
Arrianna Thompson, MD
Resident
- Email: k.a.thompson@wustl.edu
Hometown: Irvington, NJ
Medical School: University of Miami Miller SOM
Undergrad: …multiple, I’m old. Most recently UMES
Hobbies: Traditional archery, gaming, cooking random recipes, trying to teach myself to draw, photography
Super Power: MEGA HAIR
Kryptonite: Bacon covered in chocolate covered in bacon. Also, bacon. Also, chocolate.
Prerak Trivedi, MD
Resident (he/him)
- Email: prerak.trivedi@wustl.edu
Hometown: St. Louis, basically
Medical School: WashU
Undergrad: Saint Louis University
Hobbies: Video games, reading (sci-fi & fantasy), trying new food, hiking
Superpower: Being able to sleep anywhere
Kryptonite: Alarm clocks
Roland Vaca, MD
Resident (he/him)
- Email: vaca@wustl.edu
Hometown: Kansas City, KS
Medical School: Zucker School of Medicine
Undergrad: Washington University in St. Louis
Hobbies: Cooking, watching the KC Chiefs, biking, trying new restaurants/breweries, video games, history podcasts.
Superpower: Keeping 20+ houseplants alive.
Kryptonite: Sour skittles, Starburst jellybeans, regular Skittles, Swedish fish…all candy in general really.
Kate Vawter, MD
Resident (she/her)
- Email: vawter@wustl.edu
Hometown: Mountain Home, AR
Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Undergrad: University of Arkansas (woo, pig!)
Hobbies: Hiking, golfing, spelunking, reading, scary movies, rewatching Game of Thrones or Lost, trying new restaurants
Superpower: My poker face; I can be extremely nervous or about to crack up laughing and you’d never know it.
Kryptonite: Anything involving cheese.
Rose Velasco, MD
Resident (she/they)
- Email: rosev@wustl.edu
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Undergrad: Loyola University – Chicago
Hobbies: Aerial circus arts; biking in un-bikeable conditions; 90-00s era video games that I will NOT yet designate as “vintage”; dyeing my hair ridiculous colors,; designing silly tattoos that will eventually end up on my body; bed-rotting with my cat, Puff
Superpower: Insisting that posters can hang only via Command Strips until they spontaneously fall loudly in the night
Kryptonite: “If not friend, then why friend-shaped?” to any pettable creature



