Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Our Alumni
Our Recent Graduates
The breadth and depth of training at UCLA prepares graduates of our fellowship program to pursue diverse careers in all corners of Pulmonary & Critical Care medicine. See below for a list of our recent alumni and their respective career paths.
| Class of 2026 | Career Path |
|---|---|
| Nitin Agrawal | UT Southwestern |
| Catherine Durant | Kaiser Permanente Downey, CA |
| Anna Fretz | UCLA Medical Center + UCLA Santa Clarita |
| Patrick Holman | West Los Angeles VA |
| Cher Huang | UCLA STAR Research Fellow + UCLA AIRE |
| Hollyann Loui | UCLA Santa Monica |
| Brandon Peplinski | UCLA STAR Research Fellow |
| Monroe Wolf | Dignity Health – California Hospital |
| Caitlin Yumori | UCLA South Bay |
| Class of 2025 | Career Path |
|---|---|
| Houda Boucekkine | University of Southern California |
| Siyuan Cao | St. Elizabeth’s/Boston Medical Center, Boston University |
| Gabrielle De Allie | Kaiser Permanente, Downey, CA |
| Danielle Hron | Pulmonary Vascular Disease Loma Linda, CA |
| Ani Kumar | Long Beach Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, CA |
| Jing Ren | UCLA Medical Center + UCLA STAR Research Fellow |
| Katie Seibert | Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles Medical Center |
| Niko Spanos | Queen’s Hospital, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI |
| Jay Thetford | UC Irvine |
| Class of 2024 | Career Path |
|---|---|
| Adam Brownstein | UCLA Medical Center, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program |
| Jessica Channick | UCLA Medical Center + UCLA STAR Research Fellow |
| Laura Glassman | Santa Clara Valley Medical Center |
| Gustavo Hernandez | Kaiser Permanente, Downey, CA |
| Dan Hoesterey | University of Washington |
| J. Max Lucki | Kaiser Permanente, Downey, CA |
| Benjamin Murray | Asheville Pulmonary Associates, Asheville, NC |
| Emily Schwitzer | UCLA Medical Center + Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| Christina Tripsas | UCLA Medical Center + UCLA STAR Research Fellow |
| Miki Ueoka | Queen's Hospital, University of Hawaii, Interventional Pulmonary |
| Class of 2023 | Career Path |
|---|---|
| Hana Bakalli | Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK |
| Jennifer Chang | Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR |
| Victor Chun | UC San Diego |
| Jane Fazio | UCLA STAR Research Fellow + Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| Christiana Hayward | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| Chris Miller | UCLA Medical Center, North Valley + Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| Zachary Taich | West Coast Pulmonary, Oxnard, CA |
| Michael Troy | UCLA Medical Center, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program |
| Jared Wilkinson | Lung Transplant and Pulmonary Vascular Disease, INOVA, Fairfax, VA |
| Class of 2022 | Career Path |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Benjamin | UCLA STAR Research graduate; UCLA Medical Center + West Los Angeles VA |
| Sarathi Bhattacharyya | MemorialCare Medicine Group, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center |
| Kevin Eng | West Los Angeles VA |
| Gilad Jaffe | Scripps Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA |
| Roberto Mempin | Kaiser Permanente, Orange County, CA |
| Jiyeon Seo | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| Richard Watson | UCLA STAR Research graduate; UCLA Medical Center + West Los Angeles VA |
| Class of 2021 | Career Path |
|---|---|
| Ana Costa Monteiro | UCLA STAR Research graduate; UCLA Medical Center |
| David Dai | Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles Medical Center |
| Iheanacho (Obi) Emeruwa | UCLA STAR Research graduate; UCLA Medical Center |
| Leeyen Hsu | Mid Valley Pulmonary Medical Group, Los Angeles, CA |
| Sonia Jasuja | UCLA Medical Center, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program |
| Alexander Sherman | UC Davis |
| Carolyn Shover | Remote Tele-ICU Consultant, Australia |
| Rajat Suri | UC San Diego |
| Nathan Yee | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |