Residents
Class of 2013 | ||||
 Jordan Brown MD |  David Brunett MD |  Erin Davren MD | ||
 Erica Johnson MD |  Tom Johnston MD |  Autumn Loomis MD | ||
 Evan Mussetter MD |  Bryan Stonestreet MD |  Laura Tudor DO | ||
 Adam Whiteside MD | ||||
Class of 2014 | ||||
 Bradley Buckingham MD |  Shon Hubert MD |  Doug Kelly MD | ||
 Stephanie Krema MD |  Kaitlin Pala MD |  Adam Ross MD | ||
 Jon Severy MD |  Hugh Shoff MD |  Mary Vanlier MD | ||
 Robert Vichich MD | ||||
Class of 2015 | ||||
 Matthew Allinder MD |  Joseph Bales MD |  Megan Bertke MD | ||
 Erin Brumley MD |  Thomas Cunningham MD |  Benjamin Favier MD | ||
 Rachel Mather MD |  Bobby O'Bryan MD |  Neagum Patel MD | ||
 Amanda Zhang MD | ||||
The selected resident has not completed their online profile. We are working to get this updated.
Jordan Brown MD
PG Status: PGY III
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Undergrad: Purdue University
Medical School: Indiana University
Unique Experiences:
Hobbies: Children and backpacking
What Makes You Tick? Coffee, Red Bull,
Goals and Aspirations: 1960's Vintage Airstream Travel Trailer to Tour National Parks.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? We Rock!
Autumn Loomis MD
PG Status: PGY III
Hometown: Hailey, ID
Undergrad: University of Michigan
Medical School: University of Texas
Unique Experiences: Having traveled to almost 75 countries
Hobbies: Traveling, Camping + Backpacking, Running.
What Makes You Tick? Traveling, getting off the beaten path, and road trips with family
Goals and Aspirations: Traveling to space and working in refugee camps
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Independent Learning Model.
Evan Mussetter MD
PG Status: PGY III
Hometown: Ashland, KY
Undergrad: University of Kentucky
Medical School: University of Louisville
Unique Experiences: Getting Struck by a car while cycling
Hobbies: Cycling and skateboarding
What Makes You Tick? Wife Nancy, Son Gunther, Bulldog Agnes. Also, is a avid sneaker enthusiast and always looking for a fresher pair.
Goals and Aspirations: To own a Delorean and to ride Mount Ventoux
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Wanted a high volume and high acuity program. Also liked the supervised independence.
Bryan Stonestreet MD
PG Status: PGY III, Chief Resident
Hometown: Bluefield, VW
Undergrad: Davidson College
Medical School: Marshall University
Unique Experiences: "We Are Marshall" movie extra, played tennis for Davidson, and Uganda medical mission trips
Hobbies: Traveling, Tennis, Skiing, and Basketball
What Makes You Tick? My heart
Goals and Aspirations: Be the best ED physician possible, international medicine, and be involved in teaching students.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Increased responsibility with clinical decision making, laid back atmosphere, and outstanding faculty
Adam Whiteside MD
PG Status: PGY III, Chief Resident
Hometown: Glasgow, KY
Undergrad: University of the South - Sewanee
Medical School: University of Louisville
Unique Experiences: Was a chef for 4 years prior to medical school. Summitted over half of the peaks in the Rocky Mountain National Park in one summer.
Hobbies: Grows over 20 types of hot peppers. Competitive swimmer for 20+ years. Guitar playing.
What Makes You Tick? Wife + 2 Kids + Great Dane. Megatrauma.
Goals and Aspirations: Continue to improve at all types of ultrasound techniques.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Independence. Advance clinical preparation. Lots of trauma and procedures are plentiful.
Bradley Buckingham MD
PG Status: PGY II
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Undergrad: University of Kentucky
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Unique Experiences: Worked at a surf shop in Daytona Beach for one summer, hiked to the tops of a few low lying mountains in the Smokies, and I have actually been a decent cook on a select number of occasions.
Hobbies: Hiking, golf, frisbee stuff
What Makes You Tick? People. In particular, friends & family
Goals and Aspirations: Start a family, stay close to home, use training for part time work in states & short term international work.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Great opportunity to come back home to friends and family here, stay close to friends in Lexington, and train at a program with a really good reputation.
Doug Kelly MD
PG Status: PGY II, EMRA Representative
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Undergrad: University of Louisville
Medical School: University of Louisville
Unique Experiences: I've worked a bunch of jobs…software engineer, small business owner, construction laborer, Six Flags gaming supervisor, nursing aid, volunteer firefighter / EMT, radio telescope operator and research assistant.
Hobbies: Anything tech or computers, R/C helicopters, bowling, hiking, camping, working on perpetual home improvement projects at our lake house.
What Makes You Tick?
