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AOA Class of 2020 Co-Presidents

Alessandra Chen

Name: Angela Chen
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergrad: Yale University
Major: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Specialty Pursuing: Ophthalmology
Favorite Quote: “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
- Albert Einstein

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Name: Cher Huang
Hometown: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Undergrad: MIT
Major: Biology
Specialty Pursuing:  Med-Peds or Internal Medicine 
Favorite Quote: “"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor"
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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Name: Ernest Lee
Hometown: Del Mar, CA
Undergrad: California Institute of Technology
Major: Physics
Graduate School: University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Major: Bioengineering
Specialty Pursuing: Dermatology
Favorite Quote: "Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible"
- Richard Feynman

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Name: Kelsey Lipman
Hometown: Naples, Florida
Undergrad: Washington University in St. Louis
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Specialty Pursuing: Plastic Surgery
Favorite Quote: “Swimming with sharks is like any other skill: It cannot be learned from books alone; the novice must practice in order to develop the skill.”
- Voltaire Cousteau

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Name: Shanice McKenzie
Hometown: Copiague, NY
Undergrad: Cornell University
Major: Biology & Society
Specialty Pursuing: Dermatology
Favorite Quote: "When you learn, teach. When you get, give."
- Maya Angelou

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Name: Nirali Patel
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
Undergrad: Arizona State University
Major: Global Health and Biological Sciences
Specialty Pursuing: Dermatology
Favorite Quote: “"You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become. "
- Bhagavad Gita

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Name: Steve Zhou
Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
Undergrad: University of Southern California
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Specialty Pursuing: Urology
Favorite Quote: "True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care—with no one there to see or cheer. This is the world."
- David Foster Wallace, 
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AOA Members

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Name: Seth Ahlquist
Hometown: Loomis, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Major: Biochemistry
Specialty Pursuing: Orthopaedic Surgery
Favorite Quote: “Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” – John Wooden

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Name: Arash Amighi
Hometown: Encino, CA
Undergrad:UCLA
Major: 
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetiscs
Specialty Pursuing:  
Urology
Favorite Quote: 
: “Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.” - Alan Ginsberg

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Name: John Cabri
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Undergrad: Santa Clara University
Major: Molecular Biology and Psychology
Specialty Pursuing:  Urology 
Favorite Quote: : "I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time." - Banksy

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Name: David DiTullio
Hometown: Vancouver, WA
Undergrad: Pomona College
Major: Molecular Biology, Mathematics
Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine
Favorite Quote: “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka’ but ‘That’s funny…” - Isaac Asimov

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Name: Catherine Durant
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Major:Physiological Science
Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine
Favorite Quote: “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” - Confucius

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Name:Bryan Huebner
Hometown: Benicia, CA
Undergrad: Northwestern University
Major: Biological Sciences
Specialty Pursuing: Anesthesiology
Favorite Quote: “Being silly is still allowed, not excluded by adulthood. What’s excluded by adulthood is thoughtlessness, so be thoughtful and silly.” - Hank Green

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Name: Lauren Jatt
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergrad: Stanford University
Major: Human Biology
Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine
Favorite Quote: “The Human Project is one of connection.”

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Name: Shirley Jiang
Hometown: Foster City, CA
Undergrad: Stanford University
Major: Biology
Specialty Pursuing:  Internal Medicine
Favorite Quote: “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu

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Name: Nolan Maloney
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Undergrad: Yale
Major: Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Specialty Pursuing: Dermatology
Favorite Quote: “The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.” - Kobe Bryant

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Name: Alfonso Molina
Hometown: East Palo Alto, CA
Undergrad: University of San Francisco
Major: Biology
Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine
Favorite Quote: “What you envision in your mind, how you see yourself, and how you envision the world around you is of great importance because those things become your focus.” - Eric Thomas

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Name: Jasmin Neal
Hometown: Somerset, NJ
Undergrad: Columbia University
Major: Biology, Race and Ethnicity Studies
Specialty Pursuing: General Surgery
Favorite Quote: “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde

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Name: Clarissa Niino
Hometown: Madera, CA
Undergrad: California State University, Fresno
Major: Biochemistry
Specialty Pursuing: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Favorite Quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

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Name: Angela Oh
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad: Harvard
Major: Neurobiology
Specialty Pursuing: Ophthalmology
Favorite Quote: “If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life” - Pablo Neruda

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Name: Ki Wan (Roy) Park
Hometown:San Ramon, CA
Undergrad:UC Berkeley
Major: Bioengineering
Specialty Pursuing:  Otolaryngology
Favorite Quote: “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are far more than our abilities” - Dumbledore

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Name: Young-Ji Seo
Hometown: Corona, CA
Undergrad: UC Berkeley
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies
Specialty Pursuing: General Surgery
Favorite Quote: “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones” - Confucious

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Name: Sajan Shah
Hometown: Milpitas, CA
Undergrad: University of California, Los Angeles
Major: Biology
Specialty Pursuing: Anesthesiology
Favorite Quote: “When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom.” - Larry David

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Name: Kylie Shaw
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Undergrad: University of Southern California (USC)
Major: Biological Sciences, Minor in Health Care Studies
Specialty Pursuing: Orthopaedic Surgery
Favorite Quote: “This is what dreams are made of.” - Lizzie McGuire

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Name: Montana Upton
Hometown: Napa, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Major: Neuroscience, Minor in Biomedical Research
Specialty Pursuing: Otolaryngology
Favorite Quote: “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

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Name: Jonathan Warren
Hometown: Fremont, CA
Undergrad: University of California, Los Angeles
Major: Biochemistry
Specialty Pursuing: Emergency Medicine
Favorite Quote: “I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay; small acts of kindness and love.” - J.R.R Tolkein

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Name: Lisa Shiliang Zhang
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Undergrad: Yale
Major: Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and Literature
Specialty Pursuing: Internal Medicine
Favorite Quote: “We turn not older with years but newer every day.” - Emily Dickinson

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