2019/2020 Matches Announced for General Surgery and Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
2019/2020 Matches Announced for General Surgery and Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
Craniofacial Fellow
Alvin Wong, MD
Dr. Alvin Wong was born in New York, New York and grew up bicoastal in California, Maryland, and Long Island. After completing his undergraduate studies at Harvard College, he matriculated to Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons where he received his medical degree. He then completed a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California San Francisco, before being accepted for a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at the University of California San Diego.
General Surgery Categorical Resident PGY-3
Thomas O'Keefe
Hometown: Belleville, IL Undergrad: Saint Louis University Medical School: University of Illinois Research interests: Ductal carcinoma in situ, radio theranostics
General Surgery Preliminary Resident PGY2
Sohini Khan
Hometown: San Jose Undergrad: Caltech Medical School: UCSD SOM Outside interests: playing piano, reading, hiking, photography Research interests: surgical oncology basic science, medical education
General Surgery Categorical Residents
Kim Nguyen-Ta
Hometown: San Diego, CA and Lincoln, NE Undergrad: University of California, San Diego; Bioengineering Medical School: University of California, San Diego Outside interests: Spending time with my family and dog, rock climbing, cooking from scratch, yoga, snowboarding, hiking, camping, international traveling, and following Formula 1. Research interests: Surgical oncology outcomes, medical and surgical education, medical device development, health disparities
Louis Perkins
Hometown: Newburgh, IN Undergrad: Purdue University Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine Outside interests: Spikeball, mountain biking, skiing, travel, chasing sunsets Research interests: Quality improvement, surgical education
Wyeth Alexander
Hometown: Cleveland, OH Undergrad: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Chemistry, Biology Medical School: University of Pittsburgh Outside Interests: Running/hiking, vintage motorcycle repair, UNC basketball, soccer, cooking, spikeball, all things outdoors Research Interests: Role of microvesicles/microparticles in coagulopathy, hemostasis and coagulopathy following trauma, medical education
Sean Perez
Hometown: Upland, CA Undergrad: UCLA Medical School: Boston University Outside interests: Running, surfing, snowboarding, cycling, spike ball, Dodgers baseball, UCLA sports Research interests: Outcomes, surgical education, cost-effectiveness
Kristin Cox
Hometown: Bainbridge Island, WA Undergrad: University of Washington; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Medical School: University of Washington Outside Interests: running, hot yoga, golf Research Interests: surgical oncology, medical education
William Johnston
Hometown: Houston, TX Undergrad: University of Tulsa; Chemical Engineering Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine Outside interests: playing drums, fishing, soccer, running, cooking. Research interests: surgical device development, medical education, minimally invasive surgery.
Sophie Chung
Hometown: Naperville, IL Undergrad: MIT Medical School: Yale School of Medicine Outside interests: violin, ballroom dance, baking sourdough bread and cooking gourmet meals, literature, podcasts, writing, photography, travel, pastel painting Research interests: outcomes, healthcare disparities, medical ethics, surgical innovations
General Surgery Preliminary Interns
Christopher Louie, MB, MPH
Hometown: Firebaugh, CA Undergrad: Johns Hopkins (Neuroscience) Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Outside interests: Cooking (especially noodles, tacos, and BBQ), filmmaking/photography, traveling, cycling Research interests: opioid prescribing, global surgery, medical education/training multimedia
James (Jake) Nichols
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky Undergrad: Pepperdine University Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine Outside interests: Running, Hiking, Snowboarding, Skiing, Surfing Research interests: Trauma, Quality Improvement
Neurotology Fellow
Alexander Claussen (PGY-6)
Hometown: Edwardsville, IL Undergrad: University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Outside Interests: Coffee, travel, ultra trail running, mountain biking Research Interests: Cochlear implant biology, intracochlear inflammation and loss of residual acoustic hearing after cochlear implantation, pharmacologic otoprotection
MIS Fellows
Alice Race
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Undergrad: Indiana University Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine Outside interests: Rock climbing, hiking, backpacking, camping, scuba diving, cooking, traveling Research interests: Surgical outcomes, Wellness, Global health
Gene Yang
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Otolaryngology Interns
Jeffrey Bernstein (PGY-1)
Hometown: Carmichael, CA Undergrad: UC Berkeley Medical School: UC San Diego Outside Interests: Running, Cycling, Birding, Outdoors, Live music Research Interests: Vestibular schwannoma, invasive fungal sinusitis, sinusitis-related neurocognitive changes, functional/structural neuroimaging
Samuel Early, MD, MS (PGY1)
Hometown: Vancouver, WA Undergrad: Stanford University; BS Biomechanical Engineering Graduate School: Stanford University; MS Bioengineering Medical School: University of California - San Diego Outside Interests: Cycling, hiking, running, kayaking, baking, Taiwanese street food, sustainable seafood Research Interests: Hearing loss, Vestibular Schwannoma, cholesteatoma, drug delivery to the middle and inner ear
Andrew Yousef (PGY-1)
Hometown: Glendora, CA Undergrad:University of California, San Diego - Human Biology & Economics Medical School: University of California, San Francisco Outside Interests: Hiking, basketball (both playing and watching), working out, viola, attending concerts, traveling, crosswords Research Interests: Surgical education, bettering care and outcomes in underserved populations
Plastic Surgery Resident Intern
Garrison Leach, MD
Garrison Leach was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He remained close to home and graduated summa cum laude with his Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University where he was also a champion bodybuilder and powerlifter. He received his medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine. His interests outside of the hospital include Labrador retrievers, weightlifting, and design/engineering (he just launched a medical device startup, Spettro Innovations).
Plastic Surgery Residents
Michelle Zaldana-Flynn, MD
March 13, 2017 through March 12, 2021
Jiwon Sarah Crowley, MD
July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021
Vascular Surgeon Fellow
Jaideep Das Gupta
Hometown: Richland, WA Undergrad: University of Washington; Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry Medical School: University of Washington Outside interests: Basketball, Soccer, Lifting, Documentaries Research interests: Clinical Outcomes, Interventions for PE and DVTs, ECMO
