Kachiu C. Lee, MD
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Joshua Imakyure, MD
 ResidentDepartment of Internal Medicine
Brooklyn Hospital Center

Michael King, MD
Intern
Department of Internal Medicine
Albert Einstein Medical Center

Grant Kleiber, MD
Resident
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The University of Chicago Medical Center

Johnson C. Lee, MD
Resident
Division of Plastic Surgery
Albany Medical College

Cesar Raudel Padilla
University of Rochester School of Medicine 
Class of 2012

Sam Fuller, MD

A Chicago native, Sam is currently completing his residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Prior to residency, he attended the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Spanish and pre-professional studies, and then attended the University of Chicago for medical school. Sam is a sports enthusiast and novice foodie.

Joshua Imakyure

Joshua is from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in molecular and cell biology. After graduating from the Chicago Medical School, he began a residency in emergency medicine at Brooklyn Medical Center. When not studying, Joshua enjoys snowboarding, ice hockey, cooking, and the piano.

Kachiu C. Lee, MD

Kachiu grew up in Rockford, Ill., and attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a high school focused on fostering a love for the sciences. There, she discovered her desire to pursue medicine and enrolled at Northwestern University for her undergraduate and medical school education. She is pursuing a career in dermatology with research interests in dermatoepidemiology. In her free time, Kachiu likes to read, swim, and hike. She has a personal life goal of camping in all of the national state parks in North America.

Mitra Afshari

Mitra is originally from Glenview, Ill., and attended Northwestern University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering. She is currently an MD/PhD candidate at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Mitra’s public health interests lie at the interface of global health, biomedical engineering, and medicine as she continues to do field research abroad for a group out of Northwestern University that is developing point-of-care, rapid medical diagnostic tools for the developing world. Mitra intends to continue this work well past graduation despite eventually applying for residency in neurology, her second love.

Ravi Bamba, MD

Ravi grew up in New Orleans. He traveled up the Mississippi River to go to Washington University in St. Louis for college, where he graduated with honors in biology and a minor in ultimate frisbee. He graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 2010 and is currently in residency in the department of internal medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Jonathan Bank, MD

Jonathan is a graduate of the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. He is a resident in the section of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Manali Bhave, MD

Manali graduated from Northwestern University’s Honors Program in medical education, a seven-year undergraduate and medical school combined program. In addition to earning her medical degree last years, she has an undergraduate degree in psychology and a minor in business institutions. Manali is a resident in the internal medicine department at Northwestern University and hopes to pursue a career in gastroenterology, while continuing to pursue her interests in academic medicine.

Meghan Bhave, MD

Meghan attended Northwestern University’s Honors Program in medical education and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with a minor in sociology. After spending a transitional year in Chicago, she is now a resident in anesthesiology at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Meghan hopes to pursue her interests in academic medicine. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, artistic projects, and reading.

Daniel Butz, MD

Dan was born and raised in Green Bay, Wis., and completed his undergraduate education at Edgewood College. He completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and is currently a resident in plastic surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Benjamin Caplan, MD

Ben is a family medicine resident at Boston Medical Center. After earning his undergraduate degree in psychology at Williams College, Ben worked as a staff researcher at the UCLA Brain Mapping Center, where he authored several neuroscience publications and helped launch the international Human Brain Project. Apart from the medical world, Ben is a concert cellist of 25 years, a world traveler, and a performance magician of 18 years.

Shinn-Huey S. Chou, MD

Shinn-Huey earned her undergraduate degrees in bioengineering and biochemistry from the University of Washington, after which she attended and graduated from Chicago Medical School in 2010. After completing a transitional year internship at the Riverside Regional Medical Center in Virginia, she returned to Seattle for her residency in radiology at her alma mater.

Anshuman Das, MD

Anshuman is from Valparaiso, Ind. He attended Indiana University Bloomington and graduated in 2006 with a degree in biochemistry. After graduating from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, he is now training in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center. In his free time, Anshuman enjoys running and tennis.

Kevin Day

Kevin was born and raised in California and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and cell biology, graduating with honors and distinction in biology. As a fourth-year medical student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Kevin hopes to enter a radiology residency program back in his home state.

Lauren de Leon, MD

Lauren is a recent graduate of the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is finishing her internship year in internal medicine and loving it. She enjoys traveling, cooking, and searching for the perfect dumpling. In terms of medical career, Lauren is debating between gastroenterology and palliative/end of life care.

Annie Dude, MD

Annie hails from Milwaukee, Wis., but was proud to call Chicago home for almost ten years. After graduating from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine last spring, she began residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University Medical Center. Annie enjoys spending time with her husband, baby girl, dog, family, and friends, as well as hiking, running, and traveling.

Jonathan Erlich

Jonathan grew up in Boston and attended Washington University in St. Louis, where he graduated with degrees in psychology and biology. After graduating, he spent two years researching the causative factors of congenital heart disease at the Washington University School of Medicine. Jon is now finishing his medical education at the University of Chicago and will be applying into emergency medicine. Jon's hobbies are traveling, riding his bike, and intramural sports.

Philip Eye

Philip grew up in Baldwin, N.Y. Four years after being accepted into Boston University’s seven-year medical program, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and medical sciences. Phil is currently a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army and a medical student at Boston University School of Medicine. He plans to pursue a residency in neurology upon graduation in 2012. In his spare time, Phil both studies and teaches kung fu.

