Class of 2027

Hometown: Tema, Ghana and Union, NJ

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): Rutgers University (BA), Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (MD)

Hobbies/Interest: I love watching Korean Dramas, getting dressed up and going to museums, and tennis. I also enjoy walking around new cities and finding hole in the wall restaurants. I also love Afrobeats and going to the gym and on most days, you’ll most likely find me at the gym unapologetically dancing to Afrobeats during my sets.

Past life:  I lived in Ghana until moving to the US with my family in my teens. I was captain of the tennis team in high school and sometimes like to convince myself that I still got it. I boringly went straight through from college all the way to residency but during those years, I worked as a Biology instructor, an office assistant, and a research assistant. Throughout my journey, I have spent some time mentoring local high school students in New Brunswick, NJ and Kensington, PA navigating the post-high school education system since like me, most were the first in their families to embark the journey. 

Academic Interest: Global Health, Ultrasound (mainly Global Ultrasound), Health Disparities in URiM communities, Mentorship for URiM students.

Favorite activities in New Haven: I hear the pizza is pretty good so I will make sure to  stock up on my Lactaid pills when I move.

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: From my interview day and second looks, it was apparent the support that I will receive from the program. As someone very much involved in DEI, I was impressed with the efforts the program and the University are taking to create diverse spaces to provide equitable care for all. During my 4th year of medical school, I fell in love with Ultrasound and I know that Yale EM will provide me with great teaching and mentorship to delve much more into the Ultrasound space. Also the residents I met are truly amazing and they went above and beyond during the second look and afterwards as well.  

Random factoid:  My favorite movie is Lion King to the point where I watch it after every major event in my life. So as of now I’ve watched it over 11 times (yes!! I do count it).

Hometown: New Haven, CT

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): Brown University, Yale School of Medicine

Hobbies/Interest: fishing for striped bass, bluefish and porgy in Long Island Sound, gardening, playing masters pick-up water polo

Past life: Commuted 3 hours per day to do grunt work in finance for 2 years between high school and college – never again! Also swam competitively through highschool and D1 water polo through college.

Academic Interest: Critical care and point-of-care ultrasound

Favorite activities in New Haven: Hiking around Sleeping Giant/East Rock, swimming and kayaking in the Sound, seeing plays at the Shubert, happy hours

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: Every shift I spent in the Yale ED, I went home with a new role model to aspire to. The faculty and residents are incredibly impressive, with diverse interests and talents, but also supportive and fun to be around. Also, I love living in New Haven, which is a sort of jack-of-all-trades kind of city. You can live a bit outside New Haven and get to enjoy some extra space and still enjoy the food and bars downtown. Outdoorsy activities are never far away and it’s not hard to get to the big cities for a weekend when you want to.

Random factoid: My COVID hobby was spicy-pepper growing – I grew 50 types last year!

Hometown: London, UK

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): University College London, UCL Medical School, MBBS

Hobbies/Interest: I love cooking and am a massive foodie, music, long walks, and the occasional watercolor painting. 

Past life:  Born and bred on the outskirts of London, I’ve been in medical school in the UK for the past 6 years and before that I was in high school so I guess you could call me an eternal student.

Academic Interest: Global health, Pediatric EM, Medical Education

Favorite activities in New Haven: I have never been to New Haven, so this is a crazy journey and move across the Atlantic for me. From what I hear the pizza is fantastic, so I am awaiting it eagerly!

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: I felt really welcomed and supported by all the faculty during my interview. Being able to serve a diverse patient population and being surrounded by a close-knit group of fellow residents is so important to me. Yale offers so much to my future career whether this be through research, international elective opportunities, or impeccable world-class training. I’m so excited to be a part of the team!

Random factoid: I have never lived in the US, but I have made it onto the local news. Our hotel was hit by the edge of a hurricane and caught on fire, luckily everyone was evacuated safely but it was quite the experience.

