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Residents

The strongest part of any residency program is the residents themselves. Each year we recruit a stellar group of interns from the most respected medical schools around the country and each year we graduate a stellar group of Emergency Physicians. 


Class of 2010

Scroll: Discovery on the beach.

Kevin Andruss, MD
kandruss@gmail.com
Chief Resident

Hometown Huntington Beach, CA
Undergrad UC Berkeley
Med School UC San Diego
Hobbies Surfing, tennis, traveling
Next Adventure Surfing in Central America

 

Scroll: Kickin' it at Disneyland.

Brecken Armstrong, MD
breckenak@yahoo.com

Hometown El Segundo, CA
Undergrad

Yale University
Oxford - MS in Archaeology
Med School David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies Walking my dog, Running, yoga, piano, gardening, traveling, eating
Next Adventure Living and appreciating each day I'm given

 

Scroll: Enjoying nature.

Sarah Battistich. MD
battistich@gmail.com

Hometown Tracy, CA - Home of the Dry Bean Festival and other associated marvels.
Undergrad UC Los Angeles
Med School University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
Hobbies gardening, reading, playing the piano poorly, camping and climbing
Next Adventure Fellowship in Manhattan or working on a ranch in Montana

 

Scroll: Posing as an honest man.

Samuel Clarke, MD
samclarke0@gmail.com

Hometown Spokane, Washington
Undergrad Whitman College
Med School University of Washington
Hobbies surfing, reading
Next Adventure still in the planning phase . . .

 

Scroll: In the glory of nature!

Jason DeBonis, MD
jason.debonis@gmail.com

Hometown Piedmont, CA
Undergrad Columbia University
Med School New York University
Hobbies Finger painting, scuba, traveling, literary reading and playing with my mini-Newfoundland
Next Adventure Braving traffic

 

Scroll: Cutting a rug.

Moses Graubard, MD
moses_graubard@yahoo.com

Hometown Berkley, CA
Undergrad Brown University
Med School Harvard University
Hobbies Salsa dancing, riding my bike, outdoors (mountain biking, skiing/snowboarding, etc.), international travel, and spackling
Next Adventure Either a bike trip or a medical mission

 

Scroll: 20 oz. Cheeseburger

Jonie Hsiao, MD
jonie.hsiao@gmail.com
Chief Resident

Hometown Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad Johns Hopkins University
Med School University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Hobbies Eating food, video games, traveling, googling
Next Adventure Tokyo Food Tour

 

Daniel Khodabakhsh, MD
dkhoda@gmail.com

Hometown San Jose, CA
Undergrad UC San Diego
Med School UC Davis
Hobbies SCUBA, music
Next Adventure Ghana

 

Scroll: On a climb.

Ashley Laird, MD
ashleylaird@gmail.com

Hometown Coos Bay, Oregon
Undergrad Stanford University
Med School Stanford University
Hobbies Rock climbing, backpacking, mountaineering, going outside
Next Adventure The real world

 

Scroll: Typical bedside manner

Steven MacLean, MD
smaclean47@gmail.com

Hometown West Coast and the Islands off shore
Undergrad Pomona College
Med School University of Washington
Hobbies Pathologic obsession with literature, movies, music, philosophy, politics, and the absurd.
Next Adventure Never know. Maybe that's the real adventure.

 

Pranav Shetty, MD
kingwisk89@gmail.com
Chief Resident

Hometown Pittsburgh, PA
Undergrad University of Pittsburgh
Med School University of Pittsburgh
Hobbies Video games, traveling
Next Adventure Relief work with NGOs

 

Scroll: Just another day on the job...

Leroy Sims, MD, MSc
leroy.sims@gmail.com

Hometown Chicago, IL
Undergrad Stanford University
Med School Stanford University
Hobbies Running, John Coltrane's Jazz, All things Brazil, Vive La France!, Oenology
Next Adventure Sports Medicine Fellowship, World Cup 2010 South Africa, Making Babies

 

Scroll: Befriending a sea creature.

Freddy Sotelo, MD, MPH
freddy@ucla.edu

Hometown Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad Saddleback/UC Los Angeles
Med School

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies playing guitar, soccer, snowboarding, fishing

 

Scroll: In the big city.

Sean Swearingen, MD
sgswearingen@gmail.com

Hometown Turlock, CA
Undergrad UC Berkeley
Med School UC Irvine
Hobbies Sports, Travel, Smooth Pursuit, Reading, Burritos
Next Adventure There's a next adventure?

 

Scroll: Above it all.

Elga Tinger, MD
elgatinger@gmail.com

Hometown Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey/ Alpharetta, GA
Undergrad Medical College of Georgia
Med School Medical College of Georgia
Hobbies Enjoying all the plays, music, movies, beaches in Los Angeles
Next Adventure Some combination of working in the US and abroad, making small changes in the world with each patient.

 

 

Class of 2011

Scroll: Out on a hot date with the wife!

