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Dan Griffin, DO
Dan Griffin, DO
Arjun Iyer, MD
Arjun Iyer, MD
Arjun is a native of the sunny beaches of San Diego. After graduating from the University of California, San Diego, he migrated eastward to Long Island, where he was forced to trade his suntan for a fake tan. He earned his medical degree at Stony Brook University, where he also completed his residency in emergency medicine, but the siren song of his homeland drew him westward once more. After 8 long years, he can once again be found on the shores of his homeland—now in the heart of downtown San Diego—with his lovely wife Caiti, his dog Scooter, and two cats Henry and Molly. Arjun now dedicates much of his time to a career in medical education with the USMLE-Rx team, but by night he dons his black scrubs to fight the Grim Reaper (and the plague of Medical Inconvenience) in the emergency department of Emanuel Medical Center.
Editor-in-Chief
Tao Le, MD, MHS
Tao Le, MD, MHS
Tao developed a passion for medical education as a medical student. He currently edits more than 15 titles in the First Aid series. In addition, he is the founder and editor-in-chief of the USMLE-Rx online video, test banks, and flash cards series and a cofounder of the Underground Clinical Vignettes series. As a medical student, he was editor-in-chief of the University of California, San Francisco Synapse, a university newspaper with a weekly circulation of 9000. Tao earned his medical degree from UCSF in 1996 and completed his residency training in internal medicine at Yale University and his allergy and immunology fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University. At Yale, he was a regular guest lecturer on USMLE review and an advisor to the Yale School of Medicine curriculum committee. Tao subsequently went on to cofound Medsn, a medical e-learning company, and served as its chief medical officer. He is currently section chief of adult allergy and immunology at the University of Louisville. He enjoys travel, movies, good food, and spending time with his family.
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Lauren Rothkopf, MD, MPH
Lauren Rothkopf, MD, MPH
Lauren earned her medical degree and a Masters in Public Health from Temple University School of Medicine. She has enjoyed working on USMLE-Rx projects for many years and is enthusiastic about improving medical education.
Flash Facts
Matthew Sochat, MD
Matthew Sochat, MD
Matthew is currently an internal medicine intern at Brown University. He will be moving to New York City during the summer of 2014 for neurology training at New York University. In his spare time, Matthew enjoys skiing, cooking/baking, traveling, the company of friends and loved ones, and coming up with helpful puns and mnemonics.
Editors
Dan Griffin, DO
Dan Griffin, DO
Dan was born and raised in Mississippi. He attended Mississippi College, where he played baseball and obtained a degree in biology. After graduation, he attended William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he met his wife and graduated in 2015. He is currently a Pulm/CC fellow at UMKC. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his family.
Arjun Iyer, MD
Arjun Iyer, MD
Arjun is a native of the sunny beaches of San Diego. After graduating from the University of California, San Diego, he migrated eastward to Long Island, where he was forced to trade his suntan for a fake tan. He earned his medical degree at Stony Brook University, where he also completed his residency in emergency medicine, but the siren song of his homeland drew him westward once more. After 8 long years, he can once again be found on the shores of his homeland—now in the heart of downtown San Diego—with his lovely wife Caiti, his dog Scooter, and two cats Henry and Molly. Arjun now dedicates much of his time to a career in medical education with the USMLE-Rx team, but by night he dons his black scrubs to fight the Grim Reaper (and the plague of Medical Inconvenience) in the emergency department of Emanuel Medical Center.