The County EM Blog Team

Philippe Ayres, MD

Resident Editor-in-Chief

EM Class of 2025

Philippe enjoys traveling/hiking, foodie, festivals/clubbing/EDM/concerts, snowboarding, board games, philosophy and history books, meditation, and last but certainly not least is cleaning and organizing

Esteban Davila, MD

Resident Editor-in-Chief

Esteban is a member of the EM class of 2025 with interests in running, volleyball, basketball, football, soccer, rooting for all Dallas sports (GO COWBOYS), weight lifting, collecting vinyls, meditating, scary movies. Always down to go hiking. St. John's Alum!

Galina Udod, MD

Editor

EM Class of 2027

Galina enjoys hiking (especially a good scramble), yoga to keep her sane, running for fun and occasionally marathons, painting surprisingly decent work, writing (w a book about medicine/residency in progress!)

Yi Qin "Jackie" Zhu, MD

Editor

Jackie is an EM resident of the class of 2027.

Aryan Madani, MD

Digital Media Editor

Aryan is an EM resident of the class of 2026.

Derek Shu, MD

Webmaster

Derek is a member of the EM class of 2027 and serves as the Webmaster for the Clinical Monster website and blog. He enjoys running, finding cheap eats, and racking up credit card points to fly first class one day.

Vincent Xiao, MD

Webmaster

Class of 2025

Webmaster for the Clinical Monster website and blog. Proud cat dad and rare plant enthusiast.

Eden Kim, DO

Faculty Advisor

Eden is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University/Kings County Hospital, with interests in medical education, critical care, evidence-based medicine, corgis, and non-vegan, gluten-full food.

Ian deSouza, MD

Faculty Editor-in-Chief

Ian is a professor of clinical emergency medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University/Kings County Hospital who does stuff in research, resident/staff education, and some quality assurance/performance improvement (when arm is twisted). One of his many crusades is to vigorously (and often annoyingly) obstruct the path of least intellectual resistance. He also watches hours of baseball and angrily shakes his fist at clouds.