2017 Inductees

Name: Beza Abebe
Hometown: Ethiopia; WashingtonDC; Alhambra, CA
Undergrad: UC San Diego
Major: Physiology & Neuroscience
Future Plans: Pediatrics/EM; interests inpublic health, healthcaremanagement, and quality improvement
Fun Fact: I love to do outdoor/thrill-seeking adventures on every trip!

Name: Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz
Hometown: Santa Barbara
Undergrad: New York University
Major: Happiness
Future Plans: Finding my way into global health both as a clinician and researcher
Fun Fact: I have five middle names.

Name: Kaitlin Arena
Hometown: Redmond, WA
Undergrad: Stanford University
Major: Human Biology
Future Plans: Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
Fun Fact: In my dreams, I can tap dance AND play the piano. In the meantime, I'm pursuing a Masters in Public Health with a focus on child and adolescent health and will return to UCLA in 2018.

Name: Kian Asanad
Hometown: Woodland Hills, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Major: Biology
Future Plans: Urology
Fun Fact: I can speak four languages.

Name: John (Jonji) Barber
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA
Undergrad: UC Davis
Major: Exercise Biology
Future Plans: Pediatrics, Academic Medicine
Fun Fact: I love, love, LOVE musicals and regularly drive to my rotations blasting Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, or Hamilton. 

Name: Adam Braun
Hometown: Tarzana, CA
Undergrad: Emory University
Major: Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology
Future Plans: Internal Medicine; learning; teaching; volunteering
Fun Fact: For six years, and through six continents, I traveled exclusively with a single laundry bag as my suitcase. I also have a schizophrenic poodle.

Name: Alice Brown
Hometown: Stockport, England & Temecula, California
Undergrad: University of California, Riverside
Major: Global Studies
Future Plans: Ob/Gyn
Fun Fact: My siblings and I were delivered at home by a midwife.

Name: Nate Coggins
Hometown: Saratoga, California
Undergrad: University of Michigan
Major: Environmental Health Science
Future Plans: Pediatric Medicine
Fun Fact: I've spent all my savings traveling to all seven continents.

Name: Allison Coleman
Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
Undergrad: Swarthmore
Major: Psychology
Future Plans: Pediatrics, medical education
Fun Fact: I played volleyball in college, and I used to coach volleyball before I started med school. 

Name: Edgar Corona
Hometown: Baldwin Park, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Major: Biochemistry (with a minor in Chicana/o Studies)
Future Plans: MPH in Health Policy, Family or Internal Med
Fun Fact: My favorite Christmas movie is Gremlins!

Name: Allison Estrada
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergrad: UCSD
Major: Human Biology, Minor in Global Health
Future Plans: Serve the community as a Family doctor 
Future Plans: Family Medicine! Plan to care for underserved patients in the community 
What makes a good day in medicine great? Providing comprehensive care for patients in community clinics absolutely makes my heart sing! I feel so grateful that I can learn something new every day from my patients.

Name: Alex Garrett
Hometown: Fryeburg, Maine
Undergrad: Stanford University
Major: Biology with theater minor Studies: Human Memory and Cognition
Future Plans: Emergency medicine, medical education
Fun Fact: I have "played" with the Stanford Band in 2 Rose Bowl parades, and once led a band of sax-playing lumberjacks while dressed as a German milk maid.

Name: Anju Goyal
Hometown: Rockford, IL
Undergrad: University of Chicago
Major: Biology
Future Plans: Med-Peds or Peds
Fun Fact: When I was a kid, I thought I caused an earthquake by eating a crayon. Oops.

Name: John Horton
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergrad: Duke University
Major: Neuroscience
Future Plans: Psychiatry
Fun Fact: As a Duke Blue Devil,  I road-tripped to Indianapolis for a final four tournament and big win (even though I didn't get to play).

Name: Sarah Jensen
Hometown: Sandwich, MA
Undergrad: Northeastern University
Major: Chemistry
Future Plans: Internal medicine, academia
Fun Fact: I used to run ultra-marathons!

Name: Grace Kim
Hometown: Kent, WA
Undergrad: University of Washington
Major: Biology, Psychology
Future Plans: Pediatrics
Fun Fact: I love rock climbing and have somehow grown more scared of heights the longer I've done it.

Name: Richard Leuchter
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad: Wesleyan University
Major: Economics and Biochemistry
Future Plans: Internal Medicine
Fun Fact: I used to be a magician at kids’ parties!

Name: Gabriel Lopez
Hometown: Chino, CA
Undergrad: University of California, Riverside
Major: Biological Sciences
Future Plans: Addressing maternal health disparities in minority and low-income population as an OB/GYN
Fun Fact: For fun I love watching almost any cooking show on Food Network, pretending that I can cook, and training for marathons.

Name: Jessica Lucier
Hometown: San Juan Capistrano, CA
Undergrad: Harvard College
Major: Philosophy
Future Plans: Pediatrics or IM/Peds
Fun Fact: I pole vaulted in high school and college.

Name: O. Agatha Offorjebe
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Undergrad: Princeton
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Future Plans: Academic emergency medicine; global health research, policy, & advocacy
Fun Fact: I’ve visited 10 African countries and look forward to adding more to my list as a GloCal Fogarty Fellow in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Name: Rachel Ohman
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergrad: University of Chicago
Major: Biology
Future Plans: Career in academic medicine involving research and medical education.
Fun Fact: I learned to speak French in elementary school while my family and I lived in Nice for a year.

Name: Harman Rahal
Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Major: Physiological Science
Future Plans: Internal Medicine, GI or Hem/Onc
Fun Fact: I didn't speak any English until I started preschool at age 4, and partially learned from Sesame Street!

Name: Allen Rodriguez
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA
Undergrad: UC Berkeley
Major: Molecular Biology
Future Plans: Family Medicine
Fun Fact: Enjoys surfing and gardening.

Name: Eric Tam
Hometown: Alhambra, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Major: Neuroscience
Future Plans: I want to continue to breakdown health care disparities as a primary care physician
Fun Fact: Prior to medical school I worked on a food truck.

Name: Joe Torres
Hometown: Covina, CA. Veracruz, Mexico
Undergrad: UCLA
Major: Biology
Future Plans: Internal Medicine. After residency, my goal is to practice in an underserved community while getting involved in public policy at the local/state level. 
Fun Fact: I have two boys Gianni (2yo) and Sonny (4yo).

Name: Maxine Velazquez
Hometown: Whittier, CA
Undergrad: UC Berkeley
Major: Nutritional Science
Future Plans: Family Medicine
Fun Fact: Also known as the Spice Whisperer.

Name: Mignote Yilma
Hometown: Addis Ababa; Palo Alto
Undergrad: Stanford University
Major: Human Biology
Future Plans: General Surgery
Fun Fact: I love salsa dancing, after randomly picking it up in 2007.