Zachary Hannan, MD

Preferred Name: Zach
Pronouns: he/him
Hometown: Clarksville, MD

About Dr. Hannan:

Dr. Zachary Hannan is a PGY-1 preliminary general surgery resident interested in orthopaedic surgery. Before medical school, he completed a research fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, where he led a number of research studies and managed multi-center prospective clinical trials. In medical school, he expanded his research interests within orthopaedics to include spine, hand, and joints. 

Education:

• Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
• Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Honors and Awards:

• Winner of the Edwin G. Bovill, Jr. MD Award for most outstanding scientific paper at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting in 2020: Vitamin D3 Supplementation Does Not Improve Fracture Healing: An Exploratory Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial
• College Park Scholars Citation in Global Public Health

Fun Facts:

• Hobbies/Interests: weightlifting, traveling, football, soccer, EDM music production and DJing, thriller movies and TV shows
• Favorite restaurant in Philly: Mission Taqueria

Dr. Sarah Isaac

Preferred Name: Isaac
Pronouns: they/them
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

About Dr. Isaac:

Dr. Isaac is a PGY-1 resident. They are interested in pursuing a career in OBGYN. Their clinical interests include trauma-informed care, LGBTQIA+ health, and reproductive autonomy. Additionally, they are especially interested in the outcomes of social media on health literacy.

Education:

• Undergraduate Institution: Washington & Jefferson College
• Medical School: Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Fun Facts:

• Hobbies/Interests: painting, TTRPGs, making spreadsheets about mundane topics  
• Favorite restaurant in Philly: Love & Honey Fried Chicken
• Favorite Books: Babel, The Martian, and Unwind

Paulo Lobo 

Preferred Name: Paulo 
Pronouns: He/him
Hometown: Hong Kong

About Dr. Lobo:

Dr. Lobo is a PGY-1 resident. He is interested in pursuing a career in orthopedic or general surgery. 

Education:

• Undergraduate Institution: Colgate University 
• Medical School: Hackensack Meridian SOM
• Additional Degrees: MBA from Seton Hall University Stillman School of Business, MS in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University School of Medicine 

Fun Facts:

• Hobbies/Interests: Rugby, soccer, board games, travel 
• Favorite restaurant in Philly: Perla

Rishabh Matta

Dr.  Matta is a PGY-1 resident.

John T Mellor

Preferred Name: John
Hometown: Colfax, WA

About Dr. Mellor:

Dr. Mellor is a PGY-1 resident. He is interested in General Surgery with an interest in practicing in a rural critical access hospital

Education:

• Undergraduate Institution: Southern Virginia University
• Medical School: Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Fun Facts:

• Hobbies/Interests: Powerlifting & Pickleball
• Favorite restaurant in Philly: Still looking

Arinze Ochuba

Preferred Name: Ari
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria

About Dr. Ochuba:

Dr. Ochuba is a PGY-1 resident at Temple University. He is interested in orthopedic surgery and exploring the full gamut of general surgery subspecialities. He performed research in orthopedic surgery, looking into areas such as trauma, shoulder, foot and ankle. He is originally from Nigeria, and during the fourth year of medical school, went on a service trip to work with a hospital in Nigeria to assist with orthopedic joint replacement surgeries and treating patients. Dr. Ochuba is also interested in global surgery, pertaining to orthopedic care. 

Education:

• Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University, Illinois Valley Community College
• Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Additional Degrees: Associate’s degree in science

Honors and Awards:

• Recipient of The Berner Charitable and Scholarship Foundation
• 2024 Gold Humanism Art Gallery and summit Hackathon winner
• Recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Health Services Wellness Grant
• Recipient of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Dean’s Summer Research Award
• Inducted into the Nu Ro Psi Undergraduate Neuroscience Honor Society
• Interviewed in a story for the Association of American Medical Colleges

Fun Facts:

• Hobbies/Interests: Drawing, working out, singing
• Favorite restaurant in Philly: My kitchen. Joking. I don’t have one yet. Please give me recs. 
• Fun Fact: I worked and lived on a farm before medical school. Cartoons lie. Bales of hay are not soft to lie down on.

Maxwell Weinberg

Preferred Name: Max
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hometown: Newport Coast, California

About Dr. Weinberg:

Dr. Maxwell Weinberg is a PGY-1 resident who is undecided about his specialty of choice, but has an interest in Bariatric/MIS and colorectal. Prior to medical school, he worked as a clinical research coordinator at the University of Utah Orthopaedic research center. 

Education:

• University of Chicago
• Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Fun Facts:

• Hobbies/Interests: Rock Climbing, Running, Cooking
• Favorite restaurant in Philly: Sampan

Remy Zimmerman, MD 

Pronouns: he/him/his 
Hometown: Tustin, CA 

About Dr. Zimmerman: 

Dr. Zimmerman is a PGY-1 preliminary general surgery resident. He is interested in both orthopaedic and general surgery. During medical school, he participated in pediatric anesthesia and orthopaedic research at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. He also completed a clinical research year with the Orthopaedic Institute at Children's Hospital of Orange County, leading projects in the fields of pediatric sport medicine and trauma. He is particularly interested in pediatric orthopaedics, specifically sports medicine, and general surgery.

Education:

• Undergraduate Institution: UCLA
• Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine 

Honors and Awards:

• Recipient of the Young Investigator Award from the 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Orthopaedics 

Fun Facts:

• Hobbies/Interests: weightlifting, movies, golf

Tara Zukosky, DO

Preferred Name: Tara 
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Wyoming, Pa

About Dr. Zukosky:

Dr. Zukosky is a preliminary PGY-1 resident who is pursuing a career in anesthesiology. She matched for a PGY-2 anesthesia residency position at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA and will be spending the year in Philadelphia preparing to meet her lifelong goal of becoming an anesthesiologist. She did research while an undergraduate at the University of Scranton. 

Education:

• Undergraduate Institution: University of Scranton
• Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine- Middletown, NY 
• Additional Degrees: Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies in Biological and Physical Sciences at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine- Middletown, NY

Honors and Awards:

• TOUCH Silver Level Recognition, 2021 and 2022
• Honors Program, University of Scranton 

Fun Facts:

• Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, Walking, Swimming, Skiing, and Caring for my dog
• Favorite restaurant in Philly: Blondie and Mia Ragazza