Hometown: Toronto, ON

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): University of Western Ontario, University of Galway School of Medicine (MB BCh BAO)

Hobbies/Interest: Tennis, golf, hiking, traveling, board games

Past life: Tennis coach, window cleaning franchisee, banking intern

Academic Interest: Sports medicine, addiction medicine, medical education, global health

Favorite activities in New Haven: Excited to explore the food + outdoors!

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: The residents and staff were welcoming and proud of their program. I felt the clinical training and opportunities for research combined with New Haven’s diverse patient population would best prepare me to be a great EM physician.

Random factoid: My grandfather also attended medical school in Ireland. I have my Irish passport and lots of relatives there. Can’t wait to get back!

Hometown: West Hartford, CT

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): College of Charleston (BS, Economics); University of South Carolina School of Medicine (MD)

Hobbies/Interest: Any sports or outdoor activities from pickleball, tennis and golf to backpacking, fly-fishing and kayaking. Movie nights with homemade nachos. Hanging anywhere dogs are present.

Past life: I graduated with a degree in economics and minored in public health which led me to a career in the insurance industry for a few years. During that time, I lobbied for Affordable Care Act policy changes in Washington, DC.

Academic Interest: Wilderness medicine, global health, disaster medicine, health policy

Favorite activities in New Haven: TBD since I have only just arrived. I have marked many places on google maps to check out including local hikes, beaches, natural areas, pizza and international restaurants as well as many arts and cultural sites!

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: I was drawn to Yale because its curriculum and resources provide residents the opportunity to explore the many facets and fellowships of emergency medicine so that they are broadly experienced providers and empowered with the knowledge to make informed career decisions upon graduation.

Random factoid:  I was born and raised in CT but have been in the southeast for over a decade – nostalgia, here we come!

Hometown:  Wakefield, Rhode Island

Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): The Pennsylvania State University (B.S. Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (M.D.), Tripler Army Medical Center (Transitional Year)

Hobbies/Interest: I enjoy hunting, fishing, snow sports, powerlifting, board games, painting, and being a dad to my two kids (and dog).

Past life:  I was a combat medic in the United States Army and through my exposure and time abroad I became passionate about delivering care near the point of injury.

Academic Interest: All things prehospital and wilderness medicine—vertical rescue, tropical medicine, improving medical access, and devolving aspects of TBI care from  tertiary care to the EMS setting.

Favorite activities in New Haven: Pizza, hiking, and the Peabody Museum

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: As Dr. Maisel told me during my interview you can get “off shift and into the woods in 20 minutes.” New Haven is a great city to train in with opportunities for high acuity and academic medicine while also having access to suburban living, the ocean, and the Connecticut River Valley. Having grown up in southern New England, there’s fewer places I’d rather spend four years.

Random factoid:  I was a Pre-Veterinarian major for undergrad because I applied with too many credits from the Army to be ‘undecided’ but couldn’t be accepted into the college of science without a lab chemistry. The experience was one of the best ‘happy accidents’ of my life as I got to learn a lot more about the world around me through animal physiology, agricultural systems, and zoonotic diseases.

Hometown: London, UK 

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): University College London, Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering BSc at UCL 

Hobbies/Interest:  Spin classes, traveling, teaching myself to play the piano (and doing a bad job of it) 

Past life:  UK-based doctor working in orthopaedics (!) 

Academic Interest: EMS/event medicine 

Favorite activities in New Haven: I’ve never been so answer pending! 

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program:

Random factoid:  I used to have a pet monkey

Hometown: Rishon LeZion, Israel

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): Tel-Aviv University: double major BA in Economics and Philosophy, INSEAD Business School: MBA, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: MD

Hobbies/Interest: Foooooooood! Travel, scuba diving, martial arts, horseback riding, and snowboarding.

Past life:  Before transitioning into medicine, I was a high-tech product manager for over a decade.

Academic Interest: Healthtech.

Favorite activities in New Haven: TBD, but probably… foooooood!

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: I applied to Yale because it’s the best of both worlds; a community hospital experience backed by a renowned academic institution. The perfect grounds for an aspiring EM physician who wants to help shape the future of emergency care. The people I met on interview day sealed the deal for me.

Random factoid: I once had a pet sheep called Shifra. We ended up having it for dinner. As a course. Not a guest.

Hometown: Valencia, PA

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): Brown University BA in Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Pre-Med Post-Bacc, University of Arizona- Tucson MPH in Biostatistics, Oregon Health & Science University MD/PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Hobbies/Interest: I love running, hiking with my partner and our dog, Smudge, reading fantasy novels, and traveling. I also am always excited to play pickup basketball, especially outside in the summer!

Past life: Before medical school, I worked in research in Philadelphia and Arizona.

Academic Interest: Social EM, refugee health, addiction, healthcare systems

Favorite activities in New Haven: Running in East Rock Park, walking around Branford Supply Ponds, trying new restaurants

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: I wanted a program that could help me meet my goal to become a physician-researcher, and that cared for patients in a variety of settings. I loved my away rotation at Yale and knew it was the perfect place for me.

Random factoid: I grew up in a very small town in Pennsylvania, and all five of my immediate family members, including me, have been elected Town Auditor (via write-in votes from the other four family members!).

Hometown: Forest, Virginia

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): William & Mary (BS Kinesiology and Health Sciences), Eastern Virginia Medical School (MD)

Hobbies/Interest: Mountain biking, hiking, skiing, triathlons, cooking, baking

Past life: During the summers of my college years, I was the head coach of a local swim team in Forest, VA. After graduation, I worked as a scribe in a local ED in Lynchburg, VA for a year prior to medical school.

Academic Interest: Ultrasound, pediatric EM, medical education, medical care for homeless populations

Favorite activities in New Haven: Not sure yet, but I look forward to finding out.

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: I was searching for a program that would challenge my knowledge and skills to help me reach my professional goals while also surrounding me with people dedicated to supporting both each other and their patients. Yale provides all of that and more.

Random factoid: I have never eaten at Taco Bell.

Hometown: Meriden, Connecticut

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned):
MCPHS University, PharmD
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Hobbies/Interest: I’m interested in Wilderness Medicine and I love to backpack and camp. My goal is to one day complete the Tour du Mont Blanc! I also enjoy running, knitting, wine tasting, and spending time with my dog.

Past life: I worked as a pharmacist for 8 years. For 5 of those years, I worked at a correctional facility in California.

Academic Interest: Wilderness Medicine, LGBTQ Health, Global Health, Social EM

Favorite activities in New Haven: Sally’s Apizza, running through the Yale campus, trying new restaurants.

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: I grew up around New Haven and I enjoy spending time in the area. I also chose this program because Yale affords unparalleled training opportunities within the field of Wilderness Medicine. Happy residents and a supportive faculty!

Random factoid: My dream is to buy a huge piece of land, rescue hundreds of homeless dogs, and live happily ever after.

Hometown: Middletown, CT

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned):
Trinity College
Master of Biomedical Science, Tufts University
MD, Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Hobbies/Interest: Recreational MMA, reading, video games, cooking

Past life: A seagull (per my best friend of 25 years)

Academic Interest: Presentation and work-up interpretations for chest pain patients, particularly as it pertains to ischemic heart disease.

Favorite activities in New Haven: My number one passion is food and that’s all I care about when I go out anywhere, so, finding new restaurants.

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: I got the best feeling from program faculty and residents during my interview here. I trust my gut and it’s never let me down.

Random factoid: I pronounce Oregon “Ore-gawn” and it causes fights in my friend group.

Hometown: Cerritos, California & Chennai, India

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned): University of California, Irvine (B.S. in Biological Sciences), Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (M.D.)

Hobbies/Interest: Tennis/ping pong (& now pickleball), board games, coffee, politics, 2000s comedies, aspiring plant dad, & home renovation projects in my ample free time

Past life: I grew up in the LA suburbs (just 10 minutes north of Disneyland!) but lived in India from 7th to 10th grade, before coming back to graduate from high school in Cerritos. I went to UC Irvine for undergrad and spent my two gap years doing social EM research, working as Publishing Director for a medical journal, and scribing in a community ED.

Academic Interest: Healthcare delivery & operations, health equity and social EM, public policy

Favorite activities in New Haven: Hiking in East Rock, trying different apizza, and hanging out at the Yale libraries (especially Beinecke!)

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: My priorities for residency were to find a program serving in-need populations with robust extra-clinical learning opportunities and a strong support system. From the very first shift of my rotation at Yale in 2022, the faculty and residents made me feel like family. Every single person that I worked with showed a genuine interest in me and my education, and it was obvious from each end-of-shift debrief that they were deeply invested in me as a learner and a growing clinician. And despite the many EM legends that make up the faculty, the learning environment could not have been more supportive and made my experience all the more invaluable.

Random factoid: I moved to India before 6th grade graduation and jumped straight into 7th so, I am likely the first MD to never have graduated from elementary school

Hometown: Garnerville, NY

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned):
College: State University of New York at Binghamton- B.S Integrative Neuroscience ‘19
Medical School: The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell- M.D. ‘23

Hobbies/Interest: Snowboarding, Latin dancing, video games, and visiting family and friends. Hoping to improve my basketball skills so I can stop breaking my own ankles for once.

Past life: During my undergrad experience, I loved learning martial arts such as Brazilian jiu jitsu. I also enjoyed refurbishing/building computers which I still try to do occasionally. During undergrad and medical school, I worked per-diem/ seasonal for FedEx.

Academic Interest: Mentoring URM premeds and medical students, Ultrasound, Admin, & Research on Perceptions (students, residents, attendings).

Favorite activities in New Haven: THE PIZZA! I also enjoy the sunsets and walks in the park to decompress.

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: The ability to serve a diverse patient population, warm and approachable residents that seemed genuinely happy, and the mentorship opportunities were some of the things that stood out to me!

Random factoid: I did two musicals in middle school even though I couldn’t/can’t sing.

Hometown: Johnsonburg, Pa

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned):
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard Medical School, MD
Harvard Kennedy School, MPP

Hobbies/Interest: Dog-parent, exploring, yard-work, plants, running

Past life: Lifeguard, Construction, Teacher, Researcher, Too much school

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Diversity in Medicine, Emergency Psychiatry, Criticizing the status quo

Favorite activities in New Haven: Some combo of running and restaurants… maybe running to restaurants?

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: Down-to-earth people on interview day, New Haven being an awesome, manageable area to live in, and the combo of having a well-resourced academic center with a wonderfully diverse patient population

Random factoid: I walked over 50,000 steps on a first date

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

College, Medical School, other Schools (include degrees earned):
Ithaca College (B.A. International Politics)
The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University
Middlebury Language Schools-Arabic Immersion Program
California State University, LA-Self designed premed Post-Bacc

Hobbies/Interest: Fishing, ice fishing, minor (and sometimes major) home repairs for myself and others, horseback riding, Youtube travels, and cooking…cooking, but never baking.

Past life: Oh goodness. I’ve been doing construction work for as long as I can remember, most of it interior renovations, with a fair bit of deck building and structural steel work mixed in. Eventually, I suppose I became a contractor of sorts…way less fun. Apparently I much preferred installing toilets to insurance estimates. I climbed trees seasonally, worked as a waiter, and clerked the night shift at a Brooklyn liquor shop. Traveled lots, and spent many years abroad.

Academic Interest: Toxicology, Ultrasound, Medical Education

Favorite activities in New Haven: Eating, fishing (ask me where), and walking round and round and round Wooster Square Park

Why Yale’s Emergency Medicine Program: The people!

Random factoid: Goats! I love goats. All of them, but the bearded wild ones that climb those jagged cliffs are my favorite.