CLASS OF 2027
Salvatore Aiello, MD PhD Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University Hometown: Chicago, IL Scholarly Activities: Pre-hospital interventions for cardiac resuscitation Hobbies & Interests: Plants, dance (House, funk, or SOUL), hiking About Me: My 8th grade soccer coach once told me that I am "pretty agile for my body type". 
Adam Klaus, MD Geisinger Commonwealth school of medicine Hometown: Madison, CT Scholarly Activities: Health policy and public health Hobbies & Interests: pickleball, snowboarding, going to concerts, hanging with friends/family About Me: I'm an east coaster who’s excited to live out west for the first time where I can train at a great hospital and explore Vegas and the surrounding areas. 
Willow Nelson, DO Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine Hometown: South Lake Tahoe, CA Scholarly Activities: Wilderness Medicine, particularly altitude medicine and innovations in outdoor safety gear Hobbies & Interests: Climbing, hiking, and reading (usually horror novels) About Me: I grew up in the outdoors with dogs and my family and nothing has changed since then! Super excited to be able to explore Vegas with my fiancé and two wonderful dogs, and even more excited to start my journey towards being an EM doc! 
Matt Starr, DO Kansas city university- joplin Hometown: Fruitland, ID Scholarly Activities: ED workflow Hobbies & Interests: Golf, snowboarding, guitar, gaming About Me: I grew up in a small town in Idaho, married my high school sweetheart, and have two boys, Teddy and Beau, and an English bulldog named Russel. |
Leo Andrada, DO Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine Hometown: Born in Kailua, HI grew up mostly in Elk Grove, CA Scholarly Activities: Ultrasound, critical care Hobbies & Interests: Kayaking, backpacking, fishing About Me: Pickles are my absolute favorite food! In high school I won the CA state fair bread and butter pickle competition, and came runner up in the dill pickle competition. 
Erica Lee, DO Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Georgia Hometown: Newnan, GA Scholarly Activities: Wilderness medicine, women's health Hobbies & Interests: My cat and dog, spending time with my husband, traveling, hiking, baking, skiing, napping, knitting/cocheting About Me: The cat distribution system loves me and if I wasn't military I'd have way too many cats. Ask to see one of the 6,000 pictures of my cat, Phoebe. 
Mario Premyanov, MD Kirk kerkorian school of medicine at unlv Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Scholarly Activities: Bodybuilder injuries Hobbies & Interests: professional UNO tournaments, judging county dog shows, the movie Idiocracy, UFO podcasts, amateur bodybuilding About Me: A Vegas local, I love a good show! Dog show, bodybuilding, musical theater, I love it all! 
Maxine Yang, MD University of arizone college of medicine phoenix Hometown: Irvine, CA Scholarly Activities: Ultrasound, street medicine, event medicine Hobbies & Interests: eating, traveling, music festivals, thrifting, mixing music, video games, costco, zillow About Me: My life goal is to have fun and learn something new everyday, and to live without regrets! I am extremely critical regarding my boba (the drink of my people), and if I don't go to costco or TJ maxx at least once a week I will probably implode. If you like EDM and dogs we'll probably be great friends. |
Cobi Bissel, DO Kansas City University Hometown: Blue Springs, MO Scholarly Activities: Emergency ophthalmology Hobbies & Interests: Bird dogs, sports, Dr. Glaucomflecken videos About Me: I enjoy working out, playing pickleball/intramural sports, and watching football. I am a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan, and I currently have a Super Bowl fund I've been contributing to for the past 8 years. My wife and I have gone to 17 National Parks with.....a lot more to go. Lastly, I love walking, running, and hiking with my wife and dog. 
Taylor Lee, MD Medical college of georgia Hometown: Newnan, GA Scholarly Activities: Any and everything EM Hobbies & Interests: Sleeping, hiking, skiing, biking, traveling, doing anything outside, talking about my cat About Me: I can sleep wherever you can eat green eggs and ham. I will show you every photo I have of my cat, Snowball. 
Kyle Rankin, DO Kansas city university Hometown: Arlington, TX Scholarly Activities: Addiction medicine, wilderness medicine Hobbies & Interests: fly fishing, mountain biking, skiing, backpacking, paddle sports About Me: When I'm not at work, you'll find me exploring the local outdoors scene. I'm passionate about wilderness medicine and enjoy helping other people discover new outdoor activities. 
Alexander Yount, MD LSU - New Orleans school of medicine Hometown: West Monroe, LA Scholarly Activities: Integrating research into medical education Hobbies & Interests: Hunting, dipping, and playing golf About Me: Hi. I’m Alex. I’m not superstitious. |
