Marie Douglass, MD
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Brownsville, Tennessee
Undergrad & Major: Wellesley College, Women’s/Gender Studies and Spanish
Medical School: University of Miami
Favorite LA restaurant: El Coyote with friends, Jon & Vinny’s with a date, Cliff’s Edge for a special occasion
Neighborhood: West Hollywood
Best weekend activity: A sunset hike (Los Leones or Mt. Hollywood)
Kate Furey, MD
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Undergrad & Major: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Molecular & Cellular Biology
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Favorite LA restaurant: Don't have one - I like to cook at home with the husband
Neighborhood: Culver City
Best weekend activity: Hiking and getting outdoors
Catie Gliwa, MD
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Denver, CO
Undergrad & Major: Yale University, History of Science & Medicine
Medical School: UCLA
Favorite LA restaurant: Destroyer, Sqirl, Highly Likely, Loqui
Neighborhood: Culver City / Lucerne Higuera
Best weekend activity: bike the LA river bike path to Spoke Bicycle Cafe
Ophelia Yin, MD
Resident IV / PGY4
Hometown: Orange County
Undergrad & Major: Princeton, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Medical School: Johns Hopkins
Favorite LA restaurant: Kazunori & Republique
Neighborhood: Live in Westwood, love Venice Beach and Sawtelle!
Best weekend activity: Bonfires at the beach, hiking in the mountains, skiing at Big Bear/Mammoth, late night Koreatown food - there are too many!
Marissa Berger, MD
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Undergrad & Major: Johns Hopkins University, Art History
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Favorite LA restaurant: Bestia
Neighborhood: Brentwood
Best weekend activity: hosting dinner parties, hiking, or driving up to Santa Barbara for wine tasting
Megan Bernstein, MD
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Fremont, CA
Undergrad & Major: University of Southern California, Biology & Print Journalism
Medical School: UC Irvine School of Medicine
Favorite LA restaurant: Hardest question ever... I literally have a map of all my favorite restaurants in LA since 2010! But Urth Caffe is classic LA and never fails!
Neighborhood: West LA
Best weekend activity: It’s a tie between hanging out at the dog beach or hike & brunch!
Christopher Douglas, MD
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Reno, NV
Undergrad & Major: University of Nevada, Reno; Biochemistry and Spanish
Medical School: University of Southern California
Favorite LA restaurant: Road to Seoul KBBQ
Neighborhood: Sawtelle
Best weekend activity: Brunch to get rid of the Sunday scaries
Alex Francoeur, MD
Resident III / PGY3
Hometown: Cupertino CA
Undergrad & Major: UCSD Human Biology and History
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Favorite LA restaurant: Sugarfish and Robertas
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Best weekend activity: hiking in any of the beautiful regions around Santa Monica
Sonal Chaudhari, MD
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Undergrad & Major: UCLA; Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Medical School: Johns Hopkins
Favorite LA restaurant: C&O Trattoria and also places in Grand Central Market
Neighborhood: Westwood
Best weekend activity: Being outside in nature
Lakshmi Ramachandran, MD
Resident II / PGY2
Hometown: Troy, MI
Undergrad & Major: Northwestern University - Communication Sciences & Disorders; double minor in Spanish & International Studies
Columbia University, Teachers College - MS in Neuroscience & Education
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health - MPH in Health Policy & Maternal Child Health
Medical School: Western Michigan Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Fav LA Restaurant: The Butcher's Daughter
Neighborhood: West LA
Best Weekend Activity: Hiking
Hometown: San Francisco
Undergrad & Major: Scripps College for Womyn, Biochemistry
Medical School: UCLA DGSOM
Favorite LA restaurant: Summer Rolls, Ma Dang Gook Soo, Local Kitchen and Wine Bar
Neighborhood: Mar Vista
Best weekend activity: biking to the beach, organizing for social justice
Maria Paula Arias, MD
Resident I / PGY1
Hometown: Cartagena, Colombia
Undergrad & Major: Johns Hopkins University - Neuroscience
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Favorite LA restaurant: if you don’t have one so far, or any restaurant you’re hoping to try – Blue Fish Tacos
Neighborhood: Brentwood
Best weekend activity: Beach volleyball, hiking with our dog, cocktails by the pool, hanging out with fellow residents!
Demetra Hufnagel, MD
Resident I / PGY1
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad & Major: Yale University, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Favorite LA restaurant: Kiwami or Roscoe's
Neighborhood: West LA
Best weekend activity: A picnic at the Hollywood Bowl or a hike in the Palisades followed by brunch!
Alexandra Mardock, MD
Resident I / PGY1
Hometown: Laguna Hills, CA
Undergrad & Major: Rice University: French Studies, Biochemistry minor
Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
Favorite LA restaurant: Home cooked meals with friends
Neighborhood: Sawtelle
Best weekend activity: Anything outdoors--volleyball, surfing, backpacking, a good picnic--and spending time with my co-interns!
Rachel Martel, MD
Resident I / PGY1
Hometown: Maplewood, NJ
Undergrad & Major: Tufts University, English and Community Health
Medical School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Favorite LA restaurant: I’m currently working my way through the restaurants on Sawtelle Boulevard!
Neighborhood: Sawtelle
Best weekend activity: Brunch and a walk on the beach
Jocelyn Sajnani, MD
Resident I / PGY1
Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas
Undergrad & Major: University of Kansas, Genetics
Medical School: University of Kansas
Favorite LA restaurant: TBD! Looking forward to exploring more!
Neighborhood: Westwood
Best weekend activity: (short) hike plus brunch, and the beach for sunset
Lauren Sanchez, MD
Resident I / PGY1
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad & Major: Swarthmore College, Psychology and minor in Art History
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Favorite LA restaurant: Seoul Tofu House
Neighborhood: Santa Monica (5 streets from the beach!)
Best weekend activity: (Starting off the day with a beautiful hike, then a beachside brunch followed by beach activities, maybe some biking or roller skating or simply soaking up some sun, and then finish off the day with live music and dinner with friends and/or family!
Delaney Scollan, MD
Resident I / PGY1
Hometown: Auburn, NY
Undergrad & Major: Skidmore College, Biology Major, Spanish Minor
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey
Favorite LA restaurant: Shin-Sen-Gumi in Sawtelle is fantastic for ramen (especially the spicy dandan men!) and dangerously close to my house. As an east-coaster, I’ve seriously been enjoying the plentiful green bowls, grain bowls, acai bowls and smoothies here in SoCal!
Neighborhood: West LA / Sawtelle and really loving it!
Best weekend activity: The geography here is amazing. The beach and hiking and outdoor venues are awesome, and I can’t wait to explore it all and eventually take a scenic drive up PCH to Big Sur.
