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Residents

Current Residents

PGY-5 Residents

Mackenzie Bird, MD

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Hometown: Larchmont, NY

Christian “Christy” Blough, MD

Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Ohio State University
Hometown: Ontario, NY

Carol Lee, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University SoM
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Hometown: Glendora, CA

Jawad Najdawi, MD

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Creighton University
Hometown: Iowa City, IA

PGY-4 Residents

Jalen Dansby, MD

Medical School: Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons—Columbia University
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Hometown: Dallas, Texas

Alfonso Ocampo, MD

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Hometown: Waukesha, Wisconsin

Samuel Raszka, MD

Medical School: Larner College of Medicine—University of Vermont
Undergraduate: University of Vermont
Hometown: Charlotte, Vermont

Katherine Sborov, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Hometown: Pleasanton, California

PGY-3 Residents

Amanda Cao, MD

Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Zachery Hong, MD

Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis
Hometown: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Jourdan Meltzer, MD

Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Undergraduate: Brown University
Hometown: Oakland, California

Rebisi Owhonda, MD

Medical School: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas

Violette Simon, MD, MS

Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of San Diego
Hometown: Glendale, California

PGY-2 Residents

Maveric Abella, MD

Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Columbia University, NY
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Hobbies: Surfing, pickleball, spearfishing, SCUBA, yoga, running, and Netflix docuseries

Christian Calderon, MD

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: UC Irvine
Hometown: Maywood, CA
Hobbies: Weightlifting, cycling, trail running, basketball, video games, trying new restaurants

Omar Farah, MD, MBA

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Undergradraduate: UC San Diego
Hometown: Monsif, Lebanon
Hobbies: Bachata and salsa dancing, running, playing basketball and volleyball

Daniel Farivar, MD

Medical School: Rush Medical College of Rush University
Undergraduate: UC Davis
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Hobbies: Basketball, Songwriting, Improv, Drawing

Andrew Nakla, MD

Medical School: Meharry Medical College
Undergraduate: UC Riverside
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Hobbies: Basketball, Barbering, Pickleball, Boating, Table Tennis, Watching Laker games

PGY-1 Residents

Harvey Allen, MD

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Morehouse College
Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Nathan Cai, MD

Medical School: University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Undergraduate: UCLA
Hometown: Corona, California

Christian Majano, MD

Medical School: University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Hometown: Rosemead, California

Paal Nilssen, MD

Medical School: Washington State University College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Whitman College
Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Edward Weldon, MD

Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii

Current Fellows

Kelsey Bonilla, MD

Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship

Kevin Fox, DO

Joint Reconstruction Fellowship

David Gregory, DO

Joint Reconstruction Fellowship

Cameron Murphy, MD

Spine Fellowship

Andres Piscoya, MD

Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Fellowship

Karim Shafi, MD

Spine Fellowship

Kimberly Souza, MD

The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Hand and Upper Extremity Surgical

Alumni Residents

Ryan Finkle, MD
Fellow, Spine, San Diego Spine Foundation
Lukas Foster, MD
Fellow, Trauma, UC Davis Health
Harin Parikh, MD
Fellow, Hand and Upper Extremity, Cleveland Clinic
Adam Wright-Chisem, MD
Fellow, Hand and Upper Extremity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Zachary Rockov, MD
Fellow, Trauma, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Evan Nigh, MD
Fellow, Spine Surgery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Connor Byrne, MD
Fellow, Adult Reconstruction, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Michael Eng, MD
Fellow, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Lee Haruno, MD
Fellow, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ian Schroeder, MD
Serving in Army as General Orthopaedist at Landstuhl, Germany until 2026
Juntian "Johnny" Wang, MD
Fellow, Allegheny Hospital, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

Christopher Johnson, MD
Fellow, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, California
Ali Noorzad, MD
Fellow, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado
Landon Polakof, MD
Fellow, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, California
Stephen Stephan, MD
Fellow, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, New York
Michael Sun, MD
Fellow, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Tonya An, MD
Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery Foot and Ankle, New York, New York
Phillip Behrens, MD
Fellow, Washington University Spine Surgery, St. Louis, Missouri
Samuel Stephenson, MD
Fellow, University of California, San Diego Trauma, San Diego, California

Have Questions or Need Help?

Contact us if you have questions or would like to learn more about the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at Cedars-Sinai.

Lorin Williams, C-TAGME - [email protected]
Orthopaedic Surgery Program Administrator
Cedars-Sinai Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Stacey Wilson, C-TAGME - [email protected]
Orthopaedic Surgery Program Manager
Cedars-Sinai Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

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