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Erik Adler, MD

Hometown: Golden, CO

Undergrad: UC-Boulder

Medical School: Albany Medical College

Most interesting job outside medicine: Casa Bonita Cliff Diver

Guilty pleasure: Powder days at Vail

Most random personal talent: Fire juggling

Ann Arens, MD

Hometown: Chanhassen, MN

Undergrad: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Medical School: University of Minnesota

How do I take my coffee? Black, and often

Nicknames/Aliases: Cap'n Ann

Hometown claim to fame: Home of Prince, and where Paisley Park stands in all of its purple glory!

Zahir Basrai, MD

Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA

Undergrad: University of California - San Diego

Medical School: New York Medical College

Worst Injury: Destroyed ankle s/p flying side kick.

Most random personal talent: The ability to grow a sick mustache.

Miscellaneous fact: The ET Robot at Universal Studios almost blew up when it tried to say my name!

Erin Drasler, MD

Hometown: Minnetonka, MN

Undergrad: Northwestern University

Medical School: University of Minnesota

How do I take my coffee? With ample creamer, titrated to a light tan color.

Best concert I've ever been to: Prince at his private Paisley Park recording studio. He was 15 feet away!

Most random personal talent: I've never lost at Scrabble

Brandy Drake, MD

Hometown: Glenwood Springs, CO

Undergrad: Carleton College

Medical School: University of Colorado

Most interesting job outside medicine: I once had to dress up like Smokey the Bear

Hometown claim to fame: Home of the World's Largest Outdoor Hot Springs Pool

Favorite vegetable: do I really have to choose just one? I LOVE vegetables

Anna Engeln, MD

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO

Undergrad: Colorado College

Medical School: Creighton University

Interesting job outside medicine: Kid wrangler at a dude ranch

Nicknames/Aliases: I admit that I’ve been called and have answered to Anna Banana

Most random personal talent: I can make chocolate disappear

Kirsten Liu, MD

Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil

Undergrad: Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

Medical School: University of Colorado

Most interesting job outside medicine: cinestudio (cinema) security

Best concert I’ve ever been to (band/location): U2 at Morumbi stadium (São Paulo)

Miscellaneous fact: i'm a twin AND a gemini- honestly, what other zodiac sign could we really be?

Samantha Mauck, MD

Hometown: Denver, Colorado

Undergrad: UC-Boulder

Medical School: Chicago Medical School

Favorite cartoon character: Snarf from the Thundercats

Most interesting job outside medicine: I managed a sushi restaurant before med school

Favorite Chief Complaint: 'My girlfriend stabbed me in the butt'

Garrett Mitchell, MD, MS

Hometown: Arvada, Colorado

Undergrad: UC-Boulder

Medical School: University of Colorado

If I weren’t an ER doc I’d be: Helicopter Pilot or Photographer

Favorite Chief Complaint: "Where am I?"

Most random personal talent: I can sleep anytime, anywhere.

Nicole Seleno, MD

Hometown: Grosse Pointe/"Detroit Rock City", Michigan

Undergrad: Colorado State University

Medical School: Wayne State University

Most interesting job outside medicine: vegetable picker on squash farm in Australia

Best concert I’ve ever been to (band/location): Poison/Detroit

Worst Injury: knee-boarding behind a car

Courtney Smalley, MD

Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona

Undergrad: Dartmouth College

Medical School: University of Arizona

Most interesting job outside medicine: college tennis coach

How do I take my coffee? one in each hand

Favorite place: my front porch swing

Brad Stevinson, MD

Hometown: Littleton, CO

Undergrad: Davidson College

Medical School: Georgetown University

If I weren't an ER doc I'd be: Developing my dominant dance moves

Best concert I've ever been to (band/location): Dave Matthews Band/Red Rocks

Favorite television show: The original reality TV show, "Cops"

Jodi Thomson, MD, PhD

Hometown: New Berlin, Wisconsin

Undergrad: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Medical School: Case Western University

How do I take my coffee? Usually by mouth

Worst Injury: I plead the fifth for fear of a jinx on my health...

Miscellaneous facts: I name my bikes. Currently in the stable are Red, Mike Honcho and Little Miss Bigwheels

Deborah Vinton, MD

Hometown: Wellesley, MA

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Best concert I’ve ever been to (band/location): Guster - outdoor amphitheater in Northhampton, MA just after a thunder storm

Hometown claim to fame: Regional solar car race champion

Miscellaneous fact: I've walked down the aisle in a wedding with Matt Damon