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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 2015
 

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Thomas Blair, MD
teb2104@gmail.com

Hometown Washington, DC
Undergrad Columbia
Med School UCLA
Hobbies

Mountain biking, traveling and swimming

Next Adventure

Beach bonfire!

 

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Manuel Celedon, MD
manuelceledon@gmail.com

Hometown Chula Vista, CA (Eastlake)
Undergrad UC San Diego
Med School UCLA
Hobbies

Running, road cycling, futbol americano, basketball, slappin' da bass man, listening to rock music circa 1965-1979, WW II history (favorite war obviously)

Next Adventure

Expanding my lunch/dinner eating habits beyond just alternating Subway sub of the month and chipolte chicken burrito with double hot sauce

 

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Kaela Chiu, MD
kbchiu@gmail.com

Hometown Palos Verdes, CA
Undergrad UCLA
Med School Medical College of Wisconsin
Hobbies

Yoga, craiglist, trashy TV, avocados, apartmtent therapy, words with friends, happy hours, cooking, wine-ing

Next Adventure Leaving the country for every vacation during residency...next trip Croatia!!!

 

Scroll: Filling Big Shoes at Harbor!

Silas Chiu, MD
chiuchiutra1n@gmail.com

Hometown Hong Kong
Undergrad UCSD
Med School Loma Linda University
Hobbies Basketball and football (both fantasy and real), soccer, real estate, home improvement, traveling, hiking, eating, and finally sleeping
Next Adventure Bringing peace to the Middle East!!!

 





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James Cunningham, MD
jimmyleecunningham@gmail.com

Hometown Vista, CA
Undergrad UCSD
Med School Loma Linda University
Hobbies MMA, chess, mission work, teaching, acting and traveling
Next Adventure Itally!!!

 

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Jonathan Osgood, DO
jonnyosgood@gmail.com

Hometown Santa Barbara, CA
Undergrad Wheaton College, Il
Med School A. T. Stills University
Hobbies Running, hiking, biking, playing with my kids, playing music
Next Adventure Hiking Mt Whitney

 

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Ryan Pedigo, MD
rpedigo@gmail.com

Hometown Novato, CA
Undergrad UC Riverside
Med School

UCLA

Hobbies Hiking, climbing, weightlifting, p90x and cooking
Next Adventure

Doing tough mudder and staying active!

 

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Tomasz Pietrus, MD
pietrust@gmail.com

Hometown Saginaw, MI
Undergrad Michigan State University
Med School Wayne State University
Hobbies Travel, backpacking, climbing, surfing, snowboarding, day drinking and music festivals
Next Adventure Patigonia, Borneo, British Columbia, Burning Man, yoga and finding Groupons for cheap

 



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April Ramelli, MD
april.ramelli@gmail.com

Hometown Red Bluff, CA
Undergrad UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara
Med School UCLA
Hobbies Running, soccer, hiking national parks, chocolate, laughing, movies
Next Adventure More food trucks, trapeze lessions, Dominican Republic

 



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Charles Randazzo, MD
charleyrandazzo@gmail.com

Hometown Ardsley, NY
Undergrad Duke University
Med School Ohio State University
Hobbies Surfing, grilling, music, making ice cream, taco stands, traveling, free samples, beers of the world, coffee
Next Adventure

Vegas!!!

 

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Alyssa Scott, MD
alyssa.z.scott@gmail.com

Hometown

Santa Monica, CA

Undergrad Dartmough College
Med School UCLA
Hobbies Traveling, finding yummy new restaurants, watching sports and especially march madness, getting outdoors
Next Adventure Myanmar or Patagonia

 



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Manpreet Singh, MD
manpreets2006@gmail.com

Hometown Chandigarh, India; Southside Jamaica Queens, NY; Anaheim Hills, CA (Tripple Threat)
Undergrad UC Riverside
Med School UCLA
Hobbies Spending time wiht family and friends, going to the beach/movies/mall/Disneyland, Yelping, reading manga, watching anime, traveling, hiking and dancing (Bhangra)
Next Adventure Traveling abroad (Spain and Brazil hopefully!) and learning how to become a Master/Iron Chef

 



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: Busta Move!

Rebecca Thilo, MD
bthilo@gmail.com

Hometown Coeur d' Alene, ID
Undergrad Rice University
Med School Baylor College of Medicine
Hobbies Exploring, adventuring, getting creative, solving puzzles, playing games, spending quality time with family/friends (preferably outdoors or trying new tasty food)
Next Adventure Tackling bucket list item #20: Be on the Price is Right

 



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Juliana Tolles, MD
juliana.tolles@gmail.com

Hometown Edina, MN
Undergrad Harvard University
Med School Yale University
Hobbies Hiking, running, watching really bad TV, cooking
Next Adventure Hiking Patagonia

 

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Ami Yamamoto, MD
yamamoto.ami@gmail.com

Hometown San Diego, CA
Undergrad MIT
Med School Drexel University
Hobbies Beach, musicals, snorkeling, traveling, baking, arts
Next Adventure Europe and Caribbean

 

 

Class of 2017

 

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Justin Arndt, MD

Hometown Long Beach, CA
Undergrad CSULB
Med School Case Western REserve
Hobbies

Surfing, weightlifting, hiking, dirt biking, football

Next Adventure

World Cup 2014

 

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Joseph Carpenter, MD

Hometown Fort Lauderdale, FL
Undergrad Brown University
Med School Stanford University
Hobbies

Triathlon, hiking, food, pretty much anything outdoors

Next Adventure

Guatemala, wedding planning

 

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Nicole D'Arcy, MD

Hometown Santa Cruz, CA
Undergrad Stanford University
Med School Stanford School of Medicine
Hobbies

Dancing, yogu, kayaking, singing, skiing, climbing, hikiing

Next Adventure Ski obyssey through the Apls.

 

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Amy Douglass, MD

Hometown Palos Verdes, CA
Undergrad UCLA
Med School UCLA
Hobbies Rock climbing, snowboarding, hiking, camping, traveling, coffee, eating mint chip ice cream, hanging out with friends and famil
Next Adventure Snowboarding in Park City, Utah

 





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Tasha Fernando, MD

Hometown West Hills, CA
Undergrad UCLA
Med School UCLA/Drew Medical Education Program
Hobbies Traveling, hiking, eating, drinking boba, yoga
Next Adventure Exploring South East Asia

 

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Andrew Gausepohl, MD

Hometown Fallbrook, CA
Undergrad USC
Med School USC
Hobbies Running, golfing, USC football, beach bonfires
Next Adventure New Zealand

 

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Anne Godbout, MD

Hometown St. Paul, MN
Undergrad College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN
Med School

St. Louis University

Hobbies Running, music, basketball, friends, eating pickles
Next Adventure

Living in a stable climate

 

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Kurt Hansen, MD

Hometown La Verne, CA
Undergrad UCLA
Med School UC Davis, School of Medicine
Hobbies Crossfit, golf, spending time with family, watching LA sports
Next Adventure Improving my Spanish, attending the Crossfit games, learning some costal watersports.

 



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Colin Hoff, MD

Hometown Middleton, WI
Undergrad University of Wisconsin
Med School Medical College of Wisconsin
Hobbies Swimming, biking, running, waterskiing, water polo, Wisconsin sports teams
Next Adventure Getting on a surf board and figuring out Los Angeles

 



Scroll: A taste of Plitvice!

Yinjiang (Ann) Huang, MD

Hometown Chongqing, China and
Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad UCLA
Med School Saint Louis University
Hobbies Hiking, climbing, scuba diving, being outdoors, basketball, board games, spicy food, exotic food, weird movies, traveling
Next Adventure

The USS Oriskany, back to the MS Zenobia, Peru, and Tibet!

 

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Valerie Huckaby, MD

Hometown

Orange, CA

Undergrad UCSD
Med School Creighton University School of Medicine
Hobbies Dancing, international travel, yoga, rock climbing, surfing, hiking, camping, paleolithic cooking, microbrews, red wine, live music, art, glass blowing, reading
Next Adventure  

 



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Benjamin Isakson, MD

Hometown Sacramento, CA
Undergrad UC San Diego
Med School Boston University
Hobbies Surfing, hiking, skiing, fishing, playing with my dogs, painting, dishing out ping-pong destruction
Next Adventure Master Spanish, catch a tuna

 



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: I heart you

Meagan Mackey, MD

Hometown Marshall, Michigan
Undergrad Michigan State University
Med School University of Michigan Medical School
Hobbies Running, hiking, backpacking, ultimate frisbee, basketball, softball, target shooting
Next Adventure Trip to India

 



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Babak Missaghi, MD

Hometown Cooper City, FL
Undergrad University of Central Florida
Med School Florida State University
Hobbies Playing basketball/football/volleyball, snowboarding, beach bumming, singing in th shower, exploring new restaurants and trying new things
Next Adventure Going backpacking in Spain

 

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Kian Preston-Suni, MD

Hometown Lansing, MI
Undergrad University of Michigan
Med School University of Michigan
Hobbies Road biking, traveling, U of M sports (Go Blue!), music, trying to brew skunk-free beer, cooking spicy foods
Next Adventure Roaming Vietnam and Cambodia, finding the best shawarma in LA

 

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Jonathan Snyder, MD

Hometown Portland, OR
Undergrad University of Minnesota
Med School UCSF
Hobbies Cycling around the world
Next Adventure  

 

Class of 2018

Hemang Acharya, MD
University of Massachusetts
Craig Allred, MD
University of California Los Angeles
D'Ann Arthur, MD
University of Texas Southwestern
Dwanyne Corcoran, MD
St. Louis University
Tom Fadial, MD
University of California Los Angeles
Mary Ann Gallup, MD
Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California
Michael Hwang, MD
Boston University
Kaoru Itakura, MD
University of California San Francisco
Ziyad Khesbak, MD
University of California Los Angeles
Bennett Lee, MD
University of California Los Angeles
Jung-Eun Lim, MD
University of Arizona
Anthony Lucero, MD
University of Illinois
Mark Paulsen, MD
University of California Los Angeles
Christopher Redgate, MD
University of California Los Angeles
Kristina Shigyo, MD
Cornell Medical College
Daena Watcha, MD
University of California San Francisco

 

Site updated August 2012