Step 2 CK Qmax Authors

Senior Editors	Maniver Deol, MD New York City	Lauren Rothkopf, MD Philadelphia

Editors	Mona Ascha Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Class of 2017	Marcel Green, MD Resident, Department of Psychiatry Mt. Sinai St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals

	Jun Shane Ng, MBBS Intern Central Queensland Hospital & Health Services	Jorge Roman University of Texas Medical Branch Class of 2017

	Paul T. Rutkowski Wright State University Boonschoft School of Medicine Class of 2017	Dimitriy Timerman Harvard Medical School Class of 2016

	Sarah Tittman, MD Resident, Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Senior Authors	Nan Du, MD Intern, Department of Pediatrics Yale–New Haven Hospital	Colin Hill University of Virginia Class of 2017

	Gina Kim University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 2017	Deepika Manohoran, MBChB, MSc British Heart Foundation Medical Research Council

	Divya Manohoran, MBChB, MSc Research Fellow in Cardiology University of Toronto/Peter Munk Cardiology Centre	Annette Mueller State University of New York Downstate Medical University Class of 2016

	Matt Mui, MD Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine University of Florida, Jacksonville	David Walker University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
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Authors	Cameron Adler, MD Intern, Department of Surgery St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	Ali AlMoamen, MD Intern Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain

	Nitina Babu, MD St. George's University School of Medicine MBA Candidate	Marvin Bundo, MD Research Assistant The Health and Life Sciences University, Austria

	Vivian Choi, PhD University of Chicago School of Medicine Class of 2017	Atman Dave Saba University School of Medicine Class of 2017

	Melanie Kho Day, MD Tucson, Arizona	Stephanie Gleicher, MD, MPH Resident, Department of Urology State University of New York Upstate Medical Center

	Artemisa Gogollari, MD The Health and Life Sciences University, Austria Research Assistant	Nicole Green, MD Resident, Department of Pediatrics Weill Cornell Medical College

	Alex Kossar, MD Resident, Department of General Surgery State University of New York Upstate Medical University	Ujjala Kumar, MD Internist, Department of Internal Medicine Detroit Medical Center

	Corby Makin, DO Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine University of California, Davis Medical Center	Christopher Massey Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Class of 2017

	Rupal Mathur, MD Resident, Department of Internal Medicine CHI St. Luke's Health	Mina Naguib, MD Resident, Department of Pathology and Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine

	Sheel Patel, DO, MHA Resident, Department of Surgery Wayne State University	Gabriella Raffa University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Class of 2017

	Gabriel Reyes, MD Intern, Department of Anesthesiology Stanford University School of Medicine	Zak Ritchey, MBS, MHA Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Class of 2018

	Jonathan Rodger Drexel University College of Medicine Class of 2017	Valentina Rodriguez-Triana, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
	Parsa Salehi Drexel University College of Medicine Class of 2017	Vidhi Shah, MD University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
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	Samantha Spilman Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Class of 2017	David Staudt University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Class of 2017

	John Tedesco, MA St. George's University School of Medicine Class of 2017	Aaron M. Williams, MD House Officer, Department of Surgery University of Michigan Health System

	Casey Williamson University of California, San Diego School of Medicine MD/MAS (Clinical Research) Candidate	Christopher Michael Wolfe, DO Resident, Division of Dermatology Florida State University College of Medicine

	Matthew Woodward Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2017	Andrew Wu Clinical Research Associate Instrumentation Laboratories

	Jennifer Xiao, MD Intern Boston University Medical Center	Robert Ziechmann SUNY Upstate Medical University Class of 2018
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Biographies
Senior Editors	Maniver Deol, MD Maniver is from New York and earned her medical degree in India. Her focus is medical education, and she has helped manage the USMLE-Rx Step 2 CK QMax and Step 2 Flash Facts projects. She is a vegetarian who loves authentic NY pizza and trying new restaurants. In her spare time, Maniver enjoys reading, going to museums, gardening, and spending time with family, friends, and her rambunctious pitbull.
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	Lauren Rothkopf, MD Lauren earned her medical degree and a Masters in Public Health from Temple University School of Medicine. She has enjoyed working on USMLE-Rx projects for many years and is enthusiastic about improving medical education.USMLE-Rx projects for many years and is enthusiastic about improving medical education.
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Editors	Mona Ascha Mona is a fourth-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She hopes to match in an integrated plastic surgery program. Her medical school–related interests include statistics, clinical research, medical education, and anatomy. In her spare time, Mona enjoys running marathons, triathlons, spinning, yoga, calligraphy, learning how to code, podcasts, and eating as many donuts as she possibly can.
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	Jun Shane Ng, MBBS Jun earned his medical degree from the University of Queensland in 2015. His areas of interest are internal medicine, cardiology, and endocrinology.
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	Jorge Roman Jorge graduated from the University of North Texas and is currently a third-year medical student at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He plans to pursue a career in dermatology. In his free time Jorge likes working out, teaching, spending time with his cats, and writing. He particularly enjoys writing about the humanities and historical topics in medicine
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	Paul T. Rutkowski Paul is a fourth-year medical student at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and plans to pursue a career in orthopedic surgery. Outside of medicine, his interests include golfing, working out, and spending time with his friends and fiancee.
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	Dimitriy Timerman Dmitriy is a fourth-year medical student at Harvard Medical School interested in dermatology and melanoma. He has worked on several projects with the USMLE-Rx team over the past 2 years. When not editing questions, Dmitriy enjoys cooking and playing chess.
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	Sarah Tittman, MD Sarah is from a small town in Wisconsin and feels fortunate to have returned to her home state for medical school. She earned her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Yale University and her medical degree from the Medical College of Wiscon. She is currently a resident in the department of otolaryngology–head & neck surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Sarah’s hobbies include ice hockey, cycling, and cooking.
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Senior Authors	Nan Du, MD Nan is a pediatric intern at Yale- New Haven Hospital and a recent graduate from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Prior to medical school, she attended Harvard University where she graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering and a minor in global health and health policy. In her spare time, Nan enjoys baking chocolate chip cookies, traveling, and watching soccer.
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	Colin Hill Colin is set to earn his medical degree from the University of Virginia this spring, and plans to pursue a career in radiation oncology. In his free time, he loves hanging out with his dogs, reading fantasy novels, and pumping some iron.
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	Matt Mui, MD Matt was born in Alaska and grew up in Hong Kong before moving to Sacramento, Calif. He earned a combined bachelors and masters degree in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego. Currently he is an emergency medicine resident. Outside of medicine, Matt enjoys basketball, snowboarding, aviation, and traveling.
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Authors	Cameron Adler, MD Cameron is from Phoenix and graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 2016. He is completing a preliminary internship in general surgery at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. In 2017, he will begin his residency training in diagnostic radiology at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. Cameron’s hobbies include cooking, eating, and traveling with his wife.
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	Ali AlMoamen, MD Ali was born and raised in the tiny country of Bahrain. He earned his medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland–Bahrain in 2015. He is pursuing a career in adult neurology and is looking forward to the 2017 Match. Ali's hobbies and interests include watching films, reading, walking and jogging, traveling, and being a foodie.
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	Nitina Babu, MD Nitina was born and raised in Long Island, NY. She graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2015 and is currently earning her master's degree in business administration. Once that's completed, she plans to pursue a career in child and adolescent psychiatry. Nitina enjoys playing volleyball, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.
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	Marvin Bundo, MD Marvin graduated from the University of Medicine, Tirana in 2013. He is currently pursuing a masters degree in health sciences at The Health & Life Sciences University in Austria, where is is also working as a research assistant. His research interests include personalized medicine and breast cancer. Among Marvin's hobbies are reading and traveling.
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	Vivian Choi, PhD Vivian is an MD/PhD candidate and is looking forward to graduating this spring. She earned her PhD in microbiology and researched an enterotoxin produced by certain strains of Bacteroides fragilis. In her free time, Vivian enjoys meals with friends, cooking, and reading.
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	Atman Dave Atman is from the deep southern state of Louisiana, but is often told he has no Southern drawl. He graduated from Tulane University in 2012 with a major in biomedical engineering and a minor in digital studio art. He is currently a fourth-year medical student. When not in the hospital or in clinic, Atman loves listening to audiobooks and podcasts, hitting the gym, and expanding his palate with his fiancée.fiancée.
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	Melanie Kho Day, MD Melanie is from California and earned a combined bachelors and masters degree in biochemistry and cell biology. She earned her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
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	Stephanie Gleicher, MD, MPH Stephanie did her undergraduate students at Colgate University and earned a Masters of Public Health degree from Rutgers-UMDNJ. She completed medical school at SUNY Upstate and is currently a urology resident there. Stephanie enjoys long runs, hiking, coffee, Scrabble, traveling, and everything chocolate.
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	Artemisa Gogollari, MD Artemisa earned her medical degree at the University of Medicine, Tirana in 2013. She is a research assistant at The Health & Life Sciences University, Austria and is currently enrolled in the masters of health sciences program there. Artemisa’s research interests include medical decision-making, decision-analytic modeling, and gynecologic cancers. In her spare time she enjoys creating digital art and illustrations.
