Radiology residents
2016-2020
Amy Maduram
Brendan Bagley
David Duncan
Jameel Bardesi
Jean Michel Grillon
Junsung Rho R
Lindsey Negrete
Megan Wood Hellfeld
Neal Corson
Raymond Melikian
William Tom
2015-2019
Andrew Sung
Christopher Kim
Eric Rupe
Ghiam Yamin
Michael Booker
Naif H. Alsaikhan
Randall L Baldassarre
Sreenath Narayan
Wilbur Wang
Yoona Ho
Zachary Berman
2014-2018
Aaron Smith
Alexander M Vezeridis
Aman Khurana
Ashley Burt
Eman AlQahtani
Khaled Restrom
Michael Horowitz
Michael Taddonio
Mohammed Suhail
Rachel Schwartz Delfanti
Ryan Brunsing
Vipul Sheth
2013-2017
Anthony Tadros
Brent Wolford
Charles Li
Christopher Malone
Elliot DeYoung
Jennifer Feneis
Kathleen Jacobs
Kazim Narsinh
Marin McDonald
Rebecca Rakow-Penner R
2012-2016
David Ansdell, M.D.
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Internship: Internal Medicine – UC San Diego
Fellowship: Pediatric Radiology- Seattle Children’s Hospital
Geraldine Chang, M.D.
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical School: UC San Diego
Internship: General Surgery-UC San Diego
Fellowship: Breast Imaging- UC San Diego
David Heister, M.D.
Undergraduate: The Colorado College
Medical School: University of Arkansas
PhD: University of Arkansas- Neurophysiology
Internship: Transitional- Scripps Mercy Hospital
Fellowship: VIR- UC San Diego
Jeffrey Koning, M.D.
Undergraduate: La Sierra University
Medical School: Loma Linda University
Internship: Transitional- Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Radiology-Boston Children’s Hospital
Quinn Meisinger, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Connecticut
Medical School: University of Vermont
Internship: Transitional- Tufts Medical and Lemuel Shattuck
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology- University of Pennsylvania
Paul Murphy, M.D.
Undergraduate: Rice University
Medical School: University of Washington
PhD: University of Washington- Molecular and Cellular Biology
Internship: Internal Medicine- University of Washington
Fellowship: Body Imaging / IR at UCLA
Emilia Olson, M.D.
Undergraduate: Reed College
Medical School: UC San Diego
PhD: UC San Diego-Biomedical Sciences
Internship: General Surgery- Swedish Medical Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Radiology at Cincinnati Children’s
Gregory Shaw, M.D.
Undergraduate: UC Riverside
Medical School: UC Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Internship: Transitional- Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology at Peoria Illinois
Cosette Stahl, D.O.
Undergraduate: The Colorado College
Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internship: General Surgery- Exempla St. Joseph Hospital
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology, University of Washington
2011-2015
Rahul Desikan, M.D., Ph.D
Undergraduate: Boston University Neurosciences, Biology, and Classics (summa cum laude)
Medical School: Boston University
PhD: Boston University (Neuroanatomy and Neurobiology)
Internship: Medicine-New York Hospital, Queens
Fellowship: Neuroradiology – UC San Francisco
Michael Hahn, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate: Brandeis University-Biochemistry (cum laude)
Medical School: Weil Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
PhD: Rockefeller University-Synthetic Protein Chemistry
Internship: Transitional-Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Fellowship: Body Imaging-UC San Diego
Ali Hosseini Rivandi, M.D.
Medical School: Mashhad Medical Science University - Iran
Internship: General Surgery,- North Shore University Hospital
Residency: Nuclear Medicine, - UC San Diego
Fellowship: Advanced Body Imaging & Intervention, USC, Los Angeles
Joy Liau, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Biomedical
Engineering (magna cum laude) Minor: Physics
MS: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Biomedical Engineering
Medical School: UC San Diego (Medical Scientist Training Program)
PhD: UC San Diego-Bioengineering (Medical Scientist Training Program)
Internship: Medicine - UC San Diego
Fellowship: Body Imaging – Stanford University
Kevin McCammack, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame Biochemistry (magna cum laude)
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Internship: Transitional - Trident /Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging & Interventions-UC Los Angeles
Raja Ramaswamy, M.D.
Undergraduate: Emory University-Chemistry
Medical School: Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science MD/MS Applied Physiology
Internship: Transitional – Indiana University
Residency: Surgery – Indiana University & DIRECT Pathway
Future Position: Assistant Professor – Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Masoud Shiehmorteza, M.D.
Medical School: Iran University of Medical Sciences
Internship: Iran University of Medical Sciences
Internship: General Surgery – UC San Diego
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging – Mallinckrodt Institute
Christian Welch, M.D.
Undergraduate: UC San Diego - Biochemistry, Minor-Religion
Medical School: UC San Diego
Internship: Transitional – University of Hawaii
Fellowship: Breast & Body MR - Cornell
2010-2014
Romy Chung, M.D.
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: UC San Diego
Internship: Internal Medicine-North Shore University Hospital
Fellowship: Neuroradiology-Memorial Sloan Kettering/Cornell
Mitchell Gudmundsson, M.D.
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Medical School: UC Los Angeles
Internship: Transitional-Scripps Mercy Hospital
Fellowship: Vascular & Interventional Radiology-UC San Diego
Farshad Moradi, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
PhD: California Institute of Technology-Computation & Neural Systems
Internship: Internal Medicine-University of Massachusetts
Fellowship: PET/CT – Stanford University
Maud Morshedi, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science/Chicago
Medical School
PhD: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science/Chicago Medical
School-Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
Internship: Surgery-Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Fellowship: Vascular & Interventional Radiology – UC Los Angeles
Andrew Picel, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Georgia
Medical School: Wake Forest University
Internship: General Surgery-UC San Diego
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology-University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston/Houston (Hurricane Ike)
Residency: General Surgery-UC San Diego
Ajay Rao, M.D.
