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Benjamin Haslund-Gourley
Internal Medicine Intern
Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
Education: UC Santa Barbara BA, Drexel University College of Medicine MD, PhD
Clinical and research interests: Medical Hematology and Oncology with research focused on cancer immunotherapy, diagnostics, glycobiology, and novel cancer therapeutics
Honors and Awards: HHS LymeX Innovation Challenge Winner, Lupus Foundation of America Grant, Neil Spector Humanity Award, Translational Research Award: Awarded by the Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium, patented novel diagnostic assay platform for Lyme disease -
Michelle Tran
Internal Medicine Intern
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA
Education: Rice University BA, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai MD, PhD
Clinical and research interests: Medical oncology, translational cancer immunology
Personal interests: Tennis, running, skiing, pottery, and trying new matcha cafes
Honors and Awards: NIH/NCI Ruth L. Kirschstein F30 National Research Service Award; Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee; Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Young Investigator Award; American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Trainee Abstract Award; Mount Sinai Advancement of Women in Science Award; Mount Sinai Social Justice Award; L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree, CNN Heroes Salute
PSTP People
The PSTP currently consists of a mix of interns, residents, and fellows of all different levels and subspecialties. The current subspecialty matrix crosses the areas of hematology-oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, and pulmonary critical care medicine.
In past years graduates of the PSTP have, by and large, pursued academic medical careers in a variety of areas, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Current Residents, Fellows, & Alumni
2026
2025
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Internal Medicine Intern
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Education: University of South Florida BS, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine MD, PhD
Clinical and research interests: Glycobiology, cellular trafficking particularly E-selectin receptor/ligand interactions, dendritic cell immunobiology and immunotherapies.
Personal interests: Music performance, including classical, electric, and bass guitar, and piano. Weightlifting and running. Cooking, particularly ice cream making and mixology.
Honors and Awards: Inaugural MD/PhD student and Wertheim Scholar at FIU HWCOM -
Internal Medicine Intern
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO and Anchorage, AK
Education: UC San Diego, BS, UC San Diego School of Medicine, MD, PhD
Clinical and research interests: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine physician scientist, with clinical interests in treating patients with structural lung disease and pulmonary vascular disease and research focuses on using localized spatial information, lung mechanics, and patient data to improve phenotyping, prognostication, and treatment planning for patients with pulmonary disease and critical illness.
Personal interests: Circus arts, dance and acrobatics, cooking and fermenting.
Honors and Awards: NIH NHLBI Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Fellowship (F30) 2022, PVRI 2022 Annual Meeting Travel Award 2022, NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship 2018, Summa Cum Laude graduate in Bioengineering 2015, Chancellor’s Award Scholar Athlete 2015. -
Internal Medicine Intern
Hometown:
Education: Washington University, St. Louis BA, ockefeller University PhD, Weill Cornell MD
Clinical and research interests: Internal medicine, particularly in underserved populations. Translational Medicine, with a focus on applying bench science to clinical practice. Understanding host-pathogen interactions, risk factors, and developing clinical trials for infectious diseases. Studying the microbiome's role in skin infections (e.g., HS) and investigating IL-17-related signaling pathways. Elucidating the mechanisms of gram-negative anaerobic bacteria (e.g., Fusobacterium, Prevotella, Porphyromonas) in disease.
Personal interests: Improv comedy, music. Taken improv classes and performed. Plays sax and guitar. Is in a NOLA-style brass band.
Honors and Awards:
2024
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Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
Education: UC San Diego BS, UC Irvine MD
Clinical and research interests: Oncology, tumor immunology, computational approaches for oncologic drug target discovery
Personal interests: Hiking, cooking, and surfing
Honors and Awards: American Society of Hematology (ASH) HONORS award, ASH Abstract Achievement Award, UC Irvine School of Medicine Meyskens Family Medical Research Award, UC Irvine Clinical Professionalism Award, UC Irvine Granville and Sidney Kirkup Fellowship in Medicine -
Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: Brunswick, Maine
Education: Middlebury College BA, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine MD
Clinical and research interests: Hematologic malignancies, translational computational biology
Personal interests: Spicy food, soccer, and snuggling with my pets! -
Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: Barrington, Rhode Island
Education: Anderson UTHealth Houston Medical Scientist Training Program MD
Clinical and research interests: Brain Metastasis, Tumor Immunology, Medical Oncology
Personal interests: Indoor Cycling, Hiking, Sailing, Advocacy, LGBTQ+, and my dog Bae
Honors and Awards: CCTS TL1 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship -
Michael Nash
Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: Del Mar, CA
Education: UC Santa Cruz BS, University of Colorado MD, PhD
Clinical and research interests: Gastroenterology & Hepatology, The role of innate immunity, hematopoietic stem cell function and diet in driving early development of MASLD and other digestive diseases, immune-gut interactions, novel measures of gut function and digestive disease symptomatology
Personal interests: Weight training, running, hiking, guitar, biking, gardening, fly fishing, bird watching, herpetology, studying the biology of chameleons to support long-term conservation and species survival, forest conservation locally and in Madagascar, veterinary medicine
Honors and Awards: UCSC Undergraduate Research Award, Highest Honors in the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Major UCSC, University of Colorado MSTP T32 Training Grant Recipient, Kern Lipid Conference Early Career Investigator Travel Award (2018, 2019), NIH-USDA Young Investigator Travel Award, NIH-NIDDK, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F30 grant), Best Poster Award (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) University of Colorado, Scholarship recipient Keystone Symposia: Obesity, Scholarship recipient Keystone Symposia: Metabolic Decision Making, Scholarship recipient, Keystone Symposia: Inter organ crosstalk in NASH, Nutrition Obesity Research Center Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
2023
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Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: Redding, CA
Education: UC Davis BA, BS, Vanderbilt University, MD, PhD
Clinical and research interests: Infectious Diseases, bacterial pathogenesis, metabolism, host-pathogen interactions
Personal interests: Running, hiking, going to the beach with my wife and son
Honors and Awards: Graduate Student of the Year Award (Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation); Sidney P Colowick Outstanding Graduate Student Award (Vanderbilt Microbe-Host Interactions Graduate Program); NRSA F30 (NIAID) -
Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: Moreno Valley, CA
Education: UC Riverside BA, University of Southern California PhD, Loyola University Chicago MD
Clinical and research interests: Iinfectious Diseases, nontraditional therapeutics for infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens
Personal interests: Dollar-bill origami, classic cars, fossils & geodes
Honors and Awards: The Order of Arêté (University of Southern California), Outstanding Abstract (American Society for Microbiology), Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (Chicago Chapter) -
Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Education: UC Berkeley BS, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, MD, University of Colorado Boulder, PhD
Clinical and research interests: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, lung developmental biology
Personal interests: Surfing, spending time at the beach and in the ocean with my spouse and our baby, and Padres games at Petco Park
Honors and Awards: AOA, University of Colorado student clinical professionalism award
2021
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Gastroenterology Fellow
Hometown: Auburn, CA
Education: UCSD BS, MS, Tulane Univ SOM MD,PhD, UCSD
Clinical and research interests: Gut Inflammation, Metabolism, Obesity, IBD, Colon Cancer, Drug Discovery
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Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Hometown: Carmel, IN
Education: Indiana University BS, Biotechnology; Stony Brook Universit MD PhD
Clinical and research interests: Solid tumor oncology, tumor microenvironment, metastatic processes, and translational drug development
Personal interests: Bicycling, snorkeling, struggling to surf -
Amara Seng, MD. PhD
Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology Fellow
Education: University of Kansas MD PhD
Current Institution: Cedars Sinai
2020
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Infectious Diseases Fellow
Hometown: Reading, PA
Education: Lehigh University BS. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell MD
Clinical and research interests: Discovery and development of microbiota-derived therapeutics against infectious diseases
Personal interests: NBA, weightlifting, Sri Lankan cuisine
Honors and Awards: 2022 UCSD Excellence in Teaching Award, 2023 UCSD Excellence in Teaching Award -
Hematology / Oncology Fellow
Hometown: Madison, WI
Education: UW-Madison BS, Columbia University MD/PhD
Clinical and research interests: Solid tumor oncology, and applying computational approaches to better understand tumor cell biology and physiology
Personal interests: Playing basketball and soccer, trying to keep up with my 10 month old!
