Emergency Medicine Residents

• Kayla Alexis-Battle, DO
• Igor Cordeiro de Oliveira, DO
• Keaton Leininger, DO
• Hannah May, DO
• Alison Mitchell, DO
• Emma Newquist, DO
• Raquel Rossman, DO
• Cesia Salan, MD

Mayrav Ben-Aderet, MD

Rachel Biesse, MD

Esther M Dvorkin, DO

Connie Gonzalez, MD

Jessica Jahoda, MD

Tiffany Lusic, DO

Julio Palomera, DO

Leticia Perez, DO

Devan Reiss, DO

Jonathan Taus, DO

Farah Azzouz, DO
About Me: I’m from Jacksonville, FL (DUUUVAL) and I grew up by the beach so I love being anywhere near the water! Some fun facts about me are that I speak Arabic and I would go to shocking lengths for a great Halloween costume. If I’m not in the ED, catch me trying to convince everyone to go to happy hour!!

Alexandra Blanco, DO
About Me: I enjoy taking care of my five chickens and 11-year-old puppy!

Nicholas Booth, MD
About Me: I love all adventures, marathon running, hockey, and the NY Rangers! I also couples matched with my girlfriend who is a General Surgery resident here at MHS. Looking forward to learning all I can in residency!

Aleksandr Butovskiy, DO
About Me: I moved from Ukraine to Wisconsin and attended medical school in Chicago, but I’m excited to make South Florida my new home. I did Division-I track & field in college and worked as a project manager for a construction company before attending medical school.

Marianne Lopez, MD
About Me: I was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela and keep my roots very close to my heart. However, Ive also had the pleasure of calling Spain, Michigan, and South Florida home at different points in my life and each pit stop has had a great impact in who I am today. Excited to finally be in the field I’ve dreamed of being a part of since my scribe days at the very same hospital where I used to scribe! Full circle moment.

Spencer Rice, DO
About Me: I grew up in Clearwater, Florida and love staying active through sports, running, gym, and spending time at the beach. I also love to sneak away for trips to go snowboarding or hiking whenever I can.

Claudia Risi, DO
About Me: You’ll either find me by the water, preferably on a boat or fishing, or vegged out on the couch watching Bravo! I also love any excuse to be active, travel and find my creative outlets painting!

Cale Schneider, MD
About Me: I grew up in SW Florida, and I’m happily married with 2 kids (post COVID wedding)! Another fun fact is I played college football and used to coach high school football.

Kyle Seifert, MD
About Me: I’m from Buffalo, New York, die hard bills fan that got tired of the snow. I couples matched with my fiancé Kylie who is at Memorial in Pediatrics. We both couldn’t be happier to be in South Florida!

Samantha Stein, DO
About Me: I’m actually a certified lifeguard with EMT training. I also love all things outdoors and hiking is my favorite way to decompress. I rotated here as a student so I’m excited to return as a resident!