PGY-5 Residents
![Jacquelyn Callander](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Jacquelyn%20Callander-112.jpg?itok=CyAG16yn)
Jacquelyn K Callander, MD
Hometown: Toms River, New Jersey
Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: University of California San Francisco
Outside Interests: Running, skiing, hiking & backpacking, podcast-listening, exploring SF's dog-friendly restaurants and breweries
Research Interests: Markers of type 2 inflammation in chronic rhinosinusitis, surgical outcomes, sinonasal tumors, olfactory dysfunction, laryngeal sensation in obstructive sleep apnea
![Shayan Fakurnejad](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Shayan%20Fakurnejad-100.jpg?itok=uDzrDYI3)
Shayan Fakurnejad, MD
Hometown: Moraga, CA
Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Outside Interests: Music, cooking, soccer, Bay Area sports
Research Interests: Reconstructive surgery, surgical outcomes of microvascular reconstruction, gender-affirming facial surgery
![Danielle Gillard](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Danielle%20Gillard-103.jpg?itok=fG4Klkvf)
Danielle Gillard, MD, MAS
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergrad: Tufts University
Medical School: University of California San Diego
Outside Interests: Yoga, hiking, dogs, dancing, trivia
Research Interests: Cost-effectiveness research, genetics of hearing loss
![Michael Lindeborg](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Michael%20Lindeborg-106.jpg?itok=3LAr_ZaJ)
Michael Lindeborg, MD
Hometown: San Clemente, CA
Undergrad: Harvard University
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Outside Interests: Traveling, snowboarding, batch cooking, and following famous YouTube chefs.
Research interests: global health, health disparities, craniofacial, oncology
![Spenser Souza](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Spenser%20Souza-102.jpg?itok=OPizrMNR)
Spenser S. Souza, MD
Hometown: Castaic, CA
Undergrad: Cornell University
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Outside Interests: Snowboarding, Hiking, Golfing, Mindfulness and Mindful Meditation, Surfing, Reading, Cooking, and all Gustatory Pursuits
Research Interests: Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Healthcare, Surgical Outcomes Research, Head and Neck Oncology, Role of the Oral Cavity Microbiome in Head and Neck Oncology
PGY-4 Residents
![Alyssa Civantos](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Alyssa%20Civantos-109.jpg?itok=IB0SP8UZ)
Alyssa Civantos, MD
Hometown: Miami, FL
Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Outside Interests: travel, yoga, movies/tv, baking and eating dessert, spending time with family and friends
![Edgar Ochoa](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Edgar%20Ochoa-102.jpg?itok=s--6B8xv)
Edgar Ochoa, MD
Hometown: Michoacán, Mexico / Sacramento, CA
Undergrad: University of California, Davis
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Outside Interests: Live music, listening to podcasts, traveling, documentaries, spending time with friends and family
Research Interests: Head and neck oncology and reconstruction, health services research, quality of life outcomes
![Evan Patel](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Evan%20Patel-100.jpg?itok=7UkEls1a)
Evan Patel, MD
Hometown: Longmeadow, MA
Undergrad: Yale University
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Outside Interests: Snowboarding, basketball, watching stand-up comedy, exploring the outdoors
Research Interests: Tumor immunology, cochlear implants, facial reconstruction, medical devices
![Ana Marija Sola](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Ana%20Marija%20Sola-104.jpg?itok=uApl_qr8)
Ana Marija Sola, MD
Hometown: Saratoga, CA
Undergrad: University of California, Davis
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Outside Interests: All things soccer, reading, gardening, watching Food Network
Research Interests: Pediatric hearing loss, automated speech processing, head and neck cancer outcomes, quality of life
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Taylor Standiford, MD
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Undergrad: Cornell University
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Outside Interests: Running, biking, skiing, Peloton, international travel, podcast-listening
Research Interests: Health services research, surgical outcomes, improving the continuum between undergraduate and graduate medical education
PGY-3 Residents
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Nikhil Arora, MD
Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Undergrad: Dartmouth College
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Outside Interests: singing, violin, skiing, soccer, cooking, eating new foods, anything fitness related to counteract the previous interest
Research Interests: social determinants of health, surgical management and outcomes, professional voice
![Azar Shaghauyegh](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/azar-shaghauyegh.jpg?itok=ISys_0h_)
Shaghauyegh Azar, MD
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Medical School: UCLA
Outside Interests: tennis, traveling, hiking, live music, skiing, boba, Trader Joe’s
Research Interests: head and neck cancer prevention, health disparities, quality of life outcomes, voice physiology and quality
![Alex Bourdillon](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Alex%20Bourdillon-102.jpg?itok=O-vUHvwS)
Alexandra Bourdillon, MD
Hometown: Cupertino, CA
Undergrad: Stanford University
Medical School: Yale University
Outside Interests: Soccer, hiking, listening to audiobooks, hackathons, soap carving
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, machine learning models, radiographic biomarkers
![Djabali Emma](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/djabali-emma-198.jpg?itok=89WYmbh3)
Emma Djabali, MD, MS
Hometown: Marseille, France
Undergrad: Fordham University
Master of Science: Georgetown University
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine
Outside Interests: pasta making, skiing, traveling, yoga, exploring the San Francisco food scene
Research Interests: patient-reported outcomes and patient-centered care in Head and Neck Oncology, aesthetic and patient-centered outcomes in Head and Neck reconstructive surgery, noise-induced hearing loss
![Florentine Michelle](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Florentine-Michelle-198.jpg?itok=S6EvvCtc)
Michelle Florentine, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad: Cornell University
Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine
Outside Interests: Music, martial arts, bouldering, volleyball, camping
Research Interests: Health inequities, pediatric hearing loss
PGY-2 Residents
![Maimuna Ahmad](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Maimuna%20Ahmad-108.jpg?itok=CP3zqQ-L)
Maimuna Ahmad, MD
Hometown: Westford, Massachusetts
Undergrad: Tufts University
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Outside Interests: Traveling, hiking, exploring, eating (also cooking), spending time with friends and family
Research Interests: Medical education, patient-reported outcomes, quality of life outcomes
![Patrick Barba](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Patrick%20Barba-107.jpg?itok=_6wo5cVz)
Patrick Barba, MD
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergrad: Princeton University
Medical School: UC San Diego
Outside Interests: Anything outdoors, hiking, skiing, travel, pickleball
Research Interests: global health, surgical education, pediatric otolaryngology
![Arushi Gulati](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Arushi%20Gulati-103.jpg?itok=J9C3aE0G)
Arushi Gulati, MD
Hometown: Pasadena, California
Undergrad: University of Southern California
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Outside Interests: cooking, embroidery, collecting houseplants, finding new cafes, reading in the park
Research Interests: surgical decision-making, patient-reported outcomes, surgical innovation, sleep surgery, reconstructive outcomes
![Eric Kim](/sites/ohns.ucsf.edu/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Eric%20Kim-104.jpg?itok=FadtboDa)
Eric Kidong Kim, MD
Hometown: Daegu, South Korea / Monterey, CA
Undergrad: Northwestern University
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Outside Interests: Singing and playing music, traveling, playing with dogs, California beaches
Research Interests: Otology and neurotology, global health, medical education
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Rex Lee, MD
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Undergrad: University of California, Los Angeles
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Outside Interests: jogging, singing, scuba diving, cooking, spending time with friends and family
Research Interests: preclinical models of head and neck cancer, precision medicine, targeted therapy, serious illness communication, functional outcomes, and quality of life after ablative/reconstructive surgery
PGY-1 Residents
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Emily Honzel, MD.
Hometown: Bloomington-Normal, IL
Undergrad: Northwestern University
Medical School: Columbia University
Outside Interests: music (performing, listening, singing, dancing - you name it), traveling, hiking
Research Interests: laryngeal innervation, vocal health, head and neck microbiology, surgical outcomes
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Isaac Solomon, MD
Hometown: Corona, CA
Undergrad: Pomona College
Medical School: UC San Diego
Outside Interests: Bowling, pickle ball, snorkeling/scuba diving, eclipse chaser, playing card games
Research Interests: Patient safety and quality improvement, alternative payment models, surgical outcomes, and medical education
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Ashley Stone, MD
Hometown- Kyoto, Japan
Undergrad- Princeton University
Medical School- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Outside Interests- running, cooking, exploring new restaurants with friends
Research Interests- social determinants of health, quality improvement
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Woodi Woodland, MD
Hometown: Fairfax, Va / Brentwood, Tn
Undergrad: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Outside Interests: Bookbinding, reading, lifting, nutrition, roller skating, music, and baking
Research Interests: DEI within medicine, health disparities, antibiotic stewardship, medical devices
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Agnes Zhu, MD
Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana
Undergrad: University of California - Berkeley
Medical School: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Outside Interests: Running, tennis, hiking, skiing, trying new restaurants, cooking, reading
Research Interests: Head and Neck cancer, Facial Aesthetic Surgery, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine