AUTHORS Written by students for students. Really!

• Dennis Adams (DO)

• Dermatology
  San Diego, CA

COMLEX Level 1 550-600
Interests Soccer. Die-hard Arsenal fan. Victory through harmony. North London is RED.

• Whitney Alduron

• Anesthesiology
  Suburban Connecticut

USMLE Step 1: High 220s Step 2: High 240s
Interests: Skiing, road biking, running

• Calvin Barber

• Anesthesiology
  Cardiff, CA

USMLE Step 1: 236
Interests: Rocking out!

• Luke J. Brindamour, MD

• Dept. of Internal Medicine
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  Harvard Medical School

Foreword!

• Dena Darby

• Family Medicine
  Colchester, VT

USMLE Step 1: 230, Step 2: 234
Interests: Reading and writing, walking and hiking, friends and family

• Mairin Jerome

• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  New York City, NY

USMLE Step 1: 186 (Fail) > 216 (retake) Step 2: 244 CS: P
Fun Fact: When I was 18, I welded a small portion of the tram tracks in Amsterdam. More recently, I got to kayak within 30 feet of a family of humpback whales in the Sea of Cortez. Baby humpbacks are super cute and awkward when learning how to breach!

• G. Michael Krauthamer

• Emergency Medicine
  Hometown Unknown

USMLE Step 1: 230
Interests: Boats and my child
Bonus: I started medical school with the intention of applying to psychiatry residency, and it wasn't until August of my fourth year that I decided to apply to emergency medicine residencies. Academically, my preclinical grades were solidly average (read: I passed but did not honor any preclinical coursework). My Step 1 score was 230, which was a couple points above the mean for the year that I took it. In my clerkship year I honored family medicine, psychiatry and internal medicine, I passed the others. That said, I had very strong clinical evaluations, which were reflected in my Dean's letter. I also honored my fourth year rotations, including my sub-internships in Emergency Medicine.

• Karl Kristiansen

• Anesthesiology
  St Louis, MO

Board scores 235
Interests: Skiing

• Alyssa Mendelson

• General Surgery
  South Burlington, VT

USMLE Step 1 & 2: Mid 240s
Interests: I may or may not be a crazy cat lady

• Hank Ng

• Internal Medicine
  Essex Junction, VT

USMLE Step 1: 230, Step 2: 240, CS: F, then P
Interests: Soccer
Bonus: Going into medical school, he had a rough idea of what he wanted to do. He thought he would end up in internal medicine or pediatrics, and perhaps something after that. Indeed, he always carried a soft spot for hematology and oncology. For better or worse, his specialty choice tinted his view of the rest of medical school. He struggled with internal, family, and pediatrics, before settling on internal medicine.

• Cameron Smith

• Internal Medicine
  Los Angeles, CA

USMLE 235 - 245
Interests: Larry David is my spirit animal.

• Jennifer Tango

• Emergency Medicine
  Lancaster, CA

USMLE Step 1 – mildly bombed ... damn man problems Step 2 – 249
Interests: Snowboarding is fun until you fall at Lake Tahoe and probably tear your meniscus months before beginning residency. Oh yeah, and don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive!

• Richard P. Wood

• Urology
  Washington, D.C.

USMLE Step 1: 240-250
Interests: I love hanging out with my baby, home improvement projects, reading short stories, listening to podcasts, and watching mixed-martial arts.