Current Resident Roster

Jose Alonso, MD
Hometown: North Hollywood, CA
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles

Albert Han, MD

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley

Alden Smith, MD
Hometown: Denver, CO
Medical School: Temple University
Undergraduate: Brigham Young University

Thad Vickery, MD
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Medical School: University of Colorado
Undergraduate: Skidmore College

Tara Wu, MD
Hometown: Monterey Park, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley

Kristen Echanique, MD
Hometown: Randolph, NJ
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Undergraduate: Northeastern University

Rance Fujiwara, MD

Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Medical School: Yale School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Creighton University

Vishal Patel, MD
Hometown: Torrance, CA
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Undergraduate: University of California, San Diego

Juan San Juan, MD
Hometown: San Antonio, VEN
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Undergraduate: Duke Univeristy

Kenric Tam, MD
Hometown: Los Altos Hills, CA
Medical School: Stanford University Medical School
Undergraduate: Harvard University

Arman Danielian, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles

Tom Maxim, MD

Hometown: Haifa, ISR
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Jessa Miller, MD
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Medical School: University of Michigan
Undergraduate: University of Michigan

Laith Mukdad, MD
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles

Rodell Santuray, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins

Krishna Bommakanti, MD
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley

Alex Cronkite, MD

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: University of Central Florida
Undergraduate: Tufts University

Lauran Evans, MD
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno
Undergraduate: University of Southern California

Solymar Torres Maldonado, MD
Hometown: Arecibo, PR
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

Emily Wong, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Undergraduate: Harvard University

Sophia Chen, M.D.
Hometown: Johns Creek, GA
Medical School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Yale University

Song Hon (Josh) Hwang, MD

Hometown: South Windsor, CT
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Undergraduate: Boston College

Michelle Lee, MD
Hometown: Fullerton, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Undergraduate: Caltech

Pranati Pillutla MD
Hometown: Simi Valley, CA
Medical School:  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Undergraduate: California State University,  Los Angeles

Adam Xiao, MD, PhD
Hometown: Bel Air, MD
Medical School: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University

Zachariah Chandy, MD
Hometown: Loma Linda, CA
Medical School: University of California, Irvine, Undergraduate: Stanford University
Post residency employment:  Kaiser Permanente

Kyle Hannabass, MD 
Hometown: Daytona Beach, FL
Medical School: University of Florida, Undergraduate: University of Florida
Post-residency employment: Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery, Stanford University

Shabnam Ghazizadeh, MD
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University, Undergraduate: University of California, Irvine
Post-residency employment: Fellowship in Facial Plastic Surgery, Dr. Corey Maas, San Francisco

Brooke Su-Velez, MD, MPH
Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, Undergraduate: University of California, Berkley
Post-residency employment: Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology, Stanford University\

Floyd Buen, MD
Hometown: Santa Clarita, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
Post-Residency plan: Private practice, Orange County

Thomas Heineman, MD

Hometown: Grinnell, IA
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Undergraduate: University of Iowa
Post-Residency plan: Private Practice, Cedar Rapids, IA

Christine Kim, MD
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Post-Residency Plan: Laryngology Fellowship, Stanford University

Ashley Kita, MD
Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Post-Residency plan: UCLA faculty

Hassan Nasser, MD
Hometown: Dearborn, MI
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Post-Residency plan: Head and Neck Oncology fellowship, University of Michigan

Karam Badran, MD
Hometown: San Roman, CA
Medical School: UC Irvine
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Post-Residency Plan: FPRS Fellowship, UCSF

Janice Chang, MD, PhD
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Medical School: UC Irvine
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Post-Residency Plan: Private Practice

Roxana Moayer, MD
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA
Medical School: University of Southern California
Undergraduate: UC Davis
Post-Residency Plan: FPRS Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson

Pratik Patel, MD
Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Post-Residency Plan: Comprehensive Otolaryngology - Coastal ENT/Jersey Shore Medical Center; Neptune, NJ

Ryan Stephenson, MD
Hometown: Clearfield, UT
Medical School: Pittsburgh Medical School
Undergraduate: Weber State University
Post-Residency Plan: Laryngology Fellowship, UCLA