EM2′s

Matthew Bai, MD

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Undergraduate: University of Michigan

Graduate School: Georgetown University

Medical School: RFUMS- Chicago Medical School

Interests: Running, exercising, motorcycles, cars, snowboarding, climbing, trying strange/new foods, watching movies at unnecessarily loud volumes, Michigan football

Rebecca Brafman, MD

Hometown: Queens, NY

Undergraduate: Columbia University

Graduate: Rutgers University (Masters in Women’s and Gender Studies)

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Sports Medicine, Medical Education, Gender and Healthcare

Other Interests: Rugby, rugby, rugby, basketball, ESPN, reading fiction Superpower: Sleeping ability- any time, anywhere

Lindsay Fox, MD

Hometown: St. Paul, Minnesota

Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin Madison

Medical School: Northwestern University

Interests: Cooking tasty veggie food, bird watching, tango dancing, camping, gardening, teaching my cat tricks

Michael Guthrie, MD

Hometown: Nashville, TN

Undergraduate: College of Charleston

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Academic Interests: Public Health (Social determinants of health, health disparities), Global Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

Other Interests: Sailing, backpacking (so far, Latin America and Europe, more to come), running, cooking, brewing beer, salsa dancing Fun facts: He lived on a sailboat in medical school (!)

Aldo Gutierrez, MD

Hometown: Miami, FL

Undergraduate: Florida International University

Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Medical Education, Trauma, Nutrition, Psychiatric Emergencies Other Interests: Learning, BJJ, MMA, powerlifting, salsa dancing Dislikes: Getting a warm beer from a bartender

Lindsay Lawrence, MD 

Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA

Undergraduate: Emory University

Graduate School: Emory University (Masters in Public Health)

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Global Health

Other Interests: Trashy TV (and anything HBO), food (eating it, definitely not cooking it), traveling (anywhere and everywhere, mostly in search of new favorite foods), and avoiding birds (especially the pigeons of NYC!) Note: She is also known as “LiLaw”

Christie Lech, MD

Hometown: Forest Hills, NY

Undergraduate: CUNY Honors College- Queens College

Medical School: New York Medical College

Academic Interests: HIV/AIDS testing/research, critical care

Other Interests: Running, yoga, cooking, baking

George Lim, MD

Hometown: Cerritos, CA

Undergraduate: Pomona College

Medical School: University of Southern California

Academic Interests:

Other Interests: Traveling, exploring new cultures (usually through food), surfing, snowboarding, tennis, brunch (especially with bottomless mimosas), pro/college football (mainly watching b/c he is only 5’8”) tailgating, movies (anything with big explosions and car chases…oldies but goodies: Training Day, Tombstone, The Rock, Armageddon, Top Gun, Love Actually…don’t pretend you don’t like it), anything dealing with beaches, dogs (the type that chew purses instead of residing in them), and forcing people to be his friend by sharing too much info

Zara Mathews, MD

Hometown: Hudson, OH

Undergraduate: Brown University

Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Disaster Medicine, Global Health

Other Interests: Cleveland sports, Indian authors, traveling, dancing, painting, cupcake hunting

Cynthia Santos, MD

Hometown: Queens, NY

Undergraduate: Dartmouth College

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical School

Academic Interests: Global Health, Public Health, Emergency Preparedness, Ultrasound

Other Interests: Traveling, dance, yoga, running, camping

Benjamin Schnapp, MD

Hometown: Falmouth, ME

Undergraduate: Brown University

Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Global Health, Medical Education, EMS

Other Interests: Running, skiing, snowboarding, travel, food, karaoke Best Job: Radio DJ Fun Fact: Once worked out with Richard Simmons!

Joseph Scofi, MD 

Nickname: Scofi or Scof

Hometown: Fair Haven, NJ

Undergraduate: Georgetown University

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Favorite Authors: Rechard Feynman, Robert Jordan Isaac Asimov

Best Job: Bartender at the Third Edition

Desired job outside of medicine: Theoretical physicist

Interests: Reading, puzzles, video games, board games, any type of game really

Anar Shah, MD, MBA

Hometown: Colts Neck, NJ

Undergraduate: Harvard University

Medical School: UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Academic Interests: ED Administration, Efficiency and Outcomes Research, Medical Education

Other Interests: Travel, movies, vegetarian food and trying to cook it well, finding quiet beautiful places to read

Benjamin Heritier Slovis, MD

Hometown: Montclair, NJ

Undergraduate: Cornell University

Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Academic Interests: Ultrasound, Critical Care, Wilderness and Expedition Medicine

Other Interests: Music, playing a multitude of instruments at a mediocre level, snowboarding, scuba diving, cooking and coffee