Name: Alessandra Chen Hometown: Folsom, CA Undergrad: Haverford College Major: BiologySpecialty Pursuing: Dermatology Favorite Quote: "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Name: Farnoosh Nik-AhdHometown: San Ramon, CAUndergrad: UCLAMajor: Neuroscience and Women’s StudiesSpecialty Pursuing: Urology Favorite Quote: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.” - Plato
Name: Chelsea Roberts Hometown: Alamo, CA Undergrad: Washington University in St. Louis Major: Systems Science and Mathematics, Psychology Specialty Pursuing: Family Medicine Favorite Quote: The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Name: Naomi So Hometown: Saratoga, CA Undergrad: UCLA Major: Physiological Science Specialty Pursuing: Dermatology Favorite Quote: "For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea." - E.E. Cummings
Name: Rosa Valtanen Hometown: Vantaa, Finland Undergrad: University of California, Irvine Major: Human Biology Specialty Pursuing: Orthopaedic Surgery Favorite Quote: "Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" - Mary Anne Radmacher
Name: Natalia Vecerek Hometown: Palos Verdes Estates, CA Undergrad: Dartmouth College Major: Neuroscience with a Minor in Geography Specialty Pursuing: Dermatology Favorite Quote: “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion” - Abraham Lincoln
Name: Alexander Yuen Hometown: Elk Grove, CA Undergrad: University of Southern California Major: Biological Sciences Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine Favorite Quote: "Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia." - John Green
Name: Jason Chen Hometown: Gainesville, FL Undergrad: Duke University Major: Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry Specialty Pursuing: Neurosurgery Favorite Quote: "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus, Retour à Tipasa
Name: John ChristensenHometown: Durango, COUndergrad: Carleton CollegeMajor: Biology with a Minor in Cognitive ScienceSpecialty Pursuing: Internal MedicineFavorite Quote: "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
Name: Tim Ellis-CaleoHometown: Oakland, CAUndergrad: Washington University in St. LouisMajor: PhysicsSpecialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine Favorite Quote: "There is no try, only do." - Master Yoda
Name: Emily Miller Hometown: Portland, OR Undergrad: Willamette University Major: Chemistry Specialty Pursuing: Pediatrics Favorite Quote: "Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both influencing injury, and remedying it." - Albus Dumbledore
Name: Christopher Gonzales-Alabastro Hometown: Cypress, CA Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley Major:Bioengineering Specialty Pursuing: Urology Favorite Quote: "And at last you'll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.” - Audre Lorde
Name:Abbie Hageman Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA Undergrad: UCLA Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a Minor in Africa Studies Specialty Pursuing: Obstetrics and Gynecology Favorite Quote: "Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change" - Bob Kerrey
Name: Garrett Harada Hometown: Elk Grove, CA Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley Major: Molecular and Cell Biology Specialty Pursuing: Orthopaedic Surgery Favorite Quote: "Teamwork makes the dream work, but defense wins superbowls."
Name: Cynthia HeHometown: Davis, CAUndergrad: Stanford UniversityMajor: Biological SciencesSpecialty Pursuing: PsychiatryFavorite Quote: "Traveler, there is no road; you make your own path as you walk." - Antonio Machado
Name: Richard Hwang Hometown: San Ramon, CA Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley Major: Bioengineering Specialty Pursuing: Orthopaedic Surgery Favorite Quote: “Perhaps wisdom is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.” -Anthony Bourdain
Name: Peter Konyn Hometown: Durham, CA Undergrad: University of California, Davis Major: Pharmaceutical Chemistry with a minor in Chicana/o Studies Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine Favorite Quote: "Thank u, next" - Ariana Grande
Name: Emily Liang Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA Undergrad: Stanford University Major: Human Biology Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine Favorite Quote: "Do or do not. There is not try" - Yoda
Name: Benjamin Lin Hometown: Madison, WI Undergrad: University of Wisconsin, Madison Major: Biology Specialty Pursuing: Ophthalmology Favorite Quote: "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd
Name: Deborah Moon Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Undergrad: Duke University Major: Medical Sociology Specialty Pursuing: Dermatology Favorite Quote: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Name: Laith MukdadHometown:Anaheim, CAUndergrad:UCLAMajor: Political ScienceSpecialty Pursuing: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryFavorite Quote: "Success if peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming." - John Wooden
Name: Diana Partida Hometown: Torrance, CA Undergrad: Pomona College Major: Molecular Biology Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine Favorite Quote: “We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community…Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” - Cesar Chavez
Name: Lisa Quach Hometown: San Jose, CA Undergrad: University of California, Davis Major: Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine Favorite Quote: "Just be happy and be good to others." - My parents, on career and life choices!
Name: Benjamin Rostami Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Undergrad: University of Southern California Major: Biological Sciences Specialty Pursuing: Ophthalmology Favorite Quote: "Live before you die" - W.T. Johnson
Name: Manan Shah Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA Undergrad: University of Southern California Major: Neuroscience Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine Favorite Quote: "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." - Buddha
Name: Alex Upfill-Brown Hometown: Houston, TX Undergrad: Stanford University Major: Neurobiology Specialty Pursuing: Orthopaedic Surgery Favorite Quote: "It is not the beginning, but the continuing of the same unto the end, until it be thoroughly finished, which yieldeth the true glory” - Sir Francis Drake
Name: Julie Van Hassel Hometown: Zele, Belgium Undergrad: University of St Andrews Major: Biochemistry Specialty Pursuing: General Surgery Favorite Quote: "Ik wil, ik moet, en ik zal het kunnen."
Name: Julius Weng Hometown: West Hills, CA Undergrad: UCLA Major: Physiological Science Specialty Pursuing: Radiation Oncology Favorite Quote: "One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." - Freud
Name: Alexis Woods Hometown: Jacksonville, FL Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley Major: Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Neurobiology Specialty Pursuing: General Surgery Favorite Quote: "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
