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Kristen Brusky, D.O. (PGY4)

Nickname: Brewski
Care to explain its origins: You'll get it pretty quickly
How do you like your coffee? Not!! But I like mint green tea
Previous Lives: Farmer (I am hopeful to continue this as a hobby in the future), Quality Control Technician for a great company that makes calibration equipment for pipettes.
Guilty Pleasures: YouTube!
Favorite spot in Rochester: Needed to live within walking distance of Highland Park. I also enjoy Rochester Public Market, Cure, Owl House, and Daily Refresher.
Personal Interests: Live Music, anything outdoors including hiking or just walking around the city, Dining, Playing and Watching Sports.
PM&R interests: I have significant interest in MSK/Spine but I am intrigued by Stroke and TBI as well. Research interest: Effects of Coma Stim on FIM Efficiency.

Nickname: ‬ Coach
Care to explain its origins: ‬ ‬I used to coach High School Football‬.‬‬‬
‪How do you like your coffee? French pressed and mildly sweetened‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Previous Lives: ‬ High School Math Teacher‬; football coach.
‪‬‪Guilty Pleasures: Chicken wings.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Favorite spot in Rochester: Strong Museum of Play.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
‪Personal Interests: Biking, hiking, camping, kayaking, and home brewing.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
PM&R/research interests: Rural Medicine‬‬, Spine, and MSK. ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

‪Nickname:‬ Nunnias, Nicolai, Magoo, Myoclonus‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Care to explain its origins: ‬ ‬I am apparently easy to nickname…‬
‪How do you like your coffee? Black, strong and at least BID‬‬‬‬‬‬‬.‬‬‬‬‬
Previous Lives: ‬ Baton twirler and coach, barista, kinesiology researcher‬‬‬‬‬‬‬.‬‬‬‬‬
Guilty Pleasures: German chocolate cake, binge watching TV shows on lazy days‬.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
‪Favorite spot in Rochester: Canoeing/kayaking at Ellison Park, Finger Lakes Wineries, Trata rooftop, and my deck in the summer.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Personal Interests: Canoeing, kayaking, scuba, downhill skiing, movies, traveling, reading, writing, photography, my pup Ollie, and trying to learn golf!‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

How do you like your coffee? Black: or with a touch of skim milk.
Previous Lives: EMT; Soccer ref; CPR/BLS instructor.
Guilty Pleasures: The beach, seafood, and ice cream.
Favorite spot in Rochester: Nature - Highland Park. Out - Lento, Dinosaur BBQ, Aladdin's, and Pittsford farm Dairy.
Personal Interests: Sports, pretty much anything outdoors, being a foodie, photography, travel, and time with family and friends.
PM&R/research interests: Spine/Sports and Pain.

Nickname: King Bull, Sonja
Care to explain its origins: King Bull (König - king in German; Toro - bull in Spanish); Sonja (my Bratislavan alter ego).
How do you like your coffee? Every hour, on the hour.
Previous Lives: Full time beach bum.
Guilty Pleasures: Bravo TV (don't tell anyone).
Favorite spot in Rochester: Public Market, Magnolia's (killer tomato soup), Ellison dog park, Genesee river trail...& all-time fave in the wintertime: my bed.
Personal Interests: My pup Otto, 80s music, Die Mannschaft, and Puerto Rico (kinda’ really obsessed - ask anyone).
PM&R/research interests: Cancer rehab, Pain, and MSK.

Nickname: Krupp, Croup, K-krup, Kruppadopolis, etc.

Care to explain its origins: Crazy friends.

How do you like your coffee? Strong, dark, and ground-up in the freezer.

Previous Lives: Basketball coach.

Guilty Pleasures: Candy, Fixer Upper on HGTV, and the Bachelorette…I have so many!

Favorite spot in Rochester: Mendon Ponds Park, Doggie Woggie K9 Playtime, The Daily Refresher, Half Pint, and my couch.

Personal Interests: Movies, Music, and Sports.

PM&R/research interests: TBI, MSK, Spine, and Sports.

Nickname: Indoor/outdoor cat or House cat

Care to explain its origins: I like to relax at home, but also enjoy outdoor activities.

How do you like your coffee? French pressed at home. Iced: with two pumps of simple syrup and cream at the hospital.

Previous Lives: Seafood deliverer; manual laborer; and poor student.

Guilty Pleasures: Imgur, Left4Dead2, Netflix and chill

Favorite spot in Rochester: Genesee river trail, Wegmans, Canton house, Seoul house, Beer Market.

Personal Interests: Charcoal drawing, currently learning water color and the ukulele, road biking, snowboarding.

PM&R/research interests: Too early: undecided.

Nickname: Mahana
Care to explain its origins: Named after a character in a movie because as a young boy you could always find me in a tree.
How do you like your coffee? Straight-up black, with no frills.
Previous Lives: I was active duty Air Force before medicine.
Guilty Pleasures: Ice cream and lots of it.
Favorite spot in Rochester: Pittsford Farms Dairy followed by a stroll along the canal.
Personal Interests: I love sports, being outdoors, reading, and going to the movies.
PM&R/research interests: Fibromyalgia research.

Nickname: Black cloud
Care to explain its origins: I hail from Seattle; clearly it's a reference to the city's notoriously rainy weather.
How do you like your coffee? In large quantities through an IV if at all possible; I'm attempting to transition to tea.
Previous Lives: Starbucks supervisor; chiropractic assistant; analytical and formulations scientist for a biotech company.
Guilty Pleasures: Binge watching entire seasons of TV shows with my cat.
Favorite spot in Rochester: Fuego Coffee Roasters, Dog Town, Village Bakery, Abyssinia, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and AJ's Beer Warehouse.
Personal Interests: Most things involving water in liquid or solid state - skiing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, wake surfing, surfing, power boats, scuba, etc. Also, all forms of adventures and adventure sports, travel, beer, whiskey, books, and NASA/space.
PM&R/research interests: Neuroprosthetics, brain-computer interface, spinal cord injury, osteoporosis/bone metabolism, space travel, and quality improvement measures.

Nickname: E.B.
Care to explain its origins: I went by my initials to distinguish me from my father who has the same name.
How do you like your coffee? I’m not a big coffee drinker but I like chai tea
Previous Lives: Bioengineering, inmate payroll manager
Guilty Pleasures: Eating cookie dough, bingeing Netflix shows
Favorite spot in Rochester: I’ll let you know next year.
Personal Interests: iphone application development, sculpting, music, digital painting
PM&R/research interests: Bioengineering and robotic devices to aide with rehab, EMG, pain, spine, & MSK.

Nickname: Jim or Jimmy
Care to explain its origins: Because I'm not nearly fancy enough for 'James'
How do you like your coffee? Irish
Previous Lives: Quality control manager for a steel wire manufacturing plant, valve and process control equipment and application engineering sales rep, oil and gas process design engineer.
Guilty Pleasures: Children's movies, wings at least weekly, singing in the shower.
Favorite spot in Rochester: Yet to be found
Personal Interests: Football, soccer, dark beer, reading, movies, all food.
PM&R/Research Interests: MSK, prosthetics/orthotics for now