Residents - Highland Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Meet The Residents

Class of 2026
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Hometown: Moreno Valley, Ca
High School: Canyon Springs High School
Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley
College Major: African American Studies/Public Health
Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft SOM
Interests / Hobbies: I love listening and dancing to AfroBeats, hip hop, and R&B music. Enjoy improv and stand up comedy. Interested tech and cool tech gadgets
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.

Hometown: Ventura, California
Ventura High School/Foothill Technology High School Undergraduate School: Eckerd College
College Major: Philosophy and Biochemistry
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Interests / Hobbies: Skipping instead of walking, Hugging friends and family, Late night dancing, Early morning adventures, Being in, around, or on any body of water (puddles included), Playing the bass, Trying to speak Nepali or Spanish but end up speaking Spanpali.
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.

Hometown: Sacramento, California
High School: Rio Americano High School
Undergraduate School: Occidental College
College Major: Cognitive Science and Spanish
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Interests / Hobbies: Exploring recipes in the kitchen, baking everything but especially cakes, running, biking, swimming, hiking, backpacking, traveling and eating all the foods
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!

Hometown: Memphis, TN
High School: Lausanne Collegiate School
Undergraduate School: Harvard College
College MajorHistory & Literature / Women, Gender & Sexuality
Medical School: UCSF
Interests/Hobbies:Premier league football (Liverpool!), local art, last-minute dinner parties, thrifting, interior design
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.

Hometown: Oakland, CA
High School: Head-Royce
Undergraduate School: Yale (+ postbaccalaureate at Bryn Mawr)
College Major: Ethics, Politics, and Economics + International Studies
Medical School: UCSF
Interests / Hobbies: Climbing, meditation, outdoor yoga, any and all live music, arts + crafts, vegetables, too many pets 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

Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
High School: Nova High School
Undergraduate School: University of Florida (Go Gators!)
College Major: Economics
Graduate School: University of Florida
Graduate School Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Medical School: George Washington University
Interests / Hobbies: Dancing, playing basketball, listening to podcasts, traveling with my wife
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.

Hometown: Berkeley, CA
High School: Berkeley High School
Undergraduate School: UC Santa Barbara
College Major: Global Studies
Graduate School: UC Berkeley, MPH
Medical School: UC Davis
Interests / Hobbies: Anything that involves being outside (hiking, camping, swimming!), cooking and eating delicious food, weightlifting, traveling, trail running, and spending time with family and friends.
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.

Hometown: Hockessin, DE
High School: Charter School of Wilmington
Undergraduate School: University of Southern California
College Major: Neuroscience Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Interests / Hobbies: Nodding to and dancing to live music (house/techno/experimental electronic), vinyl collecting, looking at and creating art, climbing, hiking, cooking, baking, dessert with every meal, hanging out with my disabled cat named Pia, global health, health equity, LGBTQIA+ health
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

Hometown: San Diego, CA
High School: Point Loma High School
Undergraduate School: Yale University
College Major: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Graduate School: McGill University
Graduate School Degree: Kinesiology & Physical Education
Medical School: New York University
Interests / Hobbies: reading queer sci-fi/fantasy, climbing, misinterpreting tarot cards so my friends always have good news, exploring Oakland, spoiling our kittens, adventures to the ocean/ mountains/ desert
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.

Hometown: Cumberland, RI
High School: Moses Brown
Undergraduate School: Boston College
College Major: Biochemistry
Medical School: George Washington University
Interests / Hobbies: reading (especially sci-fi), drawing, hiking, running, frequenting comedy shows, trying out any and all sports, having a good conversation over coffee
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.

Hometown: South Jersey & Los Angeles
High School: St. Joseph’s Preparatory School (Philadelphia)
Undergraduate School: Loyola Marymount University
College Major: Film and Television Production
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Interests / Hobbies: exploring the great outdoors/hiking/kayaking/camping, politics, visual and performing arts, migrant health & the U.S.-Mexico border, substance use disorders and recovery, travel, bodybuilding
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

Hometown: Oakland, Ca
High School: Fremont High
Undergraduate School: San Francisco State University
College Major: Cell and Molecular Biology
Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
Interests / Hobbies: Spending time with my family, eating out, hiking, laughing, napping, reading, attempting to stay physically active, existing, parrot trick training and free flight.
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

Hometown: San Diego, CA
High School: Health Science High and Middle College
Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University
College Major: Public Health
Graduate School: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School Degree: Masters of Health Science and Certificate in Global Health Medical School: UCLA
Interests / Hobbies: all things nature (camping, hiking, chilling), amusement parks, comedy shows, traveling for more nature, taking the dogs to the dog park, increasing health delivery and resources for those without stable housing, rural/global health
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

Hometown: Jackson, MS
High School: Jefferson City High School
Undergraduate School: Tuskegee University
College Major: Chemistry Medical School: University of Missouri School of Medicine
Interests / Hobbies: Cooking vegan food, making playlists especially including Afrobeats and 90s R&B, watch track and field, traveling, mentoring first-gens and HBCU family, and fighting for systemic changes to provide equitable care for all.
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.

