Meet The Residents
Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft SOM
5 Year Plan: In 5 years I hope to become a passionate, confident and innovative EM Physician ready to handle any emergency that comes my way. I want to continue my work in diversifying the healthcare workforce and mentoring underrepresented students. On this journey, I plan to enjoy my family, friends and all the gems Oakland has to offer.
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
5 Year Plan: Become the most thoughtful and loving human I can be by learning from those around me and my patients. Work as an EM doc in a community setting while trying to implement disruptive programmatic innovations.
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 5 Year Plan: Reconnect with the vibrant Oakland community in and out of the ED. Learn from my patients, peers, and teachers how to be a compassionate EM physician. Make the ED a better place for geriatric patients. Be a caring and supportive daughter, sister, partner, and friend to my loved ones. Go on more backpacking trips and do another triathlon. Continue to appreciate California sunshine and produce!
Medical School:UCSF 5 Year Plan: grow and learn with humility, prioritize joy, seek out wonder and awe, pause, breathe, go outside, and adventure with my partner, friends, and family.
Medical School: UCSF
5 Year Plan: Making sure I become the doctor I would like to see in a crisis, giving back to my adopted hometown of Oakland, deepening relationships, exploring new horizons, finishing my manuscript, bringing environmentalism to medicine, finishing my miscellaneous sewing projects, getting my dog to run Lake Merritt again.
Medical School: UCSF
5 Year Plan: Loving and serving the community where I grew up and where I worked in public schools, learning and loving my incredible new community of providers and friends, research and advocacy to help build a more just health care ecosystem, ultrasounding everyone I know and machine learning, epidemiology
Medical School: University of Colorado
5 Year Plan: grow as a person, be humble and confident, meet awesome people/stay in touch with some, learn to cook, explore Oakland, keep my plants alive.
Medical School: George Washington University
5 Year Plan: Embrace mission/adventure & build community as I live, work and worship in Oakland; maximize every personal and professional growth moment, be physically fit enough to still dunk a basketball.
Medical School: UC Davis
5 Year Plan: Enjoy this incredible journey as much as possible, learn a lot, be an advocate for my patients, explore the beautiful outdoors in the Bay Area, make new friends, have fun, and always be kind.
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
5 Year Plan: Learn emergency medicine from some incredible human beings, serve and uplift the Oakland community, make time for those that I love, and cherish the nature around me
Medical School: University of Michigan
5 Year Plan: Be thoughtful, be true, stretch daily, publish my YA novel
Medical School: New York University
5 Year Plan: Grow towards a sustainable career in EM based on compassion, skills, and curiosity. Show up for social justice and community. Love my partner and family well.
Medical School: George Washington University
5 Year Plan: I want to become the doctor that eases everyone's nerves when they are on shift. I will work towards giving the best care to every one of my patients. Also, I want to be a loud voice for my patients' interests and help decrease community violence in Oakland.
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
5 Year Plan: become a skilled, thoughtful, and empathetic emergency physician, integrate into and contribute to the community, expand and deepen my personal relationships and passions, rotate abroad, work rurally
Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
5 Year Plan: Learn as much as I can from my patients and all of the remarkable people at Highland. Become an exceptional EM doctor and a better human being. Give back to my community and care for my family
Medical School: UCLA
5 Year Plan: Become a well rounded ED doc, explore a few new countries, hike my way through the Bay Area, spend as much time as possible making great memories with my friends and family
Medical School: University of Missouri School of Medicine
5 Year Plan: Be a better person, wife, friend; become a top notch EM Doc with the skills clinically to succeed while also being culturally competent and socially conscious of the ways I can enact change in the world.
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
5 Year Plan: Learn more about myself. Learn EM. Care for a bee colony. Play games with my loved ones. Beat Zelda BOTW/TOTK on master mode.
Medical School: Stanford University
5 Year Plan: Grow into a kind and competent physician, improve our systems of care, build amazing communities, make my parents proud, continue to believe that I'll take up running, find the best BBQ brisket, tart, and Napoleon, have fun, be generous
Medical School: UC Irvine
5 Year Plan: Become the best physician, person, son, partner, and brother possible. Take a sledgehammer to the War on Drugs. Laugh, cry, grow, make memories, celebrate life, and support my colleagues/community.
Medical School: UC-Berkeley/UC-San Francisco Joint Medical Program
5 Year Plan: Grow and learn to become an empathetic and effective EM doc, deepen my connection to my adopted Bay Area community, read many books and watch many sunsets, learn how to knit socks, stay connected to myself and my family.
Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
5 Year Plan: Learn how to be the best EM doc I can be while maintaining a strong sense of curiosity and humility, care for and about lots of people, explore as much of the West as I can with my partner, and make it back to Nebraska to visit my family
Medical School: University of Iowa
5 Year Plan: Grow into the person and physician I've always dreamt of being, maintain health and wellness, make a positive impact in my community, and continue to stay connected with family/friends.
Medical School: UCSF
5 Year Plan: To be an exceptional emergency medicine doctor with compassion, care for the Bay Area and learn with/from the folks in the community, do policy work and outreach related to housing insecurity, explore more of addiction medicine, be a loving, kind person even in times of stress, and have fun in the process of growth!
Medical School: UCSF
5 Year Plan: Become the best doctor, friend, family member and coworker I can be while enjoying the journey as much as possible. Help everyone I can live the lives they want. Get better at Spanish, ultrasound and surfing.
Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
5 Year Plan:Learn as much as I can from my patients, fellow Highland residents, and attendings, give back to my community, advocate for my patients, mentor first-generation premedical and medical students from groups underrepresented in medicine, and become a badass emergency medicine doctor.
Medical School: UCSF
5 Year Plan: Over the next 5 years I hope to learn more about how to support, honor, and care for the beautiful community of Oakland. I hope to develop skills in emergency medicine, patient advocacy, and radical justice frameworks to provide the highest quality care for my patients and to impact change from the individual to the systems level. I plan to get involved in research and mentoring programs to support the next generation of healthcare professionals. I am also interested in a career in Academic Emergency Medicine so possibly a PEM or Ultrasound fellowship. Outside of medicine I hope to write a cookbook with my friends and travel to see family around the world. I also hope to win the lottery to be able to buy a house in Oakland!
Medical School: California University of Science and Medicine
5 Year Plan: Become a great doctor/advocate/ally/human, be an active member of the Oakland community, spend quality time with loved ones, learn Spanish, cut back on Hot Cheetos.
Medical School: UCSF
5 Year Plan: Become the best EM doc and human I can be, visit every Jazz venue in the Bay, hike the lost coast, expand my plant collection, and smile often
Medical School: UCLA – PRIME program
5 Year Plan: To be the best clinician, emergency medicine physician that I can be for my community, but most importantly, to be a good brother and son to my family. I hope that when I look back in 5 years, I can say that I remained true to myself, my community and my vision of helping those who fall thru the gaps in healthcare. I hope that these next 5 years are full of growth, healing, and learning
Interests/Hobbies: Exploring the outdoors on foot, bike or skis, hosting pescatarian dinner parties, trying to find the best breakfast sandwich in the Bay, single-payer healthcare.
5 Year Plan: Become a thoughtful and confident EM doc, a courageous advocate for my Oakland community, and a loving friend, partner, and dog mom.
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
5 Year Plan: Become a thoughtful and kind physician, learn from every interaction, create community in the East Bay, spend lots of time with friends and family
Hometown: Seattle, WA
High school: Garfield
Undergrad: Colorado College (Environmental Science)
Medical School: Boston University
Interest/Hobbies: moving my body and being outside (biking, skiing, backpacking, rafting, surfing, casual jogs), using my hands (pottery, gardening, wood working), qt with community (dinner parties, live music, game nights, park hangs) and medicine (palliative care, ultrasound, addiction med)
5 Year Plan: Be the best EM doctor, co-resident, friend, sister, and neighbor I can be. Lead with curiosity and compassion. Make Oakland feel like home. Dive deeper into my interests within medicine without losing site of those outside of it. Stay happy, stay healthy, stay hydrated.
Hometown: Sarasota, FL
High School: Booker High School
Undergraduate: Florida State University — B.S. in Biological Sciences, Minor in Anthropology
Medical School: University of Miami, Miami, FL
Interest/Hobbies: weightlifting, being outside in nature, and immersing myself in music—especially Afrobeats, R&B, and hip hop, fashion, beauty, singing, dancing, arranging music, and discovering new experiences around the Bay Area.
