Graduate Career Paths
Many of our graduates go on to primary care practices doing both medicine and pediatrics in outpatient and hospitalist settings. A large number choose practices in underserved areas. We also have many graduates who have applied to fellowship and have matched all into competitive programs, as well as many graduates pursuing combined hospital medicine. Still, other graduates have gone on to work for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Indian Health Services, pursued global health careers, or have unique roles in academic medicine.
Career Paths Summary
Our alumni have taken a variety of career paths after completing their residency training at UC San Diego:
- 45% practice in the primary care setting, involving internal medicine and pediatrics
- 18% hold hospital-based positions
- 5% pursue careers at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or a career in international health
- 31% pursue subspecialty/fellowship training in a wide range of fellowships at competitive programs
Graduates' Career Paths by Year
This list includes the graduates from the UC San Diego Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency since the beginning of our program in 1994! If you wish to contact any particular alumnus, email our program coordinator, Katie Wood, k1wood@health.ucsd.edu
2024
Jedidiah Bell M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State School of Medicine
Career After Residency: Med Peds Primary Care at FQHC clinic in Northern CA, and Med Peds Primary Care in Zimbabwe
April Butler M.D.
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Career After Residency: Internal Medicine Chief Resident followed by Med Peds Palliative Care Fellowship
Annie Ondracek M.D.
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Career After Residency: Combined Med Peds Primary Care, Women's Health and LGBTQ Care at FQHC in San Diego, CA
Samara Sorus M.D.
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Career After Residency: Global Medicine Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Botswana
2023
Brian Coburn M.D.
Medical School: University of Utah
Career After Residency: Combined Med Peds Nephrology Fellowship, UC San Diego
Cris Ebby M.D.
Medical School: Rutgers School of Medicine
Career After Residency: Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship, University of Wisconsin
Michael Jew M.D.
Medical School: University of Southern California
Career After Residency: Medicine Chief Resident
Michelle Keyser M.D.
Medical School: UC San Diego
Career After Residency: Combined Med Peds Nephrology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
2022
Cathy Cichon, MD, MPH
Medical School: University of Miami
Career After Residency: Adult Infectious Disease fellowship, University of Nebraska
Ian Drobish, MD
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids
Career After Residency: NIH Critical Care/Infectious Disease fellowship
Nicole Herrick, MD
Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Career After Residency: Adult Cardiology at UC San Francisco (with plans to complete Adult Congenital fellowship following)
Alexis Quade, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Career After Residency: Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship at University of Minnesota (plans to practice as Med Peds hospitalist)
2021
Conor Holton-Burke
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Career after residency: Medicine hospitalist at Stanford VA
Jack Strutner
Medical School: University of Miami
Career after residency: Med Peds Hospitalist, Santa Cruz CA
Pooja Jaeel
Medical School: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Career after residency: Medicine hospitalist and Peds primary care, San Francisco
Kevin Yang
Medical School: UC San Diego
Career after residency: Palliative care fellowship, UC San Diego
2020
Lauren Covert, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: Georgetown School of Medicine
Career Following Residency: Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship, Duke, North Carolina
Maggie Kozman, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Career Following Residency: Med/Peds Hospitalist, Harbor-UCLA
Jessica Mattox, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Career Following Residency: Med/Peds Primary Care, North Carolina
Danielle Munce, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Career Following Residency: Chief Resident, UCSD Internal Medicine Residency Program 2020-2021; Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship planned after Chief year
2019
Solomon Greenberg, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: Pritzker School of Medicine at University of Chicago
Career Following Residency: Medicine Hospitalist and Pediatric Urgent Care
Grant Meyer, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California
Career Following Residency: Combined Med/Peds Primary Care
Patrick Passerelli, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Career Following Residency: Pediatric Chief Resident 2019-2020, followed by Academic Med/Peds Hospitalist in NY
