Alumni

Alumni continuously mold our department’s and university's reputation through their success in the real world. We are very proud of the significant roles that our alumni have played in defining and shaping the diverse field of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Please browse the list below to see what our most recent alumni are up to. 

2023 Residents:

  • Kara Brodie, MD
  • Abel David, MD
  • Galen Stanford-Moore, MD

2023 Fellows:

  • Aviva Fliker, MD Laryngology 
  • Suresh Mohan, MD FPRS 
  • Jesse Qualliotine, MD Head and Neck

2022 Residents:

  • Elizabeth Shuman, MD
  • Katherine Wai, MD
  • Nicole Jiam, MD
  • Yi Cai, MD

2022 Fellows:

  • William DeBusk, MD FPRS
  • David Bracken, MD Laryngology
  • Margo Tanghetti, MD Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Sagar Kansara, MD Head and Neck

2021 Residents:

  • Adrian House, MD
  • Madeleine Strohl, MD
  • Nancy Wang, MD
  • Mary Xu, MD

2021 Fellows:

  • Jacqueline Wulu - FPRS
  • Patrick Carpenter - H&N

2020 Residents:

  • Annick Aubin-Pouliot, MD - Santa Rosa Head and Neck Surgery Practice
  • Jason Park, MD, PhD, M.Eng - Seattle Children's Hospital / University of Washington for Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship.
  • Eric Formeister, MD - Otology/Neurotology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
  • Andrew Larson, MD - Head and Neck Oncology Fellow, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
 
2020 Fellows:
  • Christopher Dwyer, MD - will be starting at Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2021 Spring.
  • Katie Hoppe, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Lia Jacobson, MD - Assistant Professor, OHNS, UCSF
  • Karam Badran, MD - OHNS surgeon at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco

Residents:

  • Joseph Chang
  • Divya Chari
  • Philip Perez
  • Nina Zhao

Fellows:

  • Zachary Fridirici - FPRS
  • Andrée-Anne Leclerc - Laryngology
  • David Schoppy - H&N
  • Bovey Zhu - FPRS

  • Sean Alemi, MD - Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Fellowship at New York Center for Facial Plastic and Laser Surgery
  • Daniel Cates, MD – Assistant Professor, UC Davis
  • Elizabeth Cedars, MD - Private Practice at Santa Rosa Head and Neck Surgery
  • Jonathan Giurintano, MD – Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
  • Edward Lee, MD – Private Practice at San Francisco Ear, Nose & Throat Medical Group
  • Conor McLaughlin, MD - Private Practice at Sacramento Ear, Nose and Throat
  • Molly Naunheim, MD - Laryngology Fellowship at University of Washington
  • Bovey Zhu, MD – Continuing FPRS Fellowship at UCSF

  • Nicholas Dewyer, MD – Neurotology Fellowship at Harvard Medical School Department of Otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
  • Jonathan Overdevest, MD, PhD – Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship at Stanford University Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • Matthew Tamplen, MD – Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at University of South Florida
  • Jon Mallen-St. Clair, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Head and Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Glenda Lois Montague, MD – Otolaryngologist (Private Practice), Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa, CA
  • Dana Petersen, MD, DDS – Private Practice at John Muir Health

  • Shethal Bearelly, MD - Clinical fellowship in the Advanced Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery training program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN
  • Daniel Faden, MD - Advanced Oncologic Head and Neck Surgery Fellowship program at the University of Pittsburgh, PA. The following year he will be a Cranial Base Surgery Fellow at the same institution
  • Jeffrey Markey, MD - Facial Plastic Surgery fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland
  • Joseph DePietro, MD - Private practice in Long Island, NY
  • Daniel Flis, MD - Private practice in Marin, CA

  • Ryan Goepfert, MD - Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Ruwan Kiringoda, MD - Otology/Neurotology Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
  • Seth Pross, MD - Neurotology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
  • Chase Heaton, MD - Assistant Professor, UCSF, CA
  • Craig Villari, MD - Assistant Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

  • Chase Heaton, MD – Assistant Professor; UCSF, CA
  • Ilya Likhterov, MD – Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Fellowship; Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, NY
  • Brandon Prendes, MD – Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Faculty; Cleveland Clinic, OH
  • Gabriel Tsao, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Kaiser Permanente, Bay Area, CA
  • Sean Wang, MD - Laryngology Specialist (Private Practice); PAMF, Bay Area, CA

  • Kevin Burke, MD – Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); MKM ENT Associates, Portland, ME
  • Megan Durr, MD – Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Kaiser Permanente, Bay Area, CA
  • Jonathan George, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology; UCSF, CA
  • Daniel Fink, MD - Assistant Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center; Baton Rouge, LA

  • Jolie Chang, MD – Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology; UCSF, CA
  • Kevin Huoh, MD - Assistant Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology; UC Irvine, CA
  • Gerald Kangelaris, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); San Francisco Otolaryngology, CA
  • Mathew Clary, MD - Assistant Professor, University of Colorado; Aurora, CO
  • Joshua Sckolnick, MD - Head and Neck Oncology Specialist (Private Practice); PAMF, Bay Area, CA

  • Eli Groppo, MD – Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Sacramento Ear, Nose and Throat
  • Matthew Russell, MD - Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology; UCSF, CA
  • Marika Russell, MD - Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology; UCSF, CA

  • Krista Rodriguez-Bruno, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist(Private Practice); Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA
  • Harry Hwang, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, CA
  • Betty Tsai, MD – Assistant Professor, Otology and Neurotology; University of Oklahoma, OK

  • Theresa Kim, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); San Francisco, CA
  • Frederick Roediger, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Portland, ME
  • David Saito, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Mountain View CA

  • Kristin Egan, MD – Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Specialist (Private Practice); Manhattan Beach, CA
  • Theresa Gurney, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); San Mateo CA
  • Joffrey (Ali) M. Jafer, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Schaumburg, IL
  • Jamie Chang, MD - Laryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Seattle, WA
  • Vivek Gurudutt, MD - Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Specialist (Private Practice); Phoenixville, PA

  • Amol Bhatki, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Dallas, TX
  • Ted Mau, MD - Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, UT – Southwestern, Dallas, TX
  • Andrea Yeung, MD – Clinical Instructor, UCSF Otolaryngology and Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); San Francisco, CA

  • Jason Biller, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); San Jose, CA
  • Michael Cho, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Los Angeles area, CA
  • Doris Lin, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Raleigh, NC
  • Dean Trigg, MD - Pediatric Otolaryngology Specialist; Indianapolis, IN

  • Dov Bloch, MD - Otolaryngology Specialist (Private Practice); Danbury, CT
  • Karsten Munck, MD - Deceased
  • Steven D. Pletcher, MD – Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, UCSF Otolaryngology, San Francisco, CA

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