OUR RESIDENTS
Dr. Michael Polito, DO
Conference Chief
Hometown: Mahopac, NY
Med School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Middletown
Interests: cooking , eating everything under the sun, running and cycling , bar trivia and brunch, weight- lifting , and hitting up the beach in the summertime
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Dr. Merit Milad, MD
Conference Chief
Hometown: San Pedro, CA
Med School: Oakland University William Beaumont SOM
Interests: all beach activities, ultimate frisbee, yoga, backpacking, community organizing, and social emergency medicine
Dr. Stefany Stempien, DO
Administrative Chief
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Med School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: hand balancing, partner acrobatics, watching football (go Bills), bike rides, live music, park hangs
Dr. Linnea Russell
Hometown: Cambridge, MA
Med School: Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: rock climbing, long bike rides that end in any type of swimming, drawing with fine pen and watercolor, spending as much time as I can in the remote wilderness, reading fiction
Dr. Katherine Harmon, MD
Scheduling Chief
Hometown: Auburn, ME
Med School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Interests: cooking/baking/eating, exploring outdoors, binging TV series, plants
CHIEFS
Dr. Francis Harrison, MD
Wellness Chief
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Med School: University of California - San Francisco SOM
Interests: tennis, reality TV, cooking, deep conversations mixed with superficial ones, cheeseburgers, exploring, celebrations of all kinds
PGY-3
Dr. Adam Ahmad Chaustre, MD
Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ
Med School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Interests: spending time outdoors, grilling, rock-climbing, biking, working out, learning about work history, and collecting vinyl records
Dr. Rhiannon Anderson, MD
Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL
Med School: Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine
Interests: travel, reading, film photography
Dr. Navid Ashari, MD
Hometown: Holmdel, NJ
Med School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Interests: concerts, skiing/snowboarding, climbing, hiking, traveling
Dr. Layth Mahdi, MD
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
Med School: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Interests: playing guitar, reading, watching films
Dr. Stephen Matsuoka, MD
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Med School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Interests: hiking, running, cooking, basketball, golf, global health
Dr. Nicole Quattrocchi, MD
Hometown: New York, NY
Med School: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Interests: sailing (for fun now, but raced in college!), tennis, skiing, cooking, reading, working out (gym > home), walking around the city with my dog
Dr. Ben Rotter, MD
Hometown: White Plains, NY
Med School: New York Medical College
Interests: marathon running, tennis, skiing, drag race, housing advocacy, social EM
PGY-2
PGY-2
Dr. Hannah Beachwood, MD
Hometown: Beaverton, OR
Med School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: EM ultrasound and social EM. I also love camping, movie nights, and making polymer clay earrings for my small business!
Dr. Alex Belaia, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Med School: University of Toledo COM
Interests: global health, POCUS, power cleans (gym), art - Impressionism/Post-Impressionism, wrestling, exploring places on run-walks, snowboarding & visiting a new country for every year that I'm alive
Dr. Joseph Bystrik, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Med School: CUNY School of Medicine
Interests: chess, baseball, skiing, walking in parks
Dr. Antonela Geraloglou-Tzouglini, DO
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Med School: NYITCOM
Interests: group work out classes, bikram yoga, spending time with friends and family, shopping, brunch, going on long walks and spoiling my cats.
Dr. Michelle Kelley, MD
Hometown: Chattanooga, TN
Med School: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
Interests: Med Ed! Eating food, reading, sewing, music, concerts, watching bad reality tv and hallmark quality movies
Dr. Kas Makki, DO
Hometown: Dearborn, MI
Med School: Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: pediatrics, soccer, investing, exercise, food, travel
Dr. David Mandil, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Med School: SUNY Downstate
Interests: soccer, video games, traveling, and exploring
Dr. Mark McKenna, MD
Hometown: Farmington, CT
Med School: University of Connecticut
Interests: singing, making music, reading, philosophy, not getting run over on a Citi bike
Dr. Andrew Nguyen, MD
Hometown: Garden Grove, CA
Med School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Interests: staying active, snowboarding, long boarding, breweries, and cooking passable dishes
Dr. Ridge Schultz, MD
Hometown: Harleysville PA
Med School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Interests: anything that involves the outdoors whether that means running though Prospect Park or kayaking down the Delaware river. If not outdoors you can find me in the shop working on my latest bike restoration.
Dr. Arun Sen-Gupta, DO
Hometown: San Jose, California
Med School: Western University of health sciences
Interests: traveling, basketball, cooking, the great outdoors, family and friends
Dr. Samantha Tall, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Med School: Meharry Medical College
Interests: social EM, health policy, modeling, photography, YouTube channeling, thrifting and Pilates
PGY-1
Hometown: Lake Grove, NY
Med School: SUNY Downstate
Interests: my dog, gym, movies, video games, going to comedy clubs, trying new foods
Hometown: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Med School: University of Massachusetts
Interests: population health and healthcare systems…Piano, guitar, singing, soccer, basketball, and baseball
Dr. Vladimir Zinsou, MD
Dr. Joshua Erban, MD
PGY-1
Dr. Taimur Ahmad, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Med school: St George’s University
Interests: motorcycles & automobiles, Texas Hold ‘em, trivia, golf, social EM, Doctors Without Borders
Dr. Shellen Arora, DO
Hometown: Green Brook, NJ
Med School: West Virginia school of osteopathic medicine
Interests: reading fiction, experimenting with different coffee beverages, napping, long drives, and adding hot sauce to everything I eat
Dr. John Bechara, MD
Hometown: Vienna, VA
Med School: St. George’s University
Interests: cooking & baking, trying new restaurants, biking around NYC, hiking & camping, environmental conservation, composting, gardening
Dr. David Delva, MD
Hometown: Elmont/Valley Stream, NY
Med school: CUNY School of Medicine
Interests: anime and sports
Dr. Electra Nassis, MD
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Med School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Interests: traveling, weekend getaways, family dinners, catch-up calls, rooftops, breweries, workout classes, yoga, skiing, camping, DIY projects, binge watching TV series, shared iPhone notes
Dr. Massimo Riitano, DO
Hometown: Brunswick, MD
Med School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: travel, fitness, motorcycles
Dr. Elliott Tanner, MD
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Med school: St. George's University
Interests: music composition/production, collecting musical instruments, electronics/audio equipment repair, teaching
Dr. Sanidhya ("Sunny") Dhir, MD
Hometown: Dublin, CA
Med School: Rosalind Franklin University- Chicago Medical School
Interests: my dogs, hiking, trying new foods, traveling, investing/Finance
Dr.Wilson Ng, MD
Hometown: Queens, NY
Med School: St. George's University
Interests: making coffee/espresso, mixology, photography and figuring out where to eat next
Dr. William Rosenkranz, MD
Hometown: Staten Island
Med school: New York Medical College
Interests: cooking from J. Kenji’s Food Lab, baking with my baby blue Kitchenaid Mixy McMixface, anime, league of legends, basketball, reaching things on high shelves
Dr. Evan Grace, MD
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Med school: Loyola Chicago Stritch SOM
Interests: cycling, surfing, baseball, basketball, collecting vinyl and DJ’ing
Dr. Milosch Pavic, MD
Hometown: Des Moines, IA
Med school: University of Iowa
Interests: nba basketball, Spotify, running, grillin with my homies
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Medical School: California Northstate University College of Medicine
Interests: whatever my kids are into (these days: Wild Kratts, Odd Squad, art projects, Judo); interdisciplinary pursuits in law, the Marine Corps, and medicine