John Gilbert

John grew up in Lexington, Ky., and attended Duke University in Durham, N.C., graduating with Bachelor of Science degrees in biology and psychology with a concentration in neuroscience. He is currently a medical student at Yale School of Medicine and will graduate in 2012. John is broadly interested in brain and behavior, which may include residency training in neurology, neuroradiology, psychiatry, or neurosurgery. Only time will tell!

Jose Luis Gonzalez

Jose was born and raised in sunny Miami, Fla. He attended Johns Hopkins University where he learned what a neuron was for the first time, and ultimately earned his undergraduate degree in neuroscience with a concentration in systems neuroscience. Jose will be graduating from Yale School of Medicine in 2012, and with a passion for the brain he is strongly considering residency in neurology. When time allows, he enjoys going Latin dancing. 

Mark Jensen

Mark is in his fourth year at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. In his spare time, he likes to play hockey and does his best to stay out of the penalty box. Off the ice, he tutors inner city students in math and science and likes to travel when he can get away. After medical school, Mark plans to follow his father and grandfather's footsteps into anesthesiology.

Kimberly Kallianos

Originally from Atlanta, Ga., Kim attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. She is currently a fifth-year student at Harvard Medical School and will begin her radiology residency at the University of California, San Francisco in 2012.

Michael King, MD

Originally from Naperville, Ill., Mike studied molecular biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After some time as a research assistant in Versailles, France, he joined the class of 2011 at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. He is currently completing his internship year at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and will start residency in anesthesiology next year at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mike’s hobbies include traveling, reading, and running.

Grant Kleiber, MD

Grant is a third-year plastic surgery resident at the University of Chicago. Originally from the Chicago suburbs, he has an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and a medical degree from the University of Southern California. Grant enjoys cooking, playing music, and Chicago-style pizza.

Johnson C. Lee, MD

Johnson is a native of Los Angeles and attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., graduating with Bachelor of Arts degrees in biology and economics. He also earned his medical degree from Hopkins and is currently a resident in the plastic surgery program at Albany Medical College in New York.

Jerry Loo, MD

A Southern California native, Jerry did his undergraduate studies in microbiology, immunology & molecular genetics at UCLA. He is currently at the USC Keck School of Medicine and will be continuing his training there as a radiology resident in 2012. In his free time, Jerry enjoys playing piano, computer programming, basketball, and the occasional death match on PlayStation 3.

Neil Mehta, MD

Neil grew up in Kansas City and attended Washington University in St. Louis for his undergraduate education. He graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering, after which he worked for a year for Stereotaxis, a cardiology device company based in St. Louis. After finishing his medical education at the University of Chicago, he began his anesthesiology residency at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Cesar Raudel Padilla

Cesar was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a second-generation Mexican American. He dropped out of high school but managed to get a scholarship to a community college and ultimately graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in biological sciences. He plans to become an anesthesiologist and specialize in critical care. Cesar hopes to serve the Latino community in California as well as in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he has spent his summers since childhood. He has helped the University of Rochester School of Medicine reach out to the local Latino community by coordinating mock interviews with Spanish-speaking standardized patients. Cesar is an avid fútbol fan and enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter Elena.

Anil Pandit, MD

Anil is a fellow in cardiovascular diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. After graduating medical school he spent a few years in Nepal as a practicing physician before venturing to the United States. He has done research in high altitude medicine and typhoid fever, and has survived two internships in the United States. Anil joined USMLE-Rx in 2006 and hopes to continue working with the team in the future. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his wife and learn economics.

Tanvi Patel, MD

Tanvi grew up in the San Francisco bay area. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in health promotion and disease prevention with a minor in art history at the University of Southern California. Tanvi then studied at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. Upon graduation she began a residency in diagnostic radiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Tanvi’s favorite pastime is cooking.

Djuro Petkovic, MD

Djuro completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College. He graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and is currently a resident in orthopaedic surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center.

Shilpa Reddy, MD

Shilpa grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Carnegie Mellon University for her undergraduate degree in biological sciences. After graduating from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago, she is pursuing her residency in radiology at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Lauren Rothkopf, MD

Lauren attended Johns Hopkins University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in psychology. She graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 2007 and completed her internship year in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in public health while raising her 1-year-old son.

Jordan Stern, MD

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Jordan earned a Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree in biochemistry from the University of Western Ontario. He completed medical school at the Ohio State University, and is currently a resident in general surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center

Stephanie Tang, MD

Stephanie is from the Chicagoland area. She graduated from Northwestern University magna cum laude with double degrees in mathematics and chemistry. She attended Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine for her medical education and is currently a resident in internal medicine at Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. In her free time Stephanie enjoys food, traveling, running, and playing violin.

Kim Tran-Kerr, MD

Kim is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and a Master of City Planning degree. She also completed a Master of Philosophy degree in land economy from the University of Cambridge and recently earned her medical degree from the University of Queensland. Kim is a freelance medical writer and medical programs manager in Portland, Ore., where she and her husband enjoy supporting mom-and-pop restaurants by dining out often.

Richelle Williams, MD

Richelle graduated from Morgan State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry with a minor in computer science. She went on to earn her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2007 and is currently a general surgery resident at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Amy Yin, MD

Amy grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. She completed her undergraduate education at Brown University, where she studied biology. She earned her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. After completing a transitional residentcy at the University of Hawaii, Amy has started training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital residency program at Harvard.