5-year plan: I hope to grow into a skilled and compassionate emergency medicine physician, dedicated to patient advocacy and public service, particularly in street medicine and correctional care. My ultimate dream is to help expand access to healthcare in Sudan, the country my family calls home.
Hometown: Tunis, Tunisia & Dublin, CA
Undergraduate institution +/- Graduate Program (degree + institution):
UC Berkeley: Molecular Biology and Computer Science
Medical School:
UCLA
Interests/Hobbies:
Playing/coaching/watching soccer, backpacking and fishing off the grid, chasing live music around the Bay, chess, Spartan races
5-year plan: Become a confident, compassionate EM doc who disrupts the status quo with innovation, research, and advocacy—while showing up fiercely for community, for justice, and for my loved ones. Along the way: fun adventures, perfecting my cold brew, and keeping the plants alive
Hometown: Santa Clara, CA
High school: Santa Clara High School
Undergraduate institution +/- Graduate Program (degree + institution): University of California, Los Angeles
Degree: B.S. Physiological Sciences
Medical School: Stanford
Interests/Hobbies: All things food (cooking/exploring restaurants/hosting dinner parties), weightlifting, backpacking, camping, hiking, solo traveling, house plants, binging TV/movies, exploring coffee shops, event medicine, EMS, hospital operations, refugee health
5-year plan: Become the best emergency medicine physician and advocate I can be, build community in and around Oakland, dabble in event medicine and hospital operations, and vibe with my incredible co-residents
Hometown: Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Undergraduate institution: Macalester College
Medical School: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Interests/Hobbies: Chit-chatting, singing with friends, musical theater, biking & the car-free future, hosting Jewish holidays, rollerblading, making & eating soup, badminton (intense), talking to strangers at the bus stop, tending to plants, and curating tchotchkes.
5-year plan: Learn as much as I can, be a good neighbor, show up even when inertia feels high, and hang out with harm reductionists as often as possible. Also achieve universal single payer healthcare in the United States. And if I get cast in Luigi the Musical, I'm not complaining.
Hometown: Riverbank, CA
High school: Riverbank Highschool
Undergraduate institution +/- Graduate Program (degree + institution):
UC Merced, Cognitive Science BS
CSU East Bay, Certificate Biological Sciences
Touro University California, Medical Science MS
Medical School: Touro University California, DO
Interests/Hobbies: Nature, races, drawing, sleeping
5-year plan: Learn as much as I can for the community, adopt a dog, be a good aunt and stay a child at heart.
Hometown: South Bend, IN
High school: Marian High School
Undergraduate institution +/- Graduate Program (degree + institution): University of Notre Dame (Science Pre-Professional, Spanish) + University of Cincinnati (MPH)
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Interests/Hobbies: Climbing, hiking/backpacking, biking, playing in the least competitive rec sports leagues, trying new restaurants, eating food that other people cook for me, public health, reproductive justice, improving care for trafficking survivors, and trauma-informed care
5-year plan: Become a confident, compassionate EM doctor and public health advocate, build a strong community in Oakland, find an acceptable substitute for my grandma's cooking, and call my friends and family often
Hometown: Brookings, South Dakota
High School: Brookings High School
Undergrad: Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Majored in Behavioral Neuroscience (psych neuroscience combined degree!)
Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Interests/Hobbies: fostering animals, hot yoga, trying to keep my plants alive, spending time with my family and partner, exploring the outdoors, making bucket lists when I move to new places, paint-by-number, reading, getting up crazy early to do sunrise hikes, drinking ridiculous amounts of caffeine, surfing, collecting sea glass
5-year plan: become a badass, compassionate, caring EM doc. Use my privilege to best advocate for and uplift my patients. Embrace and contribute to the vibrant community of Oakland. Be the best partner, neighbor, friend, sister, and daughter I can be. Travel as much as I can! Get better at surfing. Never stop learning, embrace every new opportunity with open arms and a sense of wonder. Do an Ironman, run the Napa to Sonoma half marathon.
Hometown: Venice, CA
High school: Harvard Westlake School
Undergraduate institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Graduate Program: UC Law SF, Masters of Science in Health Policy and Law
Medical School: UCSF
Interests/Hobbies: restorative and reproductive justice, ultrasound, meded, playing outdoors with my friends (surfing, backpacking, running, skiing), traveling and spontaneous road trips, learning Spanish, food as a love language, getting to know Oakland and its vibrant communities
5-year plan: Show up fully for my patients, my people, and myself. Be a present and joyful learner, resist systems that harm, and become the kind of ER doctor who leads with care and compassion.
