Our Alumni
Alumni Spotlight
Olawale O. Amubieya, MD, PhD (Class of 2020)
UCLA STAR Graduate, UCLA Assistant Professor, Lung Transplant Program
Co-Director of UCLA EDI Taskforce
"I am an Assistant Professor at UCLA with a clinical focus in lung transplant. I also received my PhD through the STAR program and am studying social and environmental impacts on access to and outcomes in lung transplant. The great clinical and research training I received as a UCLA PCCM fellow have positioned me for a successful career as a physician-scientist and health services researcher."
Roxana Hixson, MD (class of 2020)
UCLA Assistant Professor, Westwood
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
"I am currently an Assistant Professor at UCLA, where I split my time between UCLA-Olive View Medical Center, and the Santa Clarita, Porter Ranch, and Westwood (COPD clinic) clinics. The PCCM training at UCLA offered ample opportunities to experience these different clinical settings with the county setting being the closest to my heart. I am thrilled to be part of the program leadership as Associate Program Director."
Allison L. Ramsey, MD (class of 2019)
UCLA Assistant Professor, Westwood, Lung Transplant Program
"I am currently an assistant professor at UCLA specializing in lung transplantation and interstitial lung disease, and the program director of the lung transplant fellowship. During my fellowship at UCLA, I was fortunate to have excellent mentors who helped me to develop a specialized training pathway in these fields. I cannot express how grateful I am to this one of a kind training program and the faculty who help every fellow realize their career goals!"
Russell G. Buhr, MD, PhD (class of 2017)
UCLA Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Management, Westwood and VA West LA
"I am a health services researcher investigating health care utilization among COPD patients. During fellowship, I completed my PhD in Health Policy and Management through STAR. The mentorship, methodologic training, and networking that I received jumpstarted my career. The fellowship program has an excellent balance of clinical, procedural, and research training, and it was a great fit for my interests."
Tessy Paul, MD (class of 2015)
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia Health System
Clinical Director of Interstitial Lung Disease Program
"I had an amazing experience UCLA. After graduating in 2015, I joined University of Virginia faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. I serve as the clinical director for our ILD program and participate in clinical trials in ILD. I am fortunate and grateful to have had training and support from the outstanding faculty at the UCLA."
Our Recent Graduates
The breadth and depth of training at UCLA prepares graduates of our fellowship program to pursue diverse careers in all corners of Pulmonary & Critical Care medicine. See below for a list of our recent alumni and their respective career paths.
Class of 2024
| Adam Brownstein | UCLA Clinical Instructor, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program |
| Jessica Channick | UCLA STAR Research Fellow/Clinical Instructor |
| Laura Glassman | Santa Clara Valley Medical Center |
| Gustavo Hernandez | Kaiser Permanente, Downey, CA |
| Dan Hoesterey | Assistant Professor, University of Washington |
| J. Max Lucki | Kaiser Permanente, Downey, CA |
| Benjamin Murray | Asheville Pulmonary Associates, Asheville, NC |
| Emily Schwitzer | UCLA Clinical Instructor + Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| Christina Tripsas | UCLA STAR Research Fellow/Clinical Instructor |
| Miki Ueoka | UCLA Interventional Pulmonary Fellow |
Class of 2023
| Hana Bakalli | Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK |
| Jennifer Chang | Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR |
| Victor Chun | Assistant Professor, UC San Diego |
| Jane Fazio | UCLA STAR Research Fellow/Clinical Instructor + Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| Christiana Hayward | Assistant Professor, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| Chris Miller | UCLA Clinical Instructor, North Valley + Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| Zachary Taich | West Coast Pulmonary, Oxnard, CA |
| Michael Troy | UCLA Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fellow; UCLA Clinical Instructor, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program |
| Jared Wilkinson | Lung Transplant Fellow, INOVA, Fairfax, VA |
Class of 2022
| Lawrence Benjamin | UCLA STAR Research Graduate; UCLA Assistant Professor + Staff Physician West Los Angeles VA |
| Sarathi Bhattacharyya | MemorialCare Medicine Group, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center |
| Kevin Eng | Faculty, West Los Angeles VA |
| Gilad Jaffe | Scripps Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA |
| Roberto Mempin | Kaiser Permanente, Orange County, CA |
| Jiyeon Seo | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| Richard Watson | UCLA STAR Research Graduate; UCLA Assistant Professor + Staff Physician West Los Angeles VA |
Class of 2021
| Ana Costa Monteiro | UCLA STAR Research graduate; UCLA Assistant Professor |
| David Dai | Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles Medical Center |
| Iheanacho (Obi) Emeruwa | UCLA STAR Research graduate; UCLA Assistant Professor |
| Leeyen Hsu | Mid Valley Pulmonary Medical Group, Los Angeles, CA |
| Sonia Jasuja | UCLA Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program |
| Alexander Sherman | UCLA Assistant Clinical Professor, Westwood and Santa Monica Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program |
| Carolyn Shover | Remote Tele-ICU Consultant, Australia |
| Rajat Suri | Assistant Professor, UC San Diego |
| Nathan Yee | Assistant Professor, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
Class of 2020
| Olawale (Wale) Amubieya | UCLA STAR Research graduate; UCLA Assistant Professor, Lung Transplant Program |
| Omar Awan | Faculty, Washington DC VA Medical Center |
| Roxana Hixson | UCLA Assistant Professor, Santa Clarita + Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| William (Blake) LeMaster | UCLA Sleep Medicine Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt |
| Kristin Jensen | UCLA Assistant Professor, Westwood + Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| Faisal Shaikh | Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship, Harvard MGH/BIDMC Combined Program; Assistant Professor, Columbia University |
| Robert Stretch | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| Timothy Young | UCLA Assistant Professor, UCLA-Santa Monica Hospital, Los Angeles, CA |