Nicole Bahrami, MD

 
Hometown: Irvine, California
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Medical school: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Favorite LA Spot: Perch rooftop
Hobbies: Traveling, painting, listening to music, concerts, any & all outdoor activities, watching sports, trying new restaurants
Next Adventure: Traveling to Switzerland
EM Areas of Interest: EMS/Disaster, Sports Medicine, Pediatrics
What sound do you love? Rain!
If you could paint a picture of any scenery you’ve seen before, what would you paint? Sunset in Maui  

Hannah Carr, MD

Hometown: Ramona, California
Undergraduate: University of Oregon
Medical school: University of Virginia
Favorite LA spot: My brother and sister-in-law's backyard! Griffith Park is also nice.
Hobbies: Being outside - hiking, sand volleyball, beaching, hammocking...
Next Adventure: Acadia National Park
Least favorite mode of transportation: Least favorite mode of transportation is probably biking through traffic/without bike lanes. I did it for years in Oregon and my anxiety level was always so high! Favorite mode of transportation is also probably biking but on designated bike lanes/paths. My best friend and I biked unsupported from Vienna to Prague the summer before medical school started and we had the time of our lives!
If I were immortal for a day, I would: land a plane on a glacier and make some polar bear friends.
 

Sean Denny, MD

Hometown: Topanga, California
Undergraduate: UC Santa Barbara
Medical school: UC Irvine School of Medicine
Favorite LA Spot: Sender One LAX
Hobbies: Rock climbing, hiking, running, baking pizza and croissants, reading fiction
Next Adventure: Learning how to surf
Favorite childhood meal: Sunday morning waffles
If you were immortal for a day, what would you do? Go BASE jumping in a wingsuit

Kyle Fierro, MD

Hometown: Santa Rosa, California
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical school: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Favorite LA Restaurant: Totsu Ramen
Hobbies: running, home brewing, watching college football, eating burritos, seeing live music
Next Adventure: I'm working to become the MVP of my karaoke crew
EM Areas of Interest: EMS/Disaster, Critical Care
Favorite Sound: the sound of someone at the dinner table saying I can eat the pickle that came with their burger
Favorite Body Part: the hairline (I'm trying to get on its good side so it stays with me forever)

Adam Garibay, MD

Hometown: Austin, Texas
Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine
Hobbies: EDM, Spin, Pizza, Smash Bros, Polaroids, Juice
Favorite LA Activity: Rollerblading along the beach
Next Adventure: Tacos in Tijuana
EM Areas of Interest: Ultrasound, Education, Pediatrics
If you weren't a doctor what would you do instead? A pre-school teacher by day, spin instructor by night.
What quote illustrates your childhood? "Vas a ver cuando lleguemos a la casa"

Ryan Gleber, MD

Hometown: Cornelia, Georgia
Undergraduate: Georgia Institute of Technology
Medical School: UCSD School of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Ultrasound, Wilderness Medicine, Hyperbaric & Undersea Medicine, Research
Hobbies: Backpacking, surfing, diving, running, skiing, international travel, culinary experiences, reading, music, playing the mandolin
Favorite Childhood Food: Choco Tacos

Alexa Golden, MD

Hometown: San Diego, California
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical school: Tufts University School of Medicine
Favorite LA Spot: Philippe The Original
Hobbies: hip hop yoga, car camping, running on sand, burritos, JammyPacks, skiing/snowboarding on blue slopes, co-ed sports, event planning, costume parties, tap dancing, making chocolate covered strawberries, fun dip, sudoku
Next Adventure: The Moon
EM Areas of Interest: Administration, Ultrasound, Education, Health Policy & Advocacy
What’s the #1 most played song or station on your iPod, Spotify, or Pandora?: Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
If you had to change your first name, what would you change it to? Foxxy Cleopatra

Aaron Hauck, MD

Hometown: Livermore, California
Undergraduate: Cal Poly, Pomona
Medical school: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Favorite LA Restaurant: Mama Lu's Dumpling House
Hobbies: Music, hot yoga, hiking, cooking, foodie
Next Adventure: TBD
EM Areas of Interest: Education, Health Policy & Advocacy, International Emergency Medicine
Favorite childhood meal: Chicken Parmesan
Favorite time of day: Saturday morning

Tyler Leppek, MD, MPH

Hometown: Rochester Hills, Michigan
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Graduate School: MPH Michigan State University
Medical school: Michigan State University CHM
Favorite LA Spots: Amigos Tacos for breakfast burritos and taking advantage of the beautiful LA sunshine
Hobbies: Soccer, Liverpool fanatic (Up the Reds!), hot sauce making, skiing, backpacking (especially with my dog, Wrigley), camping, canoeing/kayaking, photography, soon to be surfing!
EM Areas of Interest: Administration, Education, Health Policy & Advocacy, Wilderness, Sports Medicine, Research
Next Adventure: Learning Spanish, growing my own peppers/chilies, and exploring my new home, LA!
If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? I would buy an English football club and start a soccer academy for underprivileged youth in LA.
If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be? I would want to be in the space shuttle of the first moon landing and walk on the moon.

