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Alumni

UC San Diego Fellows go on to a broad range of careers. Recent fellows have taken positions at UCSF, Tufts, UC San Diego, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, and Quintile CRO.

Past Fellows

List of Past Fellows

Fellow

Year*

Medical School

Current Position

Christian Anderson, M.D.

1993

U of Texas, Southwestern

Investigator, Arena Pharmaceuticals, San Diego

Peter Reaven, M.D.

1991

U of Chicago

Staff Physician, VAMC Phoenix, AZ

A.S. Khouw, M.D.

1991

U of Texas, Southwestern

Staff Physician, Diabetic Clinic/St. Frnacis Hospital, Tulsa, OK

K.J. Kobalter, M.D.

1991

UC San Diego

Staff Physician, Kaiser Northern California

Lynn Seely, M.D.

1992

U of Oklahoma

CMO, Medivation Inc., California

J. Nolan, M.D.

1992

U College Dublin, Ireland

Staff Physician, St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Gary Rolband, M.D.

1993

U of Vermont

Staff Physician, Charlotte Health Care Group, Charlotte, NC

Bogi. Andersen, M.D.

1995

U of Iceland

Professor, UC Irvine

W. John Langlois, M.D.

1995

U of Toronto

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Joyce Chung, M.D.

1994

U of Hong Kong

Private Practice, Sharp Rees Steely, San Diego

Patricia Wu, M.D.

1996

U of Edinburgh, Scotland

Director, Kaiser Endocrinology, San Diego

Athena Philis-Tsimikas, M.D.

1994

U of Athens, Greece

Scripps San Diego

Paul Knudson, M.D.

1993

Medical College of Wisconsin

Associate Professor, Joslin Clinic, SUNY Health Science Center

J. M. Baloga, M.D.

1996

Ohio State University

Private Practice, Orange County

G. Brard, M.D.

1995

Washington University

Private Practice, Mesa, AZ

K. Karfun, M.D.

1995

U of Chicago

Staff Physician, Kaiser, Fontana, CA

Thomas Knecht, M.D., PhD

1995

UC San Diego

Associate Professor, U of Utah, Salt Lake City

M. Mulford, M.D.

1996

Dartmouth

Private Practice, Mission Viejo, CA

Sunder Mudaliar, M.D.

1997

U of Madras

Professor, UC San Diego

M. Danicich, M.D.

1997

U of Washington

Private Practice, Missoula, MT

Alex Cobitz, M.D., PhD

1998

U of Chicago

Research Scientist, Smith-Kline Beecham

Peter Vollenweider, M.D.

1998

U of Lausanne, Switzerland

Physician, Inst. De Biologi Cell et Morphologie, Switzerland

Barbara Ramlo-Halsted

1999

Yale

Director, Diabetes Center, University of Cincinnati

Stanley Hsia

1998

U of Toronto

Professor, Charles Drew University, CA

Joseph Yu, M.D.

2000

U of Philippines

Kaiser Permanente, San Diego

Juan Frias, M.D., PhD

1999

Vanderbilt

President, National Research Institute, California

J. Huang, M.D.

1999

U of Toronto

Private Practice, Orange County, CA

Pharis Mohideen, M.D.

1999

U of Hawaii

CMO, Atterocor Inc.

C. Liu, M.D.

1999

U of Pittsburgh

UCSF

Ajay Chawla, M.D., PhD

2000

U of Pennsylvania

Professor, UCSF

Alice P-S Kong, M.D.

1999

U of Hong Kong

Professor, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong

A. Chang, M.D.

2000

U of Michigan

U. Michigan

Dennis Kim, M.D.

2001

U of Chicago

Investigator, Amylin Corporation

Neelima Chu, M.D.

2001

U of Vermont

Private Practice, San Diego

Ileana Pat, M.D.

2001

Carol Davila University

Private Practice, Wisconsin

Mark Lupo, M.D.

2001

U of Florida

Private Practice, Florida

Raymond Plodkowski, M.D.

2002

Med College of Pennsylvania

Scripps Clinic, San Diego

S. Chinnapongse, M.D.

2002

Cebu College Medicine, Philippines

Professor, Thailand

Rahil Bandukwala

2003

U of Health Science College Osteo. Med.

Memorial Health Medical Group, San Diego

Vanita Aroda, M.D.

2003

UC San Diego

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Manju Chandran, MBBS

2003

Med College of Triuandrum

Physician, Indian Health Services

Roopa Sathyaprakash, MBBS

2003

Government Medical College

Private Practice, India

Anna Chang, M.D.

2004

UC San Diego

Clinical Instructor, Endo-Met, UCLA

Sandeep Chaudhary, M.D.

2004

University of Southern California

Private Practice, Orange County

Louis Christiansen, M.D.

2004

UC San Diego

Private Practice, San Diego

Elise Kwon, M.D.

2005

Yonsei U. College of Medicine

Physician, Southern California

Brian Chavez, M.D.

2005

Medical College of Wisconsin

Private Practice, San Diego

Janet Wilson, M.D.

2005

U of Rochester

Physician, Japan

Deborah Oh, M.D.

2006

U of Illinois

Sharp Rees-Steely

Charles Choe, M.D.

2006

Columbia University

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego

Christian Vilcu, M.D.

2006

Carol Davila U. Romania

Private Practice, Baltimore

Derek Mafong, M.D.

2007

Case Western Reserve

Kaiser Permanente, San Diego

Li Tai, M.D., PhD

2007

UC San Diego

Ionis Pharmaceuticals

David Bjelica, M.D.

2007

University of Belgrade

Private Practice, Southern California

J. Naryants, DO

2008

A.T. Still University

Private Practice, Glendale

Tatiana Sergeyeva, M.D.

2008

I.M. Sechenov

Private Practice, Maryland

Susan Peng, M.D.

2008

University of Southern California

Assoc. Physician, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

Amy Chang, M.D.

2009

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Scripps, San Diego

Edward Chao, DO

2009

University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Associate Professor, UCSD and San Diego VA Medical Center

Annie Mavian, DO

2010

Lake Erie College of Medicine

Kaiser, Temecula, CA

Jie Chae, M.D., MPH

2010

New York University

Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa, CA

Kristi Kulasa, M.D.

2010

University of Texas, San Antonio

Associate Professor, UC San Diego

Priya. Shah, M.D.

2010

University of Southern California

Private Practice, Orange County, CA

Jacqueline Kung, M.D.

2011

UC San Diego

Assistant Professor, Tufts New England Medical Center

Ying Hu, M.D., PhD

2011

Shanghai Medical College

Geisinger Medical Center

Sonal Phatak, M.D.

2012

UCLA

UC Davis Medical Center

Courtney Tibble, M.D.

2012

Vanderbilt University

Sutter Medical Center

T. Santos, M.D.

2013

Oregon Health Sciences University

Associate Professor, UC San Diego

P. Liao, M.D.

2013

Northwestern University

Assistant Professor, UC San Diego

A. Nassar, M.D., MS

2013

Michigan State University

Kaiser Permanente, San Diego

Jeremy Pettus, M.D.

2014

UC San Diego

Assistant Professor, UC San Diego

Karen Frankwich, M.D.

2014

UC San Diego

Mission Heritage Medical Group

David Ahn, M.D.

2015

UC San Diego

Clinical Instructor, UC Los Angeles

Samantha Harris, M.D.

2015

Rush University

Scripps Center for Weight Management,

San Diego

Gina Woods,

M.D.

2015

Drexel University Medical School

Staff Physician, VA San Diego Health Center

Stephen Ku

2016

UC San Francisco

VA Palo Alto / Stanford University

Sindura Katta

2016

Northeast Ohio Medical Univ

Private Practice, Dallas, TX

Schafer Boeder

2017

Eastern Virginia Medical School

UC San Diego

Megan Rogers

2017

University of Tenessee

Scripps Medical Group, San Diego

Michelle Levin

2017

New York Mecial College

Private Practice, Los Angeles

Pinky Kurani

2018

Drexel University College of Medicine

Advocate Health Care, Chicago, IL

Lauren Vincent

2018

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Scripps Clinic Medical Group, San Diego

Farhad Farjoudi

2019

Islamic Azad University, Tehran Faculty of Medicine

Private Practice, San Diego, CA

Kristen Nguyen

2019

UC Los Angeles

Private Practice, Orange County, CA

Lisa Strahm

2019

Universität Bern Medizinische Fakultät

Private Practice, San Diego, CA

*Year of Completion of Fellowship