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UCI-CHOC Pediatric Residency
A fully accredited, university-based program with access to two free-standing children's hospitals. Training takes place at the UC Irvine Medical Center, CHOC Children's Hospital and Miller Children's Hospital. We believe in providing our residents with a top-notch, broad-based educational experience.
Our Residents
We are proud of our graduates, who are fully prepared to pursue a career in general pediatrics or training in a pediatric subspecialty. Because of our reputation for training outstanding pediatricians, our graduates have had the highest level of success in securing jobs and fellowship positions. See what our graduates are doing:
Listed below are our current residents, along with their educational background. We proudly match a diverse range of competitive residents with unique experiences and strong academic foundations.
Tiffany Damikolas | Boston University
Poonam Kaushal | New York Medical College
Rachel Sirignano | Drexel University
Tiffanie Tse | Loma Linda University
Chief Residents
Melissa Aromin | Tulane University
Sameen Azizi | University of California Davis
Natasha Bhayani | Rush Medical College
Linh Bui | Virginia Commonwealth University
Sarah Daniels | Albany Medical College
Roberto Gallotti | Wake Forest University
Laura Gordon | George Washington University
Sarah Kay Herrera | University of Toledo
Hanna Hong | Loma Linda University
Ray Hsu | University of California Davis
David Joung | University of Colorado
Kathleen Linzmeier | University of Louisville
Lawrence Lipana | University of California Davis
Jessica Mangonon | Virginia Commonwealth University
Laura Nally | University of California Davis
Jennifer Orosco | New York Medical College
Victoria Pham | University of Arizona
Tara Sutherland | University of Southern California
Dean Todd | University of Utah
Elizabeth Annie Trent | Medical University of South Carolina
Kimberly Wada | Loma Linda University
Vanessa Wong | University of Nevada
Winston Wu | Boston University
Minkkwan Wungwattana | Indiana University
Kathy Zhang | University of Texas Southwestern
Ran Zhu | New York Medical College
Tracy Burns (Peds Anes) | University of California Davis
Class of 2015
Najjia Ahmed | University of California Los Angeles
Mayurika Deya Bartenstein | University of Louisville
Meena Bolourchi | Tufts University
Sarah Brennan | New York Medical University
Bonnie Brooks | University of South Carolina
Cynthia Bui | Brown University
Sharlee DeAngelo | University of California Irvine
Courtney Hedaya | George Washington University
Mary Catherine Huckaby | University of California Irvine
Aliyah Khan | University of California Irvine
Margaret Lau | Saint Louis University
Marilyn Mendoza | University of California San Diego
Lara Murphy | Thomas Jefferson University
Keerti Nangia | Ohio State University
Emily Nevin | Tulane University
Kajal Patel | Ohio State University
Ryan Peterson | University of Nebraska
Memie Chiu Poh | SUNY Buffalo
Laura Pruitt | University of Southern California
Kimberly Ramirez | University of California Irvine
Rebekah Schneider | Loma Linda University
Ryan Serrano | University of California Irvine
Ryan Smith | Drexel University
Jenna Timboe | University of Southern California
Eric Won | Loma Linda University
Susan Wong | New York Medical College
Hung-Hsin Yen | University of Florida
Yih Ying Eva Yuan | University of Alabama
LeAnn Hoang (Peds Neuro) | University of Southern California
Mohammed Esfahanian (Peds Anes) | Wayne State University
Class of 2016
Rebecca Barros | University of California San Diego
Bridget Chen Carboni | Albany Medical College
Ashley Cowan | Texas Tech
Brenton Francisco | Texas Tech
Hilary Gregg | University of California Irvine
Christine Guenzi | University of California Irvine
Tomomi Hayashi | Drexel University
Catherine Jin | University of Cincinnati
Simi Jose | Georgetown University
Sneha Kemkar | University of Tennessee
Sarah Kim | New York University
Steven Krager | Creighton University
Kindra Landrith | Loma Linda University
Stephanie Lee | Boston University
Crystal Leung | Albert Einstein University
Class of 2017
Tiffany Leung | Michigan State University
Melissa Maloney | Michigan State University
Nikita Nagpal | Jefferson Medical College
Shreya Nannepaga | Saint Louis University
Nisha Narayanan | George Washington University
Pina Patel | University of California Irvine
Gabrielle Peacher | Loma Linda University
Ashley Sandoval | New York Medical College
Amy Seagroves | Albert Einstein University
Nancy Shan | University of Florida
Shruti Vora | University of Southern California
Adam Wheeler | West Virginia University
Helen Zhou | SUNY Downstate
Rachel Patterson (Peds Neuro) | Medical College of Wisconsin
Alan Hoang (Peds Anes) | Boston University