Class of 2011
Jesus Alvarez
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
High School: Grant High School
Undergraduate School: Reed College
College Major: Psychology
Graduate School: Harvard School of Public Health
Graduate School Degree: MPH - Health Policy & Management
Medical School: UCSF
Interests / Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, hiking, learn to sail before finishing residency
Previous Lives: Non-profit management, social work
5 Year Plan: In addition to working with underserved patients in the ED, I hope to get involved in several policy issues: improving access to care for uninsured patients, measuring quality of care in the ED, and addressing racial/ethnic health disparities
Caitlin Bailey
Title: 2011-12 Ultrasound Fellow
Hometown: Marblehead, MA
Undergraduate School: Yale University
Medical School: Harvard University
Steven Bailey
Hometown: Barnesville, MD
High School: Richard Montgomery High School
Undergraduate School: University of Maryland, College Park
College Major: Cell Biology (B.S.) and Music (B.A.)
Medical School: Harvard
Interests / Hobbies: Swing dancing, disc golfing, video editing
Previous Lives: Professional swing dancer
5 Year Plan: Finish residency
Michelle Renee Fleurat
Hometown: Pacific Grove, CA
High School: Pacific Grove High School
Undergraduate School: University of California, Santa Barbara
College Major: French
Medical School: University of Southern California
Interests / Hobbies: Travel, fine wine, good books, tennis
Previous Lives: I used to be a pretty big slacker
5 Year Plan: World domination
Nathan Irvin
Hometown: Riverside, CA
High School: Riverside Poly High School
Undergraduate School: UC Riverside
College Major: Biology
Medical School: Harvard
Interests / Hobbies: Sports, music, spoken word poetry, going out
Previous Lives: Carney (Roller coaster and bumper car specialist), college track and field
5 Year Plan: Finish residency, retire
Starr Knight
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
High School: Saint Bernards High School
Undergraduate School: UC Riverside
College Major: Biology
Graduate School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Interests / Hobbies: Camping, live music, festivals, basketball, running, drum circles, going out
Previous Lives: College basketball, basketball coach, well... I worked for the city once, summer mentoring
5 Year Plan: Finish residency, maybe have some kids, see some new countries, fellowship, get a real car (it’s hard getting out of the jeep wrangler with a short skirt on)
Daniel Mantuani
Title: 2011-12 Ultrasound Fellow
Hometown: Leverett, MA
Undergraduate School: University of Oregon
Medical School: Tulane University
Melanie (Mel) Watts
Hometown: Only, Tennessee
High School: University School of Nashville
Undergraduate School: Dartmouth
College Major: Latin American Studies, Women's Studies, Geography
Graduate School: Bryn Mawr
Graduate School Degree: Post-Bac program - can't get into med school on a diet of Women's Studies alone. CDC Epidemiology Fellowship - studying the oh so prevalent disease --- rabies.
Medical School: Brown
Interests / Hobbies: Most anything that involves mountains, snow or water - usually translates to biking, snowboarding and being a mediocre surfer. Drinking good sake, eating good sushi. Trying to be a good doggie momma.
Previous Lives: Recovering Southerner, East Coast Intern, Utah snowboarder, South American trip leader
5 Year Plan: To finish residency - or at least internship
Benjamin D Wiederhold
Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
High School: Oakmont High School
Undergraduate School: UC Davis
College Major: Neuroscience
Graduate School: UCSF
Graduate School Degree: Neuroscience
Medical School: UCSF
Interests / Hobbies: Husband, Father, Businesses (developer - custom homes, and metal shop for race car part fabrication)
Previous Lives: Construction - general contractor/developer, porsche GT cup racing
5 Year Plan: Finish residency, build our dream home, start medical device development
Megann Young
Hometown: Oakland, CA
High School: Head-Royce High School
Undergraduate School: Yale
College Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Medical School: UCSF
Interests / Hobbies: Backpacking, open-water swimming, horses, surfing
Previous Lives: Wilderness guide, horse trainer, international law (no, I am not a lawyer!)
5 Year Plan: A solo swim across Lake Tahoe, explore Tibet and Mongolia