Residents - PGY 1

Angelica Ortega, MD
Hometown: Santa Maria, CA
Undergrad: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Medical school: Michigan State University
Hobbies: volleyball, dancing, traveling, hiking, photography, painting
Favorite Movies/TV: Friends, New Girl, Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon (Team Black🫡), Avatar the Last Airbender
Biggest Non-EM Accomplishment: med school intramural VB team winning 1st place
Favorite food: just gonna be broad and say Asian food lol
If not EM: travel blogger
Random fact: I'm hoping to visit 30 countries by the time I'm 30, but residency holding me back.

Colton Crain, DO
Hometown: Texarkana, TX
Undergrad: University of Central Arkansas
Medical School: NYITCOM
Hobbies: PC Video Gaming (FPS, Strategy, Runescape), Running, Lifting, Hiking, Youtube
Favorite Movies/TV: Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, Harry Potter, Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Rick and Morty, Lost, etc.
Biggest non-EM accomplishment: Professional Gamer (FPS)
Favorite Food: Tex-Mex. It isn’t Mexican, I learned that the hard way.
If not EM: Organic Chemistry Professor
Random Fact: I tell dad jokes, all the time. My attending asked me about imaging, but I was confused. Who is Emma Jean? (I made that one up)

Zaid Ansari, MD
Hometown: Fishers, IN
Undergrad: Indiana University Bloomington
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Hobbies: Yoga, BJJ, Climbing, Cooking, Experiencing Music
Favorites Movies/TV: Fleabag, Atlanta, The Bear, ATLA, Castlevania, Bojack Horseman
Biggest Non-EM Accomplishment: Getting a few of my poems published
Favorite food: Pakistani, but honestly anything I can get my hands on
If not EM: Something in CS, maybe a bartender/bass player
Random fact: Currently going through my plant era

Arash Kheyraddini Mousavi, PhD, MD
Hometown: Tabriz, Iran
Undergrad: Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz
Medical School: School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
Hobbies:
Hanging out with friends, baking (I love to make bread and baklava), artificial neuronal networks Programing, Inventing new devices, fixing and upgrading things, Electronics, Playing music (I play an Azeri instrument called Tar), Shopping
Favorite movies/TV: I enjoy movies an series about vampires, witches, and aliens.
Biggest non-EM accomplishment: I have invented and patented multiple high-tech devices and instruments ranging from 3D, high frequency microscopes to medical devices to measure brain consistency; have published multiple papers in international scientific journals and given talks in international conferences; have worked a professor for a couple of years; and even kept bees.
If not EM: If not EM I would be an ObGyn or Reproductive Endocrinologist in Infertility specialist or run a AI company
Random fact: I was a mechanical engineer before medical school

Ashraf Elsisi, MD
Hometown: Cario, Egypt
Medical School/Undergrad: Cairo University Faculty of Medicine
Hobbies: photography, Videography, Video games
Favorite movies/TV: favorite movie: old boy the korean version, favorite TV show:the boys
Biggest non-EM accomplishment: traveled to many countries took a lot of pictures one of which was featured on National Geographic Twitter’s photo of the day
Favorite Food: any middle eastern cuisine
If not EM: photographer/videographer/producer
Random fact: i have two cats and they are driving me crazy!

Josephine Sinamano, DO
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Undergrad: University of North Texas
Graduate school: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Medical school: University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
Hobbies: traveling and experiencing new cultures and food, brunch, running, watching TV/movies, music.
Favorite movies/TV: Friends, Big Bang Theory, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Frasier, Living Single, Django, Bad Boys 2 and any Christmas love story set in a small-town.
Biggest non-EM accomplishment: I sang the national anthem at my grad school graduation and was featured in a newspaper.
If not EM: I’d be a police officer or any other part of law enforcement but working in the field, where all the action is.
Random fact: I think cereal is the best comfort food. My favorite is Frosted Flakes and Honey Bunches of Oats

Roger Tran, DO
Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Undergrad: University of Florida
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University
Hobbies: video games (specifically Nintendo Switch), traveling the world/exploring cities, cooking, raving/music festivals, trying new cuisines/restos, history & art museums, budding CycleBar & Barry’s enthusiast, future cat daddy
Favorite movies/TV:
Movies: Silver Linings Playbook, Les Misérables, Mean Girls
TV: Everybody Loves Raymond, 30 Rock, New Girl, One Piece, Futurama
Biggest non-EM accomplishment: buying an expensive automatic espresso machine on Amazon Prime Day 😝
Favorite Food: anything Vietnamese – specifically, my grandma’s banh mi, hot pot, dim sum, din tai fung, salty fish fried rice
If not EM: DJ/celebrity chef/socialite/Ariana Grande’s bff
Random fact: I lived with Buddhist monks in the countryside of Bordeaux, France for 2-3 weeks
