Fellows
Meet the current fellows and past graduates from the Gastroenterology Fellowship.
IBD
Paula Prieto Jimenez, MD
Year: PGY-7
Fellowship: UCLA, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Residency: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Medical School: Fundacion Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Columbia
Pancreaticobiliary
Mohammad Arfeen, DO
Year: PGY-7
Fellowship: Franciscan Health-Olympia Fields
Residency: Franciscan Health-Olympia Fields
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Anand Kumar, MD
Year: PGY-7
Fellowship: Lenox Hill Hospital/Weil Cornell Medical College
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
Medical School: Armed Forces Medical College
Motility
Jason Nasser, MD
Year: PGY-4
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Medical School: Lebanese American University
Transplant Hepatology
Shivani Shah, MD
Year: PGY-7
Fellowship: UC Davis Medical Center
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Medical School: The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Harman Rahal, MD
Clinical Track
Year: PGY-6
Residency: UCLA Medical Center
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Yi Jiang, MD
Clinical Track
Year: PGY-6
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Medical School: Peking Union Medical University
Barbara Hollander, MD
Clinical Track
Year: PGY-5
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Medical School: Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Jamil Samaan, MD
Research Track
Year: PGY-5
Residency: Cedars-Sinai
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Lester Tsai, MD
Clinical Track
Year: PGY-5
Residency: UC San Diego Medical Center
Medical School: University of California, Irvine
Yee Hui Yeo, MD, MSc
Research Track
Year: PGY-5
Residency: Cedars-Sinai
Master of Global Health Science: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Medical School: National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Rajsavi Anand, MD
Research Track
Year: PGY-4
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Emily Truong, MD
Clinical Track
Year: PGY-4
Residency: Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Aarshi Vipani, MD
Graduated 2023
Post Fellowship Position: Faculty, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, California
Sarah Lechner, MD
Graduated 2023
Post Fellowship Position: Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills Medical Center, California
Ashraf Ashhab, MD
Graduated: 2022
Post-Fellowship Position: Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Katherine Kim, MD
Graduated: 2022
Post-Fellowship Position: PIH Health Whittier Hospital, Whittier, California
Vijay Pandyarajan, MD, PhD
Graduated: 2022
Post-Fellowship Position: Assistant Professor, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, California
Ulysses Rosas, MD
Graduated: 2022
Post-Fellowship Position: Eisenhower Health, Rancho Mirage, California
Daniel Lew, MD
Graduated: 2021
Post-Fellowship Position: Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, California
David Goldenberg, MD, MHDS
Graduated: 2020
Post-Fellowship Position: Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Christopher Adkins, MD
Graduated: 2019
Post-Fellowship Position: Assistant Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thanda Han, MD
Graduated: 2019
Post-Fellowship Position: Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Lori Robbins, MD
Graduated: 2019
Post-Fellowship Position: Palmetto Digestive Health Specialists, Charleston, South Carolina
Erica Cohen, MD
Graduated: 2018
Post-Fellowship Position: Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, California
Amir Kashani, MD, MPH
Graduated: 2018
Post-Fellowship Position: Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Seper Dezfoli, MD
Graduated: 2017
Post-Fellowship Position: Nutrition Fellowship, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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