Chief Resident: 2009 / 2010

Jurgita Pupeikiene, MD
Jurgita pupeikiene was born and raised in Vilnius, Lithuania, where she completed her undergraduate and medical education at the Vinius University. She moved to the Bay Area for her residency at St. Mary's Medical Center in Internal Medicine and is staying on for a year as Chief Resident. Her outside interests include traveling, spending time with friends, and dining out at the Bay Area's many great restaurants.

Preliminary Residents: 2009 / 2010

Jess Alexander, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
Future Plans: Radiation Oncology

Michael Bazylewicz, MD
Dartmouth Medical School
Future Plans: Radiology

Preshant Desai, MD
University of Texas Medical School
Future Plans: Radiation Oncology

Andrew Hsu, MD
University of Texas Medical School
Future Plans: PMR

Nancy Huh, MD
University of California Irvine School of Medicine
Future Plans: Radiology

Eric Meinhardt, MD
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Future Plans: Dermatology

Paul Ramirez, MD
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Future Plans: Radiology

John-Paul Yu, MD
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Future Plans: Radiology

Categorical Residents: 2009 / 2009

PGY-1
Maria Andrae-Hammond, MD
Universitat-Gh Essen
Germany

Alifeya Attarwala, MB, BS
Government Medical College of Surat
India

Juana Gonzalez-Martinez, MD
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
Mexico

Farheen Kashif, MB, BS
Sind Medical College
Pakistan

Sarah Sanders, MD
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Elena Shagisultanova, MD
Bashkirian State Medical School University
Russia

Kseniya Shvachko, MD
Ural State Medical Academy
Russia

Taylor Sittler, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School

PGY-2
Patrick Bui, MD
Ross University

Aditi Chandra, MD
University College of Medical Sciences
India

Reid A. Sasaki, MD
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Azita Taghavy, MD
University of Tehran
Iran

F. Behzad Kasravi, MD
Shiraz University Of Medical Sciences

Yanling Xu, MD
Medical Center of Fudan, University of China

Hui Ming Yang, MD
Institute of Medicine, Myanmar

Li Yu, MD
China Medical University

PGY-3
Alireza Alavi, DO
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Joey Chun Chang, MD
University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine

Janhavi Gudal, MD
K.J. Somaiya Medical College
India

Yelena Kabanskaya, MD
St. George’s University
Grenada

Theresa Kemnitz, DO
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

Marilena Sandru, MD
University of Medicine and Pharmacology
Romania

Shan Wen, MD
West China University of Medical Sciences
China



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