Department of Emergency Medicine

Residency Program Alumni

Graduation Class

Medical School

Where are they now?

Class of 2011

Ilona Barash MD UCSD Kaiser Permanente and UCSD, San Diego, CA
Alfred Joshua MD SUNY Syracuse UCSD Administrative Fellowship, San Diego, CA
Angela Pham MD SUNY Syracuse Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA
Anthony Salazar MD UCSD Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA
Todd Simmons MD USC Owensboro Medical Health System, Owensboro, KY
Michelle Voigt MD UC Davis Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, CA
Beth Zelonis MD St. Louis University Kaiser Permanente and Tri-City MC, San Diego, CA

Class of 2010

Guy Bizek MD Washington University Sharp Memorial and Scripps Mercy, San Diego,CA
Kevin Buford MD Univ of Pennsylvania Univ of Pennsylvania, HBO Fellowship
Jamila Danishwar MD UC Davis Palomar Medical Center, Escondido, CA
Allan Hansen MD Brown University UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Dan Morris MD Washington University Kaiser Permanente, Napa/Solano, CA
Arash Soroudi MD UCSD Pioneers Memorial Hospital, Brawley, CA
Mike Wilson, MD, PhD Univ of Illinois UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Class of 2009

Shane Hamman MD Univ of Washington UCSD Dermatology Residency Program
Mark Koenig MD UCSD Greater Houston Emergency Physicians, TX
Cameron McFarland MD Univ of Pittsburgh Kaiser Permanente San Diego, CA
Mike Nielsen MD Wake Forest Univ Sharp Memorial Hospital and UCSD, CA
Jeremy Peay MD UCSD Sharp Memorial Hospital and UCSD, CA
James Smithson MD UCSF Kaweah Delta District Hospital, Visalia, CA
Heather Villani MD UC Irvine Kaiser Permanente San Diego, CA
Sherry Yafai MD UCSD St. John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA

Class of 2008

Byron Buckley MD Univ of North Carolina Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA
Dan Firestone MD UCSD Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA
Julie Marmon MD Univ of Colorado Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA
Robert Marsan MD Univ of Pennsylvania Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
William Meade MD Duke University Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, CA
Alicia Minns MD Tufts University UCSD Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program
Sean Nordt MD University College Dublin UCSD Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program

Class of 2007

Danielle Douglas MD Univ of Connecticut Sharp Grossmont and Kaiser, San Diego, CA
Jennifer Johnson MD UCLA Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA
Mamata Kene MD UCSD Intntl. EM Fellowship, Brigham and Women, MA
Lisa Lowe MD UC Davis UCSD and Tri-City Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Aaron Pessl MD Tulane University Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
Yiannis Venieris MD Georgetown University Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA

Class of 2006

Jeff Bush MD Yale Kaiser Permanente San Diego, CA
Jessica Hill MD U Penn Kaiser Permanente San Diego, CA
Alec Huynh MD George Washington San Clemente Hospital, San Clemente, CA
Jim Hwang MD Univ of Pittsburgh Ultrasound Fellowship at Yale, CT
Saul Levine MD Univ of Colorado UCSD and Sharp Hospital, San Diego, CA
Jim Nelson MD UCSD Medical Director, Pioneers Memorial CA 

Class of 2005

Robyn Heister MD UC Davis Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, CA
Minh Le MD Univ of South Florida Kaiser Permanente San Diego, CA
Raj Patel MD UCSD Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA
Rob Patel MD SUNY at Brooklyn Scripps Mercy, San Diego, CA
Kelly Pettit MD Univ of Washington Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, NM
Adam Wos MD SUNY at Stony Brook Forest Hill Hospital , NY

Class of 2004

Brandon Backlund MD Univ of Iowa Hawaiian Emergency Physicians Associates, Inc.
Colleen Buono MD Univ of Penn UCSD DEM Faculty and EMS Fellowship
Julie Doyle MD UCSD Biosite Technologies, San Diego, CA
Ian Reilly MD USC Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA
Tyler Vadeboncoeur MD UCSD Jacksonville Memorial Hospital , FL
Carla Valentine MD USC Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, CA

Class of 2003

Taylor Cardall MD UCSD Scottsdale Emergency Associates, AZ
Jeff Davis MD Vanderbilt Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA
Mike Doney MD Cincinnati International EM Fellowship, GWU
Judd Glasser MD Vanderbilt UCSD DEM Faculty and Tri-City
Angela Loh MD UCSD Kaiser Permanente, Santa Teresa, CA
Jon Ludwig MD UCSD Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA

Class of 2002

Sean Deitch MD UCSD Scripps La Jolla Memorial Hospital , CA
Anthony Huynh MD UC Irvine Irvine Regional Medical Center , CA
Albert Jin MD UCSD Irvine Regional Medical Center , CA
Elaine Sapiro MD Brown University UCSD DEM Faculty
Becah Wilks MD UCSD Locum tenens

Class of 2001

Joe Bellezzo MD St. Louis University Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA
Chris Ho MD UCSD Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA
Tamaki Kimbro MD UCSD Frank Howard Memorial Hospital, Willits, CA
Dan Meltzer MD Boston University Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA
Sean-Xavier Neath MD Univ of Chicago UCSD DEM Faculty
Chris Sloane MD UCSD UCSD DEM Faculty
Tim Watt MD Stanford Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA
Ruth Wold MD UCSD JJ&R Emergency Medical Group, Marina del Rey

Class of 2000

Tami Gash-Kim MD UCSD Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA
Gene Ma MD UCSF Tri-City Medical Center, Vista CA
Allen Marino MD U Penn St. Rose Dominican Hospital, NV
Jim Schmitt MD George Washington Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, MO
Sam Torbati MD UCSD Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Class of 1999

Kenny Bramwell MD UCSD St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID
Gordon Chew MD UCSF Kaiser Hospital, San Francisco CA
Danny Davis MD UCSD UCSD DEM Faculty
Robert Hamilton MD Univ of Colorado Mercy Medical Center, Redding, CA
Tom Moats MD UC Davis Palomar Hospital, San Diego CA

Class of 1998

Mary Anne Fuchs MD UC Irvine Locum tenens
Katie Hurt MD UCSF Kaiser Hospital, San Francisco CA
Aviva Jacoby MD UCSF Legacy Hospital, Portland, OR
Greg Lampe MD Cornell University Mission Hospital Medical Center, Mission Viejo CA
Christy Rosa MD USC Alvarado Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Brian Snyder MD Univ of Maryland UCSD DEM Faculty

Class of 1997

Paulo Berger MD UCSF Kaiser Permanente, San Diego CA
Shawn Evans MD UC Irvine Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla CA
Jim Larson MD University of Florida Univ of North Carolina DEM Faculty
Chris Richards MD UCSD University of Oregon Medical Center
Guy Tarleton MD USC Santa Inez Hospital, Santa Barbara CA
Skip Walton MD Dartmouth University of Michigan DEM Faculty

Class of 1996

Erik Barton MD UCSD Chief of Emergency Medicine , University of Utah
Ted Chan MD UCSF UCSD DEM Faculty
Terry Jones MD Univ of Pittsburgh Chief of Medical Staff , North HI Comm., Waimea HI
Lisa Morikado MD Washington Univ Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla CA
Bing Pao MD Duke University Palomar Hospital, San Diego CA
Gary Vilke MD UCSD UCSD DEM Faculty

Class of 1995

Stewart Coffman MD Baylor Chairman, DEM , Medical Ctr. of Lewisville, TX
Glenn Hebel MD UCSD Chairman, DEM , Newport Hospital, Newport, RI
Scott Jones MD Univ of Washington Chairman of EM Services , Plaza Medical Ctr, TX
Dan Safranek MD Stanford Providence Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska
Marc Taub MD USC EM Dept. Medical Director , Saddleback Memorial, CA

Class of 1994

Michelle Grad MD Univ of Cincinatti Palomar Hospital, Escondido, CA
Todd Hanna MD Wayne State
Tom Peitz MD UCLA Chairman, Dept of EM , CA Pacific Me Center, SF
Charles Simmons MD UCSD Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
Saralyn Williams MD Duke Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Class of 1993

Richard Kingsland MD UCSD Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA
Roneet Lev MD UCSF Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
Leslie Milne MD Temple Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Karen Van Hoesen MD Duke UCSD Dem Faculty