Current Resident Roster
Head and Neck Surgery Residents 2024-2025

PGY 5: Class of 2025

Krishna Bommakanti, MD
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley

Alex Cronkite, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: University of Central Florida
Undergraduate: Tufts University

Lauran Evans, MD
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno
Undergraduate: University of Southern California

Solymar Torres Maldonado, MD
Hometown: Arecibo, PR
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

Emily Wong, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Undergraduate: Harvard University
PGY 4: Class of 2026

Sophia Chen, M.D.
Hometown: Johns Creek, GA
Medical School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Yale University

Josh Hwang, MD
Hometown: South Windsor, CT
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Undergraduate: Boston College

Michelle Lee, MD
Hometown: Fullerton, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Undergraduate: Caltech

Pranati Pillutla, MD
Hometown: Simi Valley, CA
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Undergraduate: California State University, Los Angeles

Abdul-Rahman Reheem, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduated BS Attended 08/11/2014 to 05/12/2017

Adam Xiao, MD, PhD
Hometown: Bel Air, MD
Medical School: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
PGY 3: Class of 2027

Gabrielle Cahill
Gabrielle Cahill
Hometown: Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate School: University of California, San Diego

Josef Madrigal
Hometown: Palmdale, CA / Manila, Philippines
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles

Erik Vanstrum
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Medical School: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Pomona College

Alice Yu
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Recent Graduates: Class of 2022

Jose Alonso, MD
Hometown: North Hollywood, CA
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles

Albert Han, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley

Alden Smith, MD
Hometown: Denver, CO
Medical School: Temple University
Undergraduate: Brigham Young University

Thad Vickery, MD
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Medical School: University of Colorado
Undergraduate: Skidmore College

Tara Wu, MD
Hometown: Monterey Park, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Recent Graduates: Class of 2021

Zachariah Chandy, MD
Hometown: Loma Linda, CA
Medical School: University of California, Irvine, Undergraduate: Stanford University
Post residency employment: Kaiser Permanente

Kyle Hannabass, MD
Hometown: Daytona Beach, FL
Medical School: University of Florida, Undergraduate: University of Florida
Post-residency employment: Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery, Stanford University

Shabnam Ghazizadeh, MD
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University, Undergraduate: University of California, Irvine
Post-residency employment: Fellowship in Facial Plastic Surgery, Dr. Corey Maas, San Francisco

Brooke Su-Velez, MD, MPH
Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, Undergraduate: University of California, Berkley
Post-residency employment: Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology, Stanford University
Recent Graduates: Class of 2020

Floyd Buen, MD
Hometown: Santa Clarita, CA
Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
Post-Residency plan: Private practice, Orange County

Thomas Heineman, MD
Hometown: Grinnell, IA
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Undergraduate: University of Iowa
Post-Residency plan: Private Practice, Cedar Rapids, IA

Christine Kim, MD
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Post-Residency Plan: Laryngology Fellowship, Stanford University

Ashley Kita, MD
Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Post-Residency plan: UCLA faculty

Hassan Nasser, MD
Hometown: Dearborn, MI
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Post-Residency plan: Head and Neck Oncology fellowship, University of Michigan
Recent Graduates: Class of 2019

Karam Badran, MD
Hometown: San Roman, CA
Medical School: UC Irvine
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Post-Residency Plan: FPRS Fellowship, UCSF

Janice Chang, MD, PhD
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Medical School: UC Irvine
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Post-Residency Plan: Private Practice

Roxana Moayer, MD
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA
Medical School: University of Southern California
Undergraduate: UC Davis
Post-Residency Plan: FPRS Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson

Pratik Patel, MD
Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Post-Residency Plan: Comprehensive Otolaryngology - Coastal ENT/Jersey Shore Medical Center; Neptune, NJ

Ryan Stephenson, MD
Hometown: Clearfield, UT
Medical School: Pittsburgh Medical School
Undergraduate: Weber State University
Post-Residency Plan: Laryngology Fellowship, UCLA