Current Fellows

Christine Kwon, MD

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Utah, Family Medicine Residency

Christina Ortega-Chen, MD

Medical School: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Residency Training: University of California Davis, Internal Medicine Residency

Mid-Career Fellow

Monika Nguyen, MD

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

Incoming 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

Where are our recent graduates now?

 

Hospice & Palliative Medicine Alumni
Graduating Class Name Program (location)
2021 Brittany Doremus, DO Kaiser Permanente
Panorama City, 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