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Current & Past Fellows

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3rd Year Fellows

Name Title Medical School Residency
Jesus Dominguez, MD Clinical Fellow Univ of Illinois Johns Hopkins
Zachary Gitto, MD Clinical Fellow Albert Einstein Mass General Hospital
Donald Goens, MD Clinical Fellow/Chief Fellow UC San Francisco Univ of Chicago
Cynthia Hsu, MD, PhD Research Fellow UC San Diego UC San Diego
Eric Low, MD Research Fellow/Chief Fellow UC San Francisco UC San Diego

2nd Year Fellows

Name Title Medical School Residency
Laurel Branch, MD Clinical Fellow Univ of Mississippi Medical Univ of South Carolina
Amanda Krause, MD Clinical Fellow Rush Medical College Northwestern
Selena Kuo, MD Clinical Fellow UC San Francisco Columbia
Nabil Noureddin, MD Research Fellow Univ of Aleppo Univ of Las Vegas

1st Year Fellows

Name Title Medical School Residency
Mark Kowalczyk, MD Clinical Fellow University 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

Past Fellows

Training Year Name City/State Institution
2019–2022 Waseem Ahmad, MD San Francisco, CA UC San Francisco
2019–2022 Aws Hasan, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2019–2022 Joseph Meserve, MD San Diego, Ca UC San Diego
2019–2022 Fady Youseff, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2018–2021 Abbey Barnard, MD Seattle, WA VA Puget Sound/Univ of Washington
2018–2021 Robert Kl apheke , MD San Diego, CA Austin Gastro
2018–2021 Nghia Nguyen, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser Riverside
2018–2021 Edward Yang, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser Riverside
2017–2020 Ariela Holmer, MD New York City, NY NYU
2017–2020 Shravan Dave, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2017–2020 Lien Le, MD Sacramento, CA UC Davis
2017–2020 Ali Akram, MD Sacramento, CA Kaiser Sacramento
2017–2020 Ngozi Nwerem, MD Dallas, TX VA Dallas/UTSW
2016–2019 Yash Mittal, MD San Diego, CA Eisenhower Health
2016–2019 Frances Onyimba, MD Baltimore, MD University of Maryland
2016–2019 Janki Patel, MD San Diego, CA Scripps Encinitas
2016–2019 Matthew Tsai, MD, PhD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2015–2018 Nanae Takatori, MD San Diego, CA Sharp Health
2015–2018 Katherine Shaffer, MD San Diego, CA Private Practice San Diego
2015–2018 Albert Ding, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser San Diego
2015–2018 Athanasios Desalermos, MD Boston, MA Boston University
2014–2017 Anna Veerappan, MD Durham, NC Duke University
2014–2017 Joshua Rubin, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2014–2017 Niraj Patel, MD Pasadena, CA Kaiser Pasadena
2014–2017 Parambir Dulai, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2013–2016 Michael Chang, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2013–2016 Robert Kung, MD Los Angeles, CA Kaiser
2013–2016 Melanie Green, MD Cincinnati, OH Tri Health Digestive Institute
2012–2016 Gobind Anand, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2012–2015 Shireena Desai, MD Irvine, CA Kaiser
2012–2015 Laura Pace, MD, PhD Salt Lake City, UT University of Utah
2012–2015 Muhammad Sohail, MD Bennington, VT Southwestern Vermont Healthcare
2012–2015 Irine Vodkin, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2011–2014 Ashish Shah, MD Chicago, IL Digestive Disease Consultants
2011–2014 Michael McTigue, MD San Marcos, CA Kaiser San Marcos
2011–2014 Wilson Kwong, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2011–2013 Mazen Noureddin, MD Los Angeles, CA Cedars-Sinai
2010–2013 Erica Boettcher-Engelbert, MD Lafayette, CO Kaiser Permanente
2010–2013 Brigid Boland, MD San Diego UC San Diego
2010–2013 Imad Elkhatib, MD Chicago, IL GI Associates in Oak Lawn
2010–2013 Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2009–2012 Thuy-Ahn Le, MD San Diego, CA Sharp Reese Sealy
2009–2012 Suresh Pola, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser San Diego
2009–2012 Frederick Park, MD, PhD Rendon, WA Valley Medical Center
2009–2012 Julio Gutierrez, MD Los Angeles, CA St. Vincent Medical Center
2008–2011 James Lin, MD Livermore, CA Stanford Health Care
2008–2011 Marianne Fahmy, MD Los Angeles, CA Kaiser Permanente
2008–2011 Ingrid Gonzalez, MD Winston Salem, NC Digestive Health Specialists
2008–2011 Mamie Dong, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser Permanente
2008–2011 Benjamin Cohen, MD New York, NY Mount Sinai Hospital
2007–2010 Andrew Bain, MD Buffalo, NY Roswell Park Cancer Institute
2007–2010 Raymond Tang, MD Hong Kong, China Prince of Wales Hospital
2007–2010 Cristina Wiese, MD Thosand Oaks, CA Private Practice
2007–2009 Rohit Loomba, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2006–2009 Winston Dunn, MD Lawrence, KS University of Kansas
2006–2009 Sameer Mazhar, MD Aurora, IL Rush-Copley Medical Center
2006–2009 Lance Stein, MD Savannah, GA Merce Unviesrity
2005–2008 Pradipta Ghosh, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2005–2008 Denise Kalmaz, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2005–2008 David Owens, MD Olympia, WA Gastroenterology Associates
2005–2008 Erik Van Kleek, MD Tualatin, OR Gastroenterology Specialists of Oregon
2005–2008 Laura Yun, MD Chicago, IL Northwestern University
2004–2007 Tommy Yen, MD San Diego, IL Sharp Rees-Stealy
2004–2007 Kathleen Viveiros, MD Boston, MA Harvard
2004–2007 Arun Swaminath, MD New York, NY Lenox Hill Hospital
2004–2007 Robert Lee, MD Irvine, CA UC Irvine
2003–2006 Heather Patton, MD San Diego, CA San Diego VA Medical Center
2003–2006 Jeffrey Buehler, MD Portland, OR Northwest GI Clinic
2003–2006 Wilscott Naugler, MD Portland, OR Oregon Health & Science
2002–2005 Robert Lin, MD Baldwin Park, CA Kaiser Baldwin Park
2002–2005 Gregory Harmon, MD Lakewood, CA Lakewood Regional Medical Center
2002–2005 Michael Docherty, MD San Diego, CA UC San Diego
2002–2005 Jaime Chen, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser San Diego
2001–2004 Todd Frederick, MD San Francisco, CA Calif. Pacific Medical Center Transplant
2001–2004 Mark Lemert, MD New York, NY New York University
2001–2004 Barbara Jung, MD Chicago, IL University of Illinois at Chicago
2000–2003 John Kuldau, MD San Diego, CA Scripps Health
2000–2003 Christopher Costanza, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser San Diego
1999–2002 David Pompa, MD Roseville, CA Sutter Roseville Medical Center
1999–2002 Sonali Master, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser San Diego
1998–2001 Jan Kamler, MD Monterey, CA Montery Bay GI Consultants
1997–2000 Spencer Fung, MD Santa Clara CA Kaiser Permanente
1997–2000 Michael Ahn, MD Santa Clar, CA Kaiser Permanente
1995–1998 Lanchinh Nguyen, MD Vacaville, CA Kaiser Permanente
1995–1998 Sherman Chamberlain, MD Yonkers, NY St. Joseph's Medical Center
1994–1997 Pradeep Ramamirtham, MD Austin, TX Lebauer Healthcare
1994–1997 Haig Najarian, MD Orange, CA inSite Digestive Healthcare
1994–1997 Gregory Ardigo, MD Murrieta, CA Inland Empire Gastroenterology
1993–1996 David Wolfsjohn, MD North Haven, CT Conneticut Gastroenterology Consultants
1993–1996 Anne Larson, MD Seattle, WA University of Washington
1993–1996 Jagbir Ahuja, MD Harker Heights, TX Seton Medical Center
1992–1995 Diana Rowell, MD Chula Vista, CA Sharp Rees-Stealy
1992–1995 Kyong-Mi Chang, MD Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia VA Medical Center
1992–1995 Craig Ennis, MD Clarksville, TN Clarksville Medical Specialists
1992–1995 Vijaya Pratha, MD San Diego, CA Surya Medical Group
1993–1994 James Bown, MD St. George, UT Dixie Regional Medical Center
1991–1994 Roderick Rapier, MD San Diego, CA Kaiser Permanente