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Meet Our Residents

PGY-1 Residents

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Grace Forster, MD            

Medical School: University of Virginia

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Jacob Radparvar, MD

Medical School: Tufts University

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Catherine Wu, MD

Medical School: Harvard University

PGY-2 Residents

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Nima Khoshab, MD             

Medical School: University of California Irvine

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Mikhail Pakvasa, MD

Medical School: University of Chicago

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Ekaterina Tiourin, MD      

Medical School: University of California Irvine

PGY-3 Residents

Pedram Goel

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

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

June Yoo, MD

Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Interest: Dancing, hiking, scuba diving and rock climbing

 

PGY-4 Residents

Ross Sayadi

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. 

Tayo Arowojolu

Omotayo Arowojolu, MD, PhD

Medical School: New York University (NYU)

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

Ruben Castro

Ruben Castro, MD

Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles 

Interests: Scuba diving, snowboarding, workin on cars

PGY-5 Residents

   Hoyune Cho

Hoyune E. Cho, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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

Jennifer Fligor, MD

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

Gabrielle LaBove, MD

Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine

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

PGY-6 Residents

Daniel Gardner, MD

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

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

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 

Alumni 2022

Emily Borsting, MD

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

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

Shadi Lalezari, MD

Medical School: UCI School of Medicine

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

Alumni 2021

   Natalie Barton, MD

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

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

Christine Lee, MD

Medical School: UCI School of Medicine

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

Alumni 2020

Brian Biggerstaff, MD

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

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

Ryan Moore, MD

Medical School: UCI School of Medicine

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