Fellows - Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Current Fellows

Trina Dao, MD

Medical School: Michigan State University College of Medicine
Residency Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles, Internal Medicine Residency

Pamela Villa, DO

Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency Training: UCLA Olive View, Internal Medicine Residency

Mid-Career Fellows

Monika Nguyen, MD

Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles, Family Medicine Residency

Salma Habib, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center in NY

Where are our recent graduates now?

Hospice & Palliative Medicine Alumni
Graduating Class	Name	Program (location)
2022	Christina Ortega-Chen, MD	Kaiser Permanente Panorama City, CA
2022	Christine Kwon, MD	Pomona Valley FM Residency Faculty Pomona, CA
2021	Brittany Doremus, DO	Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills, CA
2021	Puzant Topaljekian, MD	Community Hospice Los Angeles, CA
2020	Stacey DaSliva, MD	Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills, CA
2020	Kevin Hsu, MD	Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park, CA
2019	Jason Ngo, MD	Kaiser Permanente Fontana, CA
2019	Nikki Vithalani, MD	Geisinger Health Pennsylvania
2018	Joseph Kwak, MD	Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles, CA
2018	Heather Bitar, DO	City of Hope Duarte, CA
2017	Chuong Dang, MD	Kaiser Permanente Fontana, CA
2017	Chirag Gandhi, DO	Kaiser Permanente Fontana, CA
2017	Dov Shalman, MD	Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles, CA
2016	Gitanjili Arora, MD	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA
2016	Stefanie Mooney, MD	City of Hope Duarte, CA
2016	Nicole Van Buren, MD	Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles, CA
2015	Chandana Banerjee, MD	City of Hope Duarte, CA
2015	Ilanit Brook, MD	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA
2015	Sonal Patel, MD	National Health Service London, England
2014	Maricela Garcia-Schiffman, MD	Kaiser Permanente Panorama City, CA
2014	Nadine Semer, MD	Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
2013	Amir Asgari, MD	Private Practice San Diego, CA
2013	Thomas Bui, MD	VITAS Hospice
2012	Ilan Bernstein, MD	The Queens Medical Center Honolulu, HI
2012	Finly Zachariah, MD	City of Hope Duarte, CA
2011	James Henry, MD	Kaiser Permanente Panorama City, CA
2011	Molly Keegan, MD	Private Practice Los Angeles, CA
2010	Christian Lu, MD	Private Practice Orange County, CA
2010	Michael Ma, MD	Kaiser Permanente Fontana, CA

Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program

Los Angeles Medical Center