Current Residents

Amir Akhavan, MD

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: TCU

Fun Fact: I’ve played, coached, and refereed soccer — so I’ve yelled at refs and have been the ref getting yelled at

Larry Guindine, MD

Hometown: River Vale, NJ
Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Fun Fact: My favorite animal is a penguin

Aleks Kostic, MD

Hometown: Holmdel, NJ
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Fun Fact: I minored in dance in college and during my thesis show it rained socks

Serena Schein, MD

Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
Medical School: Saint Louis University SOM

Fun Fact: I used to be a circus performer

Samantha Schroth, MD

Hometown: Greenville, WI
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg SOM

Fun Fact: During college I took a spring break trip to a 3,000 sheep ranch in Oregon to help with lambing season

Caitlin Aguirre, MD, MPH

Hometown: El Paso, TX
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch

Fun Fact: I love shooting film photography!

Katie Barnes, MD

Hometown: Ronceverte, WV
Medical School: West Virginia University SOM

Fun Fact: I grow my own Lion’s Mane mushrooms

Mingda Chen, MD

Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University SOM

Fun Fact: I can make over thirty different recipes from memory

Lauren Clarke, MD

Hometown: Oak Park, CA
Medical School: Stanford University SOM

Fun Fact: I never finished high school

Kira Furie, MD

Hometown: Davis, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Fun Fact: I'm a certified yoga instructor and taught for 4 years before med school!

Kyle Hulse, MD

Hometown: Brightwood, OR
Medical School: University of Washington SOM - Seattle

Fun Fact: I attended 5 different elementary schools

Ethan Izu, MD

Hometown: Irvine, CA
Medical School: California University of Science and Medicine

Fun Fact: Check out my former band on Spotify @vandalies

Nandita Kapur, MD

Hometown: Novi, MI
Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont SOM

Fun Fact: I spend more money on flowers than groceries

Ryan Keller, DO

Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine

Fun Fact: I was an adaptive ski instructor in Santa Fe, NM

Sarah Kim, MD

Hometown: East Lansing, MI
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Fun Fact: I’ve traveled to tournaments across the U.S. and internationally for ultimate frisbee

Kikelomo Sekoni, MD

Hometown: East Lansing, MI
Medical School: Central Michigan University College of Medicine

Fun Fact: I cheered for the University of Michigan (Go Blue!)

Emily Standage, MD

Hometown: Crystal Lake, IL
Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University

Fun Fact: I have had my dog, Finn, since he was two weeks old and now he is turning 13!

Jacob Urbina, MD

Hometown: Elkhart, TX
Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Fun Fact: I am an amputee and a biomedical engineer, so I am always happy to mend a hand!

Abby Bennett, MD

Hometown: Sandy, UT
Medical School: University of Utah

Fun Fact: I can't live without the weather app

Marissa Brock, MD

Hometown: La Grange, IL
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Fun Fact: I have been to 49/50 states! Once I’ve been to all of them, my goal is to find a way to rock climb in all 50.

Sydney Farrington, MD

Hometown: Detroit, MI
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine

Fun Fact: I studied art history in undergrad

Meena Jain, MD

Hometown: Champaign, IL
Medical School: Southern Illinois University

Fun Fact: I ate a s’more almost every day in college and now I’ve mastered the perfect roasting technique

Esther Jang, MD

Hometown: Denver, CO
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Fun Fact: I can't live without Hot Cheetos

Jonathan Labampa, DO

Hometown: Oak Forest, IL
Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

Fun Fact: I have a unique visible heartbeat

Maddy Pashos, MD

Hometown: St. Charles, MO
Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia

Fun Fact: I am a triplet!

Avani Patel, MD

Hometown: Schaumburg, IL
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago

Fun Fact: I can't live without reality TV

Alexis Philippe, MD

Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia

Fun Fact: The first time I visited the St. Louis Arch, I was well into my twenties

Natalya Ponomareva, MD

Hometown: Austin, TX (Born in Novosibirsk, Russia)
Medical School: UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine

Fun Fact: I have two cats named for figures from Greek mythology

Dip Rana, MD

Hometown: Clifton, NJ
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Fun Fact: I’m the spiciest food eater I know

Kristen Santiago, MD

Hometown: Houston, TX
Medical School: UT Southwestern

Fun Fact: I got Rhabdo from a Barry's workout class (CK = 17,000) 🙃

Iffy Akinnola, MD, PhD

Hometown: Burtonsville, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School

Fun Fact: I've taken several engagement and wedding announcement photos for my friends.

Alan Cuevas Villagomez, MD

Hometown: Winton, California
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh

Fun Fact: Cacti are my favorite vegetable

Jackie Dargan, MD

Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Medical School: LSU School of Medicine - New Orleans

Fun Fact: I partially tore my quadricep while training for hurdles in high school

Logan Dobbe, MD

Hometown: Appleton, WI
Medical School: Texas Tech

Fun Fact: I am a paraglider

Benjamin Hoste, MD

Hometown: Perrysburg, Ohio
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Fun Fact: I was the fastest 3rd grader at Glenwood Elementary School in 2005

Karen Huang, MD

Hometown: Sugar Land, TX
Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UT Houston

Fun Fact: I won a free year’s worth of donuts with my co-resident during our PGY-2 year!

Lilly Lerer, MD

Hometown: Dallas, TX
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Fun Fact: I like doing handstands

Joseph Monat, DO

Hometown: Clarendon Hills, IL
Medical School: Midwestern University CCOM

Fun Fact: My camera collection has dated back to 1946

Brian Moreno, MD

Hometown: Avon, Indiana
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine

Fun Fact: My left knee is on its 3rd ACL

Kosta Nicolozakes, MD, PhD

Hometown: Wooster, Ohio
Medical School: Northwestern University

Fun Fact: I was in an Apple commercial in college

Ilan Palte, MD

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine

Fun Fact: I used to coach elementary school soccer

Claire Turgeon, MD

Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine

Fun Fact: I’ve donated over 5 feet of hair!