2020-21 Pathology Housestaff
Residents

Precious Fortes, MD, MHS
PGY1 AP/CP
UCLA, Geffen School of Medicine

Sophia Hwang, MD
PGY1 AP/CP
Loma Linda Unviersity School of Medicine

Tara Narasimhalu, MD
PGY1 AP/CP
UC Davis School of Medicine

Rana Riahi
PGY1 AP/CP
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine

Arash Roohani
PGY1 AP/CP
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine

Ting Zhang, MD, PhD
PGY1 AP
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Tracie Goh
PGY2 AP/CP
Col of Osteo Med of the Pacific at Pomona

Tiffany Lin
PGY2 AP/CP
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine

Eduardo Rodriguez
PGY2 AP/CP
Oregon Health Sciences

Chana Sachs
PGY2 AP/CP
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Sarah Zhang
PGY2 AP/CP
New York University School of Medicine

Jennifer Chia
PGY3 AP only
Weill Cornell Medical College

Teresa Kim
PGY3 AP/CP
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sofia Liou
PGY3 AP/CP
UCLA, Geffen School of Medicine

Natalia Liu
PGY3 AP/CP
Indiana University School of Medicine

Alireza Samiei
PGY3 AP/CP
Harvard Medical School

Jamar Uzzell
PGY3 AP/CP
Ross University School of Medicine

Carlos Casiano
(Schedule Chief)
PGY4 AP/CP
Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Katy Lawson
PGY4 AP/CP
Oregon Health Sciences

Christine Lee
(Ombuds Chief)
PGY4 AP/CP
Tulane University

Trang Lollie
(Conference Chief)
PGY4 AP/CP
Tulane University

Michelle Phan-Tang
(Technical Chief)
PGY4 AP/CP
Col of Osteo Med of the Pacific at Pomona
Cytopathology

Maha Abdulla
PGY5
Col of Osteo Med of the Pacific at Pomona

Yipeng Geng
PGY5
Zhongshan Sch of Med, Sun Yat-Sen Univ
Dermatopathology

Joan Leavens
PGY5
University of Michigan Medical School

Alexander Nobori
PGY5
UCLA, Geffen School of Medicine
Hematopathology

Robin Dietz Jr.
PGY5
Ponce Health Sciences University

Maryam Sayah
PGY5
Azad University - Najafabad
Neuropathology

Joshua Byers
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Zesheng Chen
Universite de Sherbrooke
Clinical Informatics/Transfusion Medicine

Esteban Gnass
Transfusion Medicine/Clin Informatics
Universidad Adventista del Plata – Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

Khalda Ibrahim
Transfusion Medicine/Clin Informatics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Non-ACGME (Clinical Instructors)

Ari Kassardjian
GI Liver Pathology
Tulane University

Cherise Meyerson
GI Liver Pathology
Washington University School of Medicine

Sai Priyanka
Gudiwada
Surgical Pathology/Women's Health
Dr. P.S.I Medical College

Jitin Makker, MD, MBBS
Surgical Pathology/Clin Informatics
Sarojini Naidu Medical College

Farres Obeidin
Surgical Pathology/Bone and Soft Tissue
Medical College of Georgia

Jing Yang
Surgical Pathology/GU &GYN
Hebei Medical University

Chunlai Zuo
Surgical Pathology/GU
Harbin Medical University

Mahdi Khoshchehreh
Jamali
Surgical Pathology/OVMC
Tehran University

Ziming Tao
Surgical Pathology/OVMC
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Clinical Post Docs

Vishnu Samara
Clinical Chemistry
City of Hope

Nathan Clemons
Clinical Microbiology
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Edwin Kamau
Clinical Microbiology
Louisiana State University

Benjamin Von Bredow
Clinical Microbiology
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Rebecca Sosa, PhD
Immunogenetics
University of Texas at San Antonio

Anica Wandler
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
University of Texas at San Antonio

Nathan Kopp
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Washington University School of Medicine

Jaclyn Murry
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Baylor College of Medicine

Evann Hilt
Clinical Microbiology
Loyola University Chicago

Travis Price
Clinical Microbiology
Loyola University Chicago