Digestive Diseases Fellowship Program

Current UCLA GI Fellows

UCLA GI Fellows - Class of 2026

Megan Aaronson, MD, MSCR

Megan Aaronson, MD, MSCR

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Philip Chen, MD

Phillip Chen, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Punya Chittajallu, MD

Punya Chittajallu, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Lillian Dawit, MD

Lillian Dawit, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
IM Residency: University of Southern California/LAC+USC

Sohn G. Kim, MD

Sohn G. Kim, MD, PhD

Research Fellow

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Anna Lee, MD

Anna Lee, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Janice Oh, MD, MS

Janice Oh, MD, MS

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
IM Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Timothy Zaki, MD

Timothy Zaki, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
IM Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

UCLA GI Fellows - Class of 2027

Preetha Iyengar, MD

Preetha Iyengar, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Brian Kim, MD

Bryan Kim, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
IM Residency: University of California, San Francisco

Sagar "Arnie" Shah, MD

Sagar "Arnie" Shah, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Brandon Smith, MD

Brandon C. Smith, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ellen Spartz, MD

Ellen Spartz, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Farnoosh Vahedi, MD

Farnoosh Vahedi, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
IM Residency: University of California, San Diego

Sigrid Young, MD

Sigrid Young, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
IM Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine

UCLA GI Fellows - Class of 2028

Yazan Abboud, MD

Yazan Abboud, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine
IM Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
 

 

David Cheung, MD

David Cheung, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
IM Residency: University of California, Irvine

Beverly Kyalwazi, MD

Beverly Kyalwazi, MD

Research Fellow

Medical School: The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
IM Residency: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Kush Fansiwala, MD

Kush Fansiwala, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Sameeha Rau, MD

Sameeha Rau, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Layla Shojaie, MD

Layla Shojaie, MD

Research Fellow

Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine
IM Residency: University of Southern California/LAC+USC

Christina Tsai, MD

Christina Tsai, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
IM Residency: Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Jamie Olivia Yang, MD

Jamie O. Yang, MD

Clinical Fellow

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

UCLA GI Research Fellows

Sohn G. Kim, MD

Sohn G. Kim, MD, PhD

Research Fellow

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Beverly Kyalwazi, MD

Beverly Kyalwazi, MD

Research Fellow

Medical School: The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
IM Residency: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Layla Shojaie, MD

Layla Shojaie, MD

Research Fellow

Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine
IM Residency: University of Southern California / LAC+USC