Hometown: Prague, Czech Republic
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Languages- I know Czech and German and will probably try to learn Kreyole while I'm here. Also really into dancing, esp Bachata, Salsa, and Swing. Fun fact, I won the 2001 Kuwait Figure Skating Championship for my age group... ((there were only 2 of us)).
Why SUNY/Kings County: I wanted a place where I would be expected to know and do almost everything. There's going to be a steep learning curve and I'm going to feel bad, but when I graduate, I will be unflappable.
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Medical School: SUNY Downstate!
Hobbies/Fun Facts: My hobbies include running, hiking, traveling, and wishing I had a dog
Why SUNY/Kings County: The people! Both the EM department and the community we serve.
Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Karaoke, Laughing (a lot), Dancing, IPA/hops hunter, Beach bumming, Sunshine seeker, Planting/Growing things
Why SUNY/Kings: I grew up in the neighborhood surrounding the hospital and have a lot of strong family ties in the community. The training is tough in all the right ways, the people are my people, and NYC is incredible.
Hometown: Queens, NY
Medical school: SUNY Downstate
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Running, Volleyball, Dragon Boat Racing, Hiking, Biking, Adventurer, Traveler, Eater
Why SUNY/Kings: To serve the community and to get the best EM training!
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Medical school: University of Texas at San Antonio
Hobbies/Fun Facts: cooking, dancing, huge foodie, travelling, Netflix, and bad horror movies
Why SUNY/Kings: I love the diversity of the residents, faculty, and patient population.
Hometown: Miami, FL
Medical school: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Basketball, soccer, making furniture, collecting sneakers, fishing, travel
Why SUNY/Kings: The patients and training
Hometown: Brooklyn NY
Medical school: Downstate
Hobbies: trapeze
Why SUNY: because it’s awesome!
Hometown: Dammam, Saudia Arabia
Medical School : University of Dammam
Hobbies/Fun Fact: I enjoy sports a lot MY MAN. love Soccer, Basketball, JiuJitsu,
Kickboxing, weight training. I also Enjoy Food and Cooking.
Why SUNY/Kings: If you want to meet the coolest, and most
awesome people you will find them in Brooklyn. The best instructors,
coworkers and patients! A perfect place to build your academic and
clinical experience.
Hometown: Sugar Land, TX
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I enjoy dogs, travel, hiking, biking, and wasting my money on food and drink
Why SUNY/King’s: I felt at home on my interview day! Everyone I met, from leadership to the residents, were super down-to-earth and made me feel welcome. I could tell that if I chose to come here, I would get solid training in a positive environment. I was also drawn to the amount of diversity within the program and department.
Hometown: Houston, TX
Medical school: SUNY D
Hobbies/Fun Facts: My hobbies include: bringing my dog and/or baby to bars, running, exploring new neighborhoods, eating everything, novice gardening, hiking and skiing in Vermont, visiting family in Singapore, cooking and reading cookbooks, procrastination and karaoke.
Why SUNY/Kings: The EM department is extraordinarily diverse, both ethnically and in terms of life experience. We all work hard and play hard and feel incredibly fortunate to serve our patients at KCHC/UHB. People who love this program tend to be doers who are up for anything and intellectually curious, but still humble and grateful to serve our patients and our community.
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical school: UC Irvine School of Medicine
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I love playing and watching soccer as well as eating and trying new restaurants.
Why SUNY/Kings: The training, diversity, mission, and Brooklyn
Hometown: Brooklyn
Medical school: SUNY Downstate
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Climbing, biking, hiking, playing MOBAs, dabbling in guitar.
Fun fact: Legally, my eye color is black
Why SUNY/Kings: The surrounding community and culture; the opportunity to provide care to an underserved population; the freedom to learn or teach; overwhelming support from everyone at Downstate and County; why not?
- Hometown: Verkhovyna, Ukraine/Lindenhurst, New York
- Medical school: NYIT COM
- Hobbies/Fun Facts: Traveling abroad and road tripping to national parks with sketchy experiences along the way. Hiking, kayaking, dancing, beach, puzzles and playing with my dog.
- Why SUNY/Kings: Resident and patient diversity. Hands on. I'll be well prepared to work anywhere after residency
Hometown: Brooklyn's in the house
Medical School: SUNY Downstate
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Dancing, Traveling. (Fun fact) I love buying the 25cents gumball machine gums.
Why SUNY/Kings: The EM docs here are awesome!
Hometown: Boston, MA / Hudson, NY
Medical school: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Traveling, kickboxing, listening to music on long drives, cooking, yoga
Why SUNY/Kings: In order to be the best you have to learn from the best
Hometown: Eatontown, NJ
Medical school: The George Washington University, DC
Hobbies/Fun facts: international travel, hiking for views, biking, cooking, netflixing, finding cocktail bars and then trying to recreate the drinks at home, international EM and health system development
Why SUNY/Kings:
To be a badass doctor at an excellent program. The program has a culture of service that's interwoven into its. You'll work hard but everyone has the same passion and desire to go out of their way to do what ever it takes to help their patients.
Hometown: San Ramon, CA
Medical school: SUNY Downstate
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I run until it's unhealthy, I just got a new wife ("new" in terms of recency, not quantity), I'm trying to make quarter-formal dress code a thing, UC Irvine Anteater alum (Zot! Zot!)
Why SUNY/Kings: To become the best-trained EM provider I can be while working with the best, most-diverse group of people - both the faculty, the residents, and the patients.
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Hobbies/Fun Facts: jiu jitsu, biking, hiking, anything outdoors. I once drove from Santa Barbara to Canada in a small yellow school bus.
Why SUNY/Kings: I wanted to go somewhere that would mold me into a legitimate clinical monster. Plus Brooklyn is awesome.