General Surgery Residency Alumni
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Class of 2023
Abdul Halawi, M.D.: Radiology, St Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA
Sophia Han, M.D.: OB-GYN, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, CA
Laya Jacob, M.D.: Radiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
Sabi Shrestha, M.D.: Radiation Oncology, University of TX, San Antonio
Sonja Smeding, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Loma Linda University, CA
Hein Linn Thant, M.B.,B.S.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Larkin Community Hospital, FL
Eric Tran, M.D.: Surgery, University of CA, Davis Medical Center, CA
Sravya Veligandla, M.D.: Anesthesia, University of CA, Riverside, CA
Rabeya Tufail Khan, M.B.,B.S.: Emergency Medicine, Eisenhower Medical Center, CA
Class of 2022
Esi Dickson, M.D.: Anesthesia, UNIVERSITY OF CA San Francisco, CA
Elena Drews, M.D.: Interventional Radiology, Emory University, GA
Abubaker Elemam, M.B.,B.S.: Radiology, University of WA
Min Tae Kim, M.D.: Radiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
Matthew Wilson, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Loma Linda University, CA
Vivian Wung M.D.: Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of PA
Class of 2021
John Jaewon Choi, M.D.: Anesthesia, University of CA, San Diego, CA
Rasheed Ivey, M.D.: Anesthesia, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
Muhammad Izhar, D.O.: Radiology, University of Buffalo, NY
Ningdong Kang, B.MED.: Radiology, Harlem Hospital, NY
Yazeed Kesbeh, M.D.: Radiation Oncology, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA
Deven Kulkarni, M.D.: Radiology, Zucker School of Medicine, Northwell Staten Island, NY
Richard Loi, M.D.: Radiology, Loma Linda University, CA
Madeline Scannell, M.D.: OB-GYN, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
Hoda Shirazian, M.D.: Radiology, University of TX Med Branch, Galveston
Narek Veranyan, M.D.: Preliminary Surgery, University of CA, San Diego, CA
Sarah Vitug, M.A., M.Ph., M.D.: Anesthesia, University of CA, San Diego, CA
Alexander Zhu, M.D.: Radiation Oncology, University of VA
Class of 2020
Omar Abdelmegid, M.B.Bch.: Ophthalmology, University of MA
Chimezie Amagwula, M.D.: Radiology, University IL Chicago
Phoebe Ann, M.D.: Radiology, University of CA, Los Angeles
Matthew Carr, M.D.: Radiology, University of CA, San Diego
Jimmy Chang, D.O.: Anesthesia, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
John Myun Choi, M.D.: Radiology, University of Southern CA
Mohammed Hussain, D.O.: Anesthesia, University of TX Medical Branch, Galveston
Christopher Karasch, D.O.: Anesthesia, University AZ, Tucson
Patrick Kim, M.D.: Radiology, University of CA, Davis
Sevan Komshian, M.D.: Anesthesia, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, CA
Alexander Nazareth, M.D.: Orthopedic Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
Alexei Prokhorov M.D.: Radiology, St. Vincent, Worcester, MA
Raj Shah, M.D.: Radiology, University of IL, Chicago
Class of 2019
Nishat Ahmed, M.D.: OB-GYN, Albert Einstein Medical Center, PA
Mollie Andreae, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Jeffrey Badday, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Casa Colina Hospital & Center for Healthcare, Pomona, CA
Catalino Bautista, III M.D.: Radiology, Loma Linda University, CA
Martand Chhibber, M.D.: Anesthesia, Bay State Medical Center, MA
Jason Crowther, M.D.: Anesthesia, NY Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY
Xuan-Lan Doan, M.D.: Preliminary Surgery, Valley Health System, NV
Vivian Hsiao, M.D.: Surgery, University of WI SOM & Public Health
Christopher Mejias, M.D.: Radiology, Barnes Jewish Hospital, MO
Tulsi Patel, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers NJ Medical School
Melissa Phuphanich, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VA of Greater Los Angeles, CA
Fatima Sharif, B.A., M.D.: Radiology, St. Louis University
Pranamya Suri, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of CA, Irvine Medical Center, CA
Michael Van Tienderen, D.O.: Anesthesia, University UT Affiliate Hospitals
Class of 2018
Anchal Bansal, M.D., M.S.: Anesthesia, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, MO
Victor Chen, M.D.: Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, PA
Jonathan Diamond, M.D.: Radiology, Loma Linda University, CA
Sam Dubal, M.D., Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle
Peter Hu, M.D.: Interventional Radiology, University of Southern CA
Nikita Nayyar, D.O.: Anesthesia, Drexel University, Hahnemann, PA
Isael Perez, M.D.: Radiology, Stony Brook, NY
Amelia Poquette, M.D., M.P.H.: OB-GYN, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA
Lucas Struycken, M.D.: Radiology, University of AZ, Tucson
Viridiana Tapia, M.D.: Anesthesia, Oregon Health Sciences University
Michael Wagner, D.O.: Anesthesia, University AZ, Tucson
Simon Wallace, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of WI Hospital & Clinics
Jennifer Wu, M.D., Ph.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of CA, Irvine Medical Center; Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Harvard Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, MA
Class of 2017
Hamid Alipour, M.D.: Surgery, Santa Barbara Cottage, CA
Apar S. Ghuman, M.P.H., D. O.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Marian Joy Rehabilitation Hospital, IL
Jack A. Guevara, D.O.: Anesthesia, Kendall Regional Medical Center, FL
Ohwook ‘Danny’ Kwon, M.D.: Radiology, Loma Linda University, CA
Diana K. Lee, M.D.: Ophthalmology, University of Southern CA
Kiarash Mashayekhi, M.D., M.S.: Surgery, San Joaquin General Hospital, CA
David Nguyen, D.O.: Anesthesia, Rush University Medical Center, IL
Van T. Nguyen, M.D.: Radiology, University of Southern CA
Micah Rogers, D.O.: Anesthesia, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, MA
Vonetta M. Williams, M.D., Ph.D.: Radiation Oncology, University of WA
Jeffrey H. Yang, M.D.: Anesthesia, Rush University Medical Center, IL
Sam D. Zheng, B.S., M.D.: Radiology, Icahn SOM, Beth Israel, NY
Class of 2016
Steven Avers, D.O.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of TX, Southwestern
Nicholas Dabai, D.O.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, MD
Mohammed Farukhi, M.D.: Radiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
Alexander Ghatan, D.O.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VA of Greater Los Angeles, CA
David Ha, D.O.: Anesthesia, University of TX, Houston
Jason Hanley, M.D.: Radiology, UCLA Medical Center, CA
Jalil Kalantari, M.D.: Radiology, Loma Linda University, CA
Dana Konecny, M.D.: Radiology, University of Southern CA
Christopher Luckow, M.D.: Emergency Medicine, University of WA, Seattle
Patsy “PJ” McGuire, M.D.: Anesthesia, Tufts Medical Center, MA
Divya Yadlapalli, D.O.: Anesthesia, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
Eric Tamrazian, M.D.: Neurology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
Class of 2015
Ellen Chang, M.S., M.D.: Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH
Brian Cristiano, M.D.: Radiology, Neuroradiology, Loma Linda University, CA; Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins University, MD
Rachelle Duquette, M.D.: Anesthesia, University of Texas, Houston
Eli Johnson, D.O.: Emergency Medicine, Desert Regional Medical Center, CA
Dane Lee, M.D.: Radiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
Michael Lersten, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of CO
Shelby Lundahl, M.D.: Radiology, University of Southern CA
Alexa Merz, M.D.: Surgery, Banner Good Sam Medical Center, AZ
David Mina, M.D.: Radiology, Albany Medical Center, NY
Amir Rahnavard, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rush Medical Center, IL
Sriram Rangarajan, M.S., M.D.: Surgery, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, CA
Michael Tulio, Anesthesia, University of TX, Southwest, Dallas