Pedram Behzadi

ED alias: Smokie
Favorite chief complaint: “I don't know why I am here”
How do you like your coffee? Regular with lots of cream
Previous lives: Okie at heart, born and raised in T-town (Tulsa) moved to Atlanta for college, Emory, and back to OK for med school. In my first life I was a Danish Olympic curler.
Guilty pleasures: OU football (Boomer Sooner)
Favorite spot in Rochester: Rochester Public Market
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Millionaire Mind, Blood Diamonds

Matthew Daul

ED Alias:  Daulstar
Care to explain its origins? I was branded against my will; my preferred D&D alias is Moonstone
Favorite chief complaint: "this migraine is setting off my fibromyalgia"
How do you like your coffee? Black as night
Previous lives: Ninja, which may explain my coffee preference
Guilty pleasures: Yes, please
Favorite spot in Rochester: Here at the Home
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Underworld, Don Delillo

Jared Gamet

ED alias:   No comment
Favorite chief complaint:  Trauma, big lacerations
How do you like your coffee?  Cream + sugar
Previous lives: EMT Basic, ER Tech
Guilty pleasures: outdoor activities, sports (hockey, golf, baseball…), family time
Favorite spot in Rochester:  At home with the family
Favorite book besides Tintinalli:  My Bible, history stuff, political stuff

Christian Med Coll

Ravneet Dhillon

ED alias:    "Jai-ho"
Care to explain its origins? No comment
Favorite chief complaint:“I am feeling weak”
Previous lives: full of fun and struggle
Favorite spot in Rochester: Strong ED
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: BRS Physiology

Lei Lei

ED alias:   Lei Croft / The L Bomb
Care to explain its origins? The first refers to a propensity to play video games and second refers to my last name meaning “landmine” in Chinese
Favorite chief complaint: Anything that involves “versus” ie “cat versus face” “foot versus truck” “finger versus blinder”
How do you like your coffee? Anyway I can get it
Guilty pleasures: Taking naps, Top Chef, ice cream for breakfast
Favorite spot in Rochester:  Park Ave
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Lisa Lincoln

How do you like your coffee?  Black…and lots of it!
Guilty pleasures: Late night French fries and reality TV
Favorite spot in Rochester: Park Avenue and anywhere on the lake

Joel Moore

ED Alias:  Pyro
Care to explain its origins?  Plead the 5th
Favorite chief complaint: I love them all
How do you like your coffee?  Espresso with honey
Previous lives:  Chemistry lab instructor
Guilty pleasures:  Caffeine
Favorite spot in Rochester:  Erie Canal
Favorite book besides Tintinalli:  House of God by Samuel Shem

Benjamin Newman

ED Alias:  I elect to not post my nickname
Care to explain its origins? It has to do with my success as a father
Favorite chief complaint: Satan is calling me on my [imaginary] cell phone
How do you like your coffee?  Black and strong
Previous lives: teacher, real estate investor, small business owner
Guilty pleasures: Reading for no purpose other than enjoyment.
Favorite spot in Rochester: My house
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

Brian Roggie

ED Alias:      Rogue Warrior
How do you like your coffee? Bolused, through two large bore IV’s
Previous lives: Camp counselor in the Adirondacks
Guilty pleasures: Bruster’s ice cream
Favorite spot in Rochester: Same as above

Isaac Siew

ED Alias:  Siew’s Your Daddy
Care to explain its origins? No idea. It makes no sense.
Favorite chief complaint: Nausea + Vomiting after getting Zofran earlier
How do you like your coffee? Coffee is evil
Previous lives: Medical student/superhero
Guilty pleasures: Chick flicks / Coffee
Favorite spot in Rochester:  Still looking for one
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Anything by Bill Watterson

Emily DiCesare

ED Alias:  Martha
Care to explain its origins?
Favorite chief complaint: “I want a sandwich”
How do you like your coffee? Iced!
Previous lives: Research assistant at MSKCC
Guilty pleasures:  Wine…
Favorite spot in Rochester:  Home or anywhere outside
Favorite book besides Tintinalli:  "Harry Potter"

Sean Toussaint

ED alias:     Toussaint
Care to explain its origins? It's my last name & sounds French
Favorite chief complaint: I took drugs & I feel weird
How do you like your coffee? Black
Previous lives: Journalist, auto mechanic, ski bum
Guilty pleasures: Funfetti cupcakes
Favorite spot in Rochester: My yard
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates"

Ryan Bodkin

ED Alias:  “I-am-Ryan-Bodkin”
Care to explain its origins? Ask Brennan Ellis
Favorite chief complaint: “I want a sandwich”
How do you like your coffee?  Lots of cream, lots of sugar
Previous lives: Top secret
Guilty pleasures:  Reality TV
Favorite spot in Rochester: Wegmans
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: I don’t read for fun

Katie Burk

ED Alias:  Oak Hill
Care to explain its origins?  Oak Hill is a country club in town. Rueckmann came up with this and I don’t know why. I only wore pearls with scrubs once!
Favorite chief complaint: EMS: “We’re losing his airway”
How do you like your coffee?  2% milk + truvia (from the stevia plant) or splenda
Previous lives: I designed and sold furniture
Guilty pleasures: Mojitos
Favorite spot in Rochester:  Public Market on Saturday morning
Favorite book besides Tintinalli:  Hmm…Travel books?!?

