St. Joe’s Current Emergency Medicine Residents
Ashley Guthrie, DO, Chief Resident, PGY4
Undergrad: Arizona State Major: Biology
Medical School: Barrett Honor College at ASU
Interests: reading for fun, movies, cooking
Mike Hong, DO, Chief Resident, PGY4
Undergrad: Undergrad University at Buffalo Major: Biomedical Sciences
Medical School: NYIT
Interests: ALTO, Ultrasound, water sports, movies
Daniel Poor, MD, Chief Resident, PGY4
Undergrad: University of Memphis, BFA, Hunter College CUNY post baccalaureate
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: home fermentation, fitness, gardening
Christine DeFranco, DO, PGY4
Undergrad: Fairfield University Major: Biology
Medical School: NYIT
Interests: traveling, NY Giants, NJ Devils, family, friends, SLEEP!!!!!
Tyler Manis, MD, PGY4
Undergrad: Florida State University Major: Exercise Science
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: Senior member of the 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, a New Jersey Civil War Reenactment Group. “Tis my great delight to march and fight as a Jersey volunteer.”
David Traficante, DO, PGY4
Undergrad: Florida Atlantic University Major: Pre-Medicine/Chemistry
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: Boston sports fan, Tom Brady the GOAT, Jeopardy, cooking, golfing, tennis
Katrina D’Amore, DO MPH, Student Clerkship Coordinator, PGY3
Undergrad: Boston College Major: Biology & Ancient Civilization
Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: New England Patriots, horseback riding, cooking, golfing, hiking, health research and spatial epidemiology
Kristen Pena, DO, Student Clerkship Coordinator, PGY3
Undergrad: Manhattan College Major: Biology
Medical School: Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: travel, reading
Meggie Martin, MD, PGY3
Undergrad: UC Davis Major: Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: the great outdoors… Skiing/snowboarding, hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, Scuba diving
Christopher Meaden, MD, MS, PGY3
Undergrad: UMass Amherst Major: BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: Politics, Travel, Movies, Netflix
Lani Mendelson, MD, PGY3
Undergrad: Tulane University Major: Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Jewish Studies
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: Reading, exercising, volunteering, traveling, horseback riding, spending time with family and friends
Yenisleidy Paez Perez, DO, PGY3
Undergrad: Florida International University in Miami, FL Major: Health Sciences with minor in Biology
Medical School: NYIT- College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY
Interests: Indoor Rock climbing, running, House of Cards, and coloring
Sarah Bolan, MD, PGY2
Undergrad: American University Major: Biology & Physics
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: Family, traveling, marathons, running, lacrosse, NFL, bar trivia
Christine Ju, MD, PGY2
Undergrad: University of California, Davis Major: Neurobiology, physiology and behavior
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: Food, traveling, music, movies, the great outdoors
Hima Khamar, MD, PGY2
Undergrad: Virginia Commonwealth University Major: Biology
Medical School: St. Georges University (SGU)
Interests: Hiking, Exercising, Reading, Traveling
Kerri Clayton, DO, PGY2
Undergrad: State University of New York at New Paltz Major: Organismal/Environmental Biology
Medical School: NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: Hiking, Camping the national parks of America, Skiing, Traveling, Yoga, my family and Netflix
Nick Mota, DO, PGY2
Undergrad: Columbia University Major: Biology, Environmental Science
Medical School: University of New England
Interests: Nature, as seen on foot, bike or boat, and to be used for hunting the shrouded vermicious knid; marathons of TV shows where with the right attitude, anyone can fax glitter; deep-frying PB&J uncrustables; and black coffee
Navtarunjot (Sammy) Singh, MD, PGY2
Undergrad: University of Washington Major: Microbiology
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: Travel, music, eating, Seahawks, hiking, white water rafting and anything spontaneous.
Gregory Cassidy, PGY1
Undergrad: Providence College
Medical School: St. George’s University (SGU)
Interests: Sailing, skiing, golf, traveling
James Gray, DO, PGY1
Undergrad: Northeastern
Medical School: University of New England
Interests: (Clinical) austere/disaster/wilderness medicine; (Personal) hiking, trail running, woodworking, brewing, boat building
Jessica Lim, DO, PGY1
Undergrad: Boston College
Medical School: Rowan SOM
Interests: Hiking, running, skiing, traveling, cooking but mostly eating.
Jessica Williams, MD, PGY1
Undergrad: Carnegie Mellon University
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Interests: Fitness and wellness, cooking, snowboading, sports, pets, traveling.
Luke Wandrey, MD, PGY1
Undergrad: Arizona State University
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Interests: I enjoy mountain biking, hiking, golfing, grilling with family and friends, live music, and travel.
Raymond Isenberg, DO, PGY1
Undergrad: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: (Clinical) Geriatrics, Critical Care, Wilderness Medicine; (Personal) Skiing, Hiking (just like every other EM resident), running, anything outdoors, stand up comics, micro brews, and exploring new places with my wife