Fellowships/Graduates

FELLOWSHIPS AND BEYOND

Roughly one-third of our graduates choose to pursue subspecialty fellowship training and/or academic positions at teaching hospitals. Our close relationship with the University of California Medical Community allows us to place our graduates in some of the most prestigious fellowships in California. Our ties with Harbor-UCLA Medical Center are particularly intimate given our constant interaction in the form of resident rotations at Harbor-UCLA, visiting professor grand rounds, Pulmonary Fellowship training, Pulmonary/Critical Care rounds, Cardiology professor rounds, and regional conferences. Research opportunities abound for those residents interested in exploring areas of interest in depth.

The majority of our graduates choose to enter into private practice, group practice, hospitalist positions, or join HMO organizations. Residents interact with private attending physicians on a daily basis, which provides a tremendous advantage in finding job opportunities in the future. Recent placements include positions at Cedars-Sinai Physicians Network, Healthcare Partners, Pro-Health Physicians Network, Lakewood Regional Group, and Kaiser-Permanente.

Below is a list of recent academic placements by our graduates:

NAME - YEAR OF GRADUATION	FELLOWSHIP/TITLE AND PROGRAM
Osman Khawar, MD - 2006	Nephrology at Harbor-UCLA
Aaron Shelub, MD - 2006	Infectious Diseases at West LA VA Medical Center
Sheherbano Mehdi, MD - 2005	Rheumatology at UC Irvine
David Liao, MD - 2004	Kennamer Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA
Alex Shen, MD - 2003	Chief Resident at St. Mary Medical Center 2004 Teaching Faculty at St. Mary Medical Center
David Hsia, MD - 2003	Pulmonary/Critical Care at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Leon "Iri" Kupferwasser, MD - 2003	Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Joseph Rosales, MD - 2002	Chief Resident of St. Mary Medical Center Hematology-Oncology at The City of Hope
Cristina Porch, MD - 2002	Allergy and Immunology at UC Davis
Marian Limb, MD - 2001	Kennamer Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA
Helen Choi, MD - 2001	Kennamer Fellowship at VA-Westwood/UCLA Endocrinology at Martin-Luther King Jr.- Drew/UCLA
Marcia Li, MD - 2001	Kennamer Fellowship at VA-Westwood/UCLA
Ricky Mac, MD - 2000	Chief Resident at St. Mary Medical Center 2001 Endocrinology at Martin-Luther King Jr.- Drew/UCLA
Emad Khaleeli, MD - 2000	Cardiology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Roger Nguyen, MD - 2000	Allergy and Immunology at VA-Westwood/UCLA
Kinji Hawthorne, MD - 2000	Infectious Diseases at University of Washington
Cozzette Lyons, MD - 2000	Kennamer Fellowship at VA-Westwood/UCLA