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First-year residents (PGY-1)
Name | About | |
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Ummesalmah Abdulbaseer |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine Fun Fact: I shamelessly throw puns into everything, even my residency personal statement. |
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Sierra Anderson |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School Fun Fact: I wrote a cookbook! |
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Caroline Canning |
Undergraduate: University of Michigan Graduate: Harvard Medical School Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School Of Medicine Fun Fact: My lovable ausiedoodle pup, Cedric, is named in honor of Harry Potter — Cedric Doggory of House Rufflepuff! |
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Madeline Cook |
Undergraduate: University of Colorado Medical School: Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine Fun Fact: I love to do all things art and craft, from knitting to stained glass to woodworking and more. |
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Thomas Cunningham |
Graduate: Tufts University Medical School: RUSH Medical College Fun Fact: I have driven coast to coast (Seattle - Boston) three times. |
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Alexandra Diaz-Cruz |
Undergraduate: University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Medical School: University of Arkansas College of Medicine Fun Fact: I love ecology! I have a saltwater tank with corals and fish I like to stare at. |
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Brittany Doll |
Undergraduate: Iowa State University Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin Fun Fact: My fiancé and I are trying to go to a game at each MLB stadium! PNC Park (Pittsburgh Pirates) is our favorite thus far! |
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Benjamin Eastburg |
Undergraduate: Grand Valley State University Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Fun Fact: I am a part owner of the Green Bay Packers. |
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Jane Edmunds |
Undergraduate: University of Missouri Medical School: University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine Fun Fact: I have a 6 year-old goldfish named Mermaid Man |
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Louis Filipiak |
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine Fun Fact: Check out my band “Where’s John?” on Spotify or Apple Music! |
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Tom George |
Undergraduate: Saint Louis University Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine Fun Fact: I used to do gymnastics back in high school. |
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Melissa Gunchenko |
Undergraduate: Temple University Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine Fun Fact: I’ve eaten at the oldest restaurant in the world! |
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Sarah Herrera Mercedes |
Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana Fun Fact: I can make the most random music playlists ever! |
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Emanuel Irizarry Berrios |
Undergraduate: Villanova university Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Fun Fact: I have recently started playing Padel. One of the main reasons I want to have a car in Chicago is to be able to drive to the Padel courts, which are located 50 min from RUSH ;) |
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Isna Khaliq |
Undergraduate: Youngstown State University Medical School: Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine Fun Fact: I own 2 birds as my pets. They are parakeets, also known as budgies. Their names are Rose and Kiwi. They are the cutest little thing ever. |
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Evan Klein |
Undergraduate: Washington State University Medical School: RUSH Medical College Fun Fact: I’m a triplet! |
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Annie McGregor |
Undergraduate: University of New England Medical School: University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine Fun Fact: I studied abroad in Tangier, Morocco for a semester during undergrad. |
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Maxwell McKee-Proctor |
Undergraduate: Hamilton College Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine Fun Fact: I was a French major in college (and subsequently forgot a lot of it, so let me know if you want to practice some French). |
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Brendan McQuillen |
Undergraduate: Tulane University Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine Fun Fact: I recently spent a week living on a sailboat while diving the Exuma chain! |
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Juan Ortiz Rodriguez |
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Medical School: University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Fun Fact: Back home, most of my close friends don’t even know my real name or forget it, just because everyone knows me by my nickname “Paco”. So each time they hear someone calling me “Juan” they get surprised! |
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Phillip Papayanis |
Undergraduate: University of California San Diego Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine Fun Fact: I have dual citizenship in America and the UK and am eligible to obtain Greek citizenship. |
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Paul Pecorin |
Undergraduate: DePaul University Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine Fun Fact: I love fishing on the Chicago lakefront! |
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Allison Poles |
Undergraduate: University of Michigan Medical School: Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine Fun Fact: When I was younger, I had a bird named Tad Poles. |
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Olivia Ramsey |
Undergraduate: Miami University Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine Fun Fact: I rode horses competitively through college! |
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Nicholas Rigler |
Undergraduate: University of Washington Medical School: Rush Medical College of Rush Fun Fact: One morning I woke up and decided to go on a 34-mile run. |
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Enmanuel Rosario Diaz |
Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Fun Fact: I used to play in my university’s table tennis league. |
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Yazmin Rustomji |
Undergraduate: Marquette University Medical School: RUSH Medical College Fun Fact: I recently won free Jeni’s ice cream for a year! Let me know if you want some, I have too much in my freezer! |
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Chandler Shapiro |
Undergraduate: Wake Forest University Medical School: State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine Fun Fact: I love “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern”, and it’s made me an extremely adventurous eater! |
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Arnav Singla |
Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine Fun Fact: I was, at one point, one of the top players at Catan in the country! |
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Corrina Smith |
Undergraduate: University of Washington Medical School: RUSH Medical College Fun Fact: My baby was born at RUSH while I was a medical student at RUSH! |
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Reno Stramaglia |
Undergraduate: Lewis University Medical School: R Franklin University Of Medicine & Science/Chicago Medical School Fun Fact: I’ve always felt I should have been born in another era, as my favorite music originates from the decades spanning the 1950s to the 1980s. |
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Cody Uhlich |
Undergraduate: Kansas State University Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine Fun Fact: I worked at Walt Disney World when I was in college! |
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Sheel Vasavada |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Medical School: R Franklin University Of Medicine & Science/Chicago Medical School Fun Fact: I love baking vegan desserts. Recently I’ve enjoyed baking a vegan version of the Levain chocolate chip cookie! |
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Brian Ybarra |
Undergraduate: San Diego State University Medical School: RUSH Medical College Fun Fact: I went spelunking in Portugal and was stuck between several rocks for several minutes before contorting my way out. |
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Second-year residents (PGY-2)
Name | About | |
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Nitika Agrawal |
Undergraduate: Ohio State University
Medical School: Wright State University
Fun Fact: I went parasailing in Costa Rica, it was fun until we were dropped in open water (I have a fear of sharks).
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Dalia Alkhawaga |
Undergraduate: Kent State University
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Fun Fact: I make the best chocolate chip cookies around!
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Ellie Belilos |
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Georgetown University
Fun Fact: I have snorkeled between tectonic plates!
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Kesany Boupapanh |
Undergraduate: Tulane University
Medical School: Tulane University
Fun Fact: My due date was New Year's Day, but I was born on Christmas Day.
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Janelle Castellino |
Graduate: Ohio Northern University, D. Pharm.
Medical School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Fun Fact: I grew up in Scranton, PA where the TV show The Office was set.
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Evangelina Cedeno |
Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana
Fun Fact: I’m a huge fan of Korean Dramas
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Ana Maria Davila Morales |
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico
Fun Fact: I almost became a professional baker, but I decided medicine was best for me.
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Joshua Dein |
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin
Medical School: University of Illinois
Fun Fact: I am a huge Game of Thrones fan and had the opportunity to see many of the filming locations in Dubrovnik, Croatia!
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Matthew Golden |
Undergraduate: University of Iowa
Medical School: California Northstate University
Fun Fact: I am addicted to chicken parmesan and am making a blog about the best dishes in Chicago.
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Isabel Hart |
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin
Medical School: Wayne State University
Fun Fact: I once carved my own wooden canoe paddle.
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Lincoln Kavinsky |
Undergraduate: Beloit College
Medical School: Tulane University
Fun Fact: I started volunteering at RUSH during my sophomore year of high school! Now I get to work here in the capacity as an actual doctor!
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Mehwish Khan |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois
Medical School: CCOM
Fun Fact: I taught myself to play several musical instruments, including piano, ukulele, and rabab (traditional Pakistani instrument).
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Sushant Koirala |
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Saint Louis University
Fun Fact: By the age of 10, I had already lived in three separate continents.
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Shannon Manz |
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Medical School: Central Michigan University
Fun Fact: I was scuba certified at 12 years old! My favorite sea creature to swim alongside is an eagle ray.
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David Martinez Marin |
Undergraduate: Northeastern Illinois University
Medical School: University of Illinois
Fun Fact: I love to snowboard.
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Daniel Moreno, Jr. |
Undergraduate: University of Texas at El Paso
Medical School: Texas Tech University
Fun Fact: I have over 200 video games that I’ve been collecting since I was a kid.
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Natalie Otto |
Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma
Medical School: University of Oklahoma
Fun Fact: I’m learning to make stained glass art.
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Laura Owczarzak |
Undergraduate: Canisius College
Medical School: RUSH Medical College
Fun Fact: My favorites hobbies include reading, walking my corgi, and shopping at Costco.
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Ajay Patel |
Undergraduate: University of Louisville
Medical School: University of Louisville
Fun Fact: I am so superstitious that I wear the same bengals t-shirt when watching football on Sundays for the last few years.
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Ankur Patel |
Undergraduate: University of Louisville
Medical School: University of Louisville
Fun Fact: I have a twin brother, I bet you will never guess who it is.
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Alejandro Pinedo |
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Medical School: Ponce Health Sciences University
Fun Fact: Every once in a while, when I find time, I like to grab a beer and run a Dungeons and Dragons campaign with my friends.
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Kate Pommert |
Undergraduate: University of California, San Diego
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University
Fun Fact: I collect records; mostly soul, funk, disco, and house music.
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Sydney Rabin |
Undergraduate: Washington University
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Fun Fact: I danced for a professional company in college but have been described as "embarrassing on the dance floor" by family and friends.
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Sonia Rao |
Undergraduate: Rice University
Medical School: Texas A&M College of Medicine
Fun Fact: I have lived in 3 countries.
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Ryan Rauch |
Undergraduate: New Israel Rabbinical College
Medical School: RUSH Medical College
Fun Fact: I love woodworking and building furniture.
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Dauris Rosario Lora |
Medical School: Pontificia Universidad
Fun Fact: I've climbed, entirely on foot, to the highest peak in the entire Caribbean!
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Ryan Shapiro |
Undergraduate: University of Kansas
Medical School: University of Kansas
Fun Fact: I was an actor when I was younger.
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Antonios Skondras |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois
Medical School: RUSH Medical College
Fun Fact: I learned Greek before English.
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Michael Sunnaa |
Undergraduate: California Lutheran University
Medical School: Saint Louis University
Fun Fact: My first job was at Chuck E Cheese, and I was often in the costume!
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Manvita Tatavarthy |
Undergraduate: University of California, Davis
Graduate: Boston University, MS
Medical School: RUSH Medical College
Fun Fact: I was part of a Guinness World Record.
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Diego Valenzuela, III |
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: RUSH Medical College
Fun Fact: I have been stung by a scorpion not once, but twice.
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Robert Vargas |
Undergraduate: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Medical School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Fun Fact: I love going to music festivals and have been to EDC 6 times!
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Caroline Wang |
Undergraduate: University of Toronto
Graduate: University of Alberta, MS
Medical School: Stony Brook University
Fun Fact: Within the last twenty years, I've lived in 3 different countries and moved more than 10 times!
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Bart Wilder, Jr. |
Undergraduate: Georgia State University
Graduate: Georgia State University, M.Biol.S.
Medical School: Touro COM - New York
Fun Fact: I love a good burger spot. My favorite team is the Dallas Cowboys. I am a sneaker head.
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Third-year residents (PGY-3)
Name | About | |
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Cherry Au |
Undergraduate: Boston College
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
Fun Fact: I named all my pets after TV show characters!
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Manavi Bhagwat |
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Medical School: Virginia Tech
Fun Fact: I have lived on four different continents.
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Sameer Bhalla |
Undergraduate: Washington University
Medical School: RUSH Medical College
Fun Fact: I make music videos.
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Jeremy Cohen |
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Medical School: Florida Atlantic University
Fun Fact: I used to box throughout high school and college!
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Shilpa Daulat |
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: University of Nevada
Fun Fact: I am an avid spikeball and pickleball player. Can’t stop, won’t stop.
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Anandu Dileep |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois – Chicago
Medical School: CCOM
Fun Fact: My first ever experience with RUSH was getting my ACL repaired through RUSH Orthopedics. Now, my ACL is stronger than ever, and I’ll be ready to get to work at the hospital!
