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).
Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
Education: UC San Diego, BS in Bioinformatics; 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: MD, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine; BA, Middlebury College
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: MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Medical Scientist Training Program
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
Internal Medicine Resident
Hometown: Redding, CA
Education: UC Davis, BA Philosophy, BS Microbiology; MD/PhD, Vanderbilt University
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 in Chemical Biology; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, MD; University of Colorado Boulder, PhD in Biochemistry
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
Gastroenterology Fellow
Hometown: Auburn, CA
Education: UCSD (BS, MS), Tulane Univ SOM (MD, PhD), UCSD (Internal Medicine Residency, GI Fellowship)
Clinical and research interests: Gut Inflammation, Metabolism, Obesity, IBD, Colon Cancer, Drug Discovery
Personal interests: Surfing
Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Hometown: Carmel, IN
Education: Indiana University, BS, Biotechnology; Stony Brook University, 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: MD/PhD: University of Kansas
Current Institution: Cedars Sinai
Infectious Diseases Fellow
Hometown: Reading, PA
Education: Lehigh University B.S. 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
Infectious Diseases Fellow
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Education: University of Michigan (BSE), University of Washington (MD, PhD)
Clinical and research interests: Phage therapy, synthetic biology, bacteriophage-host interactions
Personal interests: Hiking, music
Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Hometown: Southern California
Education: MD, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago
Clinical and research interests: GU cancer research
Honors and Awards: CRM fellowship award 2023
Staff Physician and Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Bellevue, WA
Education: University of Washington, BS; UCSD, M.D./PhD
Clinical and research interests: Gut microbiome, alcohol use disorder, and liver disease
Personal interests: Hiking/being outdoors, cooking/baking, being with my family
Honors and Awards: 2025 American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Young Physician-Scientist Award, 2023-2025 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation Clinical, Translational, and Outcomes Research Award in Liver Diseases, 2023-2025 American Gastroenterological Association Fellowship-to-faculty Transition Award, 2023 Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis Pilot Project Award, 2022 Samuel French Memorial Award, Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis
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
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
MD/PhD: BA, UC Berkeley; MD, PhD: UCLA
Current Position: Assistant Professor at UC Davis, Division of Hematology/Oncology
MD/PhD: Northwestern University
Current Position: Hoag Health System, Hematology/Oncology
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Physician, UC San Diego, Division of Regenerative Medicine
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Email: cahang@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Kaiser Permanente
MD: University of Oxford
Email: thm001@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
MD: Medical University of Vienna
Email: tprohaska@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Associate Professor, US San Diego
MD/PhD: New York University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Maine Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Physician
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Email: mtlam@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
MD/PhD: University of Miami
Email: matsai@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Gastroenterology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
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
MD/PhD: New York University School of Medicine
Email: k7yeung@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor , UC San Diego
MD/PhD: State University of New York, Buffalo
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Faculty, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
MD/PhD: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Email: aburgoyne@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
MD/PhD: Boston University
Email: jdan@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
MD/PhD: Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine
Email: ammiller@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
MD: UC San Diego
Email: lang@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Email: acarlin@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
MD/PhD: University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: EpicentRx, La Jolla, CA (& Adjunct Faculty, UC San Diego)
MD: UCSF School of Medicine
Email: bboland@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Gastroenterology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Email: mlewinski@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
MD/PhD: Smolensk Sate Medical Academy, Russia
Email: anarezkina@health.ucsd.edu
Fellowship: Cardiology
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
MD/PhD: Washington University, St. Louis
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Current Position: Faculty, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
MD/PhD: UC San Diego
Fellowship: Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Obesity Medicine
Current Position: Associate Professor, UC San Diego
