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Surgery Alumni by Category


Class of 2023

Sara Abdulla, MD
Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park, CA

Matthew Gandjian, MD
Thoracic Fellowship at University of California at Los Angeles, CA

Amanda Purdy, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University of California at Irvine, CA

Christine Tung, MD
Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA


Class of 2022

Sohail Sareh, MD
Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, University of California at Los Angeles, CA

Joseph Sirody, MD
Trauma Fellowship, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, DC

Sonam Kapadia, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University of California at Davis, CA

Paula Porras Rodriguez, MD
Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA

John Michel-Ruddy, MD
Montage Medical Group, Monterey, CA

Adam Shellito, MD
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, ISMMS Mount Sinai Hospital, NY


Class of 2021

Reed I.M. Ayabe, MD
Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University TX, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX

Jillian L. Angelo, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA

Hayoung Park, MD
Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser, Orange County, CA

Akihiro Sugiyama, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Baylor University Medical Center, TX

Natalie C. Johnson, MD
Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

Andrew L. Shover, MD
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia


Class of 2020

Zane Ashman, MD
Surgical Critical Care & Acute Care Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Brian Beckord, MD
Private Practice (Rural Medicine), Fairchild Medical Center, Yreka, CA

Emily Dubina, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Erin Howell, MD
Surgical Critical Care, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Priti Lalchandani, MD
Surgical Critical Care & Acute Care Fellowship, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Cynthia Tom, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA


Class of 2019

Kelsey Gray, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Abraham Korn, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Michael O’Leary, MD
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

Vikas Satyananda, MD
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park, University of Rochester, NY

Lara Spence, MD
General Surgery, USN 1st MedBN Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA

John Williams, MD
Minimally Invasive Bariatric & General Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Roy Won, MD
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ


Class of 2018

Kyle E. Mock, MD
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

Aaron B. Parrish, MD
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

Xuan-Binh Pham, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Alexander C. Schwed, MD
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver, CO

Jennifer L. Williams, MD
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH


Class of 2017

Devon S. Callahan, MD
Acute Care Surgery Private Practice, Abbott Northwestern, Minneapolis, MN

Jessica A. Keeley, MD
Trauma, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Southern California

Jerry J. Kim, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Dallas, TX

Brian W. MacLaughlin, MD
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, University of Texas, Houston, TX

Dennis Nemceff, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, NY

Huan Yan, MD
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, North Shore University Health, Chicago, IL


Class of 2016

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Edward Gifford, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Andrew Nguyen, MD
Surgical Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at University of MD Medical Center, Baltimore

Brian Nguyen, MD
Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School

Veronica Sullins, MD
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee


Class of 2015

2015-UCLA-Harbor-Surgery-Alumni

Bryan Goldner, DO
Surgical Oncology fellowship, City of Hope Medical Center

Andrew Li, MD
Plastic Surgery fellowship, UCLA

Carrie Luu, MD
Surgical Oncology fellowship, Moffitt Cancer Center

Sam Schwartz, MD
Vascular Surgery fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital

Judy Wang, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, Methodist Hospital, Houston


Class of 2014

2014-UCLA-Harbor-Surgery-Alumni

Erik Barthel, MD
Pediatric Surgery fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Annie Falor, MD
Surgical Oncology fellowship, City of Hope Medical Center

Wendy Liu, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery fellowship, University of Southern California

Amy Polverini, MD
Breast Surgery fellowship, City of Hope Medical Center

Anisa Yalom, MD
Hand Surgery, University of Pennsylvania


Class of 2013

2013-UCLA-Harbor-Surgery-Alumni

Iden Andacheh, MD
Vascular Surgery fellowship, University of Texas Southwestern

Sari Green, MD
Private Practice

Guy Saltmarsh, MD
Faculty, University of Washington

Rebecca Stark, MD
Pediatric Surgery fellowship, University of Washington

Wendy Ziegler, DO
Trauma/Critical Care fellowship, UC Davis


Class of 2012

2012-UCLA-Harbor-Surgery-Alumni

Karen Kim, MD
Vascular Surgery fellowship, UC San Diego

Tyler Reynolds, MD
Air Force; stationed at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany

Hans Schoellhammer, MD
Surgical Oncology fellowship, City of Hope Medical Center

Amy Tolan, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery fellowship, University of Illinois

Arezou Yaghoubian, MD
Plastic Surgery fellowship, UCLA


Class of 2011

2011-UCLA-Harbor-Surgery-Alumni

Armen Aboulian, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery fellowship, Cleveland Clinic

Megan Grunander, MD
Surgical Critical Care fellowship, Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Taryne Imai, MD
Thoracic Surgery fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Matthew Lin, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, UC San Francisco

Cliff Pereira, MD
Plastic Surgery fellowship, UCLA


Class of 2010

2010-UCLA-Harbor-Surgery-Alumni
Tony Chan, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, UCLA

Armen Gregorian, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Brown University

Catherine Hunter, MD
Pediatric Surgery fellowship, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Ben Karsten, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Jennifer Smith, MD
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care fellowship, USC


Class of 2009

Scott Bricker, MD
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care fellowship, USC

Ahmad Hakimi, MD
Private Practice

Joyce Ho, MD
Surgical Oncology fellowship, City of Hope Medical Center

Justin King, MD
Private Practice

David Rosing, MD
Private Practice


Class of 2008

Peyman Benharash, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship, UCLA

Alicia Holt, MD
Surgical Oncology fellowship, City of Hope Medical Center

Alexander Nguyen, MD
Plastic Surgery fellowship, University of Texas Southwestern

Saad Shebrain, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, University of Washington

Juliette Zelada, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, USC


Class of 2007

2007-UCLA-Harbor-Surgery-Alumni

Peter Fedorka, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, UC Davis

Justin Kim, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery fellowship, University of Texas Houston

Grant Sarkisyan, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, USC

Brian Smith, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, UC Irvine

Tae Song, MD
Vascular Surgery fellowship, Stanford University


Class of 2006

Christine Dauphine, MD
Faculty, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Edgar Enriquez, MD
Breast Surgery fellowship, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Vik Konyalian, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, UC Irvine

Zuri Murrell, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, UC Irvine
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Amir Tahernia, MD
Plastic Surgery fellowship, Duke University


Class of 2005

Hao Bui, MD
Vascular Surgery fellowship, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Matt Dixon, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, University of Minnesota

Ben Kim, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship, UC San Francisco

Matt Romano, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship, University of Michigan

Joe Viramontes, MD
Vascular Surgery fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin