Meet Our Fellows

Usman Asif, MD
Internal Medicine
Currently: UC Irvine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellow

Claudia Kim, MD
Internal Medicine
Currently: UC Irvine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellow

Thao Nguyen, MD
Family Medicine
Currently: UC Irvine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellow

Sashini Weeraman, MD
Internal Medicine
Currently: UC Irvine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellow

Alice Chang, DO
Emergency Medicine, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Stratford, NJ

Brieana Rodriguez, MD
Emergency Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Kassandra King, DO
Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine), University of California, Irvine
Currently: Geriatrics, Palliative, and Continuing Care Physician at Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA

Jack Sun, DO
Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX
Currently: Per Diem Geriatrics, Palliative, and Continuing Care Physician at Kaiser Permanente, San Bernadino, CA

Allen Yang, DO 
Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Currently: Emergency Medicine Physician and Palliative Care Physician at City of Hope, Duarte, CA

Swapna Phadnis, MD 
Family Medicine, Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Whittier, CA

Ateena Pirverdian, DO 
Internal Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Currently: Inpatient Palliative Care Attending at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

Simeon Koh, MD 
Internal Medicine, Harbor UCLA, Torrance, CA 
Currently: Palliative Care Physician at PIH Health, Whittier, CA

Ala Arafa-Price, MD
Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Riverside
Currently: Hospice Physician, VITAS OC; Volunteer Physician, UCI Health, CA

Mukti Patel, MD
Internal Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Currently: Palliative Care Physician at Kaiser, Fontana, CA 

Joshua Lee, DO
Pediatric Medicine, Loma Linda, CA
Currently: Palliative Care Physician at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, Spokane, WA

Diana Naderi, MD
Family Medicine, Dignity Health Northridge Hospital, Northridge, CA  
Currently: Medical Director, VITAS, Los Angeles, CA

Robert Nguyen, MD
Internal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Currently: Medical Director, VITAS OC; Volunteer Physician, UCI Health, CA

Amrita Sabharwal, MD
Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Currently: Palliative Care Attending, Yuma, AZ

Matthew Janssen, MD
Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Currently: Palliative Care Medical Director, Memorial Care, CA 

Ronald McCowan, MD
Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 
Internal Medicine, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 
Currently: Medical Director of Inpatient Palliative Care, UCR, Riverside, CA

Asher Edwards, DO
Internal Medicine, Harbor UCLA, Torrance, CA 
Currently: Hospice/Palliative Care Physician, Kaiser, Baldwin Park, CA

Kenneth Kim, MD
Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Currently: Hospice/Palliative Care & ED Physician, Kaiser, San Francisco, CA

Nicole Shirilla, MD
Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Currently: Assistant Professor, Palliative Care, Colombus, OH

Jamie Capasso Fertal, DO
Internal Medicine, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Currently: Medical Director of Out-patient Palliative Care, St Jospeh, Orange, CA

Shiho Ito, MD
Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Currently: Clinical Professor, Palliative Services, UCI Health, CA; Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, UC Irvine School of Medicine