Current Residents
PGY-4
Maria Paula Arias, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Cartagena, Colombia
Undergrad & Major: Johns Hopkins University, Neuroscience
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Hobbies: Latin dancing, beach volleyball (beaching in general), hiking with our dog (Sebastian <3), picnics with friends and trying new things!
Elaine Chan
(she/her/hers)
Resident IV / PGY4
Demetra Hufnagel, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad & Major: Yale University, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hobbies: hiking, teaching my cat tricks (or at least trying to), cooking with loved ones, and perfecting my latte skills
Alexandra Mardock, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Laguna Hills, CA
Undergrad & Major: Rice University: French Studies, Biochemistry minor
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies: surfing, beach volleyball, long hikes, picnics, and cooking with friends
Rachel Martel, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Maplewood, NJ
Undergrad & Major: Tufts University, English and Community Health
Medical School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Hobbies: reading, knitting sweaters, and traveling
Jocelyn Sajnani, MD
(she/her)
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas
Undergrad & Major: University of Kansas, Genetics
Medical School: University of Kansas
Hobbies: traveling and eating
Lauren Sanchez, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad & Major: Swarthmore College, Psychology and minor in Art History
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hobbies: dancing, long walks on the beach, and learning new hobbies on Youtube
Delaney Scollan, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Auburn, NY
Undergrad & Major: Skidmore College, Biology Major, Spanish Minor
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey
Hobbies: Sports: SUP / yoga / tennis 🎾 / hiking / volleyball, taking care of my plant babies and gardening 🌱, taking long walks (on the beach!?) while listening to audio books 😉, antiquing and refinishing furniture!
Jessica Van Fleet, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Orange, CA
Undergrad & Major: UCLA, Biology
Medical School: USC Keck School of Medicine
Hobbies: hiking, workout classes, cooking, spending time with friends and family
PGY-3
Rachel Acree, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergrad & Major: Georgetown University, Human Science
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hobbies: baking/cooking/eating, dogs, nature walks/day hikes, and fantasy novels!
Sabrina Alexander, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Newark, NJ
Undergrad & Major: Cornell University, Human Development
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Hobbies: tennis, collecting mementos, and reality TV!
Brittany Bergman, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Spokane Valley, WA
Undergrad & Major: Gonzaga University (Go Zags!); Biology
Medical School: University of Washington SOM
Hobbies: traveling, hiking, and exploring new places through food
Karina Gomez, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Undergrad & Major: Claremont McKenna College, Molecular Biology
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Hobbies: walking my dog, hiking and boxing
Alexander Gould, MD
(he/him/his)
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Millburn, NJ
Undergrad & Major: Washington Univ. in St. Louis; Global Health & the Environment / Psychology
Medical School: Brown
Hobbies: cooking (eating), biking, hiking, playing squash and tennis, baking challah, and watching Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Sandy Hoang, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Falls Church, VA
Undergrad & Major: University of Virginia - Art History, Biology
Medical School: Washington University in St Louis
Hobbies: hiking, going to museums, dog sitting, and facetiming all my friends
Vignesh Ramchandran, MD
(he/him/his)
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Newtown, PA
Undergrad & Major: Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering
Medical School: UC Irvine School of Medicine
Hobbies: hiking, traveling, board games, and basketball
Anais Stepanian, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: La Canada, CA
Undergrad & Major: University of California-Davis, Neurobiology
Medical School: Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Hobbies: cooking and taking pics of my food, hiking, biking, discovering new restaurants, watching Shark Tank, and going to Broadway shows
Monica Stretten, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident III / PGY3
Undergrad & Major: Dartmouth College
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Hobbies: Netflix, beadwork, Peloton and tennis
PGY-2
Shanice Beaumont, MD
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Undergrad: New York University
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Daniel Castaneda, MD
(he/him/his)
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Undergrad: Davidson College
Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Regional Campus
Hobbies: cooking, hiking, running, playing ice hockey, and watching Florida Panthers hockey
Prisca Diala, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Eastvale, CA
Undergrad: Pomona College
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Hobbies: reading, dancing, cooking, and going to brunch
Audra Fain, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Undergrad: George Washington University
Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Hobbies: reading, perfecting my chocolate chip cookie recipe, slow-but-steady jogging
Kristen Hori, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Undergrad: Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Hobbies: soccer, yoga, going to the beach, and trying new restaurants
Jasmine Robinson, MD
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Shawnee, OK
Undergrad: Cornell University
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Omar Rosete, MD
(he/him/his)
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Santa Clara, CA
Undergrad: University of Florida
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Hobbies: running, playing basketball, watching sports (Go Heat!), and exploring new restaurants
Edward Valle, MD
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: East Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Esther Wu, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident II / PGY-2
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad & Major: Dartmouth College, Neuroscience, Biology
Medical School: Brown University
Hobbies: Watching competitive figure skating, indoor cycling, literary fiction, live music, petting all the dogs
PGY-1
Brian Benitez, MD
(he/him/his)
Resident I/PGY1
Hometown: Naples, FL
Undergrad & Major: Williams College, History of Art and Biology
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Hobbies: Crochet, board games, going to art museums, and (attempting) to pick up new sports!
Nicholas Carreathers, MD
Resident I / PGYI
Hometown: Covina, CA
Undergrad: University of California, San Diego
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Grace Cavanaugh, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident I/PGY1
Hometown: Boston, MA
Undergrad & Major: College of the Holy Cross, Chemistry/Psychology
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Hobbies: reading, going to museums, group exercise, spending time with my husband and our dog
Violeta Covarrubias
(she/her/hers)
Resident I/PGY1
Hometown: Pomona, CA/Nayarit, Mexico
Undergrad & Major: UCLA, Human Biology and Society, B.S., Global Health, Minor
Medical School: UC Riverside School of Medicine
Hobbies: snuggling my daughter, wrestling things out of my corgi’s mouth, annoying my husband, listening to true crime podcasts, and embroidering ♥
Uma Doshi, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident I/PGY1
Suma Gudipati, MD
(she/her/hers)
Resident I/PGY1
Erin Jaquillard
(she/her/hers)
Resident I/PGY1
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Undergrad & Major: Sewanee: The University of the South, Biology
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Hobbies: jogging with my dog, pickleball, sunrises, cycling, yoga, true crime podcasts, thrifting
Rachel Mernoff
(she/her/hers)
Resident I/PGY1
Hometown: Providence, RI
Undergrad and major: UCLA, Anthropology
Medical School: UCSF
Hobbies: Pottery, watercolor, sculpture, reading, hiking, yoga, gardening
Jessica Vazquez
(she/her/hers)
Resident I/PGY1
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad and Major: UCLA Biology Major, Global Health Minor
Medical School: USC Keck School of Medicine
Hobbies: Cooking and baking, thrifting, rewatching my favorite shows, spending time with family and friends
Weirui Xiao
(she/her/hers)
Resident I/PGY1
Hometown: Folsom, CA
Undergrad and majors: UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, Integrative Biology
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hobbies: Being outside (volleyball, tennis, running, hiking), trying not to kill my plants, cooking, baking desserts, exploring LA (especially new food places!), hanging out with my co-residents