Class of 2020

 

Bob Hoke, MD

Chief Resident
Hometown: New City, NY
Undergraduate School: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Rutgers NJMS
EM Interests: Academics, Medical Education
Hobbies: “You don’t need to know”
Previous Career: Concert planning / Advertising

Tome Levy, DO

Chief Resident
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduate School: Binghamton University
Medical School: NYITCOM
Foreign Languages: Hebrew, Russian
EM Interests: Resus, PEM
Hobbies: Chasing Archie (my sharpei/ridgeback) for that toilet paper he always manages to snag. Playing peekaboo with Huddy, my 6 month old little boy. Hanging on the boardwalk, there’s something calming about water. Traveling, can’t wait for vacation! Baking, even though I’m no good.
Previous Career: I was a sea otter ”expert” at the NY aquarium when I was 16 years old, does that count?

Antony Mathew, MD

Chief Resident
Hometown: Fort Myers, FL

Taryn Hoffman, MD, MS

Chief Resident
Hometown: Monrovia, CA
Undergraduate School: UCLA
Medical School: St. George’s University
Graduate School: New York Medical College
EM Interests: Ultrasound, Critical Care
Hobbies: Baking, snowboarding
Previous Career: Waitress/bartender

Humaira Ali, DO

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduate School: NYIT
Medical School: NYIT
EM Interests: Simulation, Event Medicine
Hobbies: Spending time with family, being outside at music festivals with friends whenever possible, preferably when Beyonce is mainstage
Previous Career: Stylist

Drew Carlton, MD

Hometown: Monroe, CT
Undergraduate School: Vassar College
Medical School: Hofstra School of Medicine
Foreign Languages: French
EM Interests: Simulation, peds
Hobbies: Hiking, cooking, board games
Previous Career: Verizon salesperson, tutor, research assistant

Sirivalli Chamarti, MD

Hometown: Irvine, CA
Undergraduate School: UCLA
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Foreign Languages: Selective Spanish
Hobbies: Trying new foods, traveling to new places and finding ways to keep working out interesting. Also eating at all the dessert places in NYC

Suman Gupta, MD

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Irina Mironova, MD

Hometown: Krasnodar, Russia
Hobbies: Volleyball, yoga

Tina Nguyen, MD

Birthplace: Vietnam
Undergraduate School: Missouri State University
Medical School: St. George's University
EM Interests: Not sure yet
Foreign Languages: Vietnamese
Hobbies: Watching Korean drama, reading, food tour/traveling
Previous Career: Logistics manager

Mark Ramzy, DO

Hometown: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate School: Canisius College
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
EM Interests: Critical Care, Defibrillation, FOAMed, Medical Education
Hobbies: Cooking, Baking Cheesecakes, Trying Food, Traveling, Soccer, Graphic Design
Previous Career: Sous Chef at a fine dining steak house, Paramedic EM
Twitter: @MRamzyDO

Alex Romero, MD

Hometown: Miami, FL
Undergraduate School: Yale University
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Foreign Languages: Spanish, Italian
EM Interests: Med Ed, International EM
Hobbies: Music production, screenwriting, improv comedy, hard sci-fi, cryptocurrency, wine enthusiast, travel
Previous Career: Cruise line inside sales rep, waiter, bartender, patient transporter, organic chemistry teaching fellow

Aaron Ryoo, MD, MS

Hometown: Born in Korea and then moved around a bit
Undergraduate School: NYU
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Graduate School: Pace University
Foreign Languages: Korean (kind of), Spanish (kind of)
Hobbies: Movies, bouldering, biking, rewatching old tv, eating
Previous Career: HS science teacher, waiter, various tertiary sector jobs, EMT

Aneri Sakhpara, MD

Hometown: Mumbai, India
Undergraduate School: Penn State
Medical School: St. George’s University
Foreign Languages: Hindi and Gujarati
EM Interests: Critical Care, Ultrasound
Hobbies: Sharks and Fantasy Fiction

Sneha Shah, MD

Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
Undergraduate School: Rutgers University
Medical School: New York Medical College
Foreign Languages: Gujurati
EM Interests: Wellness
Hobbies: Hangin’ with my nieces, travel, playing with pups, cardmaking, obsessing over the wall decor in my apt to satisfy my personal feng shui
Previous Career: EM scribbler, tutor, Central Park Zoo ticket attendant

Richard Wang, MD

Hometown: Newton, MA
Undergraduate School: University of Chicago
Medical School: University of Chicago
Foreign Languages: Mandarin
EM Interests: Event medicine, critical care
Hobbies: Traveling to lesser-known places, meeting international people, running,
Previous Career: I was a sea otter ”expert” at the NY aquarium when I was 16 years old, does that count?

Elly Warman, MD

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY