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Current Fellows

2024-25

  • Riku Moriguchi, MD

    Riku Moriguchi, MD

    Undergraduate: Cornell Univeristy
    Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Residency: Denver Health

     

    I grew up in Tokyo, Japan until I was 6 when I moved to New York where I spent the rest of my childhood. I went to Cornell University for undergraduate education and studied biology with a concentration in neurobiology and behavioral science. I worked for two years at the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development before attending medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx in New York City. I made my way to Colorado for residency and trained at Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine where I served as chief resident. My interest in Medical Toxicology stems from the application of biochemistry and physiology into clinical medicine and using that understanding for medical education. This will be the first time living on the west coast, and I’m excited to explore all that California has to offer with my wife, Nathalie and two dogs, CJ and Leo. In our free time, I enjoy going to various dog beaches, camping, and going on road trips.
  • Kara Yeung, MD

    Kara Yeung, MD

    Undergraduate: Stanford University
    Medical School: Harvard Medical School
    Residency: Harvard MGH/BWH

     

    Dr. Kara Yeung is from Hillsborough, CA. She went to Stanford University for her undergraduate education where she studied environmental sciences. She attended Harvard Medical School and then trained at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her toxicology interests include biotoxins and envenomations. In her free time, she enjoys playing video games, fishkeeping, and taking care of her pets which include two dogs, three snakes, and two dwarf pufferfish.
  • Leanne Cook, MD

    Leanne Cook, MD

    Undergraduate: Cornell University
    Medical School: University of Rochester
    Residency: UC Los Angeles

     Dr. Leanne Cook is from Long Island, NY.  She earned her undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where she studied biological sciences and humanities with a concentration in behavioral science. She worked in administration at Montefiore Medical Center before attending the University of Rochester School of Medicine, where she completed supplemental training in Bioethics. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency at UCLA Ronald Reagan-Olive View. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking, baking and lounging with her dog, Ruby. 
  • Matthew Lippi, MD

    Matthew Lippi, MD

    Undergraduate: UC Irvine
    Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Residency: UC San Francisco

    Matthew Lippi grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He went to UC Irvine for his undergraduate studies in biology. He spent several years working in occupational health and industrial risk management consulting before returning to graduate school at UC Berkeley to complete a Master of Public Health. He then moved to Colorado to attend medical school at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. After graduating, he returned to California and completed residency in Emergency Medicine at UCSF - Fresno where he also served as chief resident. His toxicology interests include occupational toxins and marine biotoxins. Dr. Lippi is a lover of all things water, spending his time outside fishing, surfing, diving, and boating with his wife, Joyce, and tiny dog, Grizzly. When forced to be on land, he enjoys backpacking and cooking.

Alumni

Fellowship Alumni Years Where are they now
Henrik Galust 2022-2024 Eisenhower Medical Center
Jeremy Hardin 2022-2024 Kaiser San Diego
Nathan Friedman 2021-2023 Eisenhower Medical Center
Justin Seltzer 2021-2023 UCSD Faculty
Garret Winkler 2020-2022 UT Health Houston
Sam Ontiveros 2019-2021 Medical University of South Carolina
Priya Srihari 2019-2021 LA County
Tony Gao 2018-2020 UT Health San Antonio
Jenna Otter 2018-2020 Providence Portland Medical Center Emergency Department
Matthew Riddle 2017-2019 UCSD Faculty
Clifford Masom 2017-2019 North Shore University Hospital, New York
Christie Sun 2016-2018 Kaiser Permanente, Long Beach, CA
Richard Adam Koch 2016-2018 Tri-City Medical Center, CA
Dan Lasoff 2015-2017 UCSD / El Centro
Cynthia Koh 2015-2017 Los Angeles
Bryan Corbett 2015-2017 UCSD / El Centro
Charles O'Connell 2013-2015 UCSD / Scripps Green
Janna Villano 2013-2015 UCSD / Sharp Chula Vista
Landen Rentmeester 2012-2014 Wisconsin
Jennifer Cullen 2012-2014 Palomar
Michael Darracq 2010-2012 UCSF Fresno
Jean Lo 2009-2011 Loma Linda 
Steve Thornton 2009-2011 University of Kansas 
Josh Nogar 2008-2010 Long Island Jewish 
Shaun Carstairs 2008-2010 UCSD / Rady's Children Hospital / Camp Pendleton
Alicia Minns 2008-2010 UCSD Faculty
Allyson Kreshak 2008-2010 UCSD Faculty
Sean Nordt 2008-2010 LAC + USC
Alex Miller 2007-2009 Naval Medical Center
Megan DeMott 2006-2008 Pioneers Memorial Hospital
Michael Young 2006-2008 Kaiser Permanente, San Jose
Jennifer Hannum 2005-2007 Wake Forest Baptist Health
Matt Cook 2004-2006 Lehigh Valley Health Network
Mike Matteucci 2004-2006 Naval Medical Center
Rais Vohra 2004-2006 UCSF Fresno
David Betten 2003-2005 Sparrow Hospital
William Richardson 2002-2004 Palmetto Health
Tri Tong 2002-2004 Mission Hospital
Dave Barry 2001-2003 Naval Medical Center, VA
Steve Offerman 2001-2003 Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento
Stephen Munday 2000-2002 Sharp Rees Stealy
Aaron Schneir 2000-2002 UCSD Faculty
Binh Ly 1999-2001 UCSD Faculty
Marianne Ingels Bacharach 1998-2000 VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City
Cyrus Rangan 1998-2000 LA County Department of Public Health
Saralyn Williams 1994-1996 Vanderbilt University