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Ashley Dunton |
Undergraduate: Villanova University
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Fun Fact: As a Wisconsinite, I put ranch on almost everything!
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Joseph Eid |
Undergraduate: University of Toledo
Medical School: University of Toledo
Fun Fact: I was nominated most likely to make it to the NBA in 8th grade.
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Vanessa Fu |
Undergraduate: Emory University
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Fun Fact: I am such a bubble tea enthusiast that I used to work as a bubble tea barista.
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Sheena Gillani |
Undergraduate: Loyola University
Graduate: Northwestern University, MPH
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
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AJ Hanna |
Undergraduate: Florida State University
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Fun Fact: I used to play basketball with Shaq and his kids at the YMCA!
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Michael Heffernan |
Undergraduate: Creighton University
Medical School: University of Iowa
Fun Fact: I used my extra free time during the pandemic to train for and complete my first marathon!
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Tommy King |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
Medical School: RUSH Medical College
Fun Fact: I hope to visit all 63 (and counting) national parks in the US. During my last year of medical school I was able to visit nine in one road trip!
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Andrew Knapp |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
Medical School: Loyola University
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Frank Leuzzi |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
Medical School: Loyola University
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Hannakate Lichota |
Undergraduate: Abilene Christian University
Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center
Fun Fact: I love black beans and I brought 16 cans of my favorite brand with me when I moved here from Texas (s/o La Sierra!)
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Michika Maeda |
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Medical School: University of Illinois
Fun Fact: I eat 2 bags of grapes a week.
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Leonardo Marti-Roy |
Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana
Fun Fact: I'm fluent in 5 different languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, & Portuguese.
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Jay Mohan |
Undergraduate: Washington University
Medical School: University of Illinois
Fun Fact: I can beatbox!
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Joshua Moran |
Undergraduate: Lawrence University
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Fun Fact: In my free time, I enjoy cooking, photography, and hiking with my dog!
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Sagar Patel |
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Medical School: Saint Louis University
Fun Fact: A long term goal of mine is to hike a mountain range on each continent someday!
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Yash Patel |
Undergraduate: Rowan University
Medical School: Cooper Medical School
Fun Fact: I can eat chocolate ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Alexander Penrice |
Undergraduate: Marquette University
Medical School: University of Nebraska
Fun Fact: I am currently training for my first triathlon.
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Akhil Pulumati |
Undergraduate: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Fun Fact: My favorite travel experience was going jet skiing in Dubai.
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Madhuwani Rojulpote |
Undergraduate: Drexel University
Medical School: Drexel University
Fun Fact: When I was little, I met Buzz Aldrin after winning a jump rope competition.
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Manali Shah |
Undergraduate: Saint Louis University
Medical School: Saint Louis University
Fun Fact: I was named after a city in northern India and it's on my bucket list to visit in the future.
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Dennis Shi |
Undergraduate: Washington University
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University
Fun Fact: My friends and I formed a band in medical school! We were called Tight Junction.
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Shveta Thakkar |
Undergraduate: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Fun Fact: I have a twin sister and we're not sure if we are identical or fraternal.
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Changtai Tian |
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Medical School: University of Illinois
Fun Fact: I try to read at least one Tang Dynasty poem every night.
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Mateusz Tkacz |
Undergraduate: University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Fun Fact: A picture of my college roommate and I from an Illinois Basketball game was once on the front page of ESPN.com.
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Lyon Wang |
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Medical School: Ohio State University
Fun Fact: I adopted a puppy during quarantine. Best decision ever!
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Sven Wang |
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Fun Fact: I can peel and eat a hardboiled egg in under 15 seconds.
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Katherine White |
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Medical School: Georgetown University
Fun Fact: I recently purchased an ice cream maker, and it does not disappoint! Oreo peanut butter is my favorite flavor so far.
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Haley Zimmerman |
Undergraduate: University of St. Thomas
Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Fun Fact: I have an uncanny ability to roll multiple Yahtzees in a single game.
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