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The University of Cincinnati Emergency Medicine Residency matches 12 residents each year for a total of 48 residents at a time. We pride ourselves on a diverse group of people from around the United States who share the common goal of becoming leaders in the emergency medicine community.
 

Ben Bassin, MD
bassinbs@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: University of Michigan

Undergraduate School: University of Michigan

Major: Sports Medicine/Physiology

EM Focus: wilderness med, altitude med, hyperbarics

Hobbies: scuba diving, surfing, hiking, traveling, eating

 
 

Rhonda Cadena, MD
cadenars@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: Illinois University, Springfield IL

Graduate School: M.S., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL

Major: Physiology

Undergraduate School: B.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL

Major: Physiology

EM Focus: Academic Emergency Medicine

Hobbies: having fun with my kids, outside sports, playing cards, reading

 
 

Brent Gottesman, MD
gottesbe@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: Tufts University

Undergraduate School: Cornell University

Major: BS - Biology

Hobbies: Running, cooking, jazz, art, travel, yoga

 
 

Laura Heitsch, MD
heitscle@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago

Undergraduate School: University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

Major: BS - Biology

EM Focus: Disaster Medicine, International Medicine

Hobbies: running, reading, travel, film, and cooking

 
 

Kathleen Hosmer, MD
hosmerka@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: University of Michigan-Dearborn

Major: BS - Biochemistry

EM Focus: EMSeaching, and I'm still working on the rest

Hobbies: Wine, Travel, the game of craps, exercise

 
 

Kris Kaufmann, MD
kaufmaki@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: Wayne State University

Undergraduate School: BS - University of Michigan

Major: Cell and Molecular Biology

EM Focus: Pediatric EM, International Med, Wilderness Me

Hobbies: Rollerblading, movies, home improvement, playing outside

 
 

Seth Krupp,
kruppss@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: The Ohio State University, BA

Major: English

EM Focus: Conscious sedation, Ultrasound

Hobbies: Photography, road trips, frequenting dive bars

 
 

April Shackleford, MD
shacklam@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: West Virginia University

Undergraduate School: Alderson-Broaddus College

Major: BS - Biology

EM Focus: EMS, international emergency medicine

Hobbies: Baking cookies, scuba diving, scrapbooking

 
 

Kurt Smith, MD
smitku@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Undergraduate School: Rice University

Major: BA - Biochemistry and Psychology

EM Focus: None as of yet

Hobbies: Basketball, writing, bonsai, raising a dog and children (not necessarily in that order)

 
 

Matt Valento, MD
valentmw@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: New York University

Undergraduate School: University of Notre Dame

Major: BS - Biological Sciences

EM Focus: International emergency medicine and public health

Hobbies: Running/marathon, backpacking, snowboarding

 
 

Chris B Willoughby, MD
willoucb@ucmail.uc.edu

Medical School: Tulane University

Undergraduate School: Dartmouth College-Government

Major: Biology

EM Focus: EMS, cardiac emergencies, wilderness medicine

Hobbies: Skiing, road biking, winter hiking, flower arranging

 
 
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