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Current & Past Fellows

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3rd Year Fellows

Name Title Medical School Residency
Mark Kowalczyk, MD Clinical Fellow Univ of Washington UC San Diego
Priya Sharma, MD Clinical Fellow Northeast Ohio Medical Univ UC San Diego
Erin Song, MD Clinical Fellow Duke Duke
Erin Wolf, MD Clinical Fellow Duke Univ of Texas Southwestern
Maryam Zafer, MD Clinical Fellow Mt Sinai Univ of Chicago

2nd Year Fellows

Name Title Medical School Residency
Juliana Da Silva, MD Clinical Fellow Loyola Univ Univ of Chicago
Kurren Mehta, MD Clinical Fellow Duke Duke
Harrison Penrose, MD, PhD Research Fellow Tulane Univ UC San Diego
Srishti Saha, MD Clinical Fellow All India Inst of Medical Sciences Univ of Texas Southwestern
Kelly Torosian, MD Clinical Fellow Tufts Univ UC San Diego

1st Year Fellows

Name Title Medical School Residency
Maria Abraham, MD Clinical Fellow Harvard Brigham and Women's
Omar Belfaqeeh, MD Clinical Fellow Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Mount Sinai Morningside
Jonathan Dounel, MD Clinical Fellow Stony Brook University UC San Diego
Katherine Jordan, MD Clinical Fellow Washington University Duke
Sa Do Kang, MD, PhD Research Fellow Pennsylvania State University Johns Hopkins

