About us
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Massachusetts MedWAR was held by Tufts WMIG in 2015 at Womaptuck Park. Massachusetts MedWAR made its successful return in May 2023 at DCR Douglas State Forest, and the race director team is so excited for this year’s race!
contact
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email us at MassachusettsMedWAR@gmail.com.
race directors
MA MedWAR is supported by Hillary Irons, MD, PhD and Leah Manchester, MD. Meet our 2026 student race directors below!
Avery Pullman, MS4
Avery is a fourth-year medical student at UMass and director of MedWAR this year after co-directing for the last three years. He is going into emergency medicine and loves blending his love for the outdoors with his skills in medicine. He is looking forward to seeing everyone this spring!
Anna Cichon, MS4
Anna is a fourth-year medical student at UMass, directing the team with two years of co-directing MedWAR under her belt. She is going into emergency medicine and has strong interests in austere and critical care medicine. She can’t wait to meet all of you and see some good competition out there on the course this spring!
Elisa Taylor-Yeremeeva, MS3
Elisa is a third-year medical student at UMass and a returning co-director of the MA MedWAR. Elisa loves spending time outside whether that’s skiing, hiking or climbing. She appreciates how MedWAR blends her hobbies with medical knowledge and some friendly competition!
Connor Nowak, MS3
Connor is a third-year medical student at UVM Larner College of Medicine. Last year he joined MedWAR as an assistant race director and loved getting photos of everyone out in the field! He is interested in emergency and wilderness medicine and is super excited to join everyone in the forest for this year's race!
Spencer Dew, MS3
Spencer is a third-year medical student at UMass interested in Anesthesiology. Joining the MedWAR team for his second year, he loves the mix of wilderness medicine and physical activity in nature. He had a blast last year and is looking forward to this year’s race!
Matthew Segil, MS2
Matt is a second-year medical student at UMass Chan, where he brings a passion for education, community-building, and interdisciplinary learning to the table. Outside of academics, he enjoys hiking, reading, drinking coffee, and spending quality time with friends and family.
Julia Milks, MS2
Julia is a second-year medical student at Tufts, joining the MedWAR leadership team for the second year. She is interested in rural and disaster/wilderness medicine and loves being outdoors. She looks forward to seeing all the racers this spring!
Kaitlyn Deming, MS2
Kaitlyn is a second-year medical student at Tufts University, joining the MedWAR team for a second year. She is interested in rural and wilderness medicine and excited to bring together her love for the outdoors and medicine at this year’s race. Best of luck to all our racers this May!
Cyruss Cho, MS2
Cyruss is a second-year medical student with an interest in emergency and cardiac medicine. Before starting medical school, he worked as an EMT contributing to interest in emergency and wilderness medicine. Cyruss co-directed the New England Wilderness Medicine Conference (NEWMC) this past year and is looking forward to supporting his second MedWAR.
Alexis Campbell, MS1
Alexis is a first-year medical student at UMass, joining the team as a volunteer this year. She is interested in emergency medicine and is excited to learn how wilderness medicine brings acute emergency care outside of the hospital in creative ways. Looking forward to meeting everyone in the spring!