Jack Allan, MD

Home town: Richmond, VA
Undergrad: University of Virginia – Go Hoos!
Major: Biology
Med School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Hobbies/Interests: Swimming, Running, Eating, Cooking, UVa Basketball (again, Go Hoos!), French Bulldogs, Breweries/Beer Gardens
Favorite movies or TV shows: Schitt’s Creek
Favorite Music: Classic Rock, Taylor Swift
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Gas station nacho cheese
Five year plan: Be a badass EM doc by day (or night) and rehabbing South Philly rowhomes by night (or day).
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Open a neighborhood restaurant that is equally dog-friendly as human-friendly.
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Spongebob, mostly because I’ve ripped my pants at at least two separate weddings.
Random fact: I taught myself to drive stick shift trial by fire on a bumpy road trip from Georgia to Virginia.

Jerry Boley, MD

Home town: Boca Raton, FL
Undergrad: University of Florida
Major: Biology
Med School: Florida Atlantic University
Hobbies/Interests: Playing flag football, volleyball, hiking, kayaking, anything else outdoors, Florida Gator football
Favorite movies or TV shows: NFL Redzone, GOT, HIMYM
Favorite Music: Pretty much everything
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Steak, Chicken parm, Belgium waffles
Five year plan: Convince everyone else’s dog to love me more, finish residency, travel to Australia
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Charter fishing boat captain
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Air bud
Random fact: I was born with 6 toes on my left foot

Kelly Dougherty, MD

Home town: Bala Cynwyd (pronounced exactly like it’s spelled 
Undergrad: NYU Abu Dhabi
Major: Bio
Med School: NYU
Hobbies/Interests: Travel, knitting, tea, sheepskins
Favorite movies or TV shows: Love Actually
Favorite Music: scandie synth pop
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Lebanese/levantine
Five year plan: to not forget my dreams of today and become complacent. also fellowship n’ out.
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Policy work in the UAE or Norway
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? This answer would be better if I knew many/any; Jerry
Random fact:  Google image search Emirati man traditional greeting. It warms the heart.

Emily Fu, MD

Home town: Holmdel, NJ
Undergrad: Brown
Major: English, Neuroscience
Med School: Brown
Hobbies/Interests: crosswords, pool, fiction + poetry, knitting, garlic bread, walking around
Favorite movies or TV shows: Jurassic Park, all natural disaster +/- monster movies (except not Sharknado)
Favorite Music: sad ladies singing sad songs
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: sushi, dumplings, spag & m
Five year plan: who’s to say
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? child life or maybe working in a plant store

What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Courage the Cowardly Dog
Random fact: I used to have pet silkworms as a kid, but they were no fun.

Zak Grunwald, MD

Home town:  San Rafael, California
Undergrad:  UC Berkeley
Major:  Molecular and Cell Biology (Neurobiology Emphasis)
Med School: Yale School of Medicine
Hobbies/Interests: Hiking, camping, backpacking, road cycling, mountain biking, local culture (arts, festivals, museums, critical mass, etc)
Favorite movies or TV shows: Game of Thrones, Narcos, Atlanta, Star Trek TNG, Rick & Morty, The Americans, Planet Earth/Blue Planet/Human Planet/Our Planet, Fargo (TV series), Breaking Bad, Scrubs
Favorite Music: The War on Drugs, The California Honeydrops, Twin Peaks, Allah-Lahs, Teebs,  Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, Logic, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Otis Redding, Parquet Courts, Nap Eyes, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, Brad Mehldau, Jinsang
Favorite Foods/Restaurant:  Burritos with fresh guacamole, medium roast coffees, beers that taste like pine forests (I am a California stereotype)
Five year plan: happiness, equilibrium, excellence, fellowship
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Neuro(critical care), interventional rads, or bike shop owner
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? According to BuzzFeed: Daria (but I think more accurately, some strange amalgamation of Daria, Pumba, and Bugs Bunny)
Random fact: It rains solid diamonds on Neptune and Uranus

David Link, MD

Home town: Minnetonka, MN
Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
Major: Biology
Med School: Temple
Hobbies/Interests: Hiking, camping, any water activity, hockey, rowing, running, board games, music, crossword puzzles, long romantic walks to the fridge
Favorite movies or TV shows: Firefly, Scrubs, The West Wing, the Food Network as a whole, Anchorman, Remember the Titans
Favorite Music: Classic rock, I am useless after 1988 but am very willing to learn
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: There are way too many great foods and places to choose from! Soup dumplings or Tasty Place in Chinatown, Moriarty’s chicken wings, John’s Roast Pork, El Jarocho (definitely the best kept taco secret in Philly)
Five year plan: Finish residency (fellowship?), have kids, not fail at dad-ing
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? I like to picture myself as one of those guys in Belize who takes tourists out on his catamaran to go snorkel and swim with sharks every day
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Chip from Rescue Rangers… Solving crimes for animals instead of humans? Count me in
Random fact: I didn’t know that field hockey existed until I moved out to Philly

Kelly McHugh, MD

Home town: Newtown, PA
Undergrad: Dartmouth College
Major: Biology
Med School: Duke University
Hobbies/Interests: Hiking, exercise, hanging out with animals, horseback riding, spending time with my family and friends
Favorite movies or TV shows: Parenthood, Sex and the City, Grey’s Anatomy, The Handmaid’s Tale, ER, A Star is Born
Favorite Music: Spotify Today’s Top Hits, Khalid, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Cold Play
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Anything chocolate, bagels, brussel sprouts, Sweetgreen, vegetarian restaurants
Five year plan: Learn a lot of medicine and get a dog.
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? In medicine I’d probably be a hospitalist, or ideally, I’d open my own doggy daycare
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Cinderella
Random fact: I’ve never been to Chipotle

