Class of 2027
Alexia Armanious, DO
Old Bridge, NJ
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
LECOM
Basketball, hanging out with friends, runs with my golden retriever, going to concerts, exploring new restaurants/things to do, traveling, Tiktok stan
Colleges of Fenway Basketball Champion x 2, gymnastics coach
Eli Azrak, DO
Brooklyn, NY
Yeshiva University
TouroCOM
Playing sports, spending time with my wife and son, family trips to Miami
Former 911 EMS Lieutenant/Captain, Paramedic
Amar Bukvic, DO, MBA
Woodbridge, VA & Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Virginia
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Knoxville, TN (LMU-DCOMK)
Running, hiking, tennis, kayaking, finding happy hours for every day of the week in any part of the city
Firefighter, Transit Bus Driver, Event Planner, Marketing and Business Development Associate at a healthcare startup
Stephanie De Mel, DO
Loma Linda, CA
Pacific Union College
NYITCOM
Playing volleyball, eating
I almost became a surgeon
Matthew Farkouh, MD
Highlands, NJ
NYU
PHSU
Pickleball, playing with my cats
I am a triplet, I have 12 toes
Yaffa Ilyaguyeva, DO
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn College
NYITCOM
Basketball, Soccer, Drawing/Painting, watching psychological thrillers, going to the gym, traveling, being outdoors, trying new foods with friends :)
Worked in ortho/sports med for ~5 years and worked with the NY Islanders and NCAA and NBA teams
Brian Kahen, DO
Great Neck, NY
University of Maryland
TouroCOM- Harlem
Basketball, Golf, Tennis, Fantasy Football, watching 2000's Rom-Coms, eating good food
Waiter, Medical Scribe, 2 x JCC Men's Basketball League Champion
Michael Olshansky, DO
Brooklyn, NY
SUNY Downstate
TouroCOM - Middletown
Hiking, Kayaking, calisthenics
Was a nurse for almost 15 years
James Schaeffer, DO
Staten Island, NY
Stony Brook
TouroCOM - Harlem
Running 5k's, making music, cooking, creating, cycling, longboarding, traveling, and dancing under a disco ball
12 years of wine-making
Gordon Tse, DO
Castro Valley, CA
University of California, Santa Cruz
Western University of Health Sciences
Gym, golf, soccer, concerts, cooking, trying new restaurants, traveling, hanging out with family and friends
Elementary School Spelling Bee Champion, ER Scribe, Youth Soccer Coach
Jordan Valentin, DO
Staten Island, NY
Stony Brook
NYITCOM
Mixed Martial Arts, Fantasy Football, Watching survivor
Semi-professional video game player