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Class of 2025
Colby Buell, MD
Hometown: Skaneateles
Undergrad: Stony Brook University
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
EM Interests: Ultrasound, Toxicology
Favorite chief complaint: Well Child Check
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Dinosaur
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: NYC, not even close
Rachel Schooley, MD
Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK
Undergrad: University of Oklahoma
Medical School: St. George’s University
EM Interests: Event medicine, sports medicine
Favorite chief complaint: “I think I’m pregnant”
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Pastabilities all day
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: What kind of pizza is Little Caesars?
Steve Lucas, MD
Hometown: Palmyra, NY
Undergrad: University at Buffalo SUNY
Med School: Upstate!
EM Interests: Med Ed, PEM
Favorite chief complaint: Abdominal Pain
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Pastabilities
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: NYC
Jim DeCourcey, DO
Hometown: Canandaigua, NY
Undergrad: Rochester Institute of Technology
Med School: University of New England
EM Interests: unsure currently, but I feel like I should say ultrasound
Favorite chief complaint: Foreign body, always going to be a procedure there
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Pasta
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: Being from the upstate area I have to go with upstate style
Carly Deihm, DO
Hometown: Lancaster, PA 🌽
Undergrad: College of Charleston 🌴
Med School: LECOM- Bradenton ☀️
EM Interests: US, critical care, wilderness
Favorite chief complaint: Priapism
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Pastabilities 🍝
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: NYC 🍕🍎
Chris Woodard, MD
Hometown: Wenatchee, WA
Undergrad: Portland State University
Med School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
EM Interests: Ultrasound, Education, Advocacy, Aerospace
Favorite chief complaint: Shortness of Breath
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Fresh pasta any day
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: Yes
Matt Holstein, MD
Hometown: Eastchester, NY
Undergrad: Stony Brook University
Medical School: New York Medical College
EM Interests: Ultrasound, Medical Education
Favorite chief complaint: extremity injury - matching up your history/exam with your imaging is like a mystery
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Pastabilities
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: NYC, of course
Lauren Vignaly, MD
Hometown: Stratham, NH
Undergrad: Johns Hopkins University
Med School: Albany Medical College
EM Interests: EMS, Wilderness Medicine
Favorite chief complaint: "Other"
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: pastabilities
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: upstate!
Tim Schreiber , MD
Hometown: Ontario, NY
Undergrad: SUNY Binghamton
Med School: SUNY Upstate
EM Interests: US, Tox, Sports Med
Favorite chief complaint: Abdominal Pain
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Dino no question: Ribs, pulled pork, and brisket combo with mac and cheese and tomatoes cucumber salad
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: NYC, upstate has no business making their own pizza style
Ben Friedman, MD
Hometown: Niceville, FL
Undergrad: UC San Diego
Med School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
EM interests: rural medicine, sports medicine
Favorite Chief Complaint: Rash
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Ribs
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: NYC Style
Brenda Bukowiecki, DO
Hometown: Morris Plains, NJ
Undergrad: Lehigh University
Med School: NYITCOM
EM Interests: Tox or Crit Care
Favorite chief complaint: “idk my wife said I need to come in”
Dinosaur BBQ or Pastabilities: Pastabilities
Upstate Style or NYC Style Pizza: the only correct answer is New Haven pizza
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