Garrett Berger, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin

Undergraduate School: University of Arizona

Hometown: Tucson, AZ

Hobbies/Activities: Golf, lifting weights in an attempt to get better at golf, bones, dog bones, my dogs, being dragged to the beach by my wife, breweries, board games, and home gym decor.

Cooper Ehlers, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: CalPoly San Luis Obispo

Hometown: El Segundo, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Golf, Green Bay Packers fanhood, cooking, working out, bad jokes, and golf.

Molly Hulbert, MD

Medical School: FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Cornell University

Hometown: Downey, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Figure skating, rugby, water skiing, snow skiing, surfing, baking, and Netflix.

Tyler Paras, MD

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Westmont College

Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Paddleboarding, spike ball, sporadically obsessed with chess, weight lifting, Netflix food/sports docuseries.

Angel Ordaz, MD

Medical School: UC San Francisco, School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC Davis

Hometown: Antioch, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Soccer, beach, live music, family and friends.

Nathan Fackler, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: The Ohio State University

Hometown: Loveland, OH

Hobbies/Activities: Hiking, running, Bengals football, Marvel, beach lounging, and Hillcrest cafeteria chicken fingers.

Tyler Wilps, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

Undergraduate School: University of Pittsburgh

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Hobbies/Activities: Writing (fiction/fantasy), surfing, traveling, health and exercise.

Phoebe Stark, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: University of Tennessee 

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

Hobbies/Activities: High altitude mountaineering, swim/bike/run, celestial navigation, cliff diving, audio books, airplane mode, attempting to keep plants alive.

Canhnghi Ta, MD

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC Santa Barbara

Hometown: Tustin, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Blacksmithing, spearfishing, freediving and swimming, anything with nature and outdoor activities.

Thaddeus Woodard, MD

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine, U Penn

Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University

Hometown: Toledo, OH

Hobbies/Activities: Climbing, running, biking, soccer, basketball, cooking, baking, and walks on the beach.

Claire Bonnyman, MD

Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Undergraduate School: Rice University, Houston, TX

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

Hobbies/Activities: Road trips, time with friends and family, live music, the beach, Taylor Swift, running, pretending other people’s dogs are my dogs. 

Alexander Chang, MD

Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Pacific Union College

Hometown: Grass Valley, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Surfing/beach days, basketball, golf, hiking to find my golf balls, tennis, skiing, lifting, piano/guitar, exploring cooking concepts, baking, global health care, woodworking/surfboard shaping, talking about Pohnpei, dad jokes, and playing ice cube hockey with my cat, LuLu. 

Avinaash Korrapati, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC San Diego

Hometown: San Jose, CA

Karch Smith, MD

Medical School: Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah

Undergraduate School: Brigham Young University

Hometown: Dana Point, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Playing beach volleyball, surfing, eating breakfast burritos, winning golf tournaments at orthopaedic conferences, chasing around my beautiful daughter on the beach, hiking, snowboarding, traveling, lifting, hot yoga, and sewing cool patches on backpacks/jackets.

Aaron Tran, MD

Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine - Pheonix

Undergraduate School: Arizona State University

Hometown: Gilbert, AZ

Hobbies/Activities: Brazilian jiu-jitsu/wrestling, playing music, snowboarding, backpacking, hiking with my dogs, being a high handicap golfer, specialty coffee, breweries.

Kelly Dopke, MD

Medical School: Pennsylvania State College of Medicine

Undergraduate School: University of Idaho

Hometown: Arcadia, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Anything outdoors (soccer, running, pickleball, volleyball, hiking, etc.), exploring new places, finding new recipes to meal prep, spending time with family and friends, Ted Lasso.

Claudio Ghetti, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Christopher Liu, MD

Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: University of Pittsburgh

Hometown: Sterling, VA

Hobbies/Activities: Working-out, pilates, fish tacos, lawn maintenance, reading, traveling, and Washington DC sports teams.

Conner Trimm, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Hometown: Brawley, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Travel, watching Netflix with subtitles, lifting heavy things, not hiking, time spent with family and friends.

Kevin Zhu, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: University of Michigan

Hometown: Portage, MI

Hobbies/Activities: Tennis, pickleball, golf, surfing, cooking and running a food blog, hanging out with my busy general surgery resident girlfriend and our cat Poppy.