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Hyperbaric Medicine Current Fellows and Alumni

Current Fellows

2025-26

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    Steven Lada, MD

    Undergraduate: UC San Diego
    Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Residency: UDS Southern California Medical Education Consortium

    Bio coming soon!

Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship Alumni

Fellowship Alumni Years Where are they now
Rima Dilbarova 2024-2025 UCSD Faculty
Adrian Carpenter 2024-2025 Canadian Armed Forces
Francisco Kortmon 2024-2025 US Navy
Andrew Wayment 2024-2025 UCSD HBO Faculty/Temecula Valley
Andrew Kozminski 2023-2024 University of Iowa
Benito Pascua 2023-2024 Scripps Grossmont
Natalie Ouellette 2023-2024 Canadian Navy
William Toppen 2022-2023 UCSD Internal Medicine Faculty
Casey Smith 2022-2023 UCSD Emergency Medicine Faculty
Ian Kirby 2021-2022 Canada Navy
Craig Kutz 2021-2022 UT Medical Branch Aerospace Medicine
Evan Laveman 2021-2022 UCSD Faculty
Paolina Pantcheva 2020-2021 AdventHealth Wound Center & Hyperbaric Medicine, Kissimmee, FL
Tiffany Castellano 2020-2021 UCSD Faculty
Kirsten Hornbeak 2019-2020 Scripps Encinitas, CA
Mahmoud Sabha 2019-2020 Integra Hospital Plano, TX
Leo Tanaka 2019-2020 UCSD Faculty
Damien Williams 2019-2020 Active military
Nicole Agostinelli 2018-2019 Chula Vista Urgent Care
Brenna Derksen 2018-2019 UCSD Faculty
Neil Donner 2018-2019 US Healthworks Medical Group, Washington
Kaighley Brett 2017-2018 Canadian Armed Forces
Aaron Heerboth 2017-2018 UCSD Faculty
Elizabeth Owen 2017-2018 Kaiser San Diego
Amanda Apicella 2016-2017 VA San Diego
Daniel Popa 2016-2017 UCSD Faculty
Daniel Landry 2016-2017 Canadian Armed Forces
Anthony Bielawski 2015-2016 Undersea Medical Officer, US Navy
Derek Covington 2015-2016 UF Gainesville
Charlotte Sadler 2014-2015 UCSD Faculty
Thomas Robinson 2014-2015 Undersea Medical Officer, US Navy
Gina Virgilio 2014-2015 Undersea Medical Officer, US Navy
Manish Mehta 2013-2014 Palomar Healtth
Sandra Hayes 2013-2014 UCSD Faculty
Davut Savaser 2012-2013 Legacy Health, Portland, OR
Jose Evangelista 2012-2013 Henry Ford Hospital
Lucie Gijzen 2011-2012 Department of National Defense
Sam Gerson 2011-2012 Fort Myers
Roxanna Sadri 2010-2011 New Zealand
Kim Bushman 2009-2010 Canadian Navy
Eric Yun 2009-2010  Stony Brook University
Samuel Miller 2008-2009 Marian Medical Center
Damon Carbanara 2006-2007 Kaiser Sacramento
Francis Cummins 2006-2007 Healogics, Inc.
Nicholas Bird 2005-2006 Duke University
Anthony Medak 2005-2006 UCSD Faculty
Emi Latham 2004-2005 UCSD Faculty
Pete Witucki 2003-2004 UCSD Faculty
Bradley Bailey 2003-2004 Healogics,Inc.
Ian Grover 2002-2003 UCSD Faculty
Peter Ro 2001-2002 Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
Marc Hare 2000-2001 Paradise Valley Hospital
Stuart Miller 1999-2000 Longbeach Memorial Care Health System
Brian Snyder 1998-1999 UCSD Faculty