Emergency Medicine Residency Program About the Program Message from the Program Director Curriculum How to Apply Our Residents Residency Program Events Resident Life Our Residents Home Education Department Programs Emergency Medicine: Residency Program Emergency Medicine: Residency Program > Our Residents Meet Our Residents The UCI School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine attracts the best and brightest residents from around the world. Learn more about our residents in their own words. Class of 2025 John Brazil, MD Christina Cantwell, MD Andy Hsueh, MD Tien Lu, MD Tyler Rigdon, MD Susan Siraco, MD Mark Slader, MD Sophia Spann, DO Savannah Tan, MD Class of 2026 Carson Dangberg, MD Austin DeJong, DO Xenia Ivanova, MD Bryan Kift, MD Ian Lopez, MD Adam Sauer, MD Antonio (Tony) Tapia, MD Michael Valdivia, MD Sixian (Chloe) Wang, MD Class of 2027 Jordan Brafman, MD Michael Hanna, MD Christine Hua, MD Riad Morrar, MD Kalani Nakashima, MD Kenneth (Kenny) Robertson-Brown, MD Umar Saeed, DO Jacob (Jake) Schettler, MD Rogelio (Roger) Velazquez, MD Our Alumni We have been graduating emergency medicine physicians since 1992. Below are our alumni resident classes from the last five years. Class of 2024 Below are the residents listed according to their positions in the image above from left to right. Kevin Woods, MD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Yuval Peleg, MD University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Robert York, MD University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Isai Lopez, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Roy Almog, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Carina Mireles-Romo, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Campbell Belisle Haley, MD Tufts University School of Medicine Glenn (Jamie) Collins, MD University of California, Irvine School of MedicineAlex Dang, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Class of 2023 Below are the residents listed according to their positions in the image above from left to right. Rory Schwan, MD Wayne State University School of Medicine Keneth Sarpong, MD Loma Linda University School of Medicine Luke Walls-Smith, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Michelle Brown, DO Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Joshua Livingston, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Khoa Nguyen, MD Northeast Ohio Medical University Kyle Dornhofer, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Kerri Kraft, MD Eastern Virginia Medical School Cali Kirkham, MD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Class of 2021 Below are the residents listed according to their positions in the image above from left to right. Christian Ruiz, MD University of Texas, Houston McGovern Medical School Ryan Gibney, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Andrew Mikhail, MD University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Matthew Whited, MD University of Texas, Houston McGovern Medical School Danielle Matonis, MD Boston University School of Medicine Eric Dang, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Toby Myatt, MD University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Nicholas Bove, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Maximillian Smitham, DO (transfer — not pictured) The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2020 Below are the residents listed according to their positions in the image above from left to right. Scott Pierce, MD University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Breelan Kear, MD Creighton University School of Medicine Victor Cisneros, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Maja Feldman, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Emily Ma, MD University of California, Davis School of Medicine David Nykin, MD University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Claire Thomas, MD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Byron Etta, MD Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine Matthew Abrishamian, MD (transfer — not pictured) Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University Class of 2019 Below are the residents listed according to their positions in the image above from left to right. Lauren Sylwanowicz, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Ethan Kunstadt, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine Daryn Towle, MD Georgetown University School of Medicine Lindsey Spiegelman, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Alaina Brinley, MD University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Justin Yanuck, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Tanya Dall, MD Georgetown University School of Medicine Sari Lahham, MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine