
Michael Rubsamen
Tulane University School of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. Mueller
Project: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Firearm Injury in St. Louis, MO: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Jeffrey Ruggeri, MD
Resident
- Email: j.ruggeri@wustl.edu
Hometown:Springfield, MO
Medical School: University of Missouri – Columbia
Undergrad: Missouri State University
Hobbies: Any and all things Star Wars, Soccer, Video games, Cooking
Super Power: Drinking mass quantities of very cheap coffee.
Kryptonite: The morning.
Rawan Safa, MD
Assistant Medical Director, Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH); Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
- Email: rawan.safa@wustl.edu
Administrative support: Paige Cavanaugh
Mohammad Saffaf, MD
Resident (he/him)
- Email: saffaf@wustl.edu
Hometown: Webster Groves, MO
Medical School: Saint Louis University
Undergrad: Saint Louis University
Hobbies: Powerlifting, video games, music, playing basketball, watching movies/TV shows/anime, St. Louis sports – Go Cards and Blues!
Superpower: Multi-tasking
Kryptonite: Misuse of the word “literally”.
Paul Sakr, MD
Resident (he/him)
- Email: sakr@wustl.edu
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
Medical School: University of Balamand – Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences
Undergrad: American University of Beirut
Hobbies: Muay Thai, Guitar, anime, workouts.
Superpower: Finding solutions to problems
Kryptonite: Oreo cheesecake




