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Head and Neck Surgery Residents 2020-2021

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Chiefs: Class of 2021

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Zachariah Chandy, MD
Hometown: Loma Linda, CA
Medical School: University of California, Irvine, Undergraduate: Stanford University
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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

 

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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
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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


PGY 4: Class of 2022

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

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

 

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Alden Smith, MD
Hometown: Denver, CO
Medical School: Temple University
Undergraduate: Brigham Young University
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Thad Vickery, MD
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Medical School: University of Colorado
Undergraduate: Skidmore College

 

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

PGY 3: Class of 2023

 

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

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

 

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Vishal Patel, MD
Hometown: Torrance, CA
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Undergraduate: University of California, San Diego
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Juan San Juan, MD
Hometown: San Antonio, VEN
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Undergraduate: Duke Univeristy

 

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

 


PGY 2: Class of 2024

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 


PGY 1: Class of 2025

 

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

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

 

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Lauran Evans, MD
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno
Undergraduate: University of Southern California
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Solymar Torres Maldonado, MD
Hometown: Arecibo, PR
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

 

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

Recent Graduates:  Class of 2020

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

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

 

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

 

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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

Recent Graduates: Class of 2019

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Karam Badran, MD
Hometown: San Roman, CA
Medical School: UC Irvine
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Post-Residency Plan: FPRS Fellowship, UCSF
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Janice Chang, MD, PhD
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Medical School: UC Irvine
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Post-Residency Plan: Private Practice

 

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

 

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

 

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