CMC EM Interest Group mentorsHIP

Below is a list of CMC residents interested in medical education and mentorship. Please reach out to any of us if you are looking for guidance for a career in emergency medicine!

Bobby Nicholson, PGY-3
704-756-5966 | robbert.nicholson@atriumhealth.org
Born on Long Island, NY Bobby Nicholson actually grew up in Charlotte, NC. He spent a lot of time playing sports growing up, mostly baseball, and thought that he would go into medicine to do Orthopedics. Bobby attended UNC-Chapel Hill for undergraduate education and am a die-hard TarHeel fan. It was there that he had his first exposure to the Emergency Department. From Chapel Hill, he went to Virginia-Tech Carilion School of Medicine. He pursued research in Orthopedics and Emergency Medicine and was actually president of both interest groups. He ultimately chose to pursue a career in Emergency Medicine and was fortunate enough to match to Carolinas Medical Center. Having spent many hours shadowing in the operating room and emergency department during medical school and struggling to choose my eventual career path, he became interested in medical mentorship and education. Other areas of interest in Emergency Medicine include trauma resuscitation, emergency airway management, and cardiovascular emergencies. Outside of the hospital, he enjoys spending time with his dog, Kona and his partner, Caitlin. When he is not hanging out with them, he can usually be found lifting weights, hiking, drinking craft beer, or attempting to surf more waves than he falls off of at Folly Beach.

Courtney Owens, PGY-3
678-559-8995 | courtney.owens2@atriumhealth.org
Courtney Owens is an Emergency Medicine resident at Carolinas Medical Center. She graduated from the Medical College of Georgia located in Augusta, GA. Though she usually claims Atlanta, GA as her home, she has lived in many different places including Boca Raton, FL, Philadelphia, PA, Nashville, TN and Oakland, CA. Before attending medical school, Courtney was a 7th grade math and science teacher with Teach for America, and will tell you any day that tough days in residency pale in comparison to days with her feisty but precious former students. In her free time, Courtney enjoys spending time with her husband who is a current second year Orthopedic Surgery resident at Carolinas. You can likely find her binging a new Netflix series, perusing the aisles at her favorite store Costco, seeking out the city’s best tacos and margaritas, going on a picnic or taking relaxing bicycle rides around Charlotte.

Marie Wofford, PGY-3
301-751-8386 | marie.wofford@atriumhealth.org
Marie Wofford, MD, MPH is a resident physician at Carolinas Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Wofford attended medical school at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Throughout her residency training, she has enjoyed delivering patient care, learning from her teammates, and giving back to the community. She has a passion for investigating topics related to wellness, health equity, and diversity and inclusion in Emergency Medicine. She has served as Wellness Committee Member for residents and also is a CORD Mini-Fellowship in Wellness Leadership Scholar. In her free time, you can find her volunteering with high school students interested in medicine. You can also find her biking, hiking, eating tacos, or enjoying quality time with her husband and family.

Quinton Nannet, PGY-3
765-366-6343 | quinton.nannet@atriumhealth.org
Quinton Nannet grew up on a small corn and beans farm in rural Indiana.  He went to Purdue University for undergrad where he studied biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and remains an avid Boilermaker fan to this day.  Quinton continued his education in Indiana going to medical school at Indiana University in Indianapolis where he afterwards was finally able to escape the cold winters of the Midwest and relocated to Charlotte for residency.  His residency passions include procedures, resuscitations, critical care, and medical student education.  Outside hospital you can find Quinton hiking, gardening, brewery hopping, or finding any excuse to hang out with people outside of the hospital.

Sean Trostel, PGY-3
678-677-9902 | sean.trostel@atriumhealth.org
Sean Trostel is a third year resident at CMC. He grew up in Marietta, GA, went to undergrad at the University of Georgia (Go dawgs!) where he studied Genetics, and attended medical school at Medical College of Georgia. During medical school, Sean helped lead his local EM and ultrasound interest groups as well as with EMRA's medical student council, working with medical students from around the country. His interests within EM include critical care, emergency airway, ECG interpretation, wilderness medicine, and addiction medicine. He hopes to pursue a career involving both community and academic EM. Outside of medicine, Sean enjoys running, climbing, mowing the lawn, and eating/drinking his way around Charlotte.

Aaron Sherwood, PGY-2
434-409-1550 | aaron.sherwood@atriumhealth.org
Aaron Sherwood is originally from Charlottesville, VA. He went to Appalachian State University for undergrad and studied marketing and management. He then completed my post-bacc premed coursework at the University of Utah and went to medical school at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Aaron was very involved with Wayne State's EMIG and served as one of the organization's coordinators. He is thrilled to have the opportunity to join the CMC community and work with a talented group of future emergency medicine physicians!

Alex Blackwell, PGY-2
704-491-2204 | thomas.blackwell@atriumhealth.org
Alex Blackwell is an EM resident at CMC. He grew up in Charlotte, NC and went to Clemson University for undergrad and USC School of Medicine Greenville for medical school. He loves to be outside, spend time with friends and family, roller coasters, football, and pretending like he’s still athletic. He would love to be in a large academic center teaching medical students and residents one day. He is excited to help out with EMIG in any way he can.

Destiny Folk, PGY-2
919-610-6361 | destiny.folk@atriumhealth.org
Destiny Folk is an Emergency Medicine resident at Carolinas Medical Center. She graduated from North Carolina State University with a major in Human Biology and completed medical school at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. Destiny has experience teaching and mentoring students as she taught chemistry courses and was pre-health club president as an undergraduate. Destiny is passionate about medical education and wellness and hopes to become involved in medical student and resident education after residency. In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her husband and dog, doing HIIT workouts, hot yoga, hanging out with her amazing co-residents, recording podcasts for EM Guidewire, and traveling.

Brandon Friedman, PGY-1
919-525-6914 | brandon.friedman@atriumhealth.org
Brandon Friedman is an Emergency Medicine resident at the Carolinas Medical Center. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with degrees in Health Policy and Biology. He went on to complete medical school at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. His family is originally from Connecticut, but he was born and raised in Asia; living in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Thailand, through high school. Brandon is passionate about promoting access to care for underserved populations, both locally and globally, and hopes to become involved in the development of sustainable medical infrastructure in low-resource countries after residency. Outside of the hospital, Brandon enjoys camping, weightlifting, and playing collaborative and creative videogames with friends.

Madison Watts, PGY-1
336-775-8515 | madison.e.watts@atriumhealth.org
Maddie Watts is part of the Class of 2025 at CMC. She is a tar heel born and bred! She grew up in North Carolina and went to UNC for both undergrad and medical school. Throughout her premed and medical school journey, Maddie had many medical student and physician mentors that helped her in countless ways… one of which was finding the right fit for her in the amazing specialty of EM! She looks forward to passing along the favor to the next group of students. Outside of work, Maddie's favorite activities in Charlotte include doing all of the outdoor activities at the whitewater center, playing rec league soccer and brewery hopping with her coresidents.