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!

Aaron Sherwood, PGY-3
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-3
thomas.blackwell@atriumhealth.org
Alex Blackwell 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-3
destiny.folk@atriumhealth.org
Destiny Folk 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-2
brandon.friedman@atriumhealth.org
Brandon Friedman 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-2
madison.e.watts@atriumhealth.org
Maddie 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.