Class of 2014

Laurell Barr, DO

Northeastern Ohio University

I was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. I did my undergraduate at Ohio State and went to medical school at NEOUCOM which is in a very small Ohio town. Each time I dug my car out of the snow I kicked myself for not going to medical school somewhere in the Caribbean. After all the blizzards this interview season, I decided to come the Copa even though the weather gave them such an unfair advantage. I don't think anyone here even knows what lake effect snow is. I really love being outside in my free time. I played tennis in undergrad and just ran my first marathon. I'm also really excited to go to the pool in January. If anyone wants to teach me rock climbing, I think that might be my next endeavor. I'm also a huge Buckeye fan and I love football season. Right now my favorite basket ball team is whoever is playing the Heat.

William Betz, DO

University of North Texas Health Sciences Center

I grew up in Logan, Utah and have bounced around the nation and Latin America since then. After finishing up undergrad at BYU I moved to Los Angeles, and took a job as a venture capitalist, meaning I surfed as much as possible and worked when necessary. In LA I met my wife Amy and somehow became more interested in my long term career goals. I learned many great things in Texas, including phrases such as “ustacould,” “mightcould,’ “I’m fixin’ to have a heart attack,” and the all famous “Son, you from around here?” (meaning Texas). My reply, “No, but I got here as soon as I could!” That one wins a lot of friends! After riding the coattails of my older brother and becoming nicknamed “Baby Betz” I ended up here at the Copa, and couldn’t be happier about it!

Tyler Bronnenkant, MD

University of Arizona

Hi everyone, my name is Tyler. I’m an Arizona native and I think this state is amazing. I love the winters/not summers, and the way it smell after it rains. There are tons of fun things to do here during summer. Getting into your car is not one of them. My interests include traveling, exercising, reading, movies, my pet tree, spending time with family and friends, and all things in moderation, even moderation.

I was introduced to the Copa early in my medical career. I worked nearby on an ambulance for 5 years before medical school and was responsible for bringing in to the ED many of the patients wearing matching wrist bracelets and chic shirts and slacks with horizontal stripes (I hear it’s all the rage in the states).

There is a special sense of humor here as well as a genuinely friendly atmosphere that is truly unique. I feel incredibly fortunate to be here, and I’m very excited for the next three years. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email me.

Nathan Chin MD

University of Hawaii

My name is Nathan Chin. I am from the Republic of Palau. (As you are unlikely to have heard of it, Google: Jellyfish Lake, Survivor: Season 10 or rock islands.) I spend a lot of my free time there, but grew up in different parts of the world because of my father’s work while in the U.S. Army. I am really excited to be here in Phoenix because of the amazing residents, attendings and staff … but also because I can work on my lackluster golf game and watch professional sports year-round. If you have any questions, please ask!

Christopher Crowe, MD

University of Arizona

I was born and raised in the Phoenix area and spent most of my summers swimming, paintballing, and paying $3 to golf (terribly) in 115 degree heat. After high school I moved south to Tucson where for over a decade I attended The University of Arizona. While at the U of A I completed my undergrad, master’s, and medical degrees and relentlessly cheered on the Wildcats. Despite having some great times in the “Old Pueblo,” I am very excited to finally return home to the Phoenix area and begin my EM career at Maricopa! I love mountain biking, paintball, poker, golf, racquetball, online gaming, hanging out with the wife, watching the Wildcats dominate, and practically any excuse to get outside and run around. With all that Phoenix and ‘Copa have to offer, I am definitely looking forward to the next 3 years!

Peter DeBartolo, MD

John Hopkins University

I consider myself a local Arizona boy. Having grown up playing baseball and soccer in the deserts of southern California, I left at age thirteen to experience the Sonoran Desert in all its beauty and splendor. I was fortunate enough to achieve my dream of going to ASU for undergrad, and after four years in Baltimore, I’m excited to be back in Sun Devil country! When not soaking up wisdom from our faculty and patients at the ‘Copa, you will probably find me playing/watching sports, running, or training for my next adventure.

Douglas Doehrman, MD

Michigan State University

As an Arizona native I am so excited to be back! I spent the first 18 years of my life in the heart of Phoenix, Ahwatukee, just on the other side of South Mountain. I enjoyed my time at U of A for my undergrad, and am still a U of A fan at heart. I moved to Michigan for medical school with the intention of spending more time with family, and survived 3.5 cold winters. My dream is to never scrape ice from the inside of my car windshield again. I recently married my wife, who is an Ob/Gyn intern at Banner Good Sam and am still psyched we survived the couples match. I love food, particularly the very spicy variety, as well as anything in burrito form. I play guitar and sing, and will likely instigate some form of Copa rock band over the next 3 years.

Nicholas Hatch, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University

“Hi, everybody ... I'm Dr. Nick.” I grew up all throughout Colorado, living the longest in Denver. After studying Art at BYU {insert sarcastic comment here} and spending two years in Italy, I had a short stint as a medical illustrator. I somehow tricked my wife Jenna into marrying me and reluctantly put my skis in storage as we moved to the east coast for med school at Virginia Commonwealth. I love my time out there, enjoyed the Atlantic Ocean and welcomed a little girl to my life, but am ready to be back West. I enjoy hanging out with my girls, traveling, golfing, and skiing. I'm excited to be here at the Copa, there is nowhere else I'd rather learn emergency medicine ... and let's not forget the added bonus of hoping to enjoy as much sunshine as residency hours and my fair-skinned genetic make-up will allow.

