Stephanie Abraham

ED alias/nickname: None for me thanks
Favorite chief complaint: "chapstick in bum"
How do you like your coffee? Iced quadruple shot skinny vanilla latte
Previous lives: Mad scientist
Guilty pleasures: US Magazine, people watching at Wal-Mart, remodeling my house
Favorite spot in Rochester: My recliner
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: The Outsiders, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series, Emergency Medicine for Dummies

Nicholas Aloisio

ED alias/nickname: "The Situation"
Care to explain its origins? Unfortunately, my memory of the details is a little hazy; you'd have to ask someone else who was there...
Favorite chief complaint: "I'm here to see Jim."
How do you like your coffee? Black - any other way isn't really "coffee".
Previous lives: A cappella star and world traveler.
Guilty pleasures: Cold beer, hot wings, and the Buffalo Bills.
Favorite spot in Rochester: Sitting in front of a plate piled high with Cajun-style pit-smoked pulled pork while listening to live Blues at the Beale Street Cafe, right in the heart of the South Wedge.
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Based on how many times I've read it, I have to say "The Hobbit", and as a close second, Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax".

Ryan Barnes

ED alias/nickname: Beef
Care to explain its origins? Either because of my super human strength or massive pectoral muscles? LOL
Favorite chief complaint: "Im here for my Lortab and my Xanaxeses."
How do you like your coffee? In my camelpack or in one liter aliquots.
Previous lives: Construction worker, research assistant, EMT/fireman.
Guilty pleasures: Red wine and dark chocolate
Favorite spot in Rochester: The bay
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Into Thin Air

Joseph Bettendorf

Favorite chief complaint: Back Pain
How do you like your coffee? Black.
Previous lives: Cross country ski racer, Landscaper, ski bum, timeshare salesman, grad student.
Guilty pleasures: GTL
Favorite spot in Rochester : Canandaigua Lake
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: anything "Made Ridiculously Simple"

William Daya

ED alias/nickname: Big Papi
Care to explain its origins? What can I say; I am a big teddy bear
Favorite chief complaint: abdominal pain
How do you like your coffee? French vanilla, with cream, hold the sugar
Previous lives: Heart breaker and a life taker, sergeant USMC
Guilty pleasures: Maury Povich
Favorite spot in Rochester: Great Harvest
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: I am not paid to read, I am paid to lead

David Hart

ED alias/nickname: "Daveheart" pronounced as a single word in one flow, like "Braveheart", only it sounds exactly like my real name, so my contention is that it is not a real nickname at all. (P.S. "Brave hart", NOT "brave heart", is the original phrase, meaning brave stag or male dear; it comes from Shakespeare's "Julius Cesaer", so that would really make my nickname "Dave hart", which is of course my real name, just further proving my point).
Care to explain its origins? Some dude said it...you know how it goes.
Favorite chief complaint: "My knee hurts...and it gives me chest pain."
How do you like your coffee? In front of someone else (I keep away).
Previous lives: Rock climbing guide, real estate agent, missionary.
Guilty pleasures: PBS - I love just about everything on PBS (and in NY, I can get three or four different PBS channels in HD with just a bunny-ear antenna!)
Favorite spot in Rochester: Letchworth is just south of here...that place is impressive (for being east of the Rocky Mountains). They call it the "Grand Canyon of the East".
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Crime and Punishment probably - it's been a while since I read it, but I remember it totally rocked my cerebrum.

