Recent Graduates

2025 graduation

2026

Name Post-Fellowship Position
Deborah Lee Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, Oregon Health & Science University
Divya Ravi Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco
Grant Gifford Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco
Meghana Eswarappa Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Thai Nguyen West Coast Kidney Institute- Chabot
Ayeesha Kattubadi Glomerulonephritis Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
Wagih Zayed Faculty, University of Florida

2025

Name Post-Fellowship Position
Run Banlengchit Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco
Sally Chau West Coast Kidney Institute- Chabot
Daniel Gauvin Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Giselle Peschard Associate Medical Director, Eledon Pharmaceuticals
Merve Postalcioglu Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Hubert Wang Kaiser Permanente, San Jose, CA
Saipriya Vasudevan  Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, NYU

2024

Name Post-Fellowship Position
Jesse Ikeme Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Mitra Jamshidian Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Uchenna Nwosu Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Victor E. Prado Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco
Ian Da Silva Lugo Home Dialysis Fellowship, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Jaclyn Khil Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco
Young C. Hsu Renal Medical Associates, San Francisco, CA

2023

Name Post-Fellowship Position
Matthew Breeggemann Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
John Demko Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
David Li Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Ashley Martinez Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, Stanford University
Amrita Mahesh Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, University of California, Davis
Jennifer Tang Kaiser Permanente, South San Francisco, CA

2022

Name Post-Fellowship Position
Jonathan Amatruda Faculty, Tufts University Maine Medical Center
Allen Chao Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Debbie Chen Medical Director, Nephrology, Genentech
Dana Larsen Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Sonny Nguyen Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

2021

Name Post-Fellowship Position
Omair Alam Kaiser Permanente, Antioch/Walnut Creek, CA 
Chi Chu Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Alex Dinh Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco
Kazem Fallahzadeh Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, Vanderbilt University
Sepehr Keyhani Renal Medical Associates, San Francisco, CA
Gabriel Loeb Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
Lauren Ng Kaiser Permanente, Antioch/Walnut Creek, CA

Recipients of the Nephrology Clinical Fellow of the Year Award

Each year, the UCSF Department of Medicine residents choose a clinical fellow from each medicine subspecialty who demonstrates exceptional patient care, superior knowledge and skill, and outstanding teaching and professionalism.

Name Year
Daniel Gauvin 2025
Uchenna