TRAINING Cornell University, BA in Chemistry, BA in Biology Yale University School of Medicine, MD/PhD (Immunology) St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Internship in Medicine BACKGROUND & INTERESTS I grew up in Saratoga, California at the heart of Silicon Valley in a family of computer hardware engineers; however, my interests in chemistry, biology, life, and the human condition led me through four snowy years at Cornell followed by eight less-snowy years at Yale, where I completed my MD/PhD training. I was fortunate to complete my PhD in the Yale Department of Immunology with Ruslan Medzhitov, with whom I worked on a number of questions at the intersection of metabolism and innate immunity. Highlights include the discovery and characterization of an innate immune-like lipid opsonization property of the metabolic hormone adiponectin, an F30-funded project on the heterogeneity of insulin signaling in metabolic and non-metabolic tissue cell types, and a theoretical supply-and-demand framework for understanding the physiological control of metabolism in homeostasis, exercise,and inflammation. When thinking about residency, I decided to apply to neurology both because of the deeply meaningful opportunities to help patients through critical difficulties in their lives, and because there are still so many unanswered questions about the nervous system and how it relates to the rest of the body, and a burgeoning appreciation for lipid binding, inflammation, and innate immunity in neuropathology. In the future, I hope to explore how metabolism and lipid handling by CNS glial and immune cells contributes to disease in neuro-autoimmune and neuroinflammatory diseases and neurodegeneration. But right now, I am incredibly excited to train at Partners Neurology to become a great neurologist and gain volumes of invaluable firsthand experience diagnosing, managing, and treating these and other neurological disorders.Outside of work, I enjoy art, playing and listening to music (jazz, covers,Queen, etc.), coffee shops, reading, kendo, and the occasional run or hike outdoor

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