Combined EM - Peds Residency - Class of 2017
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Where are you from?
Utah
What are your personal interests/hobbies?
Family, Backpacking, Auto mechanics, Gardening
What are your professional interests?
Pediatrics
Why did you choose UA EM?
Great place to play when I am not working
Favorite activity in Tucson?
Intramural sports, lots of sun
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Where are you from?
Princeton, New Jersey.
What are your personal interests/hobbies?
Salsa dancing, hiking, and baking desserts.
What are your professional interests?
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Global Health, and Tropical Infectious Diseases.
Why did you choose UA EM?
1) EM & Peds program with Dale Woolridge as the program director.
2) The people. I work with an awesome group of highly intelligent and skilled physicians, who are also incredibly interesting individuals with a wide variety of hobbies. We are all on a first name basis. I enjoy hanging out with my attendings and fellow residents outside of work.
3) There is no hierarchy. You can pick up a sick patient on your very first day.
4) We are exposed to a large variety of low-resource/income patients through border health, refugee medicine, and the Indian Health Services.
5) It's always sunny :-)
Favorite activity in Tucson?
1) Hiking Sabino Canyon and Mt Lemmon (with a visit to the Cookie Cabin of course!) 2) Rodeo (with real life Cowboys) 3) Dia de Los Muertos. 4) Desert Museum
Sackler School of Medicine - New York State American Branch
Where are you from?
Los Angeles, CA
What are your personal interests/hobbies?
Traveling, hiking, running, Middle-East politics
What are your professional interests?
International EM, Peds EM
Why did you choose UA EM?
Great people!
Favorite activity in Tucson?
Checking out the local restaurants and brews
What are your non-medical goals during residency?
Travel as much as possible!