Residents' Interests

Class of 2014

Rod Mortazavi, M.D.
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Interests: Photography, ocean swimming, marine biology, animals and being in the water

Shaheena Patierno, M.D.
SUNY Syracuse
Interests:Traveling, beach days, coffee and cupcakes, relaxing at the spa, enjoying year-round sunshine, going to Angels games with my husband

James "Lee" Puckett M.D., PhD
UC Irvine School of Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Bedside ultrasound, international medicine, clinical research, surfing, swimming, kayaking, hiking, biking, snowboarding, snowshoeing, cactus and succulents, native plants and animals, enjoying life with wife Rebecca, daughter Kaia, Grommet the cat and Tank the tortoise 

Karin Reed, M.D.
Wayne State University
Interests: Dancing, cooking, traveling, biking, music, movies, the beach and ocean, any and every outdoor activity, and of course emergency medicine!

Shannon Toohey, M.D.
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Interests: Cooking, baking, football, dancing, spending time with my friends and family

Matthew Weber, M.D.
Jefferson Medical College
Interests: Surfing, diving, spearfishing, golf and dog beach with my chocolate lab

Class of 2015

Ahmed Elrefaie
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Interests: Basketball, tennis, NYJ football, music by Jessica Simpson, sculpting my core, showing off my core at the beach; good friends, good food, good times

Erica Frumin
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Interests: Surfing, traveling, patio gardening, beach time, and within Emergency Medicine - critical care and ultrasound

Maxwell Jen
UC San Francisco School of Medicine
Interests: Cinema, culinary arts, interior design, finance and economics, healthcare systems and administration

Kenneth Kim
Charles Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program
Interests: Soccer, Salsa, Spanish, pop español, spinning, road/mountain biking, Korean food

Juan Rendon
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Interests: Eating, movies, musicals, skiing/attempting to stay up on a snowboard, and mostly spending time with my fiancée, family and friends!!!

Alisa Wray
Tulane University School of Medicine
Interests: Baking, my puppy dogs, gymnastics, reading for fun, traveling

Class of 2016

Wynne Breed
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Interests: Skydiving, surfing, things, and stuff.
 
Kiah Connolly
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Interests: Traveling, CrossFit, the beach, tennis, volleyball, anything outdoors, my husband, our Siamese kittens Stryder and Jada & our much loved family and friends

Candace Gutierrez
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Interests: Trying new foods, watching movies, traveling, and spending time with family and friends

Lori Ludeman
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Interests: Beach, Cooking, traveling, movies, San Diego Chargers and Oregon Ducks football, exploring new restaurants, hanging out with my husband and dog Gaucho.

Cassondra Majestic
The Ohio State University
Interests: Dancing, spinning, cooking and eating a lot, volleyball, wine tasting, watching movies with my husband

Jason Mefford
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Interests: Fitness training, backpacking, water polo, golf, filmmaking, video games, history, hanging out/traveling with my wife

Kimberly Sokol
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Interests:  Running on the beach, trying not to lose my Chicago accent while surrounded by Californians, burritos, demonstrating that playing the piano and violin can be cool, and attempting to take as good of care of the other residents and UCI faculty as they have taken care of me