Hannah Wangberg, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Career Following Residency: Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, Scripps Healthcare San Diego
2018
Sally Kaufman, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Career Following Residency: Combined Med Peds Primary Care
Isabella Niu, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Career Following Residency: Chief Pediatric Resident 2018-2019, followed by combined Med/Peds Endocrine fellowship at UC San Francisco
Stephanie Guerreri, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Career Following Residency: NICU Hospitalist at UC San Diego and Med/Peds Urgent Care
Evan Taylor, MD
Residency: UC San Diego Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Career Following Residency: Global Health Fellowship, UC San Francisco
2006–2017
2017
Vishar Amin, MD
Adult Palliative Care Fellowship (UT Southwestern)
Mazen Odish, MD
Adult Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship (UC San Diego)
Caitlin Dockweiler, MD
Adult Allergy & Immunology Fellowship (National Jewish, Denver, CO)
Meghan Garcia, MD
Adult Allergy & Immunology Fellowship (National Jewish, Denver, CO)
2016
Nicole Ayson, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice
Constance Chace, MD
Chief Pediatric Resident (UC San Diego)
Academic Hospital Medicine (UC San Diego)
Mai Duong, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (San Diego, CA)
Christina Rukasin, MD
Chief Pediatric Resident (UC San Diego)
Adult Allergy & Immunology Fellowship (Vanderbilt)
2015
Lawrence Ma, MD
Geriatrics Fellowship (Stanford)
Academic Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (UC San Diego)
Diana Moke, MD
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Fellowship (Children's Hospital Los Angeles)
Perrie Pardee, MD
Academic Hospital Medicine (VA San Diego)
Program Director, UC San Diego Medicine/Pediatrics Residency
Vanessa Raabe, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Fellowship (Emory)
2014
John Adams, MD
Underserved Medicine Fellowship (UC San Diego)
Adolescent Medicine Fellowship (Boston Children's)
Shirin Alonzo, MD
Developmental-Behavioral Fellowship (Rady Children's)
Nicole Bendin, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Hospitalist (Chicago, IL)
Patrick La Rochelle, MD
Samaritan's Purse Medical Mission (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
2013
Eric Chow, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (Honolulu, HI)
Scott Francioni, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (New Orleans, LA)
Katie O'Sullivan, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Endocrinology Fellowship (University of Chicago)
Brian Williams, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship (Rady Children's)
2012
Benedict Dillon, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (San Diego, CA)
Ricardo Indachochea, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (San Diego, CA)
Benjamin Johnson, MD
Internal Medicine Practice (Academic Practice, UC San Diego)
Hannah Walford, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Allergy & Immunology Fellowship (UC San Diego)
2011
Tracy Exley, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (San Diego, CA)
Adolescent Medicine Fellowship (Stanford)
Charles Gabbert, MD
Adult Gastroenterology Fellowship (University of Pittsburgh)
Patrick Lew, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Hospitalist (Portland, OR)
Lauren Worth Gannon, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (San Diego, CA)
2010
Brian Frugoni, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship (Rady Children's)
Benjamin Frischhertz, MD
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship (Baylor University)
Shawna Klinesteker, MD
Medicine/Pediatric Practice (Santa Cruz, CA)
Erin Parise, MD
Medicine/Pediatric Practice (Irvine, CA)
2009
Kathryn Akong, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship (Rady Children's)
David Hall, MD
Medicine Hospitalist (San Diego, CA)
Suresh Rangarajan, MD
International Medicine (Vietnam)
Benjamin Westley, MD
Adult Infectious Disease Fellowship (Brown)
2008
Caitlin Carter-Wise, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Nephrology Fellowship (UC San Diego)
Victor Ganata, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (Los Angeles, CA)
Rebecca Preziosi, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (San Diego)
Norris Vivatrat, MD
Internal Medicine Hospitalist (Santa Clara, CA)
Associate Program Director, Transitional Medicine (Santa Clara Valley Med Center, CA)
2007
Maia Hightower, MD
Internal Medicine Practice (Berkeley, CA)
Casey Moorhart, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (Detroit, MI)
Kamala Randolph, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (Vancouver, WA)
Doris Yung, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Practice (San Diego, CA)
2006
Nicole Fortier, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship (Rady Children's)
Elroy Jan, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics Hospitalist (Portland, OR)
Ilia Wakeham, MD
Internal Medicine Practice (San Diego, CA)