Faculty Name:   Rachel Castelli, MD

• Hometown/where you grew up: Belleville, IL although I lived on several other military bases
• College: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
• Medical School: Southern Illinois University
• Residency: The University of Kansas
• Fellowship: OHSU
• Toxicology interests: Poisonous plants, mycology, addiction medicine
• Interests outside of medicine: Cooking, Hiking, my small dog named Joe
• What do you like to do in your free time? Gardening, Hiking, Biking, day trips around Oregon
• Hobbies? Cooking, yoga, traveling, dabbling in but never perfecting various arts and crafts like sewing, macrame and watercolors
• What would you be if you didn’t go into medicine? If I didn’t go into medicine, I would probably be a pilot since I learned to fly small planes in high school. I developed a fear of heights somewhere along the way... so actually, I would own a plant shop. 
• What jobs did you work prior to going to medical school? Cashier, retail sales associate, EMT
• Favorite book or movie? Book: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett   Movie: Jurassic Park
• Favorite band or album? Alt-J
• What is your favorite sports team? Blazers
• Favorite quote? “It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself” Ralph Waldo Emerson
• What was the best non-medical job you ever had? I never really had an interesting job before medicine. In high school, I volunteered to teach karate to little kids at the YMCA so I didn’t get paid but it was adorable and fun. 
• What was the worst non-medical job you ever had? Grocery store cashier

Faculty Name: Robert G. Hendrickson, MD

• Hometown/where you grew up: North Massapequa, New York
• College: State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York
• Medical School: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, East Flatbush, New York
• Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Fellowship: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Medical Toxicology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Toxicology interests: Drugs of abuse, novel psychoactive substances, acetaminophen, methamphetamine
• Interests outside of medicine: Running, Mountain Biking, Cycling, Gardening.
• What do you like to do in your free time? Trail running, mountain biking, hiking.
• What would you be if you didn’t go into medicine? Uh, Astronaut….duh.
• What jobs did you work prior to going to medical school? Waiter, painter, construction.
• Favorite book or movie? Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Austin Powers; all of the high-brow stuff.
• Favorite quote? “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” -Albert Einstein

Faculty Name: Adrienne Hughes, MD

• Hometown/where you grew up: Monroe, WA
• College: Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
• Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• Residency: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Fellowship: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
• Toxicology interests: Toxicologic disasters in history, Plant toxins, Drug intoxication outbreaks, Loperamide-associated cardiotoxicity, abuse of over-the-counter cough & cold preparations, novel synthetic opioids
• Interests outside of medicine: Bonsai cultivation, gardening, garden design, true crime documentaries/podcasts, hiking, camping, standup paddleboarding, bike rides with my dog
• What would you be if you didn’t go into medicine? Probably a garden designer or landscape architect
• What jobs did you work prior to going to medical school? Barista, Nursing Assistant, Beverage Cart Attendant & Golf Cart Attendant at a Country Club
• Favorite quote? “If you can’t love yourself, then how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” -RuPaul

Faculty Name: Shana Kusin, MD

• Hometown/where you grew up: Houston, TX
• College: Columbia College at Columbia University-1997
• Medical School: Washington University in Saint Louis -2007
• Residency: Northwestern Memorial Hospital –2011
• Fellowship: Oregon Health and Science University -2013
• Toxicology interests: resident education
• Interests outside of medicine: loud music, food and wine, creative writing, exercise (cross training, weight lifting, dance and kick boxing)
• What do you like to do in your free time? Pretty much all of my free time these days is taken up by single parenting my 4 year old, who is walking a fine line between becoming a future world leader versus a criminal mastermind.
• Hobbies? Writing, eating and drinking, exercising (cross training, weight lifting, dance and kick boxing), knitting (thank you, COVID)
• What would you be if you didn’t go into medicine? A writer/novelist
• What jobs did you work prior to going to medical school? I worked in the music business for several years between college and med school. I have some stories.
• Favorite book or movie? DUNE!
• Favorite band or album? How can you pick just one? This question is unfair. Black Sabbath, Alice in Chains, High on Fire, Clutch to name just a few...
• What is your favorite sports team? *swipe left*
• Favorite quote? The litany on fear from Dune. Or, “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” I think that’s Neitzsche.
• What was the best non-medical job you ever had? Peak music business (see above)
• What was the worst non-medical job you ever had? Various food service jobs in high school.

Faculty Name: Annette M. Lopez, MD

• Hometown/where you grew up: Levittown, Puerto Rico, followed by and East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
• College:  West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
• Residency:  Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
• Fellowship: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
• Toxicology interests: Toxicologic gender differences, Penal Toxicology
• Interests outside of medicine: Photography, Hiking, Cooking, Travel
• What do you like to do in your free time? Read, cook, hike, garden, beer/wine/cider tasting and chasing around my 2 kids
• Hobbies? Scenic photography, Skiing
• What would you be if you didn’t go into medicine? Interior designer/architect, would have loved to re-do houses from hidden potential to spectacular
• What jobs did you work prior to going to medical school? Dental assistant, Law firm clerk, Garde Manger, Tutor, Laboratory Technician
• Favorite book or movie? The Abyss, a classic but still timely movie that incorporates aliens, research, marine biology and cool tech.
• Favorite band or album? There is no way I can just pick a favorite, love all genres and even different languages. 
• What is your favorite sports team? Springboks, South African Rugby, is the only sport we routinely follow/watch
• Favorite quote? Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein
• What was the best non-medical job you ever had? Tutor
• What was the worst non-medical job you ever had? Law clerk