EMRA Spotlight, Wellness

Meet Kestrel Reopelle, MD

We're pleased to introduce Kestrel Reopelle, MD, assistant vice chair of the EMRA Wellness Committee, 2020-2021.

Kestel ReopelleProgram: Maimonides Medical Center

Your goal as an EMRA leader: To promote personal health & wellness to residents across the country, while researching, educating about, and addressing systematic barriers to resident wellness.

What's the best advice you've ever received? 
Confidence and competence are often inversely correlated in medical providers. It's important to know what you don't know.

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: An interior decorator... or a park ranger!

What's on your playlist?
Grouplove, Young the Giant, Two Door Cinema Club


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