Match 2016

2 Match 2016 |

Class of 2019: by the numbers

2019

Honors in Medicine 28 (68%)

AOA 18 (44%)

URM 9 (22%)

Significant research 38 (93%)

Top 30 school 18 (44%)

Top 50 school 32 (78%)

U of C Students 8 (20%)

Illinois Schools (not U of C) 12 (29%)

Total 41

Physician Scientists

• Undergraduate: McGill University

• Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: International travel, distance running, and cooking.

4 Match 2016 |

Sherin Rouhani

Born in Phoenixville, PA

• Undergraduate: State University of New York at Buffalo

• Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Spending time with family and friends, reading, playing basketball, hiking, traveling, foreign films and ethnic cuisines.

5 Match 2016 |

Obada Shamaa

Born in Elgin, IL

Categorical

• Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame

• Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Member of the Chicago Croquet Club, builds computers from parts

7 Match 2016 |

Rene Bermea, JR

Born in Del Rio, TX

• Undergraduate: Boston College

• Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Reading, pop culture, volleyball, kayaking, water skiing, and traveling.

8 Match 2016 |

Brittany Bindon

Born in Elmhurst, IL

• Undergraduate: University of Michigan

• Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin

• Hobbies and Interests: Running to explore new places in Milwaukee, part of a weekly Euchre club with medical school friends. Loves attending trivia nights around Milwaukee, and going antique shopping.

9 Match 2016 |

Keely Browning

Born in Royal Oak, MI

• Undergraduate: Indiana University

• Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Running, throwing Frisbee, and playing piano.

10 Match 2016 |

Kirk Cahill Born in Indianapolis, IN

• Undergraduate: University of California Berkeley

• Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Medical education, cooking and experimenting with different flavors to create new recipes, traveling, playing tennis, playing piano, and watching documentaries and dramatic movies.

11 Match 2016 |

Mike Cheng

Born in Kowloon, Hong Kong

• Undergraduate: Brown University

• Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Reading, biking on the lakefront path, baking, and knitting.

12 Match 2016 |

Noura Choudhury Born in Winfield, IL

• Undergraduate: Miami University

• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Teaching, playing guitar (electric and acoustic), bass guitar, and piano, weight training, running, swimming, space travel, astronomy, physics, futurology.

13 Match 2016 |

Anthony de la Peña

Born in Lakewood, Ohio

• Undergraduate: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Running, travel (international and domestic), and music.

14 Match 2016 |

Sarah Feenstra

Born in Milwaukee, WI

• Undergraduate: University of Michigan

• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Playing tennis, reading fiction novels, discovering new music, playing the guitar, exploring the world, and meeting new people.

15 Match 2016 |

Christopher Fernandes

Born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Undergraduate: University of Chicago

• Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

• Hobbies and Interests: Married with one child

16 Match 2016 |

Felipe Fernandez del Castillo Born in Mexico City, Mexico

• Undergraduate: University of Virginia

• Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Nutrition and fitness, running 5k road races, reading works of fiction and non-fiction, classical mythology, tennis, and strength training.

17 Match 2016 |

Christopher Frohne

Born in Mount Kisco, New York

• Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Chicago

• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Bharatanatyam (Indian dance,) cake decorating, and badminton.

18 Match 2016 |

Amulya Gampa

• Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley

• Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Playing piano, reading science-fiction, playing chess, and regular physical exercise, including hiking, bicycling, and weightlifting.

19 Match 2016 |

Raffi Hagopian

Born in Granada Hills, CA

• Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame

• Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School

• Hobbies and Interests: Reading (Philosophy, Political Science, Economics, Theology, Sociology, Literature), rowing, teaching, policy, travel, beer, playing guitar, and hiking.

20 Match 2016 |

Michael Hawking Born in Oak Lawn, IL

• Undergraduate: Harvard

• Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Flute, music arrangement and composition, travel, writing, and baking.

21 Match 2016 |

Jennifer Houpy

Born in Oak Park, Illinois

• Undergraduate: Ohio State University

• Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Running in local half-marathons and marathons, rock climbing (indoor and outdoor), cooking, writing short stories/poems, reading, playing cards, guitar, piano, violin, geocaching, hiking, and kayaking/canoeing.

22 Match 2016 |

Anupama Joseph Born in Geneva, IL

• Undergraduate: University of Virginia

• Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Roller derby, hiking, cooking, and baking.

23 Match 2016 |

Joshua Katz

Born in Baltimore, MD

• Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago

• Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Playing piano, creative writing, volleyball, reading fantasy novels, composing music, singing, video games, and karaoke.

24 Match 2016 |

Kendall Kling

Born in LaPorte, IN

• Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University

• Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Traveling, animal welfare, baking, yoga, pilates, and hiking.

25 Match 2016 |

Grace Koo

• Undergraduate: Princeton University

• Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

• Hobbies and Interests: Cooking, travelling, reading, lifting weights, and cheering on the Philadelphia Eagles.

