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Current Cardiovascular Disease Fellows

Meet our distinguished Cardiovascular Disease fellows.

First-Year Fellows


Rongzi "Rose" Shan, MD

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: UCLA Medical Center
Hobbies: Drawing, various arts and crafts, cultivating a plant collection, playing with my cat, board games, yoga

Siyi Shangguan, MD

Medical School: Peking University Health Science Center
Residency: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Hobbies: Hiking, live concerts, new restaurants, spending time with my doggie "Eastie"

John Sheppard, MD

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Hobbies: Music, guitar, weightlifting, outdoor activities, and exploring LA

Tatsunori Takahashi, MD

Medical School: Ehime University School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center
Hobbies: Bouldering, exploring coffee shops and trying new coffee beans at home, watching football, getting behind the wheel and exploring new areas

Jacqueline Vuong, MD

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: UCLA Medical Center
Hobbies: Indoor cycling, barre, dancing, trying out new LA restaurants, hiking and traveling

Second-Year Fellows


Achilles Aiken, MD

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Hobbies: Ice hockey, travel, finding the best savory vegan food

Rashmi Jain, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NYP
Hobbies: Tennis, skiing, baking, live comedy/theater, reading, piano

Jakob Park, MD

Medical School: Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg, Germany
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Hobbies: Violin (orchestra, chamber music), board games

Donald Richards, MD

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Residency: University of Texas, Southwestern
Hobbies: Running, soccer, lifting weights, writing

Rishi Trivedi, MD, PhD

Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins
Hobbies: Poker, podcasts, binging Netflix

Third-Year Fellows


Pooja Desai, MD

Medical School: University of California, Riverside
Residency: UCLA Medical Center
Hobbies: Finding new running routes, eating and adjudicating Los Angeles ice cream, baking, spending time with my fiancé, family and two cats (Scoop and River)

Hans Gao, MD

Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Hobbies: Hiking, Euro-style board games, lowbrow literature

Maulin Shah, MD

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
ResidencyCedars-Sinai Medical Center
Hobbies: Running and hiking

Debbie Teodorescu, MD

Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Hobbies: Healthcare innovation and tinkering, welding, building stuff, sailing, snorkeling, reading historical fiction, hanging out with my co-fellows

Neil Zhang, MD

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Hobbies: Spending time with my family, friends and my partner

Fourth-Year Fellow


Jessica Mao, MD

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Osler Medical Residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hobbies: Eating, cooking & baking, running, and hiking

Have Questions or Need Help?

If you have questions or would like to learn more about Cardiovascular Fellowships at Cedars-Sinai, please call or send us a message.

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Jacquelyn Leslie, Academic Program Coordinator