Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergrad: Boston University
Med School: Rush Medical College
Hobbies/Interests: salsa dancing, crocheting, building legos
Favorite movies/TV shows: Bojack Horseman, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: curry chicken roti
Five Year Plan: find joy
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? spending way more time with my grandma
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? tina from bob's burgers or courage from courage: the cowardly dog
Random Fact: my mom and i have matching tattoos

Preferred name: Aileen
Hometown: Havertown, PA
Undergrad: Boston College
Med School: Drexel University College
Hobbies/Interests: Cooking, photography, reading, and improv comedy
Favorite movies/TV shows: Gilmore Girls, Ted Lasso, Big Bang Theory, Sex and the City, LOTR, Star Wars, Marvel, Anything created by Nora Ephron or Nancy Meyers
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Italian especially from Gran Caffe or Le Virtu, French, Sushi from Vic's on 20th and Sansom, and Cajun
Five Year Plan: Buy a house, graduate residency, learn a second language, adopt a second dog
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? Working in software or a nonprofit
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Rizzo the Rat
Random Fact: I worked on Ice Age 4

Hometown: Easton, PA
Undergrad: The Cooper Union - Mechanical Egnineering
Med School: Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Hobbies/Interests: Running, Biking, Sailing, Tennis, Any water sports
Favorite movies/TV shows: Scrubs, Deli Boys, That 70s Show, Interstellar
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Suraya, The Black Taxi, Bishop's Collar
Five Year Plan: Who knows
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? Car Mechanic
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Spider Man
Random Fact: I speak fluent French

Preferred name: Sarah
Hometown: South Brunswick, NJ
Undergrad: Temple!!!
Med School: Temple!!!
Hobbies/Interests: Hiking, camping, Pilates, ceramics, sourdough baking
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Brunch and Korean food
Five Year Plan: I don’t know, I might still be at Temple
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? I would want to be a farmer! I love farm animals and keeping busy.
Random Fact: I like when animals have people names (I have a black cat named Roger)

Preferred name: Dan
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Undergrad: University of Pittsburgh
Med School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Hobbies/Interests: Hiking, eating, music, traveling, books (fantasy/sci-fi/horror), anime/manga, guitar, cooking, and finding cool happy hour spots in Philadelphia
Favorite movies/TV shows: The Shining, The Leftovers (HBO Series), Nightmare on Elm Street, The Boys, Invincible, Midnight Mass, Fargo (movie and tv series), Akira, Star Wars 1st and 2nd trilogies
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: I love pho and chimichangas. My favorite restaurant to go in Philly is probably Parc. Also don’t sleep on McGillins 50¢ wings on Tuesday
Five Year Plan: Have a big dog and a backyard with a back porch, fire pit, and grass
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? Carpentry
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Spike from Cowboy Bebop. I would love to just chill on a space ship and fly around the solar system with my friends
Random Fact: I hiked the West Highland Way in Scotland in between medical school and the start of residency

Preferred Name: Abby
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Undergrad: Marquette University
Med school: PCOM
Hobbies/Interests: Trying new cafes and restaurants, travel, thrifting, musical theater, rock climbing, lifting, reading, movies
Favorite movies/TV shows: A league of their own, Chicago, Scrubs, Bering her back, Indiana Jones, Abbott Elementary, Game of Thrones, Obsession, When Harry Met Sally
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: I love Thai, Indian, and Chinese food, but I’ve recently been on a big Halal kick!
Five Year Plan: Either finishing up a fellowship in Health Policy or starting my career as an attending. Wherever life takes me!
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Trying to make it as an international food critic or travel influencer
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Atom Eve or Green Lantern
Random fact: There’s a picture of me on the moon!

Preferred name: Ellen
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Undergrad: Cornell University
Med School: Case Western Reserve University
Hobbies/Interests: Running, K-pop fangirling, couch potato-ing with other people's pets, watching anything from trashy TV to anime
Favorite movies/TV shows: Pink Panther, High School Musical, Princess Diaries, Haikyuu
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Anything I didn't have to make myself
Five Year Plan: Become a rockstar EM attending
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? Professional dogwalker
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Sokka
Random Fact: My first word was "oishi" (delicious in Japanese)

Preferred name: Alec Karousatos
Hometown: Robbinsville, NJ
Undergrad: University of Southern California
Med School: Temple
Hobbies/Interests: Running, playing guitar, producing music, hanging out with friends and family
Favorite movies/TV shows: Obsession, Better Call Saul
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Mexican or Greek
Five Year Plan: To learn as much as possible from my patients
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? Audio engineer or music producer
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Johnny Bravo
Random Fact: I biked from Pittsburgh to DC last summer on my own will

Hometown: Philly, PA
Undergrad: Penn
Med School: Drexel
Hobbies/Interests: Baking, hiking, napping, peletoning
Favorite movies/TV shows: Severance, Survivor, Breaking Bad, Love is Blind, The Lizzie McGuire Movie
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Sushi, Enchiladas, Cookie cake, anything from Suraya
Five Year Plan: Become an amazing EM doc and even better dog mom
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? Become a professional food blogger
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Edna Mode from The Incredibles
Random Fact: I found I long-lost sister through 23andMe!

Preferred Name: Ari
Hometown: Chevy Chase, Maryland
Undergrad: Pitt
Med School: PCOM
Hobbies/Interests: Biking, checking out the Philly restaurant scene, watching sports
Favorite movies/TV Shows: Broad City, Survivor, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Gilmore Girls
Favorite Foods/Restaurents: Saloon, Parc, Masala Kitchen, Farina Di Vita
Five Year Plan: Be an attending, live in Philly, have a dog
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Operations for a health clinic
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Ms. Frizzle
Random fact: I played the tuba in high school

Preferred name: Sanjana
Hometown: Freehold, NJ
Undergrad: Baylor University
Med School: Cooper Medical School
Hobbies/Interests: Reading murder mysteries, baking/eating sweet treats, and questing to find Philly’s best restaurants
Favorite movies/TV shows: Mulan, Project Hail Mary, Modern Family, and Young Sheldon
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Café Olé, Little Nonnas, and Grandma’s Philly
Five Year Plan: Finish residency and turn into an ED doctor able to practice anywhere!!! I hope to be practicing medicine along with public or global health in Philly
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? I’d be a stage manager on Broadway. I adore musicals, and love to understand the inner workings of complex productions that when well managed, look flawless.
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Perry the Platypus
Random Fact: I collect decks of cards as souvenirs when I travel!

Hometown: White Salmon, WA
Undergrad: Westminister University
Med School: Penn State College of Medicine
Hobbies/Interests: Skiing, hiking, paddle boarding, windsurfing, jumping into lakes and rivers, baking pies, piano, eating breakfast burritos, laying in parks
Favorite movies/TV shows: The West Wing, Arrested Development, Sherlock, Peaky Blinders, Burn After Reading
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Anything involving pasta, cheese, dumplings in any form, pastel de nata, ice cream, flan, mushrooms, eggplant, olives, pickles
Five Year Plan: I have a three year plan: Learn lots about EM and discover the best breakfast burrito in Philly
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? Cheese Microbiologist (its a real job), Pastry Chef, or Train Conductor
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Jerry from Tom and Jerry
Random Fact: My one-and-only woodshop project in highschool was to make a fully functional pair of skis that I have never skied

Hometown: Philly Suburbs
Undergrad: Binghamton University
Med School: Jefferson
Hobbies/Interests: Cooking, hiking, photography, casual board-games.
Favorite movies/TV shows: Star Wars (esp. Episode III), The Matrix, John Wick, Scrubs, Avatar the Last Airbender (animated), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Chuck, Stranger Things
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Pizza, Mac & Cheese, Dumplings, Tacos. Whatever is for dinner at my parents house. Unit Su Vege (anything), Mama’s Vegetarian (falafel), Goldie (tahini shakes), Malai (ice cream)
Five Year Plan:Learn to be a great EM doc. Maybe Crit Care fellowship, otherwise, get a job in or near Philly. Try to learn a little Spanish
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing? Probably IM or anesthesia if not EM, but still in medicine. If not medicine, probably software engineering again.
Random Fact: I have been with my wife for more than a third of my life. My dog is actually calm when we don’t have guests over.

Preferred name: Justin
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Undergrad: Washington University in St. Louis
Med School: Warren Alpert School of Medicine / Brown University
Hobbies/Interests: My dog, sports (a little too much), Baltimore sports teams (none of this Philly crap), reading, podcasts, meditation, hiking, SLEEEP
Favorite movies/TV shows: Movies: Get Out, Spirited Away, Coco, anything from Christopher Nolan; TV Shows: Avatar the last airbender (please no live action), Curb your enthusiasm, Psych, Shogun, Ted Lasso
Favorite Foods/Restaurants: Foods: Trader Joe’s Dark chocolate PB cups (refrigerated), PB&J sandwiches (uncrustables acceptable), Mint chocolate chip ice cream; Restaurants: Cafe La Maude (dangerously close to where I live), Kalaya (unreal), Ekiben (in Baltimore), Raising Canes
Five Year Plan: As a former teacher, and someone who loves educating and mentoring and hopes to be a life long learner, I’m likely headed for academic medicine. I get tons of joy + fulfillment out of teaching so want to be surrounded by residents, med students, etc. Also rescue another dog. And learn / improve my tennis skills. Very underrated sport. Celebrate a Ravens super bowl victory. And have a wonderful wedding with my fiance!
If you weren't doing EM, what would you be doing?
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Shaggy from Scooby Doo - I could always go for a snack and am grumpy without one.
Random Fact: Teaching for sure! Being back with my 5th graders would be awesome.