Hometown: Hong Kong
High School: International Christian School
Undergraduate School: Stanford University
College Major: Human Biology
Medical School: Stanford University
Graduate School: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Graduate Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Interests / Hobbies: healthcare innovations, entrepreneurship, board games, rewatching The Office, squash, swimming, spearfishing, pranks, looking for the best BBQ brisket, tarts, and Napoleon.
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

Hometown: Northridge, California
High School: Grover Cleveland High School
Undergraduate School:UC Irvine
College Major: Biomedical Engineering
Medical School: UC Irvine
Interests/Hobbies: Harm reduction, video games, reading, music/concerts/festivals, movies, meeting all the dogs, cooking, Seahawk football, EATING delicious meals with friends and family, traveling
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.

Hometown: Lexington, MA
High School: Lexington High School
Undergraduate School: Wellesley College
College Major: Women's and Gender Studies
Medical School: UC-Berkeley/UC-San Francisco Joint Medical Program
Interests / Hobbies: Cycling around the Bay Area, knitting, exploring bookstores/libraries, taking long and aimless walks
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.

Hometown: North Platte, Nebraska
High School: North Platte High School
Undergraduate School: Harvard
College Major: Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Graduate School: UNC Gillings
School of Global Public Health
Interests / Hobbies: Being outside, exploring new places, spending time with family and friends, water sports, and country swing dancing
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

Hometown: San Jose, CA
High School: Evergreen Valley High School
Undergraduate School: UC Davis
College Major: Cell Biology
Medical School: University of Iowa
Interests / Hobbies: Cooking (and eating!), exploring new coffee shops, thriller/true crime shows and podcasts, board games, playing Overcooked, lifting weights
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.

Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA
High School: Homestead High School
Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley College Major: Molecular & Cell Biology, Social Welfare
Graduate School: UC Berkeley Graduate School Degree: Master of Science (MS) in Health and Medical Sciences
Medical School: UCSF
Interests/Hobbies: Trying new restaurants, dinner parties, catching up with friends on walks or at coffee shops, pilates and HIIT classes, hiking, skiing (but not the moguls), casual pickleball, going out to EDM concerts, and online shopping 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!

Hometown: Berkeley, CA
High School: Berkeley High
Undergraduate School: Pitzer College
College Major: Neuroscience
Graduate School: NA
Graduate School Degree: NA
Medical School: UCSF
Interests/Hobbies: People, surfing, music, skiing, eating, cooking, movies, sunshine, beaches, moonlight, being outside.
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.

Hometown: Salinas, CA
High School: Everett Alvarez High School
Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley (Go Bears!)
College Major: Integrative Biology
Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
Interests/Hobbies: Lifting, running, soccer, hiking, BJJ, visiting national parks, traveling, listening to Bad Bunny, watching TV and UFC, online window shopping, eating tacos
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.

Hometown: Oakland & Berkeley
High School: Berkeley High School
Undergraduate School: SF City College & UC Berkeley
College Major: Psychology
Graduate School: UC Berkeley & UCSF Joint Medical Program
Graduate School Degree: MS, Antiracism in Medical Education
Medical School: UCSF
Interests/Hobbies: Gardening, farmers markets, dinner parties with friends, dancing to curated playlists
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!

Hometown: San Francisco, CA
High School: Lowell High School
Undergraduate School: University of California, Santa Cruz
College Major: Psychology
Medical School: California University of Science and Medicine
Interests/Hobbies: Health literacy & health equity. Barre, climbing, running, reading memoirs, 2000s R&B, throwing paint on blank canvases and seeing what happens.
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.

Hometown: Cottage Grove, MN
High School: East Ridge High School
Undergraduate School: Stanford University
College Major: Biology
Medical School: UCSF
Interests/Hobbies: Anything outside, ultimate frisbee, pickup basketball, One Piece, fantasy/sci-fi books, journaling, afrobeat/raggaeton/EDM shows, and planning overly-involved themed events
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

Hometown: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico/Bakersfield, CA
High School: Foothill High School
Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley
College Major: Public Health
Graduate School: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Graduate School Degree: Master in Public Health (MPH)
Medical School: UCLA – PRIME program
Interests/Hobbies: Hiking, trying out new food spots, playing basketball, watching my Lakers play, playing NBA 2k on PS5 (where my gamers at?).
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.

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: 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.