Meet our Year 5 Residents

Michael Hachadorian, MD

Medical School: USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Undergraduate School: San Diego State University

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Surfing, golf, my dogs, shoulder and elbow surgery.

Brendon Mitchell, MD

Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Colgate University

Hometown: Briarcliff Manor, NY

Hobbies/Activities: My wife and I have two kids. We also have a dog. We love to take the family on hikes, to the beach, and to dinner at The Taco Stand or Goodonya. We like to stay active and keep on the move. You can usually find me working in our garden or chasing around one of the kids. I still try to play basketball and surf when time permits.

Keenan Onodera, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: The University of Redlands

Hometown: Yucaipa, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Hanging with my wife and two pointer pups, wakesurfing, riding mountain bikes and hard enduro, bow hunting, deep sea fishing, cooking, and building stuff in my garage.

Matthew Siow, MD, MBA

Medical School: New York University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Princeton University

Hometown: Anaheim, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Dominating at spikeball, pretending I’m still a Division 1 athlete, learning how to golf and play beach volleyball, board games, cooking, and trying new restaurants.

Meet our Year 4 Residents

Liane Chun, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley

Hometown: Castro Valley, CA

Samy Gabriel, MD

Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine

Undergraduate School: University of Georgia, Athens

Hometown: Lizella, GA

Omid Jalali, MD

Medical School: USC Keck School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley

Hometown: Irvine, CA

Jason Pedowitz, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Duke University

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Alan Valdovino Gonzalez, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC San Diego

Hometown: Tijuana, Mexico

Hobbies/Activities: Books, movies, music, breweries, and long distance running.

Isabella Wu, MD, MPH

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: University of Southern California

Hometown: Portage, MI

Hobbies/Activities: Electronic music, my Belgian Malinois, beachin', airline points, yoga sculpt, books, and vegetarian food.

Meet our Year 3 Residents

Garrett Berger, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin

Undergraduate School: University of Arizona

Hometown: Tucson, AZ

Hobbies/Activities: Golf, lifting weights in an attempt to get better at golf, bones, dog bones, my dogs, being dragged to the beach by my wife, breweries, board games, and home gym decor.

Cooper Ehlers, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: CalPoly San Luis Obispo

Hometown: El Segundo, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Golf, Green Bay Packers fanhood, cooking, working out, bad jokes, and golf.

Molly Hulbert, MD

Medical School: FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Cornell University

Hometown: Downey, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Figure skating, rugby, water skiing, snow skiing, surfing, baking, and Netflix.

Tyler Paras, MD

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Westmont College

Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Paddleboarding, spike ball, sporadically obsessed with chess, weight lifting, Netflix food/sports docuseries.

Angel Ordaz, MD

Medical School: UC San Francisco, School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC Davis

Hometown: Antioch, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Soccer, beach, live music, family and friends.

Meet our Year 2 Residents

Nathan Fackler, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: The Ohio State University

Hometown: Loveland, OH

Hobbies/Activities: Hiking, running, Bengals football, Marvel, beach lounging, and Hillcrest cafeteria chicken fingers.

Tyler Wilps, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

Undergraduate School: University of Pittsburgh

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Hobbies/Activities: Writing (fiction/fantasy), surfing, traveling, health and exercise.

Phoebe Stark, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: University of Tennessee

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

Hobbies/Activities: High altitude mountaineering, swim/bike/run, celestial navigation, cliff diving, audio books, airplane mode, attempting to keep plants alive.

Canhnghi Ta, MD

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC Santa Barbara

Hometown: Tustin, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Blacksmithing, spearfishing, freediving and swimming, anything with nature and outdoor activities.

Thaddeus Woodard, MD

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine, U Penn

Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University

Hometown: Toledo, Ohio

Hobbies/Activities: Climbing, running, biking, soccer, basketball, cooking, baking, and walks on the beach.

Meet our Year 2 Research Resident

Avinaash Korrapati, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC San Diego

Hometown: San Jose, CA

Meet our Year 1 Residents

Claire Bonnyman, MD

Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Undergraduate School: Rice University, Houston, TX

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

Hobbies/Activities: Road trips, time with friends and family, live music, the beach, Taylor Swift, running, pretending other people’s dogs are my dogs.

Alexander Chang, MD

Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: Pacific Union College

Hometown: Grass Valley, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Surfing/beach days, basketball, golf, hiking to find my golf balls, tennis, skiing, lifting, piano/guitar, exploring cooking concepts, baking, global health care, woodworking/surfboard shaping, talking about Pohnpei, dad jokes, and playing ice cube hockey with my cat, LuLu.

Brendan O'Leary, MD

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Undergraduate School: UC Davis

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Playing team sports (rugby, volleyball and basketball), fishing, car mechanics, DIY projects, kayaking, and cooking/barbecuing.

Karch Smith, MD

Medical School: Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah

Undergraduate School: Brigham Young University

Hometown: Dana Point, CA

Hobbies/Activities: Playing beach volleyball, surfing, eating breakfast burritos, winning golf tournaments at orthopaedic conferences, chasing around my beautiful daughter on the beach, hiking, snowboarding, traveling, lifting, hot yoga, and sewing cool patches on backpacks/jackets.

Aaron Tran, MD

Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine - Pheonix

Undergraduate School: Arizona State University

Hometown: Gilbert, AZ

Hobbies/Activities: Brazilian jiu-jitsu/wrestling, playing music, snowboarding, backpacking, hiking with my dogs, being a high handicap golfer, specialty coffee, breweries.

Residency Program Alumni

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