Residency Graduates
Our graduates have forged different paths based on their surgical passions. Some have pursued subspeciality fellowships in academic institutions, while others have moved toward private, group or HMO practice organizations.

Resident | Graduation Year | Post-Graduate | Specialty |
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Katie Galvin, MD | 2023 | Fellowship - USC | Advanced GI/MIS |
Elliot Silver, MD | 2023 | Fellowship - UCI | Surgical Critical Care/Trauma |
Dean Spencer, MD | 2023 | Fellowship - Loma Linda University Medical Center | Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Stephen Stopenski, MD | 2023 | Fellowship - UC San Diego | Surgical Critical Care/Trauma |
Eric Yeates, MD | 2023 | Fellowship - Virginia Commonwealth | Surgical Critical Care/Trauma |
Miya Yoshida, DO | 2023 | Fellowship - NYU | Advanced GI/MIS |
Raymond Chou, MD | 2022 | Kaiser Permanente - San Bernardino, CA | General Surgery |
Patrick Delaplain, MD | 2022 | Fellowship - Boston Children's Hospital | Pediatric Surgery |
William Duong, MD | 2022 | Fellowship - UCLA | Vascular Surgery |
Cyrus Farzaneh, MD | 2022 | Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania | Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Elsie Robertson, MD | 2022 | MemorialCare - Saddleback Hospital, Laguna Hills, CA | General Surgery |
Rene Tellez, MD | 2022 | Kaiser Permanente - San Bernardino, CA | General Surgery |
Lutfi Al-Khouja, MD | 2021 | Kaiser Permanente - Sacramento, CA | General Surgery |
Sahil Gambhir, MD | 2021 | Fellowship - University of Southern California | MIS Foregut/Bariatrics |
Shelley Maithel, MD | 2021 | Fellowship - University of Southern California | Vascular Surgery |
Daniel Mayers, DO | 2021 | Private Practice | General Surgery |
Keri Mayers, DO | 2021 | Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania | Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Hodad Naderi, MD | 2021 | Providence Holy Cross | General Surgery |
Brian Sheehan, MD | 2021 | Fellowship - Stanford University | Vascular Surgery |
Viktor Gabriel, MD | 2020 | Fellowship - UCI | Trauma/Surgical Critical Care |
Areg Grigorian, MD | 2020 | Fellowship - University of Southern California | Trauma/Surgical Critical Care |
Ravi Morchi, MD | 2020 | Fellowship - University of California, Los Angeles | Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Nicholas Serniak, MD | 2020 | Fellowship - University of Southern California | Colon and Rectal Surgery |
Blake Wachi, MD | 2020 | Private Practice - Tacoma, WA | General Surgery |