Justin Anderson, MD
surfingmd@gmail.com

Hometown Lakewood, California
Undergrad Saddleback College and UC San Diego
Med School UC San Diego
Hobbies surfing, golfing, watching and playing sports
Next Adventure trip to Barcelona with my wife after residency

 

Scroll: In the Ricefields...

Joseph Dinglasan, MD
jdinglas@gmail.com

Hometown Torrance, CA
Undergrad UC Irvine
Med School UC Irvine
Hobbies cars, motorcycles (Harleys and other cruisers), the Military Channel (!), family time
Next Adventure go to Racing School!

 

Scroll: With the lovely wife

Nicholas Drakos, MD
nicholas.drakos@hsc.stonybrook.edu

Hometown Long Island, NY
Undergrad University of Pennsylvania
Med School SUNY Stony Brook
Hobbies playing harmonica, turtles
Next Adventure 3rd year...

 

Scroll: About to go on a raid

Eric Ernster, MD
ericernster@gmail.com

Hometown San Francisco, CA
Undergrad UCLA
Med School Harvard University
Hobbies Travel, working out, watching Sportscenter
Next Adventure Ecuador, Thailand

 

Scroll: Climbing to new heights

Sergio Hernandez, MD
sahernand@gmail.com

Hometown El Centro, CA
Undergrad San Diego State
Med School UC San Francisco
Hobbies Surfing, Cycling, Running, Swimming, Salsa dancing
Next Adventure Compete in a triathlon

 

Scroll: Just hangin'.

Daniel Houseman, MD
dhouseman@gmail.com

Hometown Wyomissing, PA
Undergrad Franklin & Marshall
Med School University of Pennsylvania
Hobbies running, surfing, photography, guitar, taquerias, Philadelphia sports teams
Next Adventure To be determined...

 

 

Scroll: Beauty on the beach

Carol Lee, MD
cayoon@ucla.edu

Hometown Seoul, Korea /Koreatown, CA
Undergrad Mount St. Mary's College
Med School David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies spending time with my two kids, watching movies, running
Next Adventure Another trip to Korea!

 

Scroll: Bringing home dinner!

Joshua Mechanic, MD
joshmech@gmail.com

Hometown Miami, FL
Undergrad UC San Diego
Med School David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies Surfing, Snowboarding, Travel, SCUBA/spear fishing, working out/exercise, watching football, sleeping
Next Adventure Somewhere with an ocean and beach.

 

Scroll: Wedding in paradise

Melissa Middleton, MD, PhD
melissakmiddleton@gmail.com

Hometown San Diego, CA
Undergrad UC San Diego
Med School University of Pennsylania
Hobbies kickboxing/Jillian Michaels, dancing (poorly), reading, writing, cooking, anything involving the sea
Next Adventure Will probably involve some type of power play...

 

Scroll: Superwoman!

Tina Nguyen, MD
lapequitanina@yahoo.com

Hometown Riverside, CA
Undergrad UC Los Angeles
Med School SUNY Upstate
Hobbies Cooking, knitting, crocheting, shopping for the next great vintage find
Next Adventure Winning a major chili cook-off with my award-winning "Holy Mole Chili"

 

Scroll: Coolest Tiger eva...

John "Jack" Rankin, MD
jacksrankin@gmail.com

Hometown Moraga, CA
Undergrad UC Los Angeles
Med School Baylor College
Hobbies "Slappin' de bass!" (actually, guitar), concerts, sleeping, beach volleyball, Guinness, Bruins football and basketball!, PB & J sandwiches, sarcasm
Next Adventure Rockstardom, international emergency medicine

 

Scroll: Reeling 'em in

Paul Rohdenburg, MD
pwrohdenburg@aol.com

Hometown Fullerton, CA
Undergrad UC San Diego
Med School UC Irvine
Hobbies Spending time with my wife and daughter, boating, fishing, traveling, drinking wine.
Next Adventure Every day is an adventure!

 

Scroll: The consummate athlete...

Alisa Sato, MD
asato@ucla.edu

Hometown Mililani, Hawaii
Undergrad Harvard University
Med School David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies surfing, running, soccer, biking, snowboarding, pottery, painting
Next Adventure Live on a boat

 

Scroll: Gotta need for speed!

Shirley Tung, MD
shrtung@yahoo.com

Hometown La Verne, CA
Undergrad UC Riverside
Med School David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies baking, scrapbooking
Next Adventure Learning how to snowboard!

 

Nathan Wilkes, MD
ncwilkes@gmail.com

Hometown Fresno, CA
Undergrad Fresno/UC San Diego
Med School UC San Diego
Hobbies watching my two year old pretend he is Harry Potter - "Stupify!!!", occasional brisk runs without being chased.
Next Adventure Unknown

 

 

Class of 2012

Scroll: Head over heels

Josh Beck, MD
uclabeck@gmail.com

Hometown Modesto, CA
Undergrad UC Los Angeles
Med School University of Toledo
Hobbies UCLA sports, assembling IKEA furniture, post-call naps on the couch
Next Adventure Marriage!