Evan Leventhal

ED alias/nickname: Gizmo
Care to explain its origins? I have a thing for computers/technology
Favorite chief complaint: "I don't know why I'm here"
How do you like your coffee? Decaf
Previous lives: Programmer, IT/Network guy, Ski instructor, EMT, Firefighter
Guilty pleasures: Anything that’s shiny, has buttons and I can take apart (see ED alias)
Favorite spot in Rochester: Distillery
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Ender's Game

Katharine Liegel

How do you like your coffee? As ice cream
Previous lives: tree planter, carpenter and painter in Americorps NCCC
Guilty pleasures: Anything sweet with peanut butter, especially Reese's peanut butter cups
Favorite spot in Rochester:
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Where the Sidewalk Ends

Ryan McBeth

ED alias: Didn't get one, call me whatever you like.
Favorite chief complaint: "TNTM", which stands for "too numerous to mention"
How do you like your coffee? I don't. I'll take a black and white hot chocolate.
Previous lives: Boy Scout, Ride attendant at the Family Fun Center, Pool Cover Technician, Stock Boy at Nordstrom, Janitor, Pest Control Technician, Personal Trainer, Fence Painter, and Ice Cream Maker
Guilty pleasures: They all have to do with food: homemade ice cream, fruit pie, peanut butter cream oreo milkshakes, chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzels, and the list goes on...
Favorite spot in Rochester: Trail running at Tryon Park, Kayaking Irondequoit Creek, and Road cycling anywhere in the country.
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: I don't read if I don't have to, though I am "reading" (aka audiobook) A Game of Thrones.

Shuoluan Ruan

ED alias/nickname: "the Warrior" or "Mother Hen"
Origins: Warrior - b/c my name often gets mis-pronounced as "shaolin" like the Chinese kung-fu institution
Mother Hen - b/c I gotta look out for my fellow interns :)...from telling them where to find our many Orientation classrooms to getting us to hang out for bowling or drinks or both
Favorite chief complaint: testicular pain
How do you like your coffee: black!
Previous lives: previous? Living it up now!
Guilty pleasures: The Food Network
Favorite spot in Rochester: anywhere with Salsa dancing
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Ender's Game, Pride & Prejudice

Timothy Salib

ED alias/nickname: Salib
Care to explain its origins? From a land, from a far away place
Favorite chief complaint: "I be havin pain sometimes, you know?"
How do you like your coffee? Black
Previous lives: Beach bum, fish taco connoisseur
Guilty pleasures: Margaritas
Favorite spot in Rochester: My house
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "Cannery Row" - Steinbeck

Mark Smith

ED alias/nickname: that is privileged information
Care to explain its origins? A hot tub and a beverage were involved
Favorite chief complaint: any kind of laceration
How do you like your coffee? With a little bit of bourbon, hold the coffee
Previous lives: Hoosier
Guilty pleasures: Mad Men
Favorite spot in Rochester: Highland Park
Favorite book besides Tintinelli: not a big reader

Gregory Blanton

Favorite chief complaint: “the interns seemed cool when we interviewed them"
How do you like your coffee? With a big fat side of breakfast
Previous lives: Eagle Scout, Marine, Smiler, Dreamer
Guilty pleasures: Gin, Anheuser-Busch, chewing tobacco, hickory-smoked ribs
Favorite spot in Rochester: My bed
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Crime & Punishment

Justin DeWillers

ED alias: Papa Bear
Care to explain its origins? I'm a papa & look like a bear when post-call
Favorite chief complaint: “The police said I had to come here so I did ”
How do you like your coffee? Regular
Previous lives: Network Engineer, Project Manager, Tech Support
Guilty pleasures: Reddit
Favorite spot in Rochester: Durand Eastman Park
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: TNTC Shogun - James Clavell, Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson, Chuck Palahniuk's work, and The Things They Carried are a a few of them.

Sarah Fabiano

ED alias: Snookie
Care to explain its origins? Because people think I'm from Jersey
Favorite chief complaint: Body pain
How do you like your coffee? Full of caffeine with just cream
Guilty pleasures: Watching Twilight movies and the Secret Life of the American Teenager
Favorite spot in Rochester: Distillery
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Anything by Patricia Cornwell

Colleen Kovach

ED alias: No idea, probably something like beri-beri
Favorite chief complaint: Post-prandial vaginal discharge, while not my favorite, I give kudos for creativity (& yes, this was the actual written CC)
How do you like your coffee? Cafe con leche
Previous lives: Nomad, medical work in S. Africa
Guilty pleasures: Travel, scuba diving, trying to get a pilot's license, Israeli music
Favorite spot in Rochester: My bed
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: "An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century" by Dr. James Orbinski

Terry Lester

ED alias: Terry
Care to explain its origins? Long story, ask me sometime
Favorite chief complaint: My mouth feels gummy
How do you like your coffee? I don't
Previous lives: ED tech
Guilty pleasures: McDonald's breakfast
Favorite spot in Rochester: My house
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Andrea Miglani

ED alias:The Gooch
Care to explain its origins?Ask Rueckmann
Favorite chief complaint:Multiple Issues
How do you like your coffee? Black
Previous lives: I’ve done it all
Guilty pleasures:Anything highly caloric and non nutritious. Ohh, and…swearing
Favorite spot in Rochester: Letchworth park
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Cat’s cradle

 

Lars Peterson

ED alias: SuperUser
Care to explain its origins? The guy who volunteered to roll out e-Record
Favorite chief complaint: Vomiting alone
How do you like your coffee? Peet's. Major Dickason's blend without cream or sugar please.
Previous lives: Stage Manager, media production assistant, neuroscience researcher, and still currently a consumer tech geek.
Guilty pleasures: New iPhone/iPad apps, new camera/tech gear, Top Chef
Favorite spot in Rochester: Outdoors: Highland Park walking with my girlfriend and her dog, Lindy. Indoors: Watching a movie at The Little
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Catch-22, Joseph Heller

John Schueckler

ED alias: Jay
Care to explain its origins? Always been my nickname
Favorite chief complaint: Vomiting alone is tied with unusual bleeding
How do you like your coffee? Black and at the beginning, middle and end of a shift
Previous lives: Lifeguard, waiter, bartender, research assistant
Guilty pleasures: Time off
Favorite spot in Rochester: Park Ave. area is always a good time
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Hot Lights Cold Steal, Stiffs, Catcher and the Rye, A Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard

Bradford Schwartz

Favorite chief complaint: "it hurts everywhere"
How do you like your coffee? with hot chocolate, or just preferrably hot chocolate
Previous lives: Not sure if I'm a buddhist
Guilty pleasures: Indulging in "patient food" --animal crackers and ginger ale
Favorite spot in Rochester: Basketball court at Starry Night's cafe
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: The Gas We Pass..The Story of Farts by Shinta Cho

Alex Stella

ED alias: Alejandro
Care to explain its origins? It's my name
Favorite chief complaint: Snake bites
How do you like your coffee? I don't
Previous lives: Ski patroller, ski lift installation
Guilty pleasures: Skiing, travel, mexican food, Metallica, working on my truck (no guilt)
Favorite spot in Rochester: Running on the many trails along the waterways
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: A Man's Heart was Made to Beat and Not to Gasp Inside the Cement Boxes of Bureaucracy

Jesse Turley

ED alias: Baxter
Care to explain its origins? It's my first name. It's a family name passed down through generations, I think it means "Hero."
Favorite chief complaint: "same as always"
How do you like your coffee? Irish
Previous lives: I worked at Wal-Mart long enought to technically retire.
Guilty pleasures: I never feel guilty about pleasures
Favorite spot in Rochester: Park Avenue
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: I really enjoy bathroom readers of just about any sort. I always find it hard to put them down...

Joshua Zwart

ED alias: JZ
Favorite chief complaint: Anything that begins with "Well, for the past few months..."
How do you like your coffee? Freshly roasted beans from a small roaster in Seattle, made in a french press, black.
Previous lives: Flight medic, firefighter, janitor
Guilty pleasures: Ice cream, lots and lots of it!
Favorite spot in Rochester: My gorgeous 1920s home, also Dicky's Pub, 2 blocks from that gorgeous house!
Favorite book besides Tintinalli: Anything non-medical, but usually it's the NYT

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

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"

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

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

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!)