CLASS OF 2025

Justin Anderson, MD

Geisel School of Medicine at DArtmouth

Hometown: Otis Orchards, WA
Scholarly Activities:  Hemorrhagic and septic shock
Hobbies & Interests: Reading, playing sports with friends, playing music, baking, learning new things
About Me: You can catch me at home making some curry, out playing frisbee with my friends, or at the movies, usually with my brother and other friends. 

Jennifer Chen, MD

University of Nevada, Reno

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Scholarly Activities:  IV access
Hobbies & Interests: Cars, sneakers, food, binge watching TV (especially The Bachelor, Love Island)
About Me: Hey everybody! Don't let the stereotypes fool you, I'm not a big outdoors person, but I was once a concierge in Las Vegas and can recite the entire alphabet in under 3 seconds. 

Keelan Connelly, DO, MPH​

Touro University California

​Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Scholarly Activities:  Global Health, Wilderness and Austere Medicine
Hobbies & Interests: Rock climbing, running, and attempting to ski
About Me: I love living in Las Vegas and when not in the hospital, I can be found exploring Red Rock, climbing with my husband or running in Mt Charleston. ​

Rebecca DiFabio, MD

SUNY Upstate Medical University

​Hometown: Auburn, NY
Scholarly Activities: VotER Project
Hobbies & Interests: Hiking, baking, board games, hanging out with my dog
About Me: I love going out to find new restaurants and  try new foods with my husband. If you like tacos, we're gunna be friends. Also, I have a pet liger. 

Mira Marchioretto, MD

Rush Medical College

​Hometown: Downer's Grove, IL
Scholarly Activities: Education
Hobbies & Interests: Hiking, running, yoga, hanging with my dog
About Me: You can find me outside on the trails or at home snuggled up watching reruns of The Office, when I'm not on the curling rink at least.

Martin Hannon, MD

Rush Medical College

Hometown: Darien, CT
Scholarly Activities: EMS, Military Medicine, High Acuity Low Occurence Procedure Training
Hobbies & Interests: Tennis, Guitar, Ice Hockey, Hiking, Running, Crossfit, Reading, Travel
About Me: I love seeing old friends as much as making new ones. I'm also the second best mini golfer of my cohort, just ask Justin!
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Gracey McGrory, MD

Oregon Health & Sceince University​

Hometown: Portland, OR
Scholarly Activities:​ Allergens and asthma
Hobbies & Interests: Cliche outdoors activities, podcasts (I'm planning on starting my own soon!), collecting ugly sweaters for ugly sweater parties
About Me: You can find me travelling the world with my Spirit Airlines VIP pass. Also, I finally adopted a cat (Cat Winslet), and recently found out that I'm allergic to cats. Ask me about the 2.5 years I lived in Senegal.

Kendra Madaras-Kelly, DO

Pacific Northwest University

Hometown: Boise, ID
Scholarly Activities: Community EM 
Hobbies & Interests: Trail running, skiing, mountain biking, dog cuddling, low carb baking
About me: One time in Mexico I met John Mayer at a hotel, but somehow I'm still a pretty down to earth person.  

Kristen Purcell, DO

Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Scholarly Activities:  Ketamine and benzo withdrawal
Hobbies & Interests: Anything and everything outdoors, video games, oil painting
About Me: I used to be a zoo keeper for reptiles, I have an unhealthy obsession with multipurpose tools and I don't believe there is any such thing as too many house plants. 

Skylar Riggs, DO

Rocky Vista University

Hometown: Logan, UT
Scholarly Activities: ED Workflow
Hobbies & Interests: Spending time with my wife and kids, running, hiking, and golfing
About Me: I knew I wanted to be a doctor the year I dressed up as Doogie Howser for Halloween and won my high school costume contest. But the real joy of my life is my beautiful wife and our two energetic sons.