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Resident Profiles

PGY4

	Armand Ardestani, DO Hometown: North Hollywood, CA Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York-Harlem Campus Internship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Internal Medicine Prelim Professional Interests/Future Goals: Pain management, MSK, sports medicine Hobbies: Spending time with family, traveling, spending time in nature, beach, trying new foods
	William Mendanha, DO  Hometown: Northridge, CA Medical School: A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona Internship: Transitional Year at Tucson Medical Center Professional Interests/Future Goals: Musculoskeletal pain management Hobbies: Experimental Cooking, hiking, weightlifting, landscape photography, and walking my schnauzers
	Grace Park, DO Hometown: Fullerton, CA Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences Internship: Kaweah Health Medical Center Professional Interests/Future Goals: MSK, sports medicine, inpatient rehabilitation, TBI Hobbies: Hiking, tennis, Disneyland, spending time with family and friends
	Jonathon Teng, MD Hometown: Fremont, CA Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center Professional Interests/Future Goals: Inpatient rehabilitation MSK, regenerative medicine Hobbies: Basketball, fitness, traveling, scuba diving
	Theodora Wong, MD Hometown: South Pasadena, CA  Medical School: University of California, Irvine Internship: Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Professional Interests/Future Goals: Outpatient, pain management, nutrition Hobbies: Traveling, cooking, spending time with family, yoga

PGY3

	Michael Bazzi, DO Hometown: San Diego, CA Medical School: Nova Southeastern University KPCOM Internship: Florida Atlantic University, Internal Medicine Prelim Professional Interests/Future Goals: Pain management, sports medicine, regenerative medicine Hobbies: Basketball, hiking, tacos, Padres & Lakers die hard.
	Jake Gooing, DO Hometown: Mission Viejo, CA Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences - Pomona Internship: Spokane Teaching Health - Transitional Year Professional Interests/Future Goals: Pain Management, MSK, Ultrasound Hobbies: Cycling, running, cooking, spoiling my dogs
	Alexander Mounts, DO Hometown: Alexandria, VA Medical School: Touro University COM California Internship: Naval Medical Center San Diego Professional Interests/Future Goals: Pain/Sports Hobbies: Basketball, golf, working out, fishing, food
	Preethika Venugopal, DO Hometown: Cerritos, CA Medical School: Touro University COM Nevada Internship: Ocean University Medical Center - Hackensack Meridian Health Professional Interests/Future Goals: Pain management, sports medicine, outpatient MSK Hobbies: Hiking with my dogs, water sports, crafting, spending time with my family
	Clara Ina Yuh, DO Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA  Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences Internship: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center  Professional Interests/Future Goals: Pain management, neuro-rehab, headache Hobbies: Weightlifting, snowboarding, karaoke, dancing, hiking, anime, digital art, noodles

PGY2

	Richard Catabona, DO Hometown: Pacoima, California Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine Internship: KPC Hemet, Transitional Year Professional Interests/Future Goals: General Physiatry, Interventional Pain, Inpatient Rehab, Outpatient MSK Hobbies: Tennis, basketball, music, food, cars
	David Ho, DO Hometown: Garden Grove, CA Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine Internship: University of California, Irvine, Internal Medicine Prelim Professional Interests/Future Goals: Sports Medicine, Pain Medicine, General Rehab Hobbies: Playing sports, going to Disneyland, playing video games, going to concerts
	Keshin Purohit, MD Hometown: San Diego, CA Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School Internship: Hemet Global Medical Center Professional Interests/Future Goals: Interventional Pain, Fall Prevention, MSK Hobbies: Surfing, hiking, music
	Paulina Giacomelli, MD Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine Internship: Spokane Teaching Health Center Professional Interests/Future Goals: Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Hypermobility, Dance Medicine, Interventional Sports and Spine Medicine, Pediatric Sports and Concussion Medicine Hobbies: Dance, Pilates, hot yoga, international travel, hiking, culinary medicine, skiing, scuba diving
	Edward Chang, DO Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine Internship: University of California, Irvine, Internal Medicine Prelim Professional Interests/Future Goals: Sports, Spine, Pain, Inpatient Rehab, MSK Hobbies: Basketball (Go Celtics), lifting, concerts, fashion trends, being a dog dad

Where Our Graduates Go

CLASS OF 2023

Karim Fahmy, DO

Pain Medicine Fellowship, UC Los Angeles/WLVA

Peter Lee, DO

Pain Medicine Fellowship, University of Washington

Tony Duy Nguyen, MD

VA Long Beach Health Care System

Warren Reuland, MD

Pain Medicine Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University

Rachel Sunico, MD

Pain Medicine Fellowship, UC Los Angeles/WLVA

CLASS OF 2022

Michael Beckman, MD

Interventional Pain Fellowship, Allied Pain & Spine Institute

  

Valerie Chavez-Arom, MD

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship, UC Irvine

  

Nathaniel Dusto, MD

Pain Medicine Fellowship, UC Irvine

  

Ryan Turchi, MD

Private Practice, Subacute Rehab, Miami FL

  

Pranamya Suri, MD

Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

CLASS OF 2021

Elliot Chan, MD

Private Practice, MSK Group, Oakland CA

  

Shane Davis, MD

Sports Medicine Fellowship, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo UT

  

Andrew Lai, DO

MSK at VA Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV

  

Richard Thai, DO

Pain Medicine Fellowship, UCLA

  

Jennifer Wu, MD

Pediatric Rehab Fellowship, Harvard University, Boston MA

 

CLASS OF 2020

Fady Boutros, MD

Inpatient Rehabilitation, Arizona

 

Tyler Doornink, DO

Subacute Rehabilitation, Southern CA

 

Kiin Kim, MD

Inpatient Rehabilitation, St Jude Medical Center

 

Janice Lau, DO

Outpatient MSK, Kaiser Permanente

 

Kyaw Lin, DO

Pain Medicine Fellowship, UC Irvine

 

CLASS OF 2019

Alessandro Bragetti, MD

Subacute Rehabilitation, Southern CA

 

Alex Miner, DO

Inpatient Rehabilitation, Napa CA

 

Kevin Pelletier, MD

Pain/Regenerative Medicine Fellowship, Napa CA

 

Revik Vartanian, DO

Pain Medicine Fellowship, UC San Diego

 

Min Yoo, MD

Pain Medicine Fellowship, Northwestern University

 

CLASS OF 2018

Elise Adcock, MD

Pain Medicine Fellowship, University of Colorado

 

Jovauna Currey, MD

Sports Medicine Fellowship, UC Davis

 

Abdullah Kandil, MD

Pain Medicine Fellowship, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

 

Audrey Kohar, DO

Inpatient Rehabilitation, Little Company of Mary in San Pedro

 

Meghan Wilson, MD

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab (Northwestern University)