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