2015-2016 PGY-3 Class

-Medical topics of special interest: Geriatrics, community medicine, and research.

-Non-medical interests/hobbies: Spending time with my family and friends, sports, and  reading.

-Favorite Quotation: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." -- Plato

-Favorite Book: The Firm - John Grisham, The Racketeer - John Grisham

-Favorite Movie: The Godfather Trilogy

-Favorite Food: Nicaraguan cuisine

-"I am a family physician because... I can take care of patients' needs from prenatal to   end of life care and develop long term relationships with patients."

-"I chose this residency program because... it has a competent faculty, great residents, and lovely staff with a very comprehensive family medicine training. Being from Nicaragua   and having studied in Mexico, I identify with the community of El  Paso."

-Medical topics of special interest: Sports medicine, community medicine, and research.

-Non-medical interests/hobbies: Sports, traveling, watching movies, reading, and listening to music.

-Favorite Quotations:

   "Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I give my time, when I can make someone smile after they were feeling sad..."

   "If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough."

   "We don't know who we are, until we see what we can do."

   "Travel is the only thing you can buy that will make you richer."

-Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom and anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

-Favorite Movie: The Godfather

-Favorite Food: Mexican, Italian, and of course a good steak.

-"I am a family physician because... I like treating patients as a whole, in different stages of their lives and not just at a certain point or a particular time."

-"I chose this residency program because... as soon as I crossed the door and met everybody, I knew this was the place I wanted to be, it just felt like home."

-Prior employment: assistant manager at a custom broker business.

-Medical topics of special interest: Sports medicine, and business aspects of medicine.

-Non-medical interests/hobbies: Reading science fiction, running, and watching movies.

-Favorite Quotation: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" - Alan Kay

-Favorite Book: Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives - David Eagleman

-Favorite Movie: Anchorman

-Favorite Food: Steak and eggs

-"I am a family physician because... I believe prevention is the best medicine and in family medicine there is greater opportunity to provide education and treatment from chronic ailments to patients."

-"I chose this residency program because... being from a border town, I like the Hispanic culture and this program will provide me with the necessary tools to make sure I am a successful doctor."

-Medical topics of special interest: Continuity care, the physician-patient relationship, rural medicine, sports medicine, and preventive health care.

-Non-medical interests/hobbies: Spending time with family, fly fishing, hunting, farming, ranching, reading, hiking, cooking, and shooting.

-Favorite Quotation: "When young men seek to be like you, when lazy men resent you, when powerful men look over their shoulders at you, when cowardly men plot behind your back, when corrupt men wish you were gone, and evil men want you  dead...only then will you have done your share." -- Phil Messina

-Favorite Book: Gospel of the Holy Twelve - Tao Te Ching

-Favorite Movie: Braveheart

-Favorite Food: Steak and taters, my wife's pho, my mom's lasagna, and my dad's green chile enchiladas.

-"I am a family physician because... I enjoy the rapport with my patients. I also like being able to address a broad range of medical conditions in the city and rural communities."

-"I chose this residency program because... I have always wanted to return to El Paso for my residency training. From its location, leadership, strong record of certification, and dedication to excellence, the TTUHSC El Paso family medicine program  has continued to surpass my expectations for medical training."

-Prior Employers: General Electric, CitiCapital

-Medical topics of special interest: Women's health, and geriatrics.

-Non-medical interests/hobbies: Spending time with my kids and husband, outdoor activities, listening to VH1 Soul to relax.

-Favorite Quotation: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Phil 4:13

-Favorite Book: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry - Virginia Wolfe

-Favorite Movie: Transformers (#1)

-Favorite Food: Anything and everything my mom cooks.

-"I am a family physician because... in what other area of medicine can you sit down and talk to people, connect with them and have a true impact on their entire lives? If you ask me, only in family medicine. That is why I chose this specialty."

-"I chose this residency program because... I know I will receive excellent training and teaching here. Also, I love the down to earth vibe of the people in the program. The group here is very welcoming, making for a pleasant learning atmosphere."

-Prior Jobs: Everything from research assistant to bartender.

-Medical topics of special interest: Public health and international health care.

-Non-medical interests/hobbies: Traveling, gambling, attending sporting events and concerts, cooking, and kissing my son until he yells at me to stop.

-Favorite Quotation: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." - M. Gandhi

-Favorite Book: The Bible

-Favorite Movie: Too many to list!

-"I am a family physician because... I couldn't decide what area of medicine I loved most. Family medicine allows me to do a little bit of everything."

-"I chose this residency program because... I wanted to reunite with my family. Plus, El Paso offers a great patient population to serve."

-Prior Job: Receptionist at a law office.

-Medical topics of special interest: Women's health and public health.

-Non-medical interests/hobbies: Spending time with family and traveling.

-Favorite Quotation: "Learning is like healing. It takes time."

-Favorite Book: The Alchemist - Paolo Coelho

-Favorite Movie: Legends of the Fall

-Favorite Food: Chiles en Nogada

-"I am a family physician because... I enjoy the comprehensive care of all age groups."

-"I chose this residency program because... I love the friendliness of the people in El Paso and this program. Border health is something that I have a particular interest in and there is an opportunity to work with a large population affected with  unique problems found only in the border region."

-Medical topics of special interest: Hospital care, urgent care, and community medicine.

-Non-medical interests/hobbies: Sports, running, listening to music, and reading comic books.

-Favorite Quotation: "A man has two responsibilities in life. One is to be happy, and the second is to make everyone around him happier."

-Favorite Book: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne

-Favorite Movie: The Specialist

-Favorite Food: Rib-eye Steak

-"I am a family physician because... family medicine reinforces clinical aptitudes with a diversity of pathologies and a compassionate manner."

-"I chose this residency program because... I can provide compassionate care, receive intellectual stimulation, and build lifelong friendships with the community."