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.

2025 Residents:

Jacquelyn Callander, MD
Shayan Fakurnejad, MD
Danielle Gillard, MD
Michael Lindeborg, MD
Spenser Souza, MD

2025 Fellows:

Faisal Alosamey, MD, Pediatrics
Aarti Agarwal, MD, FPRS
Michael Chow, MD, Head and Neck
Alexandra D'Oto, MD, Laryngology

2024 Residents:

Tania Benjamin, MD
Jacqueline Harris, MD
Sifon Ndon, MD
Neil Patel, MD, MSc
Karoline Plonowska-Hirschfeld, MD

2024 Fellows:

Elaine Bigelow, MD FPRS
Ian Bowers, DO, MBA Laryngology
Steven Engebretsen, DO Pediatrics
Zainab Farzal, MD, MPH Head and Neck

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
Jason Park, MD, PhD, M.Eng
Eric Formeister, MD
Andrew Larson, MD

2020 Fellows:

Christopher Dwyer, MD
Katie Hoppe, MD
Lia Jacobson, MD
Karam Badran, MD

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
Daniel Cates, MD
Elizabeth Cedars, MD
Jonathan Giurintano, MD
Edward Lee, MD
Conor McLaughlin, MD
Molly Naunheim, MD
Bovey Zhu, MD

Nicholas Dewyer, MD
Jonathan Overdevest, MD, PhD
Matthew Tamplen, MD
Jon Mallen-St. Clair, MD, PhD
Glenda Lois Montague, MD
Dana Petersen, MD, DDS

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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