Meet Our Residents

Grace Forster, MD            

Medical School: University of Virginia

Jacob Radparvar, MD

Medical School: Tufts University

Catherine Wu, MD

Medical School: Harvard University

Nima Khoshab, MD             

Medical School: University of California Irvine

Mikhail Pakvasa, MD

Medical School: University of Chicago

Ekaterina Tiourin, MD      

Medical School: University of California Irvine

Pedram Goel, MD

Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Interest: Watching sports, playing soccer, movies, music, spending time with family and friends

Eric Hines, MD

Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine

Interest: Everything Hockey, cooking, especially seafood polenta and experiencing new places through food, art, and outdoor activities

June Yoo, MD

Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Interest: Dancing, hiking, scuba diving and rock climbing

Ross Sayadi, MD

Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine 

Interests: The focus of my research is centered around medical innovations, projection-based Augmented Reality, and Micro/nanobubbles for wound healing. I also love drawing, triathlons and playing tennis. 

Omotayo Arowojolu, MD, PhD

Medical School: New York University (NYU)

Interests: Traveling, writing, trail running, cycling, biotechnology, acrobatic yoga, painting, hiking

Ruben Castro, MD

Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles 

Interests: Scuba diving, snowboarding, workin on cars

Hoyune E. Cho, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Interest: Cooking, hiking and spending time with family and friends

Jennifer Fligor, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Interests: Hiking, Ironman triathlons and exploring the Southern California food scene

Gabrielle LaBove, MD

Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine

Interests: Running marathons, collecting/listening to vinyl records, cooking/baking, traveling and speaking Italian 

Daniel Gardner, MD

Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Interests: The outdoors, playing golf, cooking and reading about military history 

Seung Ah Lee, MD

Medical School: University of Missouri School of Medicine

Interests: Spending time with my husband, Asian cooking, yoga and pilates, Korean caligraphy, avid bulldog and Mini Cooper lover

Pauline Santos, MD

Medical School: UCI School of Medicine

Interests: Running, rock climbing, yoga, standup paddleboarding, boxing, my dog Moose, specialty donuts, tacos, dancing, hiking and working with the best people around 

Emily Borsting, MD

Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Interests: Spendng time with my husband, traveling, reading, hiking and boxing

Lauren Patty, MD, MS

Medical School: Albany Medical College

Interests: Traveling, reading, the beach (a good book + lounging at the beach … perfection), time with family and friends, and sunshine

Shadi Lalezari, MD

Medical School: UCI School of Medicine

Interests: Spending time with friends and family, cooking,
traveling, volleyball, and basketball

Natalie Barton, MD

Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Interests: Spending time with my family, fashion, traveling, cooking and playing golf

Melissa Kanack, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Interests: Running, lifting weights, cooking and baking, reading, and spending time with friends and family

Christine Lee, MD

Medical School: UCI School of Medicine

Interests: Traveling, dancing, cooking, hiking, scrapbooking and photography 

Brian Biggerstaff, MD

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine

Interests: Spending time with my beautiful wife and two sons, cooking, dancing and playing soccer 

Gennaya Mattison, MD

Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine 

Interests: Surgerizing, spending time with family and friends, traveling, my fur-baby rescue dogs, long walks up steep hills, museums, long runs through forest trails, music, hiking, skiing, biking, backpacking, triathlons, ultra marathons, and napping. 

Ryan Moore, MD

Medical School: UCI School of Medicine

Interests: Reading classic literature, Ironman triathlons, and watching musical and live performances