Alumni

MICHAEL GARCIA, MD

Yaron Fireizen, MD

Leslie Chiang, MD

Graduation Year: 2022

Residency: UC San Diego

Medical Degree: MD, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Career: Kaiser-Permanente, UCSD/Rady Children's

- Attending Physician at Kaiser-Permanente

- Attending Physician at UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital

Nanda Ramchandar, MD

Graduation Year: 2021

Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Medical Degree: MD/MPH, Tulane University

Career: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Lauge Farnaes, MD PhD

Graduation Year: 2018

Residency: UC San Diego

Medical Degree: MD/PhD, UC San Diego

Career: UCSD/Rady Children's

⁻ Medical Director, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine IDbyDNA

⁻ Head of Medical Affairs, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine IDbyDNA

Juan Chaparro, MD

Graduation Year: 2014

Medical Degree: MD, USC

Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego; Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio)

Amaran Moodley, MD

Graduation Year: 2012

Medical Degree: Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; MD, University of Cape Town South Africa

Residency: Cleveland Clinic

Career: Outpatient Medical Director, UCSD Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Chris Cannavino, MD

Graduation Year: 2009

Medical Degree: MD, UC San Diego

Residency: UC San Diego, Combined Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

⁻ Clerkship Director, UCSD SOM

⁻ Director, Pediatric Medical Student Education, UCSD SOM

⁻ Associate Director, UCSD Pediatric Residency Program

⁻ Fellowship Director, UCSD Pediatric Infectious Diseases

⁻ Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, RHCSD

⁻ Associate Director, Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion

⁻ Director, UCSD Center for Mentorship in Medicine

⁻ Director, UCSD Master Clinician Program

Eric Stern, MD

Graduation Year: 2009

Medical Degree: Boston University

Residency: UC San Diego,

Career: Georgetown University (Washington DC)

Walter Dehority, MD MS

Graduation Year: 2008

Medical Degree: MS, University of London; MD, UCSF SOM

Career: University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

⁻ Associate Residency Program Director,

⁻ Human Research Review Committee Chair

⁻ Chair, New Mexico Immunization Practice Advisory Council

John Arnold, MD

Graduation Year: 2006

Medical Degree: MD, USUHS

Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Career: Naval Medical Center San Diego

⁻ IRB Chair, Navy

⁻ Residency Program Director, Navy

⁻ Department Chair, Navy

Adriana Tremoulet, MD MAS

Graduation Year: 2006

Medical Degree: MAS, UCSD; MD, UCLA

Residency: Cedars Sinai

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

⁻ Associate Director, Kawasaki Disease Research Center, UCSD

George Liu, MD PhD

Graduation Year: 2004

Medical Degree: PhD, Cambridge; MD, UC San Diego

Residency: UC Davis

Career:

UCLA/Cedars Sinai Medical Center\

⁻ Associate Director, Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center, Cedars-Sinai

UCSD/RCHSD

⁻ Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UCSD

Akihiko Saitoh, MD PhD

Graduation Year: 2003

Medical Degree: PhD, Niigata University; MD, Niigata University

Residency: USC; St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo

Career:

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

National Research Institute for Child Health and Development (Tokyo, Japan)

⁻ Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

Niigata University (Niigata, Japan)

⁻ Professor and Chair of Pediatrics

⁻ Vice Dean, School of Medicine

John Leake, MD MPH

Graduation Year: 2000

Medical Degree: MD, UC San Diego; MPH, UCLA

Residency: UC San Diego

Career:

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Medical Director, Infectious Diseases, Quest Diagnostics

Rolando Viani, MD MSc

Graduation Year: 1998

Medical Degree: MD, Cayetano Heredia University; MSc, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Residency: SUNY Buffalo

Career:

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Associate Medical Director, Global ID Development, AbbVie Biopharmaceutics

Medical Director, Clinical Development, Cidara Therapeutics

Robert Reid, MD

Graduation Year: 1997

Medical Degree: MD, Instituto Technologico De Santo Domingo

Residency: SUNY Buffalo

Career: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital (Hollywood, Florida)

Douglas Pratt, MD MS MPH

Graduation Year: 1994

Medical Degree: MPH, University of Hawaii; MS, Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Hawaii; MD, University of Hawaii

Residency: University of Hawaii

Career: Food and Drug Administration (Rockville, Maryland)

Branch Chief, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/Office of Vaccines Research and Review/Division of Vaccines and Related Product Applications

Nectar Aintablian, MD

Graduation Year: 1994

Medical Degree: MD,

American University of Beirut

Residency: University of Buffalo

Career: Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (Tallahassee, Florida)

Norm Waecker, MD

Graduation Year: 1989

Medical Degree: MD, Rutgers New Jersey

Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Career: Naval Medical Center San Diego

⁻ Residency Program Director, Navy

⁻ Outpatient Medical Director, Navy

Wayne Dankner, MD

Graduation year: 1978

Medical Degree: MD, New York Medical College

Residency: Stanford University

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

PAREXEL International

⁻ Global Therapeutic Area Lead for Infectious Diseases & Pediatrics

Atox Bio

⁻ Chief Medical Officer

Russ Van Dyke, MD

Graduation Year: 1983

Medical Degree: MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Residency: UC San Diego

Career: Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana)

⁻ Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Richard Straube, MD MSc

Graduation Year: 1982

Medical Degree: MD, University of Chicago ; MSc, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Residency: University of Chicago

Career:

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

⁻ Director of Clinical Investigations, Centocor, Inc.

⁻ Senior Director, Ohmeda Pharmaceuticals

⁻ Founding Chief Medical Officer, INO Therapeutics

⁻ Chief Medical Officer, Stealth Peptides, Inc.

⁻ Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Soligenix

Stephen Spector, MD

Graduation year: 1980

Residency: UCSF

Medical Degree: Tufts University

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

⁻ Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UCSD

⁻ Vice Chairman for Research, UCSD Department of Pediatrics

⁻ Senior Advisor, William J. Clinton Foundation, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Initiative

⁻ Senior Advisor, President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

⁻ Principle Investigator & Chair Pediatric Executive Committee, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG)

⁻ WHO Interagency Task Team (IATT), Paediatric HIV Working Group

⁻ WHO IATT, Prevention of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers and

⁻ their Children

⁻ Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) Scientific Leadership Group

Margaret Keller, MD

Graduation year: 1976

Medical Degree: MD, Albert Einstein

Residency: UC San Diego

Career: Harbor-UCLA

⁻ Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

⁻ Director, Program for Pediatric HIV

⁻ Chair, Bioethics Committee

YVONNE BRYSON, MD

Graduation Year: 1974

Medical Degree: MD, University of Texas Southwestern

Residency: UC San Diego

Career: UCLA

⁻ Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

⁻ Director, Los Angeles Brazil AIDS Consortium

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Alumni

​MICHAEL GARCIA, MD

​Yaron Fireizen, MD

​Leslie Chiang, MD

​Nanda Ramchandar, MD

​Lauge Farnaes, MD PhD

​Juan Chaparro, MD

​Amaran Moodley, MD

​Chris Cannavino, MD

​Eric Stern, MD

Walter Dehority, MD MS

​John Arnold, MD

​Adriana Tremoulet, MD MAS

​George Liu, MD PhD

​Akihiko Saitoh, MD PhD

​John Leake, MD MPH

​Rolando Viani, MD MSc

​Robert Reid, MD

​Douglas Pratt, MD MS MPH

​Nectar Aintablian, MD

Norm Waecker, MD

​Wayne Dankner, MD

​Russ Van Dyke, MD

​Richard Straube, MD MSc

​Stephen Spector, MD

​Margaret Keller, MD

YVONNE BRYSON, MD

MICHAEL GARCIA, MD

Yaron Fireizen, MD

Leslie Chiang, MD

Nanda Ramchandar, MD

Lauge Farnaes, MD PhD

Juan Chaparro, MD

Amaran Moodley, MD

Chris Cannavino, MD

Eric Stern, MD

John Arnold, MD

Adriana Tremoulet, MD MAS

George Liu, MD PhD

Akihiko Saitoh, MD PhD

John Leake, MD MPH

Rolando Viani, MD MSc

Robert Reid, MD

Douglas Pratt, MD MS MPH

Nectar Aintablian, MD

Wayne Dankner, MD

Russ Van Dyke, MD

Richard Straube, MD MSc

Stephen Spector, MD

Margaret Keller, MD