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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 2011

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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

 

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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
Chief Resident

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
Chief Resident

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
Chief Resident

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!

 
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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

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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!

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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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 Marriage!

 

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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

 

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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 2nd year

 

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

 

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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

 

 

Class of 2013

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Heidi Ashbaugh, MD
Hhashbaugh@gmail.com

Hometown Elkhart, IN
Undergrad UNF, Jacksonville, FL
Med School University of Miami
Hobbies Cooking, sports, drawing, random projects of all sorts...
Next Adventure House hunting then Costa Rica!

 

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Ariana Brechtel, MD
arianabrechtel@gmail.com

Hometown Solana Beach, CA
Undergrad UC Berkeley
Med School UC Davis
Hobbies Camping, traveling, snowboarding, biking, jogging, cooking
Next Adventure Getting married!

 

 

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Margaret Daniel, MD
danielm@livemail.uthscsa.edu

Hometown Tyler, TX
Undergrad Vassar College
Med School UT San Antonio
Hobbies Soccer, beaching it up, swimming (really anything having to do with the sun or the water), cooking, watching movies
Next Adventure Completing my 2nd triathlon, learning to surf, enjoying my new life in California!

 

 

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Andrea Fang, MD
andreafang@alumni.pomona.edu

Hometown Hong Kong
Undergrad Pomona College
Med School UC San Francisco
Hobbies Exploring new places to eat, enjoying living by the beach, learning Spanish, Game Night fun, catching up on my TiVo.
Next Adventure Going on The Amazing Race

 

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Patricia "Trish" Fermin, MD
trish.fermin@gmail.com

Hometown Cerritos/Irvine, CA
Undergrad UC Irvine
Med School NY Med College
Hobbies swimming, traveling, kickboxing, sleeping, the beach, finding hole-in-the-wall restaurants
Next Adventure Run a half marathon, international medical experience

 

 

Flood

Jeffrey Flood, MD
jdflood@ucla.edu

Hometown Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad UCLA
Med School UCLA/Geffen
Hobbies Mountain biking, Taoist meditation, bhangra, building computers, diving
Next Adventure Dive the blue hole in Belize, finally learn to bunny hop on my bike

 

 

 

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Mohammed Arslan Hanif, MD
mahanif1@yahoo.com

Hometown Glendale, CA
Undergrad USC
Med School Virginia Commonwealth
Hobbies Movies, Snowboarding, Paintball, Video Games
Next Adventure tba

 

 

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Devin Kato, MD
Dtkato@aol.com

Hometown Huntington Beach, CA
Undergrad UC Berkeley
Med School Jefferson Medical College
Hobbies Soccer, surfing, music, travel, languages, capoeira
Next Adventure Currently medical trekking in Nepal, International EM fellowship(?), World Cup 2014- Brazil

 

 

Narayan

Anand Narayan, MD
anandnarayan@ucla.edu

Hometown Dinuba, CA
Undergrad UC Berkeley
Med School UCLA/Geffen
Hobbies Running, weightlifting, biking, cold Guinness, searching for, eating, and having serious discussions about ice cream, losing at cards, singing along with the radio, rap music played only at loud volumes
Next Adventure There can be only one.

 

 

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Matthew Pavelka, MD
pavelka@gmail.com

Hometown Denton, TX
Undergrad Augsburg College
Med School UT Galveston
Hobbies Surf, travel, wife, family, friends, and music
Next Adventure Kitesurfing

 

 

Scroll: da beach bum news

Kate Pettigrew, MD
katiegrew@gmail.com

Hometown Haleiwa, Hawaii
Undergrad UC Santa Cruz
Med School University of Hawaii
Hobbies Playing in the ocean, hiking, biking, learning Spanish, eating frozen yogurt
Next Adventure Thailand

 

 

Ravera

Scroll: Abominable Joe Man

Joe Ravera, MD
jravera01@gmail.com

Hometown Berkeley, CA
Undergrad UC Berkeley
Med School University of Vermont
Hobbies Beach, Body Boarding, Basketball, Board Games, and various other things that start B. Also, swimming, camping, hiking or pretty much anything outdoors.
Next Adventure Hopefully, land a role in Point Break 2 starring along side Keanu Reeves. Along those lines, surf 40ft overhead.

 

Scroll: Travelling with the wife in Rome

Joe Rogers, MD
joerogers88@hotmail.com

Hometown Chula Vista, CA
Undergrad Willamette University
Med School University of Washington
Hobbies Skiing, carne asada burritos, golfing, travel, watching the Chargers and Padres, making pizzas.
Next Adventure Getting a tan

 

 

Wiseman

Cheyenne Sobieniak-Wiseman, MD
cheywiseman@yahoo.com

Hometown Boulder, CO
Undergrad University of Colorado
Med School University of Colorado
Hobbies Any Snow Sports, Yoga, Baking Pies, Dancing
Next Adventure Studying Spanish in Barcelona

 

Scroll: Tasty!

 

Christine Yoon, MD
cjyoon04@ucla.edu

Hometown Laguna Hills, CA
Undergrad UCLA
Med School UCLA/Drew
Hobbies Traveling, reading a good book, snowboarding, drawing, trying my hand at woodblock printing, farmers markets, road trips, sampling at Costco, and hanging with my loved ones.
Next Adventure Getting an MPH, sipping tea in Turkey, and learning how to surf - successfully.

 

 

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