Undergraduate: UC Berkley
Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University of Medical Sciences
Internship: Preliminary Medicine-Kaiser Permanente
Residency: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (PGY2)
Fellowship: Breast Imaging-UC San Diego
Timothy Singewald, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Minnesota
Medical School: New York Medical College
Internship: Transitional, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Justin Tan, M.D.
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Internship: General Surgery-UC San Diego
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology-University of Washington
Sidhartha Tavri, M.B., B.S.
Undergraduate: Swami Vivekanand Junior College
Medical School: K.J. Somaiya Medical College
Internship: Surgery-University of Rochester Medical Center
Fellowship: Vascular Imaging & Intervention-Massachusetts General Hospital
August Tuan, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate: Harvey Mudd College (HMC)
Medical School: UC San Diego
PhD: UC San Diego-Neurosciences
Internship: Transitional, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Zapala, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate: Stanford University
PhD: UC San Diego – Biomedical Sciences
Medical School: UC San Diego
Internship: Transitional- Scripps Mercy Hospital
Fellowship: Pediatric Radiology – Boston Children’s Hospital
2009-2013
Anurag Goyal, M.D.
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley, BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
Medical School: UC San Diego
MPH: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Internship: Internal Medicine, UC San Diego
Fellowship: UC San Diego, Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Gary Schooler, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma, BS, Microbiology
Medical School: University of Oklahoma
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma
Fellowship: Children’s Boston, Pediatric Radiology
Jing-Tzyh Alan Chiang, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin, BS, Physics
Medical School & PhD: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
at Dallas, TX, Molecular Biology
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Fellowship: UC San Francisco, Breast Imaging
Mohammad Eghtedari, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical School: Shiraz University of Medical Science
PhD: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, Biomedical Sciences
Internship: Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Fellowship-MD Anderson Cancer Center, Breast Imaging
Anthony Herrera, M.D.
Undergraduate: Harvard University, BA, Chemistry
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Internship: Internal Medicine, UC San Diego
Fellowship- Northwestern University, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Ifeanyi Onyeacholem, M.D.
Undergraduate: Duke University, BS, Biological Anthropology & Anatomy
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Internship: Medicine, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati
Fellowship: UC Los Angeles, Breast Imaging
Sonya Koo, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate: Kansas State University, BS, Microbiology & Biochemistry
Medical School and PhD: UC San Diego, Neurosciences
Internship: Transitional, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane WA
Fellowship-Brigham and Women’s, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Michael Chan, M.D.
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley, BS, Bioengineering
Medical School: UC San Diego
Internship: Transitional, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Fellowship: UC San Diego, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Cherng Chao, M.D., J.D.
Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS, Economics
Law School: Yale, JD
Medical School: UC San Diego
Internship: General Surgery, UC San Diego
Fellowship-University of Pennsylvania, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
2008-2012
Ajay Jani
Chad Barker
Dawn Engelkeimer
Hamid Torshizy
Isabel Newton
Matthew Cronin
Michelle Mcgahan
Seth Stalcup
Shorty Poole
Vishal Panchal
2007-2011
Bradley Amerson
Undergraduate: Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia
Internship: The Colorado Health Foundation, Denver, CO
Fellowship: IR UCSD
Hamed Aryafar
Undergraduate: University of California San Diego, Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering
Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, Doctorate of Medicine – June 2005
Internship: General Surgery Resident, UC San Diego. 2005-2007.
Fellowship: Who needs one. Joining UCSD Faculty.
David Karow
Undergraduate: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI BS
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. MD, PhD
Internship: University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Fellowship: UCLA Body
Mohammad “Mo” Khan
Undergraduate: Stanford University, B.S.
Medical School: University of Arizona School of Medicine, M.D.
Internship: St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Residency year 1-2: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship: MSK UCSD
Peter Buzz Marcovici
Jessica Panko
Undergraduate: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Comparative Study of Religion, Senior honors thesis entitled New Religions of Japan
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
Internship: Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
Fellowship/Real job: England / Alaska
David Paz
Undergraduate: Chemistry, United States Naval Academy
Medical School: University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
Internship: St.Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Prince of Wales Hospital Diving and Hyperbaric Unit Resident, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Work: Reenlisted to the Navy
Jessica Tan
John Walton
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
Internship: St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship: MRI UCSD
Takeshi Yokoo
Undergraduate: Williams College, MA
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Internship: Long Island Jewish Med Ctr, NY
Fellowship: MGH Body interventional
2006-2010
Mazyar E. Ahmadi
Eric Chang
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Monica Deshmukh
Douglas A. Green
M.D., Ph.D., NIH Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Arvin Hariri
University of Toronto
Musculoskeletal radiology fellow at UCSD
Julie Marek Bykowski
John Naheedy
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Medical School: The Ohio State University
Internship: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Future Fellowship: Pediatric Radiology - Boston Children’s Hospital
Jeremy Stupin
Undergraduate: Occidental College ‘01 (Biochemistry)
Medical School: New York Medical College ‘05
Internship: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Fellowship: UCSD MRI
Ed Wong
Dartmouth College, B.A., Hanover NH
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, M.D., Ph.D. (Molecular Genetics, W. Edelmann), Bronx NY
Post-doctoral Research Year (Molecular Imaging, R. Tsien, Dept. of Pharmacology, UCSD). Awarded RSNA Molecular Imaging Research Award. Co-authored paper on development of a new tumor imaging agent.
Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center (Joint Nuclear Medicine/ Body Imaging), Palo Alto CA