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About the Editors

Tao Le, MD, MHS Vikas Bhushan, MD
Tao developed a passion for medical education as a medical Vikas is a writer, editor, entrepreneur, and teleradiologist on
student. He currently edits more than 15 titles in the First extended sabbatical. In 1990 he conceived and authored
Aid series. In addition, he is Founder and Chief Education the original First Aid for the USMLE Step 1. His entrepreneurial
Officer of USMLE-Rx for exam preparation and ScholarRx for endeavors included a student-focused medical publisher
undergraduate medical education. As a medical student, (S2S), an e-learning company (medschool.com), and an ER
he was editor-in-chief of the University of California, San teleradiology practice (24/7 Radiology). Trained on the Left
Francisco (UCSF) Synapse, a university newspaper with a weekly circulation Coast, Vikas completed a bachelor’s degree at the University of California
of 9000. Tao earned his medical degree from UCSF in 1996 and completed Berkeley; an MD with thesis at UCSF; and a diagnostic radiology residency
his residency training in internal medicine at Yale University and fellowship at UCLA. His eclectic interests include technology, cryptoeconomics,
training at Johns Hopkins University. Tao subsequently went on to cofound information design, South Asian diasporic culture, and avoiding a day job.
Medsn, a medical education technology venture, and served as its chief Always finding the long shortcut, Vikas is an adventurer, knowledge seeker,
medical officer. He is currently chief of adult allergy and immunology at the and occasional innovator. He enjoys intermediate status as a kiteboarder
University of Louisville. and father, and strives to raise his three children as global citizens.

Matthew Sochat, MD Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan, MD
Matthew is a third-year hematology/oncology fellow at Vaishnavi is a second-year child neurology resident at
St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a
internal medicine residency training at Temple University graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School
Hospital in Philadelphia. He completed medical school in of Medicine, where she earned her bachelor’s and medical
2013 at Brown University and is a 2008 graduate of the degrees. Her interests include medical education and
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he studied health advocacy. Outside of medicine, she loves to dance,
biochemistry and the classics. Pastimes include skiing, cooking/baking, learn new languages, and watch Bollywood movies.
traveling, the company of friends/loved ones (especially his wonderful wife),
the Spanish language, and computer/video gaming. Be warned: Matt also
loves to come up with corny jokes at (in)opportune moments.

Sarah Schimansky, MB BCh BAO Jordan Abrams
Sarah is a third-year ophthalmology resident in the UK. She Jordan is a fourth-year medical student at St. George’s
grew up in Germany before moving to Dublin, Ireland, to University School of Medicine who hopes to pursue
study medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. residency training in anesthesiology. He graduated magna
She has a keen interest in medical education and is currently cum laude from the University of Delaware, earning a
enrolled in a Masters in Surgical Education program at bachelor’s degree in neuroscience with minors in medical
Imperial College London. An avid traveler, Sarah is always humanities and biological sciences. Combining his creative
on the lookout for new destinations to explore and new countries to call mindset and passion for drawing, Jordan founded theHYMedicine.com,
home. When she is not on the road, she enjoys yoga, long walks, and red an educational website that offers free medical study guides, tutoring,
wine in the company of friends and family. and study schedules for students worldwide. Aside from medicine, Jordan
enjoys traveling, reading, and playing soccer.

Kimberly Kallianos, MD
Originally from Atlanta, Kimberly graduated from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006 and
from Harvard Medical School in 2011. She completed her
radiology residency and fellowship at UCSF and is currently
an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology at UCSF in the
Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging section.

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