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	Ujjala Kumar, MD Originally from Detroit, Ujjala earned her medical degree in 2006 from Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan. She completed an internal medicine residency in 2011 at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Ujjala is currently teaching in the internal medicine residency program at Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit while she completes a Masters of Public Health degree at George Washington University. In addition to her busy work life, she enjoys her full-time job as a mother of three kids and loves running, swimming, and engaging in adventurous sports with her family.
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	Christopher Massey Christopher grew up in Mansfield, Texas, where he was the captain of his high school swim team. He continued his swimming career in college at Henderson State University. After retiring from swimming, he decided to focus his efforts toward becoming a physician. Christopher met his wonderful wife at Henderson, and is grateful for her never-ending support. Together they are raising two Golden Retrievers, each of whom weighs 80 pounds and each of whom thinks he is a lap dog. Most of Christopher’s time is dedicated to making sure the dogs don't break everything in the house.
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	Sheel Patel, DO, MHA Sheel graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Florida campus with the dual degree of Doctor of Osteopathy and Masters of Health Service Administration in June 2016. He recently started a general surgery residency at Wayne State University in Detroit. Sheel hopes to subspecialize after completing his general surgery residency. His research interests are pediatrics and trauma. Sheel’s hobbies include art and painting, bike riding, and traveling.
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	Gabriel Reyes, MD Gabriel grew up in Southern California and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006, studying biology with an emphasis in biochemistry. He started the MD/PhD program at UCSF in 2008 and completed his PhD in 2014, studying mechanisms of resistance to TKIs in chronic myeloid leukemia. He earned his medical degree in 2016 and has begun his intern year prior to starting anesthesiology residency at Stanford University in 2017. Gabriel enjoys reading, hiking, and cooking.
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	Zak Ritchey, MBS, MHA Zak is a third-year student at at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS). Originally from Honolulu, he graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelors degree in biology and earned his masters degrees in biomedical sciences and health administration from RFUMS. Zak’s professional interests include teaching and clinical research. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, traveling, and painting.
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	Jonathan Rodger Originally from New Jersey, Jonathan moved to Philadelphia in 2011 to earn a master's degree at Drexel University. He stayed on to enter medical school and is now a fourth-year student. Jonathan is applying to residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology and hopes to be able to stay in the Philadelphia area
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	Parsa Salehi Parsa earned his undergraduate degree in human biology from Cornell University. He is a fourth-year student at Drexel University College of Medicine. His interests include nutrition, health care policy, near Eastern studies, and human development. In his spare time, Parsa enjoys basketball (go Mavs!), skiing, debate/public speaking, fitness, travel, nature, cooking, poetry, and spending time with friends and family.
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	David Staudt David was born outside of Philadelphia but has lived in Wisconsin since the age of 9. He graduated in December 2012 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelors of Sciences degree in biology. After spending some time teaching MCAT prep courses, he began medical school at the University of Wisconsin. Currently a third-year medical student planning on an internal medicine residency, he is a huge nerd. In his time not consumed by medical school and related activities, David enjoys biking, reading, fumbling with a guitar, and spending time with his wife and their cat (Mrs. Pantaloons). He makes a mean PB&J.
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	John Tedesco, MA John earned a bachelors degree in science from St. Lawrence University and a Masters of Arts degree in cell biology from City College of New York. He is currently a fourth-year student at St. George’s University School of Medicine.
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	Aaron M. Williams, MD Aaaron is from Louisville and completed his medical school training at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He is currently in general surgery residency at the University of Michigan Health System.
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	Casey Williamson Casey is originally from Denver but moved to California to earn his undergraduate degrees in biology and English literature at the University of Southern California. After graduation, he spent two years studying tumor angiogenesis at the University of California, San Francisco before enrolling in medical school at the University of California, San Diego. He is currently working on a Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research before returning to finish medical school. Casey loves to ski, hike, camp, and run.
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	Christopher Michael Wolfe, DO Christopher is a graduate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s three-year accelerated pathway. He completed his internal medicine internship at Temple University, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. He is currently completing a residency in dermatology at Florida State University College of Medicine. Christopher plans to complete a fellowship in Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. He is currently completing a residency in dermatology at Florida State University College of Medicine. Christopher plans to complete a fellowship in micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology.
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	Matthew Woodward Matthew grew up in Farmington, Conn, and graduated from Tufts University with a degree in biology in 2008. He then completed research in neurodegenerative diseases at McLean Hospital, a Harvard affiliate, before starting medical school at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. He currently lives with is wife in Baltimore and is applying to neurology residency programs. Matthew enjoys cooking, eating, brewing beer, hiking, and both playing and watching sports, particularly baseball an football. His proudest momet is winning a ghost chili challenge, which earned him a commemorative T-shirt and much-needed antacid.
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	Jennifer Xiao, MD Jennifer is originally from Poughkeepsie, NY. After high school, she moved to Boston to join the seven-year medical program at Boston University. She is staying at Boston Medical Center to complete her intern year before moving to the University of Washington for radiology residency. Outside of school, Jennifer loves baking, running, and hiking.
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	Robert Ziechmann Robert is a third-year student at the SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine. He is pursuing a career in neurosurgery, and is interested in working in an academic setting. In his spare time, he enjoys road and trail running, fencing, and cooking.
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