Past Fellows

Training Year Name Institution
2021-2024 Laurel Branch, MD UC San Diego
2021-2024 Amanda Krause, MD UC San Diego 
2021-2024 Selena Kuo, MD UC San Diego
2021-2024 Nabil Noureddin, MD UC San Diego
2020-2023 Jesus Dominguez, MD Kaiser South Baltimore
2020-2023 Zachary Gitto, MD Private Practice - South Carolina
2020-2023 Donald Goens, MD Kaiser San Diego
2020-2023 Cynthia Hsu, MD, PhD UC San Diego
2020-2023 Eric Low, MD UC San Diego
2019–2022 Waseem Ahmad, MD UC San Francisco
2019–2022 Aws Hasan, MD Private Practice - Michigan
2019–2022 Joseph Meserve, MD Private Practice - South Carolina
2019–2022 Fady Youseff, MD UC San Diego
2018–2021 Abbey Barnard, MD Univ of Washington
2018–2021 Robert Klapheke , MD Private Practice - Austin
2018–2021 Nghia Nguyen, MD Kaiser Riverside
2018–2021 Edward Yang, MD Kaiser Riverside
2017–2020 Ariela Holmer, MD NYU
2017–2020 Shravan Dave, MD UC San Diego
2017–2020 Lien Le, MD UC Davis
2017–2020 Ali Akram, MD UC Davis
2017–2020 Ngozi Enwerem, MD VA Dallas/UTSW
2016–2019 Yash Mittal, MD Eisenhower Health
2016–2019 Frances Onyimba, MD University of Maryland
2016–2019 Janki Patel, MD Scripps Encinitas
2016–2019 Matthew Tsai, MD, PhD UC San Diego
2015–2018 Nanae Takatori, MD Sharp Health
2015–2018 Katherine Shaffer, MD Kaiser San Diego
2015–2018 Albert Ding, MD Kaiser San Diego
2015–2018 Athanasios Desalermos, MD Boston University
2014–2017 Anna Veerappan, MD Duke University
2014–2017 Joshua Rubin, MD UC San Diego
2014–2017 Niraj Patel, MD Kaiser Pasadena
2014–2017 Parambir Dulai, MD UC San Diego
2013–2016 Michael Chang, MD UC San Diego
2013–2016 Robert Kung, MD Kaiser
2013–2016 Melanie Green, MD Tri Health Digestive Institute
2012–2016 Gobind Anand, MD UC San Diego
2012–2015 Shireena Desai, MD Kaiser
2012–2015 Laura Pace, MD, PhD University of Utah
2012–2015 Muhammad Sohail, MD Southwestern Vermont Healthcare
2012–2015 Irine Vodkin, MD UC San Diego
2011–2014 Ashish Shah, MD Digestive Disease Consultants
2011–2014 Michael McTigue, MD Kaiser San Marcos
2011–2014 Wilson Kwong, MD UC San Diego
2011–2013 Mazen Noureddin, MD Cedars-Sinai
2010–2013 Erica Boettcher-Engelbert, MD Kaiser Permanente
2010–2013 Brigid Boland, MD UC San Diego
2010–2013 Imad Elkhatib, MD GI Associates in Oak Lawn
2010–2013 Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD UC San Diego
2009–2012 Thuy-Ahn Le, MD Sharp Reese Sealy
2009–2012 Suresh Pola, MD Kaiser San Diego
2009–2012 Frederick Park, MD, PhD Valley Medical Center
2009–2012 Julio Gutierrez, MD St. Vincent Medical Center
2008–2011 James Lin, MD Stanford Health Care
2008–2011 Marianne Fahmy, MD Kaiser Permanente
2008–2011 Ingrid Gonzalez, MD Digestive Health Specialists
2008–2011 Mamie Dong, MD Kaiser Permanente
2008–2011 Benjamin Cohen, MD Mount Sinai Hospital
2007–2010 Andrew Bain, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute
2007–2010 Raymond Tang, MD Prince of Wales Hospital
2007–2010 Cristina Wiese, MD Private Practice
2007–2009 Rohit Loomba, MD UC San Diego
2006–2009 Winston Dunn, MD University of Kansas
2006–2009 Sameer Mazhar, MD Rush-Copley Medical Center
2006–2009 Lance Stein, MD Merce University
2005–2008 Pradipta Ghosh, MD UC San Diego
2005–2008 Denise Kalmaz, MD UC San Diego
2005–2008 David Owens, MD Gastroenterology Associates
2005–2008 Erik Van Kleek, MD Gastroenterology Specialists of Oregon
2005–2008 Laura Yun, MD Northwestern University
2004–2007 Tommy Yen, MD Sharp Rees-Stealy
2004–2007 Kathleen Viveiros, MD Harvard
2004–2007 Arun Swaminath, MD Lenox Hill Hospital
2004–2007 Robert Lee, MD UC Irvine
2003–2006 Heather Patton, MD San Diego VA Medical Center
2003–2006 Jeffrey Buehler, MD Northwest GI Clinic
2003–2006 Wilscott Naugler, MD Oregon Health & Science
2002–2005 Robert Lin, MD Kaiser Baldwin Park
2002–2005 Gregory Harmon, MD Lakewood Regional Medical Center
2002–2005 Michael Docherty, MD UC San Diego
2002–2005 Jaime Chen, MD Kaiser San Diego
2001–2004 Todd Frederick, MD Calif. Pacific Medical Center Transplant
2001–2004 Mark Lemert, MD New York University
2001–2004 Barbara Jung, MD University of Illinois at Chicago
2000–2003 John Kuldau, MD Scripps Health
2000–2003 Christopher Costanza, MD Kaiser San Diego
1999–2002 David Pompa, MD Sutter Roseville Medical Center
1999–2002 Sonali Master, MD Kaiser San Diego
1998–2001 Jan Kamler, MD Montery Bay GI Consultants
1997–2000 Spencer Fung, MD Kaiser Permanente
1997–2000 Michael Ahn, MD Kaiser Permanente
1995–1998 Lanchinh Nguyen, MD Kaiser Permanente
1995–1998 Sherman Chamberlain, MD St. Joseph's Medical Center
1994–1997 Pradeep Ramamirtham, MD Lebauer Healthcare
1994–1997 Haig Najarian, MD inSite Digestive Healthcare
1994–1997 Gregory Ardigo, MD Inland Empire Gastroenterology
1993–1996 David Wolfsjohn, MD Connecticut Gastroenterology Consultants
1993–1996 Anne Larson, MD University of Washington
1993–1996 Jagbir Ahuja, MD Seton Medical Center
1992–1995 Diana Rowell, MD Sharp Rees-Stealy
1992–1995 Kyong-Mi Chang, MD Philadelphia VA Medical Center
1992–1995 Craig Ennis, MD Clarksville Medical Specialists
1992–1995 Vijaya Pratha, MD Surya Medical Group
1993–1994 James Bown, MD Dixie Regional Medical Center
1991–1994 Roderick Rapier, MD Kaiser Permanente