Alumni

Our alumni and their positions after residency

We are proud of the contributions our residents have made to our program during their training here, as well as their contributions to clinical care, education and research in their careers beyond their time with us. Many residents have stayed on with UCLA Neurology and are now fellows or faculty members (names in blue).

Class of 2022

• Nan Cheng, MD
  Headache Medicine Fellowship, Mayo Clinic
• Michael Connerney, MD, MS
  Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, UCLA
• Molly Fensterwald, MD
  Headache Medicine Fellowship, UCLA
• William Flavin, MD, PhD
  BrainSport Fellowship, UCLA
• Rohit Gummi, MD
  Clinical Neurophysiology IOM Fellowship, Stanford
• Colin McCrimmon, MD, PhD
  Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, UCLA
• Sean McDougall, MD
  Neurocritical Care Fellowship, Cedars Sinai
• Karla Minota, MD
  Headache Medicine Fellowship, UCLA
• Allan Phan, MD
  Vascular Neurology Fellowship, Stanford

Class of 2021

• Katherine Fu, MD
  Movement Disorders Fellowship, UCLA
• Mark Gaertner, MD
  Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, UCLA
• Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD
  Epilepsy Fellowship, Michigan
• Anthony Linares, MD, PhD
  Research Fellowship, UCLA
• Shawn Love, MD
  Headache Fellowship, UCLA
• Daniel Okobi Jr, MD, PhD
  Neurobehavior Fellowship, UCLA
• Shuvro Roy, MD
  Neuro-Immunology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins
• Timothy Ryan, MD
  Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai

Class of 2020

• Samuel Ahn, MD
  UCLA Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy Track
• Kathleen Apibunyopas, MD
  Clinical Neurophysiology, Cedars-Sinai Track
• Joy Chan, MD
  Neuromuscular Fellowship, UCLA
• Robert Chong, MD
  Fellowship, UCLA Neuro Oncology
• Alexandra Galati, MD
  Fellowship, UCSF Neuroimmunology
• Camille Malatt, MD
  Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Movement Disorders
• Peony Pak, MD, MS
  Fellowship, UCLA Headache/ Interventional Pain
• Cara Siegel, MD
  Fellowship, UCLA & WVA Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Class of 2019

• Michael Cline, MD
  Private Practice, Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA
• Kathryn Cross, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders, UCLA
• Victoria Ho, MD, PhD
  Research Fellowship, UCLA
• Karen Morgenshtern Yacoby, MD
  Fellowship in Headache, UCLA
• Zachary Norman, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care, UCLA
• Katherine Podraza, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Headache, UCLA
• Charles Windon, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro-behavior, Stanford, UCSF

Class of 2018

• Dylan Alegria, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Critical Care, UCLA
• Timothy Chang, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders, UCLA
• Dorothy Harris, MD
  Fellowship in Headache, UCLA
• Dominic Hovsepian, MD
  Fellowship in Epilepsy, Stanford
• Kyle Kern, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, UCLA
• Rajarshi Mazumder, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, UCLA
• Daniel Vitantonio, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring, UCLA
• Jack (Tzu-Chieh) Wang, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Critical Care, Stanford
• William Zeiger, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders, UCLA

Class of 2017

• Ahmet Arac, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Rehabilitation, UCLA
• Aaron Carlson, MD
  Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis, Stanford
• Victoria Ebiana, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Oncology, Sloan Kettering
• Angeline Jocson, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders, USC
• Neil Maluste, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, UCLA
• Caity Mulligan, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders, UCLA
• Sung-Min Park, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro Rehabilitation, UCLA
• Ranmal Samarasinghe, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, UCLA

Class of 2016

• Marwa Kaisey, MD
  Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis
• Joshua Kamins, MD
  Fellowship in Headache Medicine, UCLA
• Jonathan Kleinman, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, UCLA
• Christopher Lening, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, UCLA
• Rajarshi Mazumder, MD
  Fellowship in Epilepsy
• Peter Nguyen, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Critical Care, UCLA
• Chirag Patel, MD, PhD, M.S.E.
  Fellowship in Neuro-Oncology, Stanford
• Jessica Rexach, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neurogenetics, UCLA
• Francy Yi-Hsuan Shu, MD
  Current Position
  Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
• Andrew Wilson, MD, M.B.A.
  Fellowship in Public Health, Internal Medicine, UCLA

Class of 2015

• Jessica Besbris, MD
  Fellowship in Palliative Care
• Edward Chang, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro Behavior
• Chelsea Hesterman MD
  Headache Medicine Fellow
  Current Position, Assistant Professor-HS Clinical
• Nicholas Olney, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Degenerative Diseases
• Byram Ozer, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Oncology
• Nathaniel Schuster, MD
  Fellowship in Headache Medicine
• Matthew Tremblay, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis

Class of 2014

• Justin Cheongsiatmoy, MD, M.B.A.
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Daniel Franc, MD, PhD
  Clinical Practice, Neurological Associates of West Los Angeles
• Nasheed Jamal, MD
  Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine
• Adrienne Keener, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• Ryan Martin, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care
• Katie Mayo, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• Stephanie Tankou, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis
• Jason Tarpley, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology

Class of 2013

• Matt Ashley, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Rehabilitation
• Ayshe Ana Beesen, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care
• Jeremy Cholfin, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Carine Maurer, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• May Nour, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology
• Don Phillips, MD, M.P.H.
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Michael Su, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care
• Tritia Yamasaki, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders

Class of 2012

• Jessica Choe, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• Joanna Dearlove, MD
  Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine
• Michael Ho, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Inna Keselman, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Headache
• Karen Lee, MD
  Fellowship in Sleep Medicine
• Margaret Moscato, MD
  Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine
• Mark Stahl, MD, PhD
  Fellowship In Movement Disorders

Class of 2011

• Ruben Guzman, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Oncology
• Jason Hinman, MD, PhD
  Research Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• Mollie Johnston, MD
  Fellowship in Headache and Pain Management
• Robert Moccia, MD, PhD
  Research Fellowship in Neuro-Genetics
• Neal Rao, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• Matthew Shtrahman, MD, PhD
  Research Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Huy Tran, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care

Class of 2010

• Hermelinda Abcede, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• Yama Akbari, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro-ICU
• Elise Anderson, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• Edward Barton, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Andrew K Dorsch, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro Rehab
• Chamindra Konersman, MD
  Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine

Class of 2009

• Leo Chen, MD
  Fellowship in Neurophysiology (Intraoperative Monitoring and Epilepsy)
• Brandon Hirota, MD
  Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine
• Navaz Karanjia, MD
  Fellowship in NeuroCritical Care
• Lori Panossian, MD
  Fellowship in Sleep Disorders
• David Piccioni, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Oncology
• Naveed Wagle, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Oncology
• Christine Wong, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology

Class of 2008

• Marisa Chang, MD
  Fellowship in Headache and Oral Facial Pain
• Jethro Hu, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Oncology
• Suman Kalanithi, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Imaging
• Aimee Pierce, MD
  Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology and Dementia
• Guillermo Solorzano, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology/EMG
• Po Tsai, MD
  Fellowship in Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
• Pari Young, MD, M.P.H.
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• Sarah Youssof, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology/EMG

Class of 2007

• B. Kelly Changizi, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• Brent Fogel, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Genetics
• Sarah Kremen, MD
  Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
• Peiyee Lee, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• Tina Nguyen, MD
  Fellowship in Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring
• Arbi Ohanian, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• John Panagotacos, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• Susan Shaw, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology (Epilepsy)

Class of 2006

• Jason Barfield, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Christine Bower-Baca, MD, M.S.H.S.
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology (Epilepsy)
• Peyman Golshani, MD, PhD
  Fellowship at West LA VA Neurology
• Joyce Matsumoto, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Jeremy Rudnick, MD
  Fellowship in Neuro-Oncology
• Samir Shah, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• Steven Sykes, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Nicholas Szumski, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders

Class of 2005

• Matthew Arnold, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• Kevin C. Brennan, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical and Neuroscientific Aspects in Headache
• Doris Cardenas, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• David Hannauer, MD, J.D.
  Clinical Practice, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles South Bay Branch
• David Millett, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Epilepsy
• Callene A. Momtazee, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Multiple Sclerosis and Neurology Education
• Neal Prakash, MD, PhD
  Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology
• Edmond Teng, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Dementia and Neurodegeneration
• Mark Wu, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Clinical and Neuroscientific Aspects of Sleep Neurology

Class of 2004

• Amy Ackers-Hansen, MD
  Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disease
• Jeremy Hogan, MD
  Fellowship in Neurophysiology
• Doojin Kim, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• Robert Lenz, MD, PhD
  Director of Neuroscience Research, Abbott Laboratories, Chicago Branch
• Kristin Lueck, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Lola C. Morgan, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Epilepsy and Neurophysiology
• Abi Muthukumaran, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Michael Waters, MD, PhD
  Fellowship in Clinical and Neuroscientific Aspects of Neuro-Genetics

Class of 2003

• Roongroj Bhidayasiri, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• Jeffrey Chung, MD
  Fellowship in Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology
• Justin Dominick, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Anna Finley, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology
• David Gershfield, MD
  Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disease
• Jesse June-Chi Liu, MD
  Fellowship in Movement Disorders
• David Kheradyar, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Anna Somerto-Pennington, MD
  Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology
• Shauna Yuan, MD
  Fellowship in Neuroscience Research

Class of 1999

• David Liebeskind, MD
  Fellowship in Vascular Neurology

Class of 1981

• John Mazziotta, MD, PhD, Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and CEO of UCLA Health;
  Fellowship in Radiology / Nuclear Medicine