On a hike — hopefully not getting lost.

I grew up in a small suburban town near Hartford, Connecticut. I completed my undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Chicago and a Masters in Teaching at New York University. Read more...

I was born in Perth, Western Australia (home of Barry Marshall and the most beautiful beaches in the world), and lived there until I was 12. My family and I then moved to Rochester, Minnesota (where I was told that there were beaches. Read more...

 I grew up in a very small town in central upstate New York with one stoplight (no, that is not a figure of speech). I attended Colgate University for undergrad, where I played field hockey and majored in molecular biology. Read more...

Matt with his wife (and fellow physician) Laura

I grew up in Hanover, Mass, a small town about twenty minutes south of Boston. I spent most of my childhood idolizing Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra, and wondering if the Red Sox would ever win a World Series. Read more...

Samir and a group of fellow residents, playing in a semiannual curling league at the Charlottesville ice rink.

I grew up in Florence, South Carolina, and majored in anthropology at the University of South Carolina. Read more...

I grew up in Virginia Beach and have spent my years since high school moving along Interstate 64. I attended UVA for undergrad and moved to Richmond for medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University. Read more...

Ben (center, in green shirt and orange hat) with other internal medicine residents, “enjoying an evening at Carter Mountain last year.”

I was born in a small town called Williamstown in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Read more...

Ross, with a very large fish. (He says it is a brown trout that he caught while fly fishing in Montana.)

I grew up in Richmond and I have spent much of my life in Virginia. Read more...

Erin hiking in Shenandoah National Park. Her dog Seamus patiently waits for his cheese stick.

I grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, where I met my husband Patrick. I went to Syracuse University for undergrad and attended medical school at Albert Einstein in New York City before making the move to Virginia. Read more...

Peter with his girlfriend Tammy.

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i, where I developed a love for the outdoors, including surfing and skating. I moved to L.A. to attend college at the University of Southern California, and then came east for medical school at Wake Forest University. Read more...