Hey there! I'm currently an Emergency Room doctor in NYC. I’ve lived here about 3 years now, after spending the last eight in Chicago. New York is one of my absolute favorite places - a crazy diverse international metropolis and of course the city that never sleeps. On the weekends I’m not working, you’ll usually find me checking out the food scene, chilling at a rooftop or speakeasy, or planning my next trip abroad

ig: @tarekuma1

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Some of my favorite moments have been true, authentic experiences of daily life. Roaming around the Soviet classrooms at a university in Ukraine; sitting in on a German class in Turkey and somehow learning Turkish; visiting a high school in Poland; meeting traditionally dressed people from the closed off country of Turkmenistan. These experiences meant more to me than going around to all the touristy sites in a city

Interests

• animals
• culture
• photography
• dining
• running
• walking
• flying
• aviation
• movies
• music
• sports
• geography
• history
• languages
• medicine
• science
• tourism
• sightseeing
• food
• russian language
• turkish language
• exploring
• europe
• russian
• eastern europe
• turkish

Music, Movies, and Books

Action and comedy movies in general:
Ocean's Eleven, Star Wars, Bourne series, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Groundhog Day, Inception, Mission Impossible, Wolf of Wall Street

Master of None, Suits, Silicon Valley, Louie, Breaking Bad, Sherlock, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, Stranger Things, Dirty Money, some trashy shows and Netflix documentaries, some Turkish series, Unorthodox, Queen’s Gambit

Open to all kinds of music but generally pop, alternative rock, and EDM. And Shakira

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to the top of Lovćen in Montenegro to receive the most breathtaking 360 degree panoramic views of the entire country

Working as the event doctor at Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, and the US Open

Teach, Learn, Share

I love traveling and learning about different ways of living, and I’m always up for a new experience. I like understanding the perspective of locals, so always happy to meet up! We can go for a walk, grab food, share a beer, or even discover parts of a city that not many people know about

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States