyond the immediate moment and engage with the questions and challenges of Emergency Medicine as a discipline. I was also impressed with the diversity in the department, which matches the wonderful diversity of patients in New Haven. Finally, the area is a great place to raise my family. Everything came together at Yale!
Random factoid: I’ve never had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and now it’s a thing.

Hometown: Spokane, WA
Education: Spokane Community College: Emergency Medical Technician, 2007
University of Washington: BA: Medical Anthropology and Global Health, BS: Physiology w/ honors, 2012
FIU HWCOM- MD, 2018
Hobbies/Interests: Hiking, Rock Climbing, Mountaineering, Scuba Diving, Kayaking, Music, Cooking
Past Life: After high school I took a gap year and moved to Israel, where I volunteered as a medic with the national ambulance service. During my gap year between college and medical school I was faculty at a professional medical college teaching courses in clinical medicine for medical assistants and designed a new curriculum for veterinary technicians. At the same time, I also worked for a non-profit as an “eye recovery technician” driving around western Washington harvesting corneal tissue for transplant.
Academic Interests: Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Resuscitation
Favorite activities in New Haven: While I haven’t lived in New Haven before, I’m looking forward to exploring the city and the outdoor opportunities the area offers.
Why Yale EM: Yale provides the best opportunity for clinical training while contributing to the growing field of EM research.
Random factoid: During High school I competed semi-professionally as a competitive rock-climber.

Hometown: Potomac, MD
Education: Georgetown University – BS
New York University School of Medicine – MD
Hobbies/Interests: Rock climbing, snowboarding, cooking, travelling, reading (especially sci-fi and fantasy), board games, building computers, piano
Past Life: Lived in Maryland, then India, then Hong Kong! Spent close to a year in Brazil as well.
Academic Interests: Healthcare Informatics
Favorite activities in New Haven: No idea yet!
Why Yale EM: Both academic plus county feel, along with great people!
Random factoid: There are more trees on this planet than there are stars in the universe!

Hometown: Cresskill, NJ
Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers NMJS
Hobbies/Interests: Travel, basketball, coffee
Academic Interests: Administration and global EM
Favorite activities in New Haven: Try out all the good eats.
Why Yale EM: Good vibes among all the residents and residency leadership.
Random factoid: Jeremy Lin once poured me a drink.

Hometown: Hard to say because I’ve lived all over the place (Minnesota, California, Utah, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Australia).
Education: Brigham Young University (Spanish Translation Major Chemistry Minor)
Baylor College of Medicine, MD
Hobbies/Interests: Rock climbing, ice hockey, camping
Past Life: Spanish interpreter, EMT
Academic Interests: Medical education and simulation
Favorite activities in New Haven: I’ll find out when I get there! I’m looking forward to being close to the coast and enjoying the outdoors!
Why Yale EM: The clinical education is fantastic, the patient population and pathology in New Haven are very diverse, and the simulation center and faculty at Yale will provide amazing opportunities to continue to be productive in my niche.
Random factoid: As you might expect for a hockey player, I’ve knocked out my front two teeth MANY times!

Hometown: Agoura Hills, CA
Education: UC Berkeley (B.S. in Chemical Biology)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (MD)
Hobbies/Interests: All genre of TV/movies/books, especially fantasy and science fiction. I play French horn and sing in acapella ensembles. I also love sushi and small fluffy animals.
Past Life: Student, student, and student yet again. No exciting past life.
Academic Interests: Medical Education, Hospital Administration
Favorite activities in New Haven: Well, I’ll find out after I move there!
Why Yale EM: Amazing resources for residents. Incredible and accessible academic advising from experts in every field of EM. Close-knit resident family that makes residents excited to go to work each day.
Random factoid: I can whistle almost any piece (except flight of the Bumblebee).

Hometown: Pleasanton, CA
Education: Washington University in St. Louis, BS in Biology
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, MD
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, hiking, yoga, writing restaurant critiques, binging on Netflix cooking shows, naps
Past Life: California born and raised, I left for Washington University in St. Louis at 16 years of age. After graduating, I spent a gap year in St. Louis as an ED scribe at a local community hospital and research associate at St. Louis Children’s Hospital Department of Neurosurgery. I’m currently a medical student at Zucker SOM at Hofstra/Northwell and I’m ecstatic to be joining the Yale EM family!
Academic Interests: Addiction Medicine. Medical Education. Community Outreach. Advocacy. Research.
Favorite activities in New Haven: Pizza parlor hopping
Why Yale EM: Yale is not only renowned for its excellence in residency training, but there are incredible opportunities for residents to engage in community outreach, patient advocacy, medical education and research. Yale offers the opportunity to train with some of the most brilliant minds and leaders in EM, and in particular I was compelled by the program’s pioneering work in addiction medicine initiatives in the emergency department. Additionally, it is an honor to serve and learn from such a diverse and underserved patient population.
Random factoid: I changed my major 3 times- I started in biomedical engineering, changed to health care management, and settled for biology.