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA
High school: Las Lomas High School
Undergraduate institution +/- Graduate Program (degree + institution): University of California, Santa Barbara - BS in Biological Sciences
Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago
Interests/Hobbies: rock climbing, petting all dogs, skiing, fly fishing, laughing at good jokes, eating sourdough bread that others have cooked for me, laughing at bad jokes, street medicine, basketball, running - anything that involves time outside or with people I cherish
5-year plan: to learn from and grow with the wonderful people at Highland, to become a competent and intentional EM doctor, to advocate for my patients and the communities we live in, to improve my Spanish, to continue playing outside in as many ways as I can cram in, and to be the best friend and family member I can be
Hometown: Oceanside, CA
High school: Oceanside HS
Undergraduate institution +/- Graduate Program (degree + institution): University of Notre Dame BS
Medical School: UCSF
Interests/Hobbies: Reading, cooking, spending time in nature, mentorship, exercise.
5-year plan: In 5 years I want to be a compassionate and competent leader in Emergency Medicine and hope to be surrounded by a supportive community that I've continued to cultivate with intentionality.
Hometown: Westport, CT
High school: Staples High School
Undergrad: University of Chicago, BA in The History, Philosophy and Social Study of Science and Medicine
Medical School: Columbia VP&S
Interests/HobbiesAbolitionist organizing, reading, dreaming, and talking about how the world could and should be, running, hiking, scuba diving, Legos, baking and then inviting people over to eat said baked goods, singing and dancing at karaoke, preferably to Wannabee by the Spice Girls
5-year plan: Become an incredible doctor that my patients and community can trust while maintaining my love of humanity; continue to grow as a friend, sister, Titi, and human so that I can best show up for the people I love; learn some capoeira and finally learn how to spell karaoke, and always keep making good trouble.
Medical School:Albert Einstein College of Medicine
5 Year Plan: To strive to learn EM in a manner that will make my family (blood and otherwise) and myself proud, embrace and become a productive part of the Oakland community, work in global/public health, and cultivate personal growth.
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
5 Year Plan: Learn how to be a great EM doc, continue reading and learning about injustices within our communities, and build the foundation of a career that blends my clinical and public health interests. Deadlifting 600 pounds would also be cool.
Medical School: UCLA
5-year plan: Soak up as much knowledge as possible, become a competent and compassionate EM physician, explore the Bay Area, travel to new countries, visit more national parks
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 5 Year Plan: To grow into a competent, caring EM doc, hold onto my inner child's sense of humanity and wonder, and be a super good neighbor, friend, sister, daughter and wife to loved ones near and far.
Medical School: Larner College of Medicine
5 Year Plan: be kind and present for my partner, my family, my friends, be a great teammate for my co-interns, new Highland family, and Ohlone/"Oakland" community, interrogate and confront my colonizer status, and get as good at medicine as I can, so I can advocate for the alternative.
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 5 year plan: My goal over the next 5 years is to learn as much as possible from all of my favorite people at Highland and develop the skills to practice emergency medicine anywhere in the world!
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
5 Year Plan: become the best EM physician I can be, grow as a person, learn to cook, explore the Bay, adopt a cat & dog
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
5 Year Plan: Be a good plant dad and dog dad, learn some new skills in the ED, and be an effective patient advocate
Medical School: The University of Minnesota Medical School
5 Year Plan: become an awesome and empathetic provider, continue to learn and grow as an advocate for my patients, carve out time to read and write, work up the courage to bake bagels with actual lye
Medical School: Rush Medical College
5 Year Plan: Learn emergency medicine the Highland way to become the most badass, compassionate, and skilled emergency physician for my community. Learn how to best advocate for and empower survivors of violence. Eat at every Ethiopian restaurant in Oakland. Stay close with friends & family. Enjoy that West Coast sunshine!
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 5 Year Plan: Become a compassionate EM doctor. Explore Oakland and learn more about the community that I live in. Make a conscious effort to make time for friends, family and hobbies outside of medicine. Visit national parks and run the Napa to Sonoma half marathon.