Colin Davis

ED Alias:      Shotgun
Care to explain its origins? No
Favorite chief complaint: "Bugs"
How do you like your coffee? Black
Previous lives: Physical therapist
Guilty pleasures: None
Favorite spot in Rochester: The Morris Shapiro Conference Room
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Rosen's

Arthur Jey

ED Alias:  Downward Dog, Karma Sutra
Care to explain its origins? No comment
Favorite chief complaint: lac to…
How do you like your coffee?  Often, early, 2 sugars + 1% milk
Previous lives: Original MMA master
Guilty pleasures: Fast cars
Favorite spot in Rochester: On the bike, yoga studio, hanging with my son
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: The Four Agreements

Nina Allan

ED Alias:   Nina the Barbarian
Care to explain its origins? Rueckmann’s interpretation of my work ethic
Favorite chief complaint: Orthopedic injuries
How do you like your coffee? Starbucks frappaccino, vanilla flavor, after lunch please
Previous lives:  A refugee
Guilty pleasures: Dark chocolate
Favorite spot in Rochester:  My backyard
Favorite book besides Tintinalli:  My new interests: vampire series

Jawwad Khan

ED Alias: The Scorpion King
Care to explain its origins? I look like "the Rock"
Favorite chief complaint: Paranoia
How do you like your coffee? Strong!
Previous lives: A butterfly
Guilty pleasures: Being lazy
Favorite spot in Rochester: My couch
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Rosen's (kidding). "When the Air Hits Your Brain."

Thomas Morgan

ED Alias:  Bedhead
Care to explain its origins? I have no idea
Favorite chief complaint: “I want a sandwich”
How do you like your coffee? Black and strong
Guilty pleasures: McDonalds
Favorite spot in Rochester: Mendon Ponds Park
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: US Weekly

Julie Pasternack

ED Alias: Sunshine Bear
Care to explain its origins? Care bear reference
How do you like your coffee?  Black
Previous lives: Math teacher
Guilty pleasures: Chick Lit, American Idol
Favorite spot in Rochester: Canadaigua Lake
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "The Secret Life of Bees"

Desiree Schroeder

Favorite chief complaint: Headache - Resolved
How do you like your coffee? Venti, peppermint mocha, extra shot, skim milk, no whip!!!
Previous lives: Farmgirl turned city chic
Guilty pleasures: Chocolate chip cookie dough
Favorite spot in Rochester: Mendon Ponds Park
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "The Eyre Affair"

Kevin Smeenk

ED Alias:  Professor
Favorite chief complaint: Vomiting alone
How do you like your coffee? Strong
Previous lives: Science teacher
Guilty pleasures: Single malt scotch
Favorite spot in Rochester: Strong Museum of Play
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "If I Ran the Circus"

Amy Taylor

ED Alias: GI Jane
Favorite chief complaint: "I want a sandwich"
How do you like your coffee? No coffee for me, I'm a tea drinker
Previous lives: Born & raised in Iowa
Guilty pleasures: Anything outdoors, traveling, running, biking or any sport
Favorite spot in Rochester: The Little Theatre & any place south of town that I can reach on my road bike
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Too many to chose from! Right now, I'm reading "Botany of Desire"

Anwar Wilson

Origins? Born and raised in Bronx, N.Y to a Jamaican father and Belizan mother. They always instilled the idea of there kids achieving more than them. I attended La Salle University, a Division 1 school on a basketball scholarship.
Favorite chief complaint: Dont have a favorite but had a patient once who thought he was Batman - dressed head to toe in Batman costume, fake muscles and everything.
How do you like your coffee? Don't drink coffee, only tea
Guilty pleasures : Ahh, I'll bite my tongue for now...
Favorite spot in Rochester: Distillery (their wings are the best that I have ever had!)