Goals and Aspirations: Once residency is completed I would like to return to my pre-hospital roots as a Fire/EMS medical director in addition to working in the ED. I'm also hoping to finish up my private pilot's license that I started years ago in the near future.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Born and raised in Louisville with both mine and my wife's entire family locally, but also for the programs reputation of aggressively progressive autonomy, consistently high accuity and plenty of trauma to go around. This is not a place where residents can coast, but rather a place that pushes residents just beyond their limits to maximize their potential.
Stephanie Krema MD
PG Status: PGY II, EMRA Secretary, EMRA Editor-in-Chief
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Undergrad: George Washington University
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Unique Experiences: Copied a painting at the Louvre
Hobbies: Fixing stuff, painting, and sailing
What Makes You Tick? Caffiene, sleep, caffiene
Goals and Aspirations:
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? There was that click when I interviewed here, sorta like (platonic) love at first sight.
Kaitlin Pala MD
PG Status: PGY II
Hometown: Hingham, MA
Undergrad: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: University of Louisville
Unique Experiences: Prior to starting medical school I worked on an organic vegetable and berry farm in Vermont, and then at an animal sanctuary in Texas. Surprisingly good preparation for the emergency room!
Hobbies: Anything in the outdoors, including but not limited to: hiking, camping, and backpacking; kayaking, swimming, and water-skiing; fruit and vegetable gardening; mountain biking and yoga; and traveling.
What Makes You Tick? High-intensity, fast paced experiences, both inside and outside of the ER. Otherwise, I am easily bored!
Goals and Aspirations: To practice international emergency medicine with the organization Partners in Health.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Truthfully, I cannot think of a single reason why NOT to choose EM at U of L. Consumate autonomy, unparalleled experiences and exposures, fantastic attendings, laid-back atmosphere. We work hard and play harder!
Adam Ross MD
PG Status: PGY II
Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
Undergrad: West Virginia University
Medical School: West Virginia University
Unique Experiences: Wilderness medicine rotation in TV, Shark dive in FIJI
Hobbies: Mountain biking, scuba diving, and home improvement.
What Makes You Tick? Working in the ED while still maintaining a balanced lifestyle, and working in an acedemic setting.
Goals and Aspirations: Finish residency and work in an academic setting
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Great place to work in a great city to live. Diverse patient population, great staff, attendings and residents.
Jon Severy MD
PG Status: PGY II
Hometown: Aspen, CO
Undergrad: University of Colorado, Boulder
Medical School: University of Vermont
Unique Experiences: waiting for my baby bald girl to be born (any day now!); tornado sirens day 1 Louisville; staying tan in Vermont (now unsure if signifies health or pathology); witnessing the formation of my boy’s cone head; waiting tables in suck city (NYC); riding my motorcycle through Mexico; winning NCAA cross-country national championships twice; being humbled by nature time and again; seeing the green flash
Hobbies: most things jockish (outside sports), many things nerdish (books not games), few cool (my music not yours); tackling my boy to the ground, squeezing him too tight squealing happy; watching crust punks on bardstown road
What Makes You Tick? salt; true love; maple syrup; autonomy; stoner metal; hotels; soul; bourbon; angsty people; freak folk; all things Mexican; most things quaint; my wife my life; swimming; my boy; rivers; pipe tobacco smell; manners; snuss; oceans; the South; the Scary; my job; lots of cream lots of sugar; my mom my hero; rituals; effort; quirks, mountains; authenticity; storms, rage, the mad, the sick, tired, ugly, destitute, fine, no better, better, gone
Goals and Aspirations: be accepted by crust punks on bardstown road; hanging on for life; really, I want to become a good old man (able to grow a beard, pipe tobacco, true wisdom, judgement, stink, patience, old-happy-eyes, acceptance, a good tombstone)
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? soul; autonomy; bourbon; authenticity; bardstown road; real autonomy; Fred Olmsted; the South; the scary, the mad, the sick…..such forth
Robert Vichich MD
PG Status: PGY II
Hometown: Ashland, KY
Undergrad: University of Kentucky
Medical School: University of Louisville
Unique Experiences: 48 hour non-stop dance marathon in Philly to raise money for kids with cancer
Hobbies: Black and white photography, attending concerts of any kind, and random road trips
What Makes You Tick? Love being spontaneous and making sure that I don’t regret missing out on anything in my life. Random road trips with friends to experience different places around the world make everything better.
Goals and Aspirations: To get into a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship and work both in the adult and kid’s world.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Love the amount of autonomy that they give you and that you start getting to see and participate in trauma and medical resuscitation from day one.
Matthew Allinder MD
PG Status: PGY I
Hometown: Henderson, KY
Undergrad: University of Kentucky
Medical School: University of Louisville
Unique Experiences: Played Tennis at UK
Hobbies:
What Makes You Tick? Tennis
Goals and Aspirations: New expieriences, friends, and family.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Graduate and visit all four grand slam tennis tournaments in one year.
