Current UCLA GI Fellows
UCLA GI Fellows - Class of 2026
Megan Aaronson, MD, MSCR
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Phillip Chen, MD
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Punya Chittajallu, MD
Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Lillian Dawit, MD
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
IM Residency: University of Southern California/LAC+USC
Sohn G. Kim, MD, PhD
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Anna Lee, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Janice Oh, MD, MS
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
IM Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Timothy Zaki, MD
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
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Bryan Kim, MD
Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
IM Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Sagar "Arnie" Shah, MD
Medical School: University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Brandon C. Smith, MD
Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Ellen Spartz, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Farnoosh Vahedi, MD
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
IM Residency: University of California, San Diego
Sigrid Young, MD
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
Medical School: University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine
IM Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
David Cheung, MD
Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
IM Residency: University of California, Irvine
Beverly Kyalwazi, MD
Medical School: The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
IM Residency: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Kush Fansiwala, MD
Medical School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Sameeha Rau, MD
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Layla Shojaie, MD
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine
IM Residency: University of Southern California/LAC+USC
Christina Tsai, MD
Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
IM Residency: Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jamie O. Yang, MD
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, PhD
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
IM Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Beverly Kyalwazi, MD
Medical School: The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
IM Residency: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Layla Shojaie, MD
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine
IM Residency: University of Southern California / LAC+USC