John Agresta

ED Alias: Chief
Care to explain its origins? Self-explanatory
Favorite chief complaint:  My eyes keep closing, vomiting alone…
How do you like your coffee?  Often, but just with cream
Previous lives: Single child, Waiter
Guilty pleasures: Ice Cream, wings
Favorite spot in Rochester: Distillery, beers on Tap, great wings, close to work
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "Angela’s Ashes"

Elijah Benioni

Favorite chief complaint:“ I was hit by a penny” (which was quickly followed by, “Can you pay my electric bill”)
How do you like your coffee? I don’t drink coffee, it makes me twitch
Previous lives: Musical Theatre
Guilty pleasures: McDonalds…I know, gross!
Favorite spot in Rochester: The wineries, I know they know me by name now.
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "Are you there Vodka, its me Chelsea"

David Benzinger

Favorite chief complaint: My eyes keep closing
How do you like your coffee?  Don’t drink coffee
Previous lives: Brewer, Patriot
Guilty pleasures: Pre-packaged Indian food in a bag
Favorite spot in Rochester: The Subway
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Where Angels Dare

Maureen Condon

ED Alias:     Mo
Care to explain its origins? My family...but according to google...
Favorite chief complaint: Dislocated extremities
How do you like your coffee? Strong, sweet & flavored
Previous lives: Professional surfer...okay, not true, but I wish! Seina college student, Siena lax player, summers of lifeguarding.
Guilty pleasures: Coffee, long phone conversations at 1 AM, greasy food with my resident friends after work at the Distillery!
Favorite spot in Rochester: Salsa night at Tapas, which is tied with bike path on the river in front of my townhouse, also tied with Tony D's for brick oven chicken wings, tied with fun times at Canandaigua Lake. Ok, I like variety in my fun!
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Variety, again, can't pick one, any suggestions...

Brennan Ellis

ED Alias:  Black Sheep
Care to explain its origins? Every family (or residency) has one
Favorite chief complaint: Headache = LP’s for all
How do you like your coffee? Black – like my heart
Previous lives: Mike Lu, Abe Lincoln, Gandhi, Ryan Bodkin, Genghis Kahn
Guilty pleasures: Tequila, Gravy, Death Metal, women’s rugby
Favorite spot in Rochester: The "thanks for visiting" sign as you leave, or anywhere with Ken Ross
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "The Unauthorized Biography of Dr. John Markson"

Sarah Feldmann

Favorite chief complaint: “my doctor told me to come in”
How do you like your coffee?  Upside down caramel macchiato or cream & sugar
Previous lives:  ED nurse
Guilty pleasures:  HGTV, spending time making scones and or cookies
Favorite spot in Rochester:  Running/biking along the Erie Canal
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "Three Cups of Tea"

Alan Flanigan, MD, MA, LCDR, MC(FS), USNR

Favorite chief complaint: Acute intoxication (my research focus)
How do you like your coffee? Espresso with lots of sugar
Previous lives: Nautical archeologist, photographer, bus driver, paramedic, dive medic, hyperbaric technician, US Naval Flight Surgeon, Lieutenant commander
Guilty pleasures: Coca-cola
Favorite spot in Rochester: Mendon Ponds
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Stephen Kim

ED Alias: Mike Lu
Care to explain its origins? Any explanation needed?
Favorite chief complaint: " I need a jacket"
How do you like your coffee? With cheesecake
Previous lives: Tennis professional, pharmaceutical representative
Guilty pleasures: Guilty?
Favorite spot in Rochester: Seneca Lake
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "Zen and the Act of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Michael Lu

ED Alias: Big Lu
Care to explain its origins? Let your imagination guide you
Favorite chief complaint: " Vomiting along....all alone."
How do you like your coffee? Free
Previous lives: Lived in Taiwan for 10 years before coming back to the US
Guilty pleasures: Driving to Toronto to stuff my face with awesome authentic Asian cuisine
Favorite spot in Rochester: Hanging out with my fellow residents, attendings, nurses, and techs at the Distillery after a busy shift!
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "The DaVinci Code" (only book I've read cover to cover more than once!)

Celina Martinez

ED Alias:  Chicken Champ
Care to explain its origins?…I didn’t see anyone in the pool at the resident retreat…
Favorite NON-ER chief complaint: " I need someone to go hiking with"
How do you like your coffee?  Milk and splenda
Previous lives: Florida Gator alum, florist, car salesperson, and far too many years waiting tables.
Guilty pleasures:  Movies, zweigles, and Tim Horton’s coffee
Favorite spot in Rochester:  Acme – great pizza!

Ken Ross

ED Alias: Dispo-Doc
Care to explain its origins? Self-explanatory
Favorite chief complaint: "My eyes hurt when I urinate" & "I need a sandwich"
How do you like your coffee? Black, no sugar, it's coffee, not candy. Also, preferrably from Tim Hortons and in copious amounts
Guilty pleasures: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Favorite spot in Rochester: Ft. Lauderdale

Reed Simons

ED Alias: Reedo
Care to explain its origins? Self-explanatory
Favorite chief complaint: Demonstrative menses
How do you like your coffee? Venti, tritrate 1/2 & 1/2 to color change
Previous lives: Tadpole trapper
Guilty pleasures: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Favorite spot in Rochester: Beers of the World
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "The Scoop on Poop: A Peds ED Rule for the Kid Full of Stool" by Anne Brayer, MD!