 

Scroll: Dude...

Mark Deaver, MD, MBA
markjdeaver@gmail.com

Hometown Escondido, CA
Undergrad University of Redlands
Med School UC Irvine
Hobbies Surfing. Snowboarding. Getting radical. Fishing. Performing face-melting guitar solos. Eating tasty burritos. Cheering on the Padres and Chargers. Laughing out loud.
Next Adventure Learn how to cook. Become a writer for The Office. Destroy MTV. Take my gnar shredding to the next level. Find a little corner of the world and make a difference.

 

Scroll: Out for a ride

Stephanie Donald, MD
stephanie.donald@gmail.com

Hometown Chicago, IL
Undergrad Yale University
Med School University of Chicago-Pritzker
Hobbies Rollerblading and hanging out in my backyard (AKA the Redondo Beach strand), reading a good mystery, baking my world-famous Red Velvet cupcakes, traveling, playing sports, (daydreaming about) decorating my apartment
Next Adventure Surfing

 

Scroll: A day with the family

Keith Errecart, MD
kerrecart@gmail.com

Hometown Honolulu, Hawaii
Undergrad Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Med School University of Hawaii
Hobbies swimming, surfing, hiking, running, circus tricks with my daughter, hanging with the wife
Next Adventure Survivor, season 21

 

Scroll: ...Carries a big stick.

Andrew Fink, MD
fink.andrewj@gmail.com

Hometown Seattle, Washington
Undergrad University of Washington
Med School Chicago Medical School
Hobbies Music, playing guitar, wakeboarding, whistling!
Next Adventure Getting married

 

Scroll: Above the trees...

Genevieve Hasek, MD
ghasek@gmail.com

Hometown Glen Mills, PA
Undergrad Pennsylvania State
Med School Pennsylvania State
Hobbies cooking, independent travel, live music shows, impromptu dance parties, outdoors adventures, coffee
Next Adventure visit somewhere in Central America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East; continue to learn to surf

 

Scroll: Hiking in China.

Tiffany Joe, MD
TDJoe@medicine.tamhsc.edu

Hometown Austin, Texas
Undergrad University of Texas
Med School Texas A & M
Hobbies hiking, cooking, gardening, the beach
Next Adventure Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

 

Scroll: Exploring Southern California.

Adedamola Ogunniyi, MD
damolaoguns@aol.com

Hometown Ibadan, Nigeria/Sayreville, New Jersey
Undergrad Cook College, Rutgers University
Med School Columbia University
Hobbies Dance, singing/music, going to the movies, travel
Next Adventure Just finished a big adventure; looking forward to a future in International EM!

 

Scroll: Beach kung fu!

Eunice Pae, MD
epae@ufl.edu

Hometown Miami, FL
Undergrad Harvard
Med School University of Florida
Hobbies Learning to surf, dancing salsa/hip hop, snowboarding, wine tasting, eating out.
Next Adventure New Year's in some tropical paradise with the girls...

 

Scroll: Team spirit

Daniel Poon, MD
dapoon@gmail.com

Hometown San Mateo, CA
Undergrad UC Berkeley
Med School Loma Linda University
Hobbies Zoos and aquariums, tennis, watching Conan O'Brian

 

Scroll: In Keystone with the wife.

Mark Russell, MD
russellm77@gmail.com

Hometown Denver, CO
Undergrad University San Diego
Med School UC Irvine
Hobbies skiing, surfing, spear fishing
Next Adventure Probably having kids with my wonderful wife

 

Scroll: Ridin' high

Felipe Sanchez, MD
fsanchez@ucla.edu

Hometown Lynwood, CA
Undergrad UC Los Angeles
Med School David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies Jiujitsu, Hiking,Travel
Next Adventure Hiking Machu Pichu in Peru

 

Scroll: Flippin' out!

Christopher Scott, MD
CScott422@gmail.com

Hometown Lake Forest, CA
Undergrad San Diego State
Med School George Washington University
Hobbies sleeping, sailing
Next Adventure Completing internship

 

Scroll: Movie star potential

Jordan Swartz, MD
Jordanlswartz@gmail.com

Hometown Santa Monica, CA
Undergrad UC Berkeley
Med School New York University
Hobbies Photography, Rock-climbing, Racquetball
Next Adventure 8 states left to go

 

Scroll: Out on a hike!

Meghan Wood, MD
mbwood@ucla.edu

Hometown Sacramento, CA
Undergrad Santa Clara
Med School David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies Vacuuming (and petting) Boomer the golden retriever's hair, beach volleyball, running, swimming, frozen yogurt, Spanish, dancing, singing along too loudly
Next Adventure Learn to like coffee, master the body roll, explore the great outdoors, grow and learn with the Harbor DEM, adopt my sister's fashion sense, travel and spend time with friends and family

 

 

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