1st year

Mohammed Akhter, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
Clinical Interests: Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology
How I Thrive: Knowing that as physicians we have the privilege to work with our community and the opportunity to make a difference in their lives

Eduardo Alvarez, MD

Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Clinical Interests: Colorectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery
How I Thrive: I love to sculpt, paint, going to the beach for fresh seafood, and learning to do new things

Satninderdeep (Deep) Bhatti, MD

Medical School: University of California, Davis School of Medicine

Vipin Dulam, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Kyuseok (Peter) Im, MD

Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Clinical Interests: ACS, critical care, global health
How I Thrive: Cooking, anime, gym, "lights out and away we go"

Ryan Leverant, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College
Clinical Interests: Interventional Oncology, Global Health
How I Thrive: Thai food, watching professional sports, skiing and scuba diving when I get the chance

Liam O’Neill, MD

Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Clinical Interests: global and women's health interventional radiology
How I Thrive: food anthropology, salsa dancing, cliff jumping, freediving, motorcycle canyon riding, and immersive travel

Deep Raole, MD

Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Iman Shull, DO

Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

2nd year

Michael Walston, DO

Medical School: University of the Incarnate Word-School of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
How I Thrive: Eating delicious food, trail running, spending time with my family

Grace Lee, MD

Undergraduate School: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Global health, health equity and surgical outcomes research
How I Thrive: Hanging out with my cat, eating good food, and going out with friends

Daniel Liu, MD

Undergraduate School: Brown University
Medical School: Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Acute Care Surgery/Critical Care, global surgery and surgical education
How I Thrive: Scuba diving, snowboarding, cycling, backpacking, UNC Basketball, checking my Coinbase account, and repeating as Fantasy Football Champion

Alexandria Panuccio, MD

Undergraduate School: Furman University
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Pancreatic cancers and healthcare disparities
How I Thrive: Time with my husband and my dogs, yoga, time spent outdoors and travel

Anusha Pasumarthi, MD

Undergraduate School: University of California, San Diego
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Clinical Interests: Surgical oncology and endocrine oncology
How I Thrive: Cooking (especially spicy Indian food), traveling, exploring new restaurants and bars, spending time with my family and friends, and dancing

3rd year

Kevin Guan, MD

Undergraduate School: Pomona College
Medical School: University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Minimally Invasive Surgery and Global Health
How I Thrive: Exploring LA's food scene, traveling in my dreams and shrub cocktails

Jay Patel, MD

Undergraduate School: University of California, Los Angeles
Medical School: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Robotic Surgery, Surgical Innovation, Colorectal surgery and Global Health
How I Thrive: Basketball, cooking, spending time with family, building stuff and napping

Joshua Wechsler, MD

Undergraduate School: University of Arizona
Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Clinical Interests: Emergency General Surgery/Surgical Critical Care, Medical Education and Healthcare Management
How I Thrive: Going to the beach, weightlifting, scuba diving, skiing and video games

Claire Yang, MD

Undergraduate School: University of California, San Diego
Medical School: California Northstate University College of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Medical education, surgical clinical quality improvement, palliative care in surgery
How I Thrive: Traveling, trying new recipes and cooking gadgets, movies, concerts and spending time with my cat

4th year

Adeel Ashfaq, MD

Undergraduate School: University of California, Davis
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles/David Geffen School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Global Health, International Development, Health technology
How I Thrive: Travel, Good Food, Exercise

Evan DeCan, MD

Undergraduate School: University of Montana
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Underserved Populations, Global Health
How I Thrive: Cooking, Sleeping, Guitar, Horseback Riding, Spending time with families Labrador/Golden retrievers

Siu-Yuan Huang, MD

Undergraduate School: Princeton University
Medical School: New York Medical College
Clinical Interests: Endocrine Surgery, Breast Surgery, Surgical Oncology, LGBT Health
How I Thrive: Baking, Photography, Music, Hanging out with my cats, Exploring LA's Food Scene

Annie Lo, MD

Undergraduate School: University of Oregon
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Clinical Interests: Pediatric/Vascular Surgery
How I Thrive: Eating, Japan, TikTok

5th year

Seema Desai, MD

Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Acute Care
How I Thrive: Dancing, baking and DIY home projects

Ryan Ou, MD

Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Critical Care Medicine, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery
How I Thrive: Video Games, Hiking, Snowboarding, Travelling, Movies, Sleeping, Eating good food

Malerie Pratt, MD

Undergraduate School: University of Oregon
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

R. Luke Rettig, MD

Undergraduate School: University of Maryland
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Clinical Interests: Global Surgery, Teaching
How I Thrive: Playing Spikeball, Weightlifting, Church, Going to the Beach with Friends

Graduates

Where are they now?

Graduates over the past five years have gone on to do fellowships in Bariatric Surgery, Endocrine Oncology, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Vascular Surgery.

Click to review, Graduated Residents (PDF)