Nickname: Shrootz

Hometown: Hoffman Estates, IL

Undergraduate: Northwestern University

Medical School: Midwestern University CCOM

Hobbies and Interests: Watching RedZone, lifting, trying new desserts, dancing

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: The Dark Knight, all Marvel movies, Ted Lasso, Yellowstone, New Girl

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Still have to explore Cleveland but I love burritos

Favorite Music: Bollywood

Five Year Plan: Getting married to my fiancee, adopting a puppy and living the dream working as an attending

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: I would have loved to be a Sports Analyst/ESPN anchor

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Definitely teleportation...driving and traffic are my kryptonite

Random Fact: I am a triplet!

Hometown: Denver, CO

Undergraduate: University of Colorado, Denver

Medical School: Chicago Medical School

Hobbies and Interests: video games, golf, exploring new restaurants and bars

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: Training Day, Mindhunter

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Mabel's BBQ

Favorite Music: Rap/Hip Hop

Five Year Plan: Working with medical students/residents in some capacity

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Biochemistry PhD

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: super intelligence

Random Fact: I have never been skiing, despite growing up next to some of the best skiing in the world

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Undergraduate: Miami University

Medical School: University of Pikeville - KYCOM

Hobbies and Interests: Travel, hiking, cycling/peloton, and trying new recipes/restaurants

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Barrio

Five Year Plan: Graduate residency and be actively working on public health and advocacy initiatives in the ED

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: I would be an Anthony Bourdain-esque food/travel blogger

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Teleportation

Random Fact: Former President Obama is my cousin (distantly)

Hometown: Auburn, NY

Undergraduate: Ithaca College

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine - Erie Campus

Hobbies and Interests: Growing tropical plants, herb gardening, picking flowers, eating new foods, wine touring, reading poetry and drinking tea, watching the sunrise/sunset, moon observer and photographer, going to music festivals, exploring the outdoors with my dog

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: Schitt's creek, Lucifer, Handmaid's Tale, Euphoria, Manifest

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Sushi; favorite Cleveland restaurant to be determined after exploring the Cleveland food scene

Favorite Music: Generally anything electronic, house, alternative/indie-rock/pop

Five Year Plan: Finish residency and hopefully a toxicology fellowship while searching for a place to settle down

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: I would be a horticulturist/botanist or something to do with rescuing pitbulls!

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Telepathy would be cool

Random Fact: I have over 120 tropical plants, and still collecting

Hometown: Lyndhurst, OH

Undergraduate: Case Western Reserve University

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University

Hobbies and Interests: Running, sailing, camping, ultimate frisbee, board games.

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Princess Bride

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Tommy's in Coventry, Bangkok Thai

Five Year Plan: Raising my sons. Considering critical care fellowship. Figuring out my research niche.

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Likely answer: writing software for some robotics company. In my dreams: trying to make the Olympic sailing team

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Manipulation of time

Hometown: Fairview Park, OH

Undergraduate: The University of Akron

Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University

Hobbies and Interests: CLEVELAND SPORTS, basketball, tennis, football, all types of foods, sneakers

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: The Batman Trilogy, Scrubs, MCU, Star Wars

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: I honestly can’t pick. All I know is that Cleveland has a phenomenal food scene from the pizza at Mama Santa’s to the tacos at Hola Tacos to the kalbi at Korea House

Favorite Music: Hip hop, R&B, pop, and almost everything else

Five Year Plan: Sports Med/Administrative Fellowship, provide excellent care

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Either NASCAR or engineering

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: It has to be teleportation

Random Fact: My uncle is on a reality TV show

Hometown: LaOtto, IN

Undergraduate: Butler University

Medical School: Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Hobbies and Interests: Running, golf, tennis, outdoor activities, water sports, Butler basketball, Settlers of Catan, craft beer, food, traveling

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: Ted Lasso, Brooklyn 99, New Girl

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Pizza and tacos, desserts (minus anything with peanut butter)

Favorite Music: Country, 2000s alternative, LANY, ARIZONA, Jake Miller

Five Year Plan: Sports medicine fellowship --> practicing EM and sports

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Architecture

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Flight

Random Fact: I am a 10 year 4H member and grew up raising and showing sheep

Hometown: Medina, OH

Undergraduate: The Ohio State University

Medical School: University of Toledo

Hobbies and Interests: Running, paddle boarding, traveling, snowboarding, playing with my cat and exploring local coffee shops

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: Parent Trap, Gilmore Girls

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Tacos

Favorite Music: Country or pop music, but it can vary based on my mood

Five Year Plan: Graduate residency and looking into fellowships

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: I would love to open a coffee shop or be a travel blogger

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Teleportation. It would be amazing to be able to travel anywhere and save time

Random Fact: I am certified to scuba dive

Nickname: RJ

Hometown: Irvine, CA

Undergraduate: Case Western Reserve University

Medical School: California Northstate University

Hobbies and Interests: Working out, finding good Thai food, home decor and organization, and binge watching TV

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: Interstellar, Gilmore Girls, 12 Angry Men, Gossip Girl

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Hola Tacos!

Favorite Music: Best of the 60s, 70s, and 80s

Five Year Plan: Finish up residency and a potential fellowship in either medical education, global EM, ultrasound, or EMS. Then practice in academia for a few years before doing more rural EM

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Interior designer, architecture, or climbing the corporate ladder!

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Teleporting to places

Random Fact: I learned how to make Head & Shoulders shampoo during a summer internship at P&G

Hometown: Taylorsville, NC

Undergraduate: Brevard College

Medical School: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Hobbies and Interests: All things sports (basketball and golf), weightlifting, playing with my pups (Avi the Corgi and Arlo the Golden Retriever), assembling boxed furniture

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: Daredevil, Parks and Recreation, Schitt's Creek

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Steak with mushrooms

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Coaching women's college basketball

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: The ability to freeze time

Random Fact: I played collegiate golf and basketball

Nickname: Scheff

Hometown: West Chester, OH

Undergraduate: The Ohio State University

Medical School: Ohio State College of Medicine

Hobbies and Interests: Anything Active - hiking, biking, climbing, golf and soccer, Video Games, Movies, Cooking

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: Movie - Interstellar, wolf of wallstreet; TV shows - Peaky Blinders, Game of thrones

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: Jets Pizza, Skyline Chili, Condado Tacos

Favorite Music: Anything Electronic - Kygo, Diplo, Tiesto

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Astronaut

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Teleportation

Random Fact: I can do a backflip

Hometown: Kennewick, WA

Undergraduate: Western Washington University

Medical School: Pacific Northwest University College of Medicine

Hobbies and Interests: Hiking, climbing volcanoes, kayaking and windsurfing, napping with my dog and two cats, long-distance running, traveling, writing (I'm currently writing a book, we'll see if I ever finish it)

Favorite Movie or TV Shows: I love reality TV. Especially RuPaul's Drag Race

Favorite Food and/or Favorite Cleveland Restaurant: If there is a brunch option, I'll be there

Favorite Music: Reggaton, Latin Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic, BROADWAY BABY

Five Year Plan: Graduate from residency, potentially pursue a fellowship, finish building our house in Nicaragua

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Foreign Service

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Time control, specifically to slow down time so that I can sleep in

Random Fact: I only speak Spanish at home because my husband is Nicaraguan. We met on Tinder while I was in the Peace Corps! (That’s technically two random facts but context is important people)