Anne Klokow, MD

Indiana University

I grew up outside of Washington DC, and spent my first 22 years running around a soccer field. After a brief stint in the military, I will be forever grateful for air conditioning, soft mattresses, and washer and dryers. Unable to find a job that supports my biking and running habits, I returned to my family’s Hoosier roots to attend the Indiana University School of Medicine where I learned you can, in fact, deep fat fry anything. Upon graduating, I foiled my parent’s predictions of my future as a hamburger flipper at McDonalds, thus proving they don’t have the gift of sight. Armed with twenty bottles of +100 sunblock, I’m excited to start residency and enjoy the killer Arizona outdoors.

Kolin Knapp, MD

University of Oklahoma

My name is Kolin Knapp and I was born and raised in Oklahoma City. I went to college at Denison University to play football because the Sooners were a little out of my league. I lived in Chicago for a year before moving back to Oklahoma for med school. During my first summer of school, I moved to Colorado to be a whitewater rafting guide and fell in love with the outdoors and was exposed to some cool emergency rescue situations. The faculty and my fellow residents make this program and I'm looking forward to spending the next couple years at the 'Copa.

Barron Reyes, MD

University of Vermont

I was raised on a country road in Idaho with horses and a 180 pound tub-of-love Saint Bernard. I spent my adolescent years obsessing over how I could finagle my next snow, skate, or wakeboard adventure. Once college was calling, I journeyed off to the Wasatch Mountain Range of Salt Lake City to play and study biochemistry.

Following graduation, I moved to Montana to be an EMT and wilderness instructor for troubled-teens. This in-turn inspired a backpacking saga through South America, and finally a move out east to Vermont for medical school. It was in Vermont that I made the scariest decision of my life... to defer school for a year and quell any uncertainties I had about a life in modern western medicine (aka; I needed to "settle down and grow up"). Fortunately, it turned out to be the best decision I ever made. The next year I enrolled, met my future fiancé (surgical intern down the road at St Josephs), and started the best 4 years of my life.

Today, I am stoked for the opportunity to live and train here at the Copa! While every facet of emergency medicine has me pumped, I am particularly excited to delve into trauma, critical care, pediatrics, and wilderness medicine. When not working/studying, I hope to continue playing music, mountain biking, backpacking, and making surf trips to California and Baja.
Feel free to write me with questions.

Pedro Roque, MD

Harvard Medical School

Hi everyone, my name is Pedro. I grew up in Long, Island, NY.....or shall I say "Longgguillan". Thankfully I don't have an accent. I graduated from Cornell University with a degree in biology and then went to medical school at Harvard. This was where my wife and I met. She was in dental school while I was in medical school. So, what brings me all the way to the desert you might ask? Well, after spending 2 years as a resident in orthopaedic surgery in Albany, NY, I saw the light and decided to switch to emergency medicine....best decision I ever made. After leaving Albany, I joined the Maricopa EM research department for the year while I was applying for EM residency. I had a great experience and was so excited when I found out I was going to be staying here for residency. My wife's family lives in the Phoenix area, so this was the perfect fit for us. We love to play play tennis, golf, hike and hang out with family and friends. I am excited to be a part of the Copa and look forward to a great 3 years!

Clinton Simpson, MD

Southern Illinois University

I grew up in a small town in the hills of southern Illinois. I went to undergrad at Murray State University in Kentucky. I spent my last summer of college working at an outdoor adventure company in northern Wisconsin that specialized in kayaking trips on Lake Superior. After college, I was a high school chemistry teacher, head varsity boys track coach, and assistant football coach for 4 years. During this time span, I tried to travel as much as possible during my free time. My favorite place was New Zealand!! After 4 great years of med school in Illinois, I decided that I could definitely go without shoveling snow and so many cloudy days. My visit to Copa was great...left St Louis and it was 9 degrees, arrived in Phoenix and it was 70!! When I have time, I love to be outside...hiking, camping, running...also like traveling (just returned from Machu Picchu in Peru), sports, photography, movies, cooking/eating, good beer, SCUBA diving, and reading. I'm really looking forward to all the Phoenix area has to offer and being trained as a Copa EM resident! Please feel free to email me with any questions you have.

Michael Treiman, MD

Saint Louis University

The story of Mike: I moved around some as a youngster due to my father’s brief Navy career, landing me in Japan for three years where I learned to read and write Japanese. It was a great experience until moving to Los Angels and being dumped in the English for a second language classes. Having survived the ESL trauma, I spent my formative years in Los Angeles body surfing and going to the occasional punk show. My summer job between high school and college, working as a lineman replacing telephone poles, lasted a bit longer than I anticipated. Along the way a beautiful wife, four wonderful kid, a mortgage and a couple of dogs. The summers kept getting hotter and the winters colder and I knew it was time to quit the summer job and get to college. Thankfully my family stuck with me through the roller coaster of college and then medical school in the Midwest. I am supper excited to be here in Phoenix and train at the Copa. The people are great, and I have three years to explore the great outdoors.