VEMA, Ltd.

Closing out APP Week is our NP, Grace! Grace previously worked as an ED RN at IFOH and recently made her way back into our department working PRN with our team at VEMA! We’re happy to have her back! Please wish Grace and all of our VEMA APPs a Happy APP Week!

Where do you call home?
Currently Fairfax, but Busan, Korea back in the motherland will always forever be my home! 🇰🇷

Are Taylor and Travis End Game?
Not a die hard TayTay fan, but yes I hope so! 💘

Never ever have I ever...
Gone sky diving! Definitely on my bucket list of things I want to do 🪂

Favorite ED procedure:
Suturing! 🩹

Are you left or right hand dominant?
Right hand dominant 🫱

Best pizza toppings:
Supreme 🫑

Favorite olympic sport to watch on TV?
Swimming or gymnastics 🏊

Fall flannel - Yay or nay?
Yay 🎃

Current TV show obsession?
All the real estate shows like Selling Sunset, Owning Manhattan, Buying Beverly Hills. And of course the Korean Dramas 🙂

Window or aisle?
Window 🧳

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Pediatrician 👶

Favorite ED Chief Complaint:
Alcohol Intoxication 🍻

Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Night owl, but I do love my sleep! 😴

What's the best compliment you've ever received? That I look young!
Asians don’t raisin.. until they do and it all goes down hill from there.. 💁‍♀️

What's your fast food guilty pleasure?
Pizza 🍕

What is your beige flag?
I like to use chopsticks to fry and flip my eggs 🥢

Noah Kahan or Chappell Roan?
If I had to pick, Noah Kahan 🎸

Are you an introvert or extrovert?
Extroverted introvert 😜

What's your favorite board game?
Sequence 🃏

Are you registered to vote?!
Yes ☑️

If you weren't practicing emergency medicine, what other medical specialty would you work in?
Not sure, but I am interested in going into aesthetics! 💋

Swiftie or BeyHive?
BeyHive 👑

Happy APP Week to our newest APP VEMAte, Caitlin! We’re so lucky to have you on our team! Vogue’s 73 questions x Caitlin below!

Where do you call home?
I was raised in Central Jersey, just outside of Princeton (and yes New Jersey does have the best bagels) 🥯

Are Taylor and Travis End Game?
Although Taylor has done things in her life “greater than dating the boy on the football team” I certainly hope they are End Game!! 💖

Never ever have I ever…
Gone bungee jumping (although I hope to go one day) 🙀

Favorite ED procedure:
I love suturing! It’s super satisfying to watch the skin come back together, and to see your handy work when it’s healed 👍

Are you left or right hand dominant?
Lefty and proud! 🤚

Best pizza toppings:
Pepperoni! But if any of my patients are reading this, veggie 🧅

Favorite olympic sport to watch on TV?
It’s hard to pick one, but women’s gymnastics, beach volleyball, and handball are always some of my favorites 🏐

Fall flannel - Yay or nay?
Yay! 🍂

Current TV show obsession?
I’m a huge reality TV girl. I just finished the newest season of Selling Sunset and have transitioned to my favorite fall comfort show, Gilmore Girls! 🌇

Window or aisle?
Window for sure 💺

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
When I was in middle school I wanted to be that person who picks the music for movies and TV shows … safe to say I have a spotify playlist for every mood 🎥

Favorite ED Chief Complaint:
Anything pediatric related, I love seeing the kiddos! 🧸

Are you a morning person or a night owl?
I’m more of a morning person, although anyone who works the morning shift with me might not believe that! ☕️

What's the best compliment you've ever received?
The last time I donated blood the nurse told me I had great veins, if that counts?! But other than that, it always makes me feel good when a patient tells me they feel like I’ve taken good care of them. 💉

What's your fast food guilty pleasure?
Definitely Chick-fil-a breakfast (especially after a hectic night shift) 🐄

What is your beige flag?
According to my boyfriend my beige flag is that I have to point out every dog we see in public and call them “the best boy” 🐶

Noah Kahan or Chappell Roan?
Impossible question, I love them both! 🎵

Are you an introvert or extrovert?
I’m an Introvert but most people think I’m an extrovert 🤪

What's your favorite board game?
Every Christmas my family gets together to play board games and some of my favorites are Hues and Cues, Jenga, and Coup. 🎲

Are you registered to vote?!
Of Course! 💪

If you weren't practicing emergency medicine, what other medical specialty would you work in?
Probably pediatrics or family medicine, but I think I’d miss the excitement of the ER 🚂

Swiftie or BeyHive?
I’m a swiftie at heart but Cowboy Carter is definitely a bop! 🤠

If you were a contestant on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and you had to call another VEMAte as your lifeline, whom would you call and why did you pick them?
Probably Dr. Foster, I feel like she always has the answer to my obscure medical question ☎️

Happy APP Week to our fabulous Fauquier PA, MELISSA! Please join us in wishing Melissa a Happy APP Week when you see her in the department this week!

Where do you call home?
Wi******er, VA 🏠

Are Taylor and Travis End Game?
Yes!! 🫶

Never ever have I ever…
Been to Alaska, but I'm planning a trip! 🥶

Favorite ED procedure:
I&D or lacerations 🪡

Are you left or right hand dominant?
Right 👉

Best pizza toppings:
Pepperoni & banana peppers 🍕

Favorite olympic sport to watch on TV?
Breakdancing 🤸

Fall flannel - Yay or nay?
Of course 🍁

Current TV show obsession?
Love is Blind 💕

Window or aisle?
Window so I can sleep 💤

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Baker 👩🏼‍🍳

Favorite ED Chief Complaint:
Abscess, send them all my way! 💉

Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Night owl 🌚

What's the best compliment you've ever received?
I've been told I'm a really great gift giver 🎁

What's your fast food guilty pleasure?
Taco Bell 🌮

What is your beige flag?
I always pause the tv show or movie when something embarrassing/cringeworthy happens (sorry Rich🫣)

Noah Kahan or Chappell Roan?
Noah Kahan, I had stick season on repeat for about a month this year. 🎶

Are you an introvert or extrovert?
Extroverted introvert 🧐

What's your favorite board game?
Is connect four a board game? 🧩

Are you registered to vote?!
Yes! ☑️

If you weren't practicing emergency medicine, what other medical specialty would you work in?
Gastroenterology or women’s health 🤰

Swiftie or BeyHive?
Swiftie💄

If you were a contestant on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and you had to call another VEMAte as your lifeline, who would you call and why did you pick them?
GARY!!!! He would know the answer before I even asked 🙌

Happy APP Week! This week we’ll be featuring some of our newer APPs in a get-to-know-you segment! Kicking things off, here’s a Q&A with our NP, Dominique!

Where do you call home?
Daphne, Alabama 🏡

Are Taylor and Travis End Game?
I initially had no idea what this meant.. but after Googling, I read several compelling Reddit posts that make a strong argument regarding Taylor’s previous failed relationships. So, I think it's reasonable to assume that her and Travis’s relationship isn’t likely to last, given her track record with previous public relationships. 💔

Never ever have I ever...
Convinced myself that I was dying while taking Pathophysiology. ☠️

Favorite ED procedure:
I&Ds 🔪

Are you left or right hand dominant?
Right hand dominant 🫱

Best pizza toppings:
Veggies 🌶️

Favorite olympic sport to watch on TV?
Gymnastic floor exercises 🤸‍♀️

Fall flannel - Yay or nay?
Nay… 👎

Current TV show obsession?
The Apothecary Diaries (Anime – insert nerd tropes here)… 🤓

Window or aisle?
Window 🪟

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A nurse 🧑‍⚕️

Favorite ED Chief Complaint:
Abdominal pain 💩

Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Forever the night owl 🦉

What's your fast food guilty pleasure?
French Fries: hot and salty 🍟

What is your beige flag?
I randomly palpate prominent arm veins when sit next to loved ones..They know this and accept it. 💉

Noah Kahan or Chappell Roan?
UTA: Don’t know who they are. 🤷

Are you an introvert or extrovert?
Ultimate introvert (ISFJ) 😶

What's your favorite board game?
Scrabble 🔠

Are you registered to vote?!
Yes. 🗳️

If you weren't practicing emergency medicine, what other medical specialty would you work in?
Aesthetics 🩸

Swiftie or BeyHive?
BeyHive!!! 🐝

If you were a contestant on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and you had to call another VEMAte as your lifeline, who would you call and why did you pick them?
Gary Jeffries! He has a photographic memory. 🧠

Join us in wishing a happy APP week to VEMA’s EM and HM physician assistants and nurse practitioners!! You guys are the best!!
💉🩺🩻🚑🏥🦴🫀🧠😷