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Alexander Badulak, MD

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania

Undergrad: Franklin and Marshall College
Favorite chief complaint: "My feet is so fat and dirty!"
Hobbies: Going up and down mountains in various ways, guitars, amplifiers, and soulful music
Favorite vegetable: asparagus

Shea Cheney, MD

Hometown: Marietta, GA
Medical School: Mercer University
Undergrad: University of Georgia
Nickname: Sheananigans
Favorite Ice Cream: Ben and Jerry's S'mores
Worst Personal Injury: My own teammate broke my finger in a flag football game.

Jenny Chua-Tuan, MD, MBA

Hometown: Lubbock, TX
Medical School: Texas Tech

Undergrad: Texas Tech
Favorite candy: Gummy bears
Favorite childhood toy: Sea Monkeys
If I weren't an ER doc I'd be: a news reporter

Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD

Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
Medical School: University of Colorado
Undergrad: Harvard University
Nicknames: Flappy, Meet, Jamie
Most interesting place I've visited: Punjab, India
Favorite chief complaint: Out of Control (OOC)

Julia Dixon, MD

Hometown: Niwot, CO
Medical School: Case Western Reserve
Undergrad: Johns Hopkins
How I take my coffee: With mild and lots of sugar
Guilty Pleasure: Grey's Anatomy
Most interesting place I've visited: Galapagos Islands

Joseph Hemerka, MD

Hometown: Miami, FL

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
Undergrad: South Dakota State University
If I weren't an ER doc I'd be: a bodybuilder
Favorite television show: Arrested Development
Most interesting place I've visited: Wakulla, FL. Swamp people asked me to hoist a dead alligator they had just shot into their pickup truck...I couldn't say no.

Jenelle Holst, MD

Hometown: Longmont, CO
Medical School: University of Colorado

Undergrad: Franklin and Marshall College

Favorite chief complaint: "I'm getting a weird vibe from the corner of my room."
Hobbies: telemark skiing, backpacking, climbing
Guilty Pleasure: young adult fiction

Brian Jekich, MD

Hometown: Arvada, CO
Medical School: Stony Brook School of Medicine
Undergrad: University of Colorado, Boulder

Most interesting job outside medicine: owned a carpentry business builiding and remodeling homes
How do I take my coffee?: Americano with a splash of half and half
Most interesting place I've visited: Nepal!

Avery Mackenzie, MD

Hometown: I moved a lot ... Alaska, Colorado, California, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Oregon
Medical School: University of Colorado
Undergrad: Colorado College
If I weren't an ER doc I'd be: heli ski guide or fisheries biologist or inventor of new Ben and Jerry's flavors

Worst Injury: orbital blowout and perilunate dislocation
Favorite vegetable: Kale

Justin McLean, MD

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Undergrad: University of Colorado, Boulder
How do I take my coffee?: home roasted
Worst Injury: forehead versus swimming pool step
Most interesting job outside medicine: search and rescue dog handler

Benjamin Murphy, MD

Hometown: Onancock, VA

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University

Undergrad: University of Virginia
How I take my coffee: I am one of the only people I know who doesn't like coffee. I can't even stand the smell. Yuck.
Favorite television show: Game of Thrones or The League
Hometown claim to fame: The barber in town is also the mayor.

David Otten, MD

Hometown: Berthoud, CO
Medical School: University of Colorado
Undergrad: Colorado State University
If I weren't an ER doc I'd be: a sportswriter
Most interesting job outside medicine: Little League Umpire
Most interesting place I've visited: Iganga, Uganda

Marc Quinlan, MD

Hometown: Denver, CO
Medical School: Tulane University
Undergrad: University of Colorado at Boulder
If I weren't an ER doc I'd be: a chef that fly-fishes ... a lot.
Favorite book: East of Eden by Steinbeck
Best concert I've been to: The Railroad Revival Tour in New Orleans ... Old Crow Medicine Show, Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros along the MIssissippi River

Cory Siebe, MD

Hometown: Enterprise, OR
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Undergrad: Whitworth University

Most interesting job outside medicine: Forest Service wilderness ranger
Favorite Television show: Arrested Development
Guilty Pleasure: Singing Newsies songs in the shower. Seize the day baby.

Jessica Slim, MD

Hometown: Detroit, MI
Medical School: Wayne State University
Undergrad: Wayne State University
Most interesting place I've visited: The Wagan-Attari Border Closing ceremony between India and Pakistan
Most interesting job outside medicine: snowboard camp counseler on Mt. Hood
Favorite book: What is the What by Dave Eggers

Gannon Sungar, DO

Hometown: Orinda, CA
Medical School: Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Undergrad: Dartmouth College
If I weren't an ER doc I'd be: bored

Favorite chief complaint: "Hit by a bag full of wrenches"
Most interesting job outside of medicine: West African Librarian

Michael Susalia, MD

Hometown: Northbrook, IL
Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin
Undergrad: University of Michigan
Favorite cartoon character: Patty Mayonnaise
Hometown claim to fame: Ferris Bueller's Day Off was filmed at my high school

Worst Injury: Fell three stories off a home-made zipline...I went to homecoming my senior year of high school in a wheelchair.

Java Tunson, MD

Hometown: Delemont, Switzerland / Manitou Springs, CO
Medical School: University of Colorado
Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania

If I weren't an ER doc I'd be: graphic or interior designer
Most interesting job outside medicine: I was a barista - not so great with my name.

Best concert I've been to: Erykah Badu and Common at Redrocks