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2015 MatchRush University Medical Center

Department of Internal Medicine

Incoming Internal Medicine Housestaff

2015-2016

Medical School:Tulane University

Graduate School:Vanderbilt University

Undergraduate School:Vanderbilt University

Fun Fact:I once made Jerry Seinfeld laugh.

Michael Accavitti

Medical School:University of Tennessee

Undergraduate School:Vanderbilt University

Fun Fact:My grandfather was the first person to climb the highest mountain in all seven continents.

Will Barge

Medical School:Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Undergraduate School:Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan

Fun Fact:I love art and music.

Usman Barlass

Medical School:

University of South Florida

Undergraduate School:New York University

Fun Fact:

I find it difficult to live without pizza.

Parva Bhatt

Medical School:Saint Louis University

Undergraduate School:Drury University in Springfield, MO

Fun Fact:I hope to one day completely fill all of the pages in my passport.

Jessie Bjorklund

Medical School:Case Western Reserve University

Undergraduate School:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fun Fact:I’ll never get on a mountain bike again after flipping over and landing on my head, though I still enjoy road biking.

Michael Choe

Medical School:Chicago Medical School

Undergraduate School:University of Colorado at Boulder

Fun Fact:I am left-handed, and the majority of my family (my mom, sister, and myself) is also left-handed.

Kelsey Chow

Medical School:University of the Philippines

Undergraduate School:University of the Philippines

Fun Fact:I am an avid tennis player (who uses two forehands) and stock trader (who uses candlesticks).

Michael Lawrenz Co

Medical School:Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

Undergraduate School:Seattle Pacific University

Fun Fact:I’ve been lucky enough to see soccer games in 19 different cities, 7 different countries, and 3 different continents.

Jimmy Coggan

Medical School:University of Toledo


Fun Fact:I once met and had lunch with Britney Spears.

Catherine Daley

Medical School:Rush Medical College

Undergraduate School:Washington University in St. Louis

Fun Fact:When I was 7 years old, I was a Bat Girl for the Chicago White Sox for a day.

Rebecca Deutsch

Medical School:Boston University

Undergraduate School:Boston College

Fun Fact:I grew up in Warsaw, Poland and Dubai, UAE.

Greg Fenton


Undergraduate School:Emory University

Fun Fact:I love snowboarding.

Rachel Forman


Undergraduate School:University of Illinois at Chicago

Fun Fact:I have been an active dance company member of Natya Dance Theatre (an Indian classical dance company in Chicago - www.natya.com) since 2008. Everyone is welcome to our future performances in the city!

Anu Gampa

Medical School:University of Illinois


Fun Fact:I was born on India’s Independence Day!

Nitin Garg

Medical School:University of the Philippines

Undergraduate School:University of the Philippines

Fun Fact:I was pop-singing school trained at age 10.

Joanne Michelle Gomez


Undergraduate School:University of Michigan

Fun Fact:“I have the coolest girlfriend in the world – she even does my homework for me!” (written by Sam’s girlfriend)

Sam Goodman


Undergraduate School:Loyola University Chicago

Fun Fact:I’ve been white water rafting in the Nile River.

Thayer Hamoudah


Undergraduate School:City University of New York

Fun Fact:I am probably the biggest candy addict you will ever meet, especially anything Haribo!

Jennifer Harris

Medical School:Virginia Commonwealth University


Fun Fact:I've been an extra twice for Showtime's Shameless, and also for two movies: Contagion and The Dilemma (the latter in which I accidentally brushed Channing Tatum's shoulder and stood only a few feet from Vince Vaughn)!

Connie Ho


Undergraduate School:University of Wisconsin

Fun Fact:I am an undefeated limbo champion.

Liz (Ince) Elliott

Medical School:New York Medical College

Undergraduate School:University of Michigan

Fun Fact:I have lived in five different countries – Saudi Arabia, India, England, Wales, and the United States.

Aditya Jain


Undergraduate School:University of Illinois

Fun Fact:I really enjoy traveling and New Zealand is one of my dream destinations!

Julia Katsnelson

Medical School:Georgetown university

Undergraduate School:University of Notre Dame

Fun Fact:I bungee jumped off the world’s highest commercial bungee jump.

Teresa Lee

Medical School:Southern Illinois University

Undergraduate School:University of Illinois

Fun Fact:I was a cheerleader for the Fighting Illini. ILL-INI!

Katie (Lowry) Welter

Medical School:University of Washington

Undergraduate School:University of Wyoming

Fun Fact:I have lived in all the time zones in the continental US.

Stephanie Lyden

Medical School:Saint Louis University

Undergraduate School:Washington University in St. Louis

Fun Fact:I enjoy playing tennis and dancing.

Diane Ma


Undergraduate School:Wheaton College

Fun Fact:I am the middle child of 7 kids.

Jacob Manske

Medical School:Wright State University

Undergraduate School:Wittenberg University

Fun Fact: I grew up in Columbus (go Bucks!)

and went to both undergrad and med school within an hour of home. I am beyond excited to be living outside of Ohio for the first time and to experience a new city!

Jayne Miely

Medical School:The Ohio State University

Undergraduate School:University of Toledo

Fun Fact:In the third grade I made a girl laugh so hard she threw up on me.

Alex Moseley


Undergraduate School:Lawrence University of Wisconsin

Fun Fact:My birthday is April 1st/April Fool's Day. For the first few hours after I was born, all of my relatives thought my parents were pranking them. I occasionally get gag gifts such as a nested, progressively smaller boxes, each wrapped, with a present all of the way on the inside.

Brent Nathan

Medical School:Indiana University

Undergraduate School:Indiana University

Fun Fact:I can lick my elbows.

Patrick Onkka

Medical School:University of South Florida

Undergraduate School:University of Florida

Fun Fact:Brunching is my favorite activity!

Tara Orekondy

Medical School:George Washington University

Graduate School:Trinity College Dublin

Undergraduate School:University of Southern California

Fun Fact:I grew up in San Diego. I played competitive ice hockey for years, but I can't surf.

Brent Ozaki

Medical School:Louisiana State University

Undergraduate School:Tulane University

Fun Fact:I love to travel - I'm currently in an airport in Mexico on my way to spend 2 weeks trekking in Patagonia.

Akshar Patel

Medical School:Virginia Commonwealth University

Undergraduate School:Carroll University

Fun Fact:I once met Johnny Depp at my grandmother’s house.

Hana Poser



Fun Fact:I speak Lithuanian fluently.

Tom Quinn


Undergraduate School:Northwestern University

Fun Fact:I am allergic to nuts, seafood, chickpeas, and the skin of apples!

Priya Rajakumar

Medical School:University of Toledo

Undergraduate School:The Ohio State University

Fun Fact:I was born in England and have traveled to 15 countries!

Nischal Raya

Medical School:UT Southwestern

Undergraduate School:Yale University

Fun Fact:At under 5 feet tall, I was the American representative for the Shalom College Women's Intramural Basketball team at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Jen Rossen

Medical School:Wake Forest School of Medicine

Undergraduate School:Brandeis University

Fun Fact:I lived in three countries growing up.

Candice Schwartz



Fun Fact:I was obsessed with Michael Jordan as a kid (and still kind of am) and have a collection of ~1000 MJ basketball cards

Charlie Schwartz



Fun Fact:I love all things coconut!

Kathy Slota


Undergraduate School:University of Pennsylvania

Fun Fact:I was born at Rush, and so were my two siblings and all three of my children, ages 7, 5 and 1.

Alexandra Small

Medical School:University of Utah

Undergraduate School:Northeastern University

Fun Fact:I love playing outdoors (hiking, trail running, skiing, rock climbing) and am looking forward to living near the water for a change from the desert!

Tammy Smith



Fun Fact:I have tried every item on Taco Bell’s menu.

Frank Tenuto

Medical School:University of Illinois at Chicago

Undergraduate School:The University of Chicago

Fun Fact:I enjoy taking Latin dance classes.

Denise Valero



Fun Fact:JK Rowling told me that I look like Harry Potter when I was a kid.

Krishnan Warrior

Incoming Anesthesiology

Housestaff2015-2016

Medical School:Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Undergraduate School:Wellesley College

Fun Fact:I have watched Disney's Frozen at least a hundred times because my two year old daughter caught the Frozen fever!

Jenny Chan



Fun Fact:I am a 4th degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, a Sparring Competitor, and I love all sports.

John Ha

Medical School:Ross University

Undergraduate School:Rutger’s University

Fun Fact:On a recent trip to India, I had an opportunity to visit Dalhousie - (the western edge of the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas). It's only about a 2.5 hour drive from my grandparents' home there.

Inderbir Johal



Fun Fact:I threw the hammer, weight throw, javelin, and discus in college and have marks in Loyola's top ten of all time.

Leili Khorassani

Medical School:University of Virginia

Undergraduate School:University of Virginia

Fun Fact:I enjoy making pies from scratch.

Brian Luu


Undergraduate School:University of Connecticut

Fun Fact:I grew up in Canada and am one of the few people to retain my dual citizenship!

Sarah Rahman

Medical School:Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Undergraduate School:George Mason University

Fun Fact:I like running, swimming, and reading. I also love listening to music, and you probably do not want to be near me when I sing.

Jackie Ta

Medical School:St. George’s University

Undergraduate School:Queen’s University (Canada)

Fun Fact:I am a huge tennis fan!

Avanthi Tudor

Incoming Med/Peds Housestaff2015-2016


Undergraduate School:Santa Clara University

Fun Fact:I taught Michael Jackson's Thriller dance to middle schoolers while teaching in India prior to medical school.

Ashley Buchanan

Medical School:UT Southwestern

Undergraduate School:Brigham Young University

Fun Fact:I am a lover of craft beer.

Aaron Hart

Angela Li Medical School:

Penn State Hershey College of Medicine

Undergraduate School:Johns Hopkins University

Fun Fact:I met Jackie Chan while volunteering for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Medical School:University of Illinois at Chicago


Fun Fact:Before I wanted to do medicine, I wanted to be an aspiring rapper.

Xixi Zhao

Incoming PM&R Housestaff2015-2016

Medical School:St. George’s University

Undergraduate School:University of California, Irvine

Fun Fact:I almost died trying hot yoga once. It’s not for amateurs.

Minh Nguyen



Fun Fact:I am still learning how to spell my name.

Tasso Papagiannopoulos

Medical School:Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine

Undergraduate School:Albion College

Fun Fact:I play most racket sports, including tennis, squash, and platform tennis.

Jon VandenBerg

Incoming Primary Care Housestaff

2015-2016


Undergraduate School:University of California, Santa Cruz

Fun Fact:I love camping and hiking and just got certified in adult wilderness life support.

Stephanie Campbell


Undergraduate School:Lawrence University

Fun Fact:I love playing bar trivia. One mock interviewer actually told me not to include that in my ERAS application, but I kept it in anyways. I'm happy I did because it made the interview trail a lot more fun. I was asked about bar trivia at almost half my interview days, and I was actually "pimped" a few times on random trivia during interviews. My favorite question was: Who is Rush named after and why?

Mohit Gupta

Medical School:A.T. Still University

Undergraduate School:University of California, Davis

Fun Fact:I love to bake, so get ready for some fresh homemade goodies this year!

Sumeet Singh

Medical School:Windsor University

Undergraduate School:Mount Saint Mary’s

Fun Fact:I love basketball and am a die hard New York Knicks fan.

Trilochan Singh

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