(PGY5)
Venus Barlas, MD
Undergraduate school
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Medical school
University of New Mexico
Internship
St. Mary's Medical Center
Hometown
Albuquerque, NM
Extracurricular interests
Boba tea, board games, reading, interior design
Future Plans
Undecided
Anthony Blackburn, MD
Undergraduate school
Cornell
Medical school
Cornell
Internship
UCSF
Hometown
Santa Rosa, CA
Extracurricular interests
Mountain biking, reading, working on classic cars
Future Plans
Undecided
Timothy Chen, MD
Undergraduate school
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Medical school
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Internship
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Hometown
Edwardsville, IL
Extracurricular interests
board games, weightlifting, anime/manga, video games
Future Plans
Nuclear Medicine and Neuroradiology
Brandon Fields, MD
Undergraduate school
University of Colorado Boulder
Medical school
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Internship
Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
Hometown
Denver, CO
Extracurricular interests
Guitar, Dream Theater
Future Plans
Academics
Meda Ghassemi, MD
Undergraduate school
UCLA
Medical school
UCSD
Internship
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Hometown
Newport Beach, CA
Extracurricular interests
Tennis, piano, spending time with family
Future Plans
Undecided
Bradley King, MD
Undergraduate school
Pomona College
Medical school
UCSD
Internship
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Hometown
Newport Beach, CA
Extracurricular interests
Rock climbing, indoor houseplants, photography, video games, piano.
Future Plans
Interventional Radiology, Global Health
Sean Lee, MD
Undergraduate school
Brown University
Medical school
Brown
Internship
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital
Hometown
Seoul, South Korea/ Marietta, GA
Extracurricular interests
Trumpet, Baseball, Starcraft, Podcasts, Health Economics.
Future Plans
Undecided
Erik Lopez, MD
Undergraduate school
Stanford University
Medical school
UCSF
Internship
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Hometown
Sacramento, CA
Extracurricular interests
Health policy research and advising, academic journal editing (resident member of the JACR editorial board), guitar, and reading (history, sociology, philosophy, and novels).
Future Plans
Undecided
Rohil Malpani, MD
Undergraduate school
Johns Hopkins University
Medical school
Yale
Internship
California Pacific Medical Center
Hometown
Kolkata, India
Extracurricular interests
Writing, landscape photography, traveling, humor, spending time with friends and family, becoming an ice cream connoisseur.
Future Plans
Undecided
Shan McBurney-Lin, MD, MBA
Undergraduate school
University of California, Santa Barbara
Graduate & Medical school
Duke University
Internship
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Hometown
Los Gatos, CA
Extracurricular interests
Innovation/entrepreneurship, running, hiking, biking, snowboarding, travel
Future Plans
Undecided
Paola Perez Rivera, MD
Undergraduate school
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Medical school
University of California, San Francisco
Internship
Riverside Community Hospital/UCR
Hometown
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Extracurricular interests
Board games, exploring Latin-food restaurants, drawing, my dog - Nemo.
Future Plans
Undecided
Michael Romano, MD, PhD
Undergraduate school
Davidson College
Medical school
Boston University
Internship
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Hometown
Fairfield, CT
Extracurricular interests
Philosophy, meditation, programming, coffee, neuroscience.
Future Plans
Undecided
Carol Tran, MD
Undergraduate school
Harvard University
Medical school
University of California, San Francisco
Internship
Highland Hospital
Hometown
Richmond, CA
Extracurricular interests
Pilates, trying new foods, museums, cosmetology, humorist books, history.
Future Plans
Undecided
Sarah Yu, MD
Undergraduate school
The Ohio State University
Medical school
The Ohio State University
Internship
Mount Carmel Health System
Hometown
Dublin, OH
Extracurricular interests
Horseback riding, powerlifting, and travel
Future Plans
Musculoskeletal Radiology
Yannan Yu, MD
Undergraduate school
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Medical school
Peking Union Medical University
Internship
University of Massachusetts
Hometown
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Extracurricular interests
Painting, Graphic design, forest/coastal foraging, board games, skiing, Astronomy.
Future Plans
Undecided