Honors and Awards: Goldwater scholarship, AOA, Columbia Janeway Prize
2018
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Staff Physician and Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA
Education: MD, PhD, Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine
Clinical and research interests: Interactions between intestinal CD8 T cells and inflammatory joint and skin disease
Personal interests: Tabletop games, 3D printing, trying to bowl
Honors and Awards: 2023 Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies FOCIS Center of Excellence Travel Award
Alumni
2019
Michael Doud, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: University of Washington
Current Position: Assistant Professor at UC San Diego, Division of Infectious Diseases
2018
Sharon Choi, MD, PhD
MD/PhD:
Current Position: Assistant Professor at UC San Diego, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Cynthia Hsu
MD/PhD: UC San Diego, BS: University of Washington
Current Position: Assistant Professor at UC San Diego, Division of Gastroenterology
2017
Sydney Ramirez, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: CSU Sacramento, BS (summa cum laude); UTMB, MD, PhD
Current Position: Associate Physician and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UC San Diego, and Instructor at La Jolla Institue for Immunology
Shiruyeh Schokrpur, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: BA, UC Berkeley; MD, PhD: UCLA
Current Position: Assistant Professor at UC Davis, Division of Hematology/Oncology
2016
Benjamin Goldenson, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: Northwestern University
Current Position: Hoag Health System, Hematology/Oncology
Kentson Lam, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Physician, UC San Diego, Division of Regenerative Medicine
2015
Calvin Hang, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Email: cahang@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Kaiser Permanente
Thomas Martin, MD, MS
MD: University of Oxford
Email: thm001@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
Thomas Prohaska, MD
MD: Medical University of Vienna
Email: tprohaska@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Associate Professor, US San Diego
Stephen Rawlings, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: New York University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Maine Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Physician
2014
Sarah Burgdorf, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Michael Lam, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Email: mtlam@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
Darius Schneider, MD, PhD (Endocrinology; Transferred to UW in 2019)
Matthew Tsai, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: University of Miami
Email: matsai@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Gastroenterology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
2013
Sudeb Dalai, MD, PhD (Infectious Diseases; Transferred to Stanford)
Adam Greenbaum, MD, PhD (Hematology-Oncology; Transferred to UW)
2012
Calvin Yeang, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
Email: cyeang@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
Kay Yeung, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: New York University School of Medicine
Email: k7yeung@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor , UC San Diego
2011
Edwin Yau, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: State University of New York, Buffalo
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Faculty, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
Adam Burgoyne, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Email: aburgoyne@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
2010
Jennifer Dan, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: Boston University
Email: jdan@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
Aaron Miller, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine
Email: ammiller@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
2009
Lawrence Ang, MD
MD: UC San Diego
Email: lang@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Aaron Carlin, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Email: acarlin@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Christopher Larson, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: EpicentRx, La Jolla, CA (& Adjunct Faculty, UC San Diego)
2008
Brigid Boland, MD
MD: UCSF School of Medicine
Email: bboland@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Gastroenterology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Mary Lewinski, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Email: mlewinski@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Anna Narezkina, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: Smolensk Sate Medical Academy, Russia
Email: anarezkina@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
John Paul (JP) Shen, MD
MD/PhD: Washington University, St. Louis
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Faculty, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Fellowship: Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Obesity Medicine
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego