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Program Alumni

Where Do Graduates Go After Fellowship? 

Many of our fellows remain local and our fellowship program benefits from having multiple faculty, who have completed the program themselves in the past. Along with opportunities for graduates at UC San Diego, the local community benefits from multiple healthcare systems, who are often hiring geriatricians to add to their teams. Our fellows are also actively recruited nationally.

Each year, UC San Diego hosts an annual fellowship gathering to recognize the efforts of graduating fellows, mingle with faculty, and re-connect with alumni! 

Past Fellows

2023-2024

  • Mayra Bugarin, MD

    Mayra Bugarin, MD

    Residency: Family Health Centers of San Diego
    Medical Degree: Universidad Autónama de Baja California
    Post-Fellowship: Family Health Centers of San Diego-PACE
  • Kathryn Dere, MD

    Kathryn Dere, MD

    Residency: Primary Care Track and Cleveland Clinic
    Medical Degree: University of South Florida
    Post-Fellowship: On Lok PACE
  • Jennifer Kim, MD

    Jennifer Kim, MD

    Residency: University of California, Irvine
    Medical Degree: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
    Post-Fellowship: St. Paul's PACE

2022-2023

  • Mai-Anh Dam, MD

    Mai-Anh Dam, MD

    Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Family Medicine
    Medical Degree: Ross University School of Medicine
    Post-Fellowship: Loma Linda University Health
  • Belicia Ding, MD

    Belicia Ding, MD

    Residency: Montefiore Einstein
    Medical Degree: Baylor College of Medicine
    Post-Fellowship: St. Paul’s PACE
  • Karun Singla, MD

    Karun Singla, MD

    Residency: UNC Health Southeastern
    Medical Degree: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
    Post-Fellowship: Independent Geriatrician

2021-2022

  • Sheila Bhavsar, MD

    Sheila Bhavsar, MD

    Residency: University of California San Diego
    Medical Degree: Creighton University
    Post-Fellowship: Scripps Skilled Nursing
  • Jennifer Li, MD

    Jennifer Li, MD

    Residency: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
    Medical Degree:Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
    Post-Fellowship: Kaiser Los Angeles
  • Rachael Petry, MD

    Rachael Petry, MD

    Residency: Vanderbilt University
    Medical Degree: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    Post-Fellowship: Vanderbilt University

2020-2021

  • Dr. Deborah Lee

    Dr. Deborah Lee

    Residency: Family Health Centers of San Diego
    Medical Degree: Touro University
    Post-Fellowship: Family Health Centers of San Diego PACE / VA Home-Based Primary Care
  • Dr. Herbert Rosenbaum

    Dr. Herbert Rosenbaum

    Residency: Banner/University of Arizona College of Medicine
    Medical Degree: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Post-Fellowship: San Ysidro Health Center / San Diego PACE
  • Dr. Yuichiro Sato

    Dr. Yuichiro Sato

    Residency: Texas Tech University - El Paso 
    Medical Degree: Western University of Health Sciences
    Post-Fellowship: Geriatrician, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California 

2019-2020

  • Dr. Shannon Devlin

    Dr. Shannon Devlin

    Residency: UC San Diego - Internal Medicine
    Medical Degree: St. Louis University
    Post-Fellowship: HPM Fellowship, University of Utah
  • Dr. Jean Guan

    Dr. Jean Guan

    Residency: UC San Diego - Internal Medicine
    Medical Degree: UC San Diego
    Post-Fellowship: Geriatrician, Cox Health, Missouri
  • Dr. Humberto Saenz Chavez

    Dr. Humberto Saenz Chavez

    Residency: Texas Tech University - Family Medicine
    Medical Degree: Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua Facultad de Medicina, Mexico
    Post-Fellowship: Geriatrician, El Paso, Texas

2018-2019

  • Dr. Sadaf Farasat

    Dr. Sadaf Farasat

    Residency: Griffin Hospital

    Medical Degree: The Aga Khan University, Pakistan

    Post-Fellowship: UC San Diego

2017-2018

  • Dr. Joshua Bollan

    Dr. Joshua Bollan

    Residency: UC San Diego Internal Medicine, San Diego, CA

    Medical Degree: University of Colorado, Denver, CO

    Post-Fellowship: VA Medical Center San Diego and Post-Acute Care
  • Dr. Angeline Pai

    Dr. Angeline Pai

    Residency:  Cook County-Loyola Family Medicine, Chicago, IL

    Medical Degree:  Poznan University of Medical Sciences Center for Medical Education in English, Poland

    Post-Fellowship:  Kaiser Permanente Primary Care Geriatricianundefined ​undefinedundefined
  • Dr. Mohammed Shaker

    Dr. Mohammed Shaker

    Residency:  Memorial Health University, Savannah, GA

    Medical Degree:  Al-Nahrain University College of Medicine, Iraq

    Post-Fellowship:  Scripps Primary Care Geriatrician

2016-2017

  • Dr. Yuan Shao

    Dr. Yuan Shao

    Residency:  Montefiore Internal Medicine, Mount Vernon, NY

    Medical Degree:  Soochow University Medical College, China

    Doctorate Degree:  Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China 

    Post-Fellowship:   Scripps Primary Care Geriatrician

​2015-2016

  • Dr. Veronica Gonzalez

    Dr. Veronica Gonzalez

    Residency:  Scripps Family Medicine Chula Vista

    Medical Degree: Albany Medical Collegeundefined

    Post-Fellowship: UC San Diego Primary Care Geriatrician
  • Dr. Ian Neel

    Dr. Ian Neel

    Residency: UC San Diego Internal Medicine

    Medical Degree: UC San Diego

    Post-Fellowship: UC San Diego Senior Behavioral Health
  • Dr. Ashkan Vafadaran

    Dr. Ashkan Vafadaran

    Residency: Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    Medical Degree:  Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Islamic Republic of 

    Post-Fellowship: Family Health Centers of San Diego 

​2014-2015

  • Foroozan Famoori, MD

    Foroozan Famoori, MD

    Residency:  Internal Medicine, Capital Health, Trenton, New Jersey

    Medical School: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Islamic Republic of 

    Post-Fellowship: Sutter Health and Hospice Medical Director
  • Ramneek Rai, MD

    Ramneek Rai, MD

    Residency: Internal Medicine, Boston University, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI

    Medical School:  University of Szeged,  Hungary

    Post-Fellowship: Qualcomm/Stanford
  • Lindsey Yourman, MD

    Lindsey Yourman, MD

    Residency:  Internal Medicine, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego

    Medical School:  UC San Francisco 

    Post-Fellowship: UC San Diego - Quality Improvement and Primary Care

2013-2014

  • Viacheslav Pecherskiy, MD

    Viacheslav Pecherskiy, MD

    Residency: Internal Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, New York

    Medical School: Rostov State Medical University, Russian Federation 

    Post-Fellowship: Sharp Skilled Nursing Facility/Post-Acute Care 
  • EB Sladek, MD

    EB Sladek, MD

    Residency:  UC San Diego Internal Medicine

    Medical School: UC San Francisco School of Medicine 

    Post-Fellowship: Director, Scripps Post-Acute Care (but returned to the VA and UCSD in 2018)

2011-2012

  • Tomasz Beben, MD

    Tomasz Beben, MD

    Residency: UC San Diego Internal Medicine 

    Medical School:  UC Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine 

    Fellowships: UC San Diego Geriatrics and Nephrology

    Post-Fellowship: VA and UCSD Inpatient and Consult Care

2010-2011

  • Ramin Motarjemi, MD

    Ramin Motarjemi, MD

    Residency: Internal Medicine, Hurley Medical Center, Michigan

    Medical School: Islamic Azad University – Tehran Branch, Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)

    Post-Fellowship: VA Medical Center, San Diego - Acute and Sub-Acute Care

2009-2010

  • Galina Khemlina, MD

    Galina Khemlina, MD

    Medical School: Russian State Medical University

    Fellowships:  Geriatrics and Hospice and Palliative Medicine 

    Post-Fellowship: Kaiser Permanente
  • Khai Nguyen, MD, MHS

    Khai Nguyen, MD, MHS

    Residency: Scripps Green Internal Medicine, San Diego, CA

    Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine

    Post-Fellowship: Kaiser Skilled Nursing Facility/Post-Acute Care and a Hospice Medical Director(but returned to UCSD as Clinical Services Chief in 2016)

2008-2009

  • Derek Hauser, MD

    Derek Hauser, MD

    Residency:  Internal Medicine, Kern Medical Center, UC Los Angeles

    Post-Fellowship:  Kaiser Permanente
  • Shaw Eslamian, MD

    Shaw Eslamian, MD

    Medical School:  American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

2007-2008

  • Katharine Chiu, MD

    Katharine Chiu, MD

    Residency: Internal Medicine, University of California, San Diego

    Medical School: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
  • Steven Tam, MD

    Steven Tam, MD

    Residency: Internal Medicine, Scripps Green Hospital, San Diego

    Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine