2019 Graduation: Fellows and Residents

Congratulations to the 2019 UW Emergency Medicine Graduating Residents and Fellows!

Susan Stern, MD, and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine congratulated the graduating residents and fellows.

"All of these individuals have added tremendously to our department and the institution as a whole. Their commitment, dedication to excellence, and optimism have challenged us to be better and have elevated our department and all of those around them."

UW Emergency Medicine Residency Graduates of 2019

2019 graduating residents, and the next step in their journey:

• Arvin Akhavan, MD: Healthcare Leadership and Operations Fellowship, NYU
• Patrick Bender, MD: Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett, WA
• David Cheever, MD: Gallup Indian Medical Center (IHS), Gallup, New Mexico
• Nicole Chicoine Mooney, MD, JD: UW Department of Emergency Medicine (UWMC – Northwest)
• Jim Costakis, MD: Swedish Edmonds Hospital, Edmonds, WA
• Ben Friedman, MD: St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, WA
• Rachel Harper, MD: Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, Wisconsin
• Anastasia Kendrick-Adey, MD: Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett, WA
• Jacob Lebin, MD: Medical Toxicology Fellowship, UCSF
• David Murphy, MD: EMS Fellowship; University of Washington
• Alex Pulst-Korenberg, MD, MBA: Commonwealth Health Care, Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)
• Caitlin Schrepel, MD: Medical Education Research Fellowship; University of Washington

Emergency Medical Services Fellows 

• Anna Condino, MD, MPH: Swedish Issaquah Emergency Medicine; Medical Director for Seattle Mountain Rescue
• Maika Dang, MD: Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA
• Claire Nordeen, MD: Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, AK; Bartlett Regional Hospital, Juneau, AK

Global Emergency Medicine & Rural Health Fellow

• Scott Owens, MD, MPH, DTMH: Alaska Native Medical Center Emergency Department, Anchorage, AK

Medical Education Research Fellow

• Bjorn Watsjold, MD, MPH: UW Department of Emergency Medicine, UWMC – Northwest