26 Match 2016 |

Shawn Kothari

Born in Valparaiso, IN

• Undergraduate: Carleton College

• Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School

• Hobbies and Interests: Soccer, Latin dancing, camping and hiking, astronomy and, astrophotography.

27 Match 2016 |

Born in Havana, Cuba Ernesto Llano

• Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Chicago

• Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science

• Hobbies and Interests: Playing the acoustic guitar, classic literature, working out, playing soccer and tennis, skiing, and watching movies.

28 Match 2016 |

Alexandru Marginean

Born in Targu Mures, Romania

• Undergraduate: Valparaiso University

• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Playing soccer, watching and following FC Barcelona, trying new cuisines from different cultures, running along lakefront. Interested in helping students from underserved communities gain admittance into a 4 year college

29 Match 2016 |

Daniel Meza

Born in Chicago, IL

• Undergraduate: Columbia University

• Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Swimming, water polo, intramural sports, and traveling

30 Match 2016 |

Elizabeth Munroe

Born in Bloomington, IN

• Undergraduate: Ohio State University

• Medical School: Meharry Medical College

• Hobbies and Interests: Reading, writing plays, dancing as well as teaching dance at my local church, and cooking.

31 Match 2016 |

Nina Osafo Born in Accra, Ghana

• Undergraduate: Cornell University

• Medical School: New York University School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Physical Fitness, hiking, and swing dancing

32 Match 2016 |

Justin Porter

Born in San Francisco, CA

• Undergraduate: Duke University

• Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Distance running, tennis, NBA, reading history novels, and Asian cuisine.

33 Match 2016 |

Julia Sun

Born in Harbin, China

• Undergraduate: Case Western Reserve University

• Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Fitness, biking, weight lifting, acapella choir, playing guitar and piano, Global Health mission trips, table tennis, traveling to new places, and trying new food.

34 Match 2016 |

Eric Swei

Born in Worcester, MA

• Undergraduate: Northwestern University

• Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Hosting dinner parties and cooking international foods, journalistic endeavors, oil painting, hiking, kayaking, and road-trips.

35 Match 2016 |

Natalie Tapaskar

Born in India

• Undergraduate: Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

• Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Long-distance running, playing basketball and flag football, watching the Chicago Bears, Bulls, and Northwestern Wildcats, and American politics and history.

36 Match 2016 |

Adam Vohra

Born in Chicago, IL

• Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin

• Hobbies and Interests: Playing baseball, Green Bay Packers stockholder, hiking, Frisbee golf, and softball.

37 Match 2016 |

Thomas Wagner

Born in Baltimore, MD

• Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Experimenting with new recipes, trying out restaurants while traveling, playing tennis, and watching World Cup soccer.

38 Match 2016 |

Elzbieta Wojcik

Born in Poland

Preliminary

• Undergraduate: Marquette University

• Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

• Hobbies and Interests: Cycling, running, golf, basketball, fishing, domestic and international travel

40 Match 2016 |

Joshua Bakke

Born in Beloit, WI

• Undergraduate: Stanford University

• Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

• Hobbies and Interests: Reading, traveling, and exercising.

41 Match 2016 |

Daniel Bradley

Born in Detroit, MI

• Undergraduate: Duke University

• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Peer education and mentoring, singing, trying new restaurants, visiting museums, watching movies, and mah jong.

42 Match 2016 |

Xiaoxiao Guo

Born in Changchun, China

• Undergraduate: University of Michigan

• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Competitive figure skating, downhill skiing, Persian cooking, Michigan football, and my Shiba Inu dog, Kit.

43 Match 2016 |

Katherine Khatibi

Born in Baltimore, MD

• Undergraduate: The University of Chicago

• Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Licensed pilot: private, instrument, commercial licenses; single and multi-engine certifications; 400 cumulative hours, volleyball

44 Match 2016 |

Katherine Ligtenberg

Born in Evanston, IL

• Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Chicago

• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Traveling, baking, and weekly trivia competitions.

45 Match 2016 |

Krishna Patel

Born in Montreal, Canada

• Undergraduate: University of Michigan

• Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: PAWS Foster Dog Parenting, Transcendental Meditation, soccer, LTS charity

46 Match 2016 |

Erin Rocci Born in Palos Heights, IL

Medicine - Pediatrics

• Undergraduate: Northwestern University

• Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: The outdoors, challenging hikes, running marathons, and my Black Labrador, Cooper.

48 Match 2016 |

Erin Hickey Born in Boston, Mass

• Undergraduate: Cornell University

• Medical School: McGill University Faculty of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Speaking French, baking, cooking, Education and Health policy, and the history of Science and Medicine.

49 Match 2016 |

Stephanie Kelly Born in Melbourne, Australia

• Undergraduate: Duke University

• Medical School: Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

• Hobbies and Interests: Hiking, camping, traveling, reading fiction, running, biking, and volunteering

50 Match 2016 |

Jori Sheade Born in Evanston, IL

• Undergraduate: Wesleyan University

• Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

• Hobbies and Interests: Speaking Portuguese fluently, collecting vinyl records, married with two kittens.

51 Match 2016 |

Daniel Teixeira da Silva Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil