Current Residents

PGY1 Acute Care

Name: Dana Abraham, PharmD


Email:  dlabraham@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of Pittsburgh


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Solid Organ Transplant, Academia


Outside of work, you can find me: At the airport, shopping at Trader Joe's, hiking a national park


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: iced coffee, wine, or tacos





Name: Matthew Aludino, PharmD


Email:  maaludino@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California,  San Francisco


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Internal Medicine, Informatics, Infectious Diseases


Outside of work, you can find me: Eating out, playing games, playing guitar/music, or watching youtube videos/sports


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire


Name: Seo Hyoun (Eileen) Bang, PharmD


Email:  sbang@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Francisco


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Oncology, Academia, Infectious Diseases


Outside of work, you can find me: making coffee, getting boba, attempting to cook and revive my plants


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: petting dogs, drinking iced coffee, munching Hot Cheetos





Name: Cole Barnhardt, PharmD


Email: cbarnhardt@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Informatics, Infectious Diseases


Outside of work, you can find me: playing board games, video games, spikeball with friends, tinkering in my workshop on craft projects


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: Sushi





Name: Erin Ichinotsubo, PharmD


Email: eichinotsubo@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of Washington


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Critical Care, Transplant


Outside of work, you can find me: at the beach, eating chips, hanging with family and friends, at happy hour, watching TV, hiking, playing volleyball


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: binge watching reality TV shows


Name: Fendi Jan, PharmD


Email:  fjan@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of Washington


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Hematology/Oncology


Outside of work, you can find me: finding new coffee shops and exploring new restaurants


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: bubble tea, coffee





Name: Fatima Khan, PharmD


Email:  fkhan@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: Purdue University


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Health System Pharmacy Administration, Hematology/Oncology


Outside of work, you can find me: baking, reading, watching reality TV, or spending time with family


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: sleeping in






Name: Kyle Merchant, PharmD


Email:  kmerchant@health.ucsd..edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Francisco


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Informatics, pediatrics


Outside of work, you can find me: hanging out at home playing video games or board games


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: coffee and massages





Name: Kirsten Miller, PharmD


Email:  knm001@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Francisco


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Critical Care, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics


Outside of work, you can find me: trying to sneak back to work (JK JK!), at the beach, binging TV, or trying to locate the best Mai Tai in San Diego


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: no electronics for a day





Name: Viktoriya Titova, PharmD


Email:  vtitova@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of Southern California


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Psychiatry


Outside of work, you can find me: traveling, eating, hanging out with my cats


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: being able to sleep as much as you want





Name: Tran Truong, PharmD


Email:  tht003@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Francisco 


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Critical Care, Emergency Medicine


Outside of work, you can find me: at Trader Joe's, searching for the best fries, drinking double espressos, and at the gym working all of that off


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: taco hopping, 75 degrees and sunny weather, petting dogs





Name: Yvonne Yap, PharmD


Email:  yyap@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Diego


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Solid Organ Transplant


Outside of work, you can find me: with my pup at the dog park, exploring new coffee shops, planning my next travel destination, snowboarding, at a concert, Disneyland, or hiking


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: free shipping for online purchases or getting a day off work for your dog's birthday

PGY1 Ambulatory Care

Name: Christopher Hernandez, PharmD


Email:  cohernandez@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: Roseman University


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Ambulatory Care, Academia, Underserved patient populations


Outside of work, you can find me: searching for the best taco in San Diego


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: tacos and family


Name: Heather Hoang, PharmD


Email:  hbhoang@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of Texas, Austin


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Ambulatory Care, Primary Care, HIV


Outside of work, you can find me: at happy hour, the dog park, or traveling


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: napping


Name: Blaise Ndukwe, PharmD


Email:  bndukwe@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of Michigan


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Ambulatory Care, Transitions of Care, Chronic Disease Management, Psychiatry, Underserved patient populations


Outside of work, you can find me: binging anime and TV shows on Netflix or Hulu, learning new languages, exploring San Diego, playing guitar


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: Jollof Rice (Nigerian version not the Ghanaian version!)

PGY2 Critical Care

Name: Marissa Craig, PharmD


Email:  mcraig@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of Washington


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Trauma, Pulmonary Critical Care


Outside of work, you can find me: on the beach drinking the largest iced coffee anyone will pour me and trying to pet any dog walking by


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: baking and eating lots of sweets with all your friends (and also not working!)


Name: Michelle Lai, PharmD


Email:  m8lai@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Diego


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Critical Care, Glycemic Control, Anticoagulation


Outside of work, you can find me: at the beach, at a concert, or boxing


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: a baking contest


PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership


Name: Jason Doctor, PharmD


Email:  jdoctor@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: Pacific University


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Health System Pharmacy Administration, Inpatient Operations


Outside of work, you can find me: at the gym, on the beach, surfing, or snowboarding


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: sleep


PGY2 Internal Medicine


Name: Kevin Nguyen, PharmD


Email:  ktn001@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Diego


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Transitions of Care, Anticoagulation 


Outside of work, you can find me: binge watching television shows, at the movies, finding new places to eat, or roaming a nearby Target


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: napping and exclusively all-you-can-eat meals





Name: Michelle Lan, PharmD


Email:  yalan@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of Washington


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Cardiology, Anticoagulation, Neurology


Outside of work, you can find me: jogging on the beach, hiking in the mountains


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: family


PGY2 Informatics

Name: Linda Dao, PharmD


Email:  ldao@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Diego


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Informatics, Clinical Decision Support, Primary Care, Transitions of Care


Outside of work, you can find me: eating out, getting boba, binge watching shows, and planning my next vacation


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: Disneyland


PGY2 Oncology


Name: Halle Cheplowitz, PharmD


Email:  hcheplowitz@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: Ohio State


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Oncology


Outside of work, you can find me: at the gym or eating noodles


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: pho

Name: Alisha Soares, PharmD


Email: arsoares@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Francisco


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Oncology


Outside of work, you can find me: hiking, baking, exploring new restaurants, and traveling as much as I can!


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve: dogs and desserts





PGY2 Psychiatry


Name: Casey Tiefenthaler, PharmD


Email:  cmtiefenthaler@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of California, San Diego


PGY1 Training: VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Psychiatry/LGBTQ+ Mental Health


Outside of work, you can find me: writing short stories, spending time with friends/family, and binge watching TV shows


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve:  National Ketchup Day


PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant


Name: Anna Seghezzo, PharmD


Email:  aseghezzo@health.ucsd.edu


Pharmacy Training: University of North Carolina


PGY1 Training: UC San Diego Health


Specialty Practice/Research Interests: Transplant, Infectious Diseases


Outside of work, you can find me: at the beach or searching for the best tacos


If I could invent a holiday, it would definitely involve:  puppies and cats