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Our Leadership Team
Executive Directors
Publicity Directors
Nicole Martuscelli
Nicole is a Brazilian medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University who has volunteered at F1 Doctors since the organization was founded. Nicole is passionate about mentorship and education, having helped numerous pre-meds apply to medical school, and sharing her experience in our social media accounts.
Mentor Relations Directors

Navaz Shroff
Medical speech pathologist turned aspiring physician. Avid international Latin ballroom dancer. Self proclaimed NYC bagel and dessert connoisseur- contact me for recommendations.
Current life goal - relearning Chess
Mentee Relations Directors

Scarlett Cheon
Scarlett is an international student from South Korea who has lived most of her life in Shanghai, China. She deferred her M.D. program at Tulane School of Medicine to pursue a Master of Medical Sciences in Immunology at Harvard Medical School. Outside of research and medicine, you can find her looking for new experiences/restaurants to try out.

Sean Backer
Sean Backer is a Swedish-Iranian DO student at Nova Southeastern University. His goal is to improve the pathways for internationals into US healthcare and promote diversity in medicine. Being the holistic medical student he is, he also enjoys working out, learning languages, and drawing.
Educational Resources Directors
Technology Directors

Abubakr El Sobky
Abubakr is an international student from Egypt. He is currently pursuing a Computational Biology and Bioinformatics major at Connecticut College. Outside of academia, he likes running, traveling, and photography.

Raissa Zuim Dantas de Souza
Raissa is an international student from Brazil, currently teaching A&P as an adjunct instructor at Nebraska Wesleyan University. She loves anything that gets her moving. She is passionate on sharing excellence between people, through service, knowledge, experiences.
Graduate Outreach & Events Directors

Wendy Lee
Wendy is an MD/PhD student at the Emory Medical School. She is a sourdough bread business owner, an avid hiker, and a columnist for a Taiwanese online media platform who enjoys grocery shopping more than any other leisure activity.

Venkat Suru
Venkat is a DO student at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Virginia. He is passionate about promoting diversity and creating spaces to have difficult yet insightful conversations. In his free time, he loves to travel, explore nature, and is always down to watch a good psych-thriller!

Kamelia Drenkova
Kami is from Bulgaria and works at NYU Langone Health. Kami does translational clinical research investigating the role of platelet activity on cardiovascular disease. In her free time, you can find her exploring the food scene in NYC, playing board games with her friends, or traveling.

Zhengyang (Kevin) Sun
Kevin is a Chinese international student currenting working as a research technician at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. He likes eating good food and cooking (not so good) food and practice various kind of martial arts in his free time.
Undergraduate Outreach & Events Directors
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