Tianci Liu, MD

Hometown: Clovis, California
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical school: New York Medical College
Favorite LA Spot: Mashti Malone’s Ice Cream
Hobbies: searching for the best Mexican street taco in LA, becoming a Trader Joe’s connoisseur, semi-professional dog walker, farmers markets, Spikeball on the beach
Next Adventure: real life Mario Kart racing in Japan
EM Areas of Interest: Ultrasound, Critical Care
What’s the #1 most played song on your Spotify? “Crush” by Yuna & Usher
What is one of your favorite quotes? “Be the leaf.” -Meelo, The Legend of Korra

Robert “Rob” McMickle, MD

Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Undergraduate: Loyola Marymount University
Medical school: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Favorite LA Spots: Tacos Por Favor (on Olympic Blvd), The Hammer Museum, The Harbor Room, Playa del Rey Beach
Hobbies: Surfing, rock climbing, skiing, writing, fishing, listening to and playing music
Next Adventure: Wyoming
EM Areas of Interest: Critical Care, Research
What’s the #1 most played song or station on your iPod, Spotify, or Pandora? Gillian Welch, When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings
What is one of your favorite quotes? Illegitimi non carborundum

David Oliver, MD

Hometown: Keaau, Hawaii
Undergraduate: University of Washington
Medical school: University of Washington School of Medicine
Favorite LA Activity: surfing
Hobbies: Mountain biking, snowboarding, surfing, climbing, travel
Next Adventure: Global health trip in Nepal
EM Areas of Interest: Education, Research, International Emergency Medicine
Favorite form of exercise: Mountain biking
If you could be any fictional character, who would you choose? Mowgli

Andres Park, MD

Hometown: Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Undergraduate: University of Southern California
Medical school: UCSF
Favorite LA Activity: Trying out new restaurants!
Hobbies: Fishkeeping, hiking, jogging, cooking, chillin' on Hulu and Netflix, reading, traveling/exploring, playing with my dog.
Next Adventure: Couch staycation (all inclusive)
EM Areas of Interest: Ultrasound, Pediatrics
What’s your least favorite mode of transportation? Uber pool.
What was your favorite food when you were a child? Milanesa napolitana with a (generous) side of fries.

Hoang Pham, MD

Hometown: Long Beach, California
Undergraduate: UC Irvine
Medical school: Washington University in St. Louis
Favorite LA Activity: Biking around my hometown of Long Beach with my friends
Hobbies: Riding my road bike, climbing and bouldering, hiking with my wife, brewing and drinking coffee
Next Adventure: Learn how to mountain bike!
EM Areas of Interest: Toxicology, Education
If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for? I’d throw a double century bike ride with plenty of tacos, donuts, pizza, beer, and coffee stops just because.
Favorite childhood meal: Vietnamese com tam or maybe salt & vinegar chips

Fardis Tavangary, DO

Hometown: Beaverton, Oregon
Undergraduate: University of California Santa Barbara
Medical school: Western University of Health Sciences (COMP-NW)
Hobbies: Beach volleyball, spikeball, surfing, basketball, photography, cooking, playing guitar and piano, hiking, diving, and traveling
Favorite LA spot: Eclectic jazz night at Riviera 31
Next Adventure: Australia, Bali, and Thailand. Can't wait to dive The Great Barrier Reef!
EM Areas of Interest: Ultrasound, Education, Simulation
What is one of your favorite quotes? "The happiest people don't have the best of anything, they just make the best of everything"
If you could know the answer to any question, besides “What is the meaning of life?”, what would it be? What are the winning numbers for the next Mega Millions lottery drawing?

Brandon Wang, MD

Hometown: Bogota, New Jersey
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical school: NYU School of Medicine
Favorite LA spot: Late evenings at Star Night in Koreatown
Hobbies: Powerlifting, eating, doting on my parents’ miniature Goldendoodle, café hopping, eating some more
Next Adventure: Aurora Borealis
EM Areas of Interest: Administration, Education, Health Policy & Advocacy
What sound do you love? Sizzling meat on a grill
What keeps you up at night? Kevin’s Famous Chili episode of the Office