Jess Moore, MD

Home town: ​Medford, NJ
Undergrad: Lehigh University
Major: Biology
Med School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Hobbies/Interests: Running, tumbling, going to concerts, traveling, going to the beach
Favorite movies or TV shows: Friends, The Office, Criminal Minds, This Is Us, Grey’s Anatomy
Favorite Music: Country. All time favorites include Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, and Brad Paisley
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Italian, Reese’s peanut butter cups
Five year plan: Learn lots of medicine and have fun throughout residency
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? High school teacher
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? ​Mary Poppins
Random fact: ​ As a kid, I sang backup in a song that is on Spotify

Allyson Raymond, MD

Hometown: Nashville, TN
Undergrad: Georgetown University
Major: Neurobiology
Med School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Hobbies/Interests: rock climbing, painting, cooking, visiting art galleries, playing with my puppy
Favorite Movies or TV shows: Game of Thrones, Criminal Minds, Call the Midwife, Harry Potter, Lost, Hell’s Kitchen, Project Runway
Favorite Music: Lumineers, Florence and the Machine, Lady Gaga, Queen
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: tacos, french fries, steak, boneless hot wings, pumpkin pie
Five year plan: learning how to be the best person and physician I can be to make a positive difference in the lives of others
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? working with war veterans experiencing homelessness and mental health problems
What superhero or cartoon character would you be? Pocahontas
Random fact: I was a bili(rubin) baby

Troy Rivera, MD

Home town: Westampton, NJ
Undergrad: Wake Forest University
Major: Biology
Med School: UVA
Hobbies/Interests: Playing sports, going to concerts, lifting, skiing, traveling, cooking, and baking bread
Favorite movies or TV shows: The West Wing, The Office, Lion King, The Newsroom, and Dark Knight
Favorite Music: Electronic, alternative, oldies, rap (strictly 90s), and everything else non-country related
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Taco Bell
Five year plan: Complete residency, travel, do a fellowship, and cry while paying off student loans
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing?  Some sort of global health worker and/or ski bum
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Star-lord 
Random fact:  My pinky toes don’t touch the ground 

Josh Sowick, MD

Home town: Piedmont, CA
Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania
Major: Psychology
Med School: Chicago Medical School
Hobbies/Interests: My dogs Bear and Nori, racquetball, running, cycling,
hiking/climbing, trying new sports, good food and drink
Favorite movies or TV shows: The Wire, Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Bojack, Rick and Morty, Better Call Saul
Favorite Music: A little bit of everything
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Indian, Mexican, Sushi, Thai, Ethiopian
Five year plan: Get a job,  debt, and have fun training for the best job in the world.
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Own a farm with my
wife, but it would mostly be rescue dogs
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Thor
Random fact: I worked as a commercial fisherman in Homer, Alaska for 4 summers

Anika Turkiewicz, MD

Hometown: Chesapeake, VA
Undergrad: University of Virginia
Major: Biology
Med School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Hobbies/Interests: Running, hiking, climbing trees, HIIT, travelling, piano, reading
Favorite movies or TV shows: Life is Beautiful, Sound of Music, Trauma: Life in the ER
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Mediterranean, Vietnamese and Thai street food, Cinnamon Chip bread from Great Harvest, Goldie’s, tender coconuts
Five year plan: Thoroughly explore Philly sights and food, learn emergency medicine, pretend to be an adult
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Park ranger and white water rafting guide in New Zealand
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? I couldn’t think of either, but I would be a horse because I always have dried oatmeal, apples and carrots in my backpack.

Random fact: If I had to be one age forever it would be 17

Maggie Wolf, MD

Home town: Allentown, PA
Undergrad: Colorado College
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Med School: Temple
Hobbies/Interests: Figure skating, soccer, attempting recipes from The Great British Baking Show, succulents, flea markets, music festivals
Favorite movies or TV shows: The Great British Baking Show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Queer Eye, Jane the Virgin, Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, Rick and Morty, anything on HGTV
Favorite Music: The Avett Brothers, The Wild Reeds, Maggie Rogers, Brandi Carlile, and most importantly Taylor Swift
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Ramen, soup dumplings, Wegman’s ultimate chocolate cake, and Chipotle
Five year plan: Figure out my niche in EM, learn spanish, and own a pair of scrubs in every color
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Star in my own show on HGTV and/or join Taylor Swift’s squad
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Lisa Simpson
Random fact: I have eaten cheerios for breakfast for the past fifteen years

Greg Zandrow, MD

Home town: Sharon, MA
Undergrad: Boston College
Major: Biology
Med School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, surfing, kite surfing, scuba diving, chilling on a beach somewhere, snowboarding, pretending to know something about wine or craft beer
Favorite movies or TV shows: GoT. Re-watching Planet Earth, Blue Planet, The Office, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, Rick and Morty, or The Simpsons.
Favorite Music: Depends on what’s going on, might be pop, might be EDM, might be Disney, might be Hans Zimmer.
Favorite Foods/Restaurant: Buffalo anything
Five year plan: I don’t even have a 1 year plan
If you weren’t doing EM, what would you be doing? Running around the developing world trying to be Paul Farmer
What super hero or cartoon character would you be? Kronk from The Emperor’s New Groove
Random fact: I’m CPR certified