EM3′s

Jayaram (Jay) Chelluri, MDHometown: Monroeville, PA

Undergraduate: University of Pittsburgh

Graduate School: George Washington University

Medical School: George Washington University

Academic Interests: Health Policy, Critical Care

Other interests: Food (cooking/eating it), traveling, college basketball (UPitt basketball), football (The Steelers!), movies, music, sleeping, whatever seems fun at the time

Elizabeth Dei Rossi, MDHometown: Cupertino, CA

Undergraduate: Amherst College

Medical School: New York Medical College

Academic Interests: Ultrasound, Critical Care, Policy

Other Interests: Traveling, cooking, scrap booking, soccer


Natasha Desai, MDHometown: Diamond Bar, CA

Undergraduate: UCLA

Medical School:  George Washington University School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Health Policy and Global Health

Other Interests: Travel- her passport is one of her most prized possessions.   Eating good food, dancing to good music, and hanging out with good people.


William Fleischman, MDHometown: Brooklyn, NY

Undergraduate: Touro College

Medical School:  University at Buffalo School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Health Policy, Comparative Effectiveness research

Other Interests: Food (mainly dessert), birds, literature, aviation, travel, search engine optimization, politics


Katrina (Tish) Harper, MDHometown: Raleigh, NC

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Medical School:  Georgetown University School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Critical Care, International Health, and Medical Education

Other Interests: Running, film, live music, acting, traveling, eating.


Kei Ko, MD Hometown: Born in Hong Kong, raised in New York, NY, raising a family in NJ

Undergraduate: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Academic Interests: To be determined

Other Interests: Movies, books, and his family!


Taylor Moran-Gates, MDHometown: Concord, MA

Undergraduate: Harvard University

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Critical Care, Ultrasound

Other Interests: Cycling, sailing, motorsports, public radio, film


Raviraj J Patel, MDHometown: Tenafly, NJ

Undergraduate: New York University

Medical School: UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School

Academic Interests: Ultrasound, Critical Care

Interests: Stocks, food, trying new things, cars, economics, history


Avital (Tali) Porat, MD Hometown: Long Island, NY

Undergraduate: Brandeis University

Medical school: Sackler School of Medicine

Nickname: Tali

Favorite place to visit/live: Israel

Interests: Baking, hiking, traveling, almost all sports

Best job: EMT in NYC EMS system


Trevor Pour, MDHometown: Rutland, VT

Undergraduate: Case Western Reserve University

Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine

Academic Interests: Public Health, Health Policy, Critical Care

Other Interests: Skiing, cycling the mean streets of NYC, surfing, live music (jazz/bluegrass), photography, and cooking


Gene Andrew Schiappa, MD

Hometown: West Pittston, PA

Undergraduate: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Medical School: Albany Medical College

Favorite Sports Team: Buffalo Bills

Best Part-Time Job: Working concert security

Favorite Movie: Gladiator

Favorite Dessert: Cheesecake with sour cream topping


Sabrina Schmitz, MDHometown: Denver, CO

Undergraduate: University of Colorado at Boulder

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Interests: Painting, drawing, photography, snowboarding, reality television


Neil Singh, MDHometown: Gaithersburg, MD

Undergraduate: University of Maryland

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Academic Interests: Community Medicine, Critical Care, Ultrasound

Other Interests: Trying to be a foodie, any team sport available, more sleep, and the occasional dorky argument-provoking board game


Raashee Sood Kedia, MDHometown: Tulsa, OK

Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

Academic Interests: Medical Education

Other Interests: Saving the planet, dancing, board games, cooking, and of course, ice cream

Fun facts: She is an environmental conservationalist, she falls asleep watching movies, and she loves going to the dentist


Ling Zhang, MD, MBAHometown: Beijing, China

Undergraduate: Arizona State University

Business School: Thunderbird- The American Graduate School of International Management

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Interests: Kids, travel, mountain biking, art museums and AMNH, opera

Favorite spots: Moab, Alta and Snowbird, Sedona, the Bridal Path in Central Park, British Columbia, Israel, China, Spain

Dream trip: Galapagos Islands with Ben