Joseph Bales MD
PG Status: PGY I
Hometown: Brighton, CO
Undergrad: University of Denver
Medical School: Texas Tech University
Unique Experiences: Studied at Oxford University, club swim coach throughout medical school, and helped launch two churches.
Hobbies: Runnning, road biking, swimming, kayaking, mountain biking, gardening, raising Chickens, recycling, living simply, and spending time with my family.
What Makes You Tick? I am always amazed at how much we impact the lives of other people that we come in contact with. Whether it is a spouse, child, friend, colleague, attending, or patient, I try to think how I can positively impact their lives.
Goals and Aspirations: I plan on doing short-term medical missions with my EM training.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Fell in love with the city when I came and visited. Really liked the clinical program and hands on training you get here. Everyone graduating from this program feels comfortable in almost any emergency room enviroment or situation.
Megan Bertke MD
PG Status: PGY I
Hometown: Vernon, TX
Undergrad: University of Texas at Arlington
Medical School: University of Louisville
Unique Experiences: Lived in Italy as an Au Pair in between college and medical school
Hobbies: Cooking, scrapbooking, and watching movies
What Makes You Tick? Quality time with friends and family
Goals and Aspirations: Travel all over the world, competency and continued growth in Emergency Medicine
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? They guide you in your learning without holding your hand.
Thomas Cunningham MD
PG Status: PGY I
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Undergrad: University of Kentucky
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Unique Experiences: Emergency medicine and trauma surgery rotations in Bangkok, Thailand. Rock climbing in Yosemite National Park. Ironman Triathlon.
Hobbies: Triathlon, rock climbing
What Makes You Tick? Married, no kids, one large great dane. I love being outside and being active in whatever fashion life allows.
Goals and Aspirations:
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Good sound faculty and staff, hands on learning environment, level of acuity and variety of trauma.
Benjamin Favier MD
PG Status: PGY I
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Undergrad: University of Missouri Kansas City
Medical School: University of Missouri Kansas City
Unique Experiences: I played waterpolo, went hiking in the mountains of New Mexico, and led a service organization.
Hobbies: My current hobby is home improvement and have a secondary hobby of remote control cars.
What Makes You Tick? I think the thing that makes me tick is being able to take care of others; includes my wife, family, friends, and patients.
Goals and Aspirations: I have always sought to take care of the sickest patients. I consider my goals during residency to improve my critical care knowledge, communication, and leadership skills.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? I chose the University of Louisville for its well known progressive autonomy, high volume of acutely ill patients, and history of established ED physicians.
Rachel Mather MD
PG Status: PGY I
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Undergrad: Emory University
Medical School: Emory University
Unique Experiences: Running a marathon and spending a lot of time in Spain
Hobbies: Running, reading, and watching television.
What Makes You Tick? Taking care of people
Goals and Aspirations: To practice emergency medicine in an academic enviroment and be an excellent EM physician.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? The people! Being in an enviroment that is intellectually stimulating as well as supportive and nuturing.
Neagum Patel MD
PG Status: PGY I
Hometown: Ontario, OH
Undergrad: The Ohio State University
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Unique Experiences: Skydiving, climbed El Volcan Tajamulco, studied abroad in Guatelmala, regular Cedar Point attendee
Hobbies: Playing/watching sports, traveling, cooking, watching and quoting movies (Will Ferrell), music, TV shows (Dexter, How I Met Your Mother, South Park, and more)
What Makes You Tick? My parents. Growing up in school if I came home with a report card full of A's they usually say, "who cares? I've gotten plenty of those."My parents built their lives on striving to always be better and in turn, is what makes me go. So spend a day in my shoes and you'll see that I am 100% on in whatever I am doing. Whether its school, work, studying, hitting the gym, or etc. I prefer to be pushing the limit. Finally when its night time I'll power down, have some cookies and milk and head to bed.
Goals and Aspirations: As a young man I saw myself as somebody who had the potential to help people. As long as I am able to do that for my patients my goal is fullfilled. On a lighter side I would love to be able to make the most out of my life. Go bungee jumping, cliff diving, visit as many countries as possible, try foods from around the world, see lots of live concerts, plays, and sporting events.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? Most emergency medicine programs are built to give you the tools you need to succeed in the real world. U of L MAKES you into the doctor you need to be in the real world. Cutting out the middle man.
Amanda Zhang MD
PG Status: PGY I
Hometown: Lexington, KY
Undergrad: Wake Forest University
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Unique Experiences: Climbed the tallest active volcano in the world.
Hobbies: Dancing, hiking, going to the lake, cooking, water/snow skiing, and running
What Makes You Tick? Going out with my friends, my dog, and knowing that I wake up every day still physically capable of doing what I love.
Goals and Aspirations: To work hard and play hard. To have a fulfilling career and have fun.
Why Emergency Medicine at U of L? I love the autonomy we get because it fits my learning style. I also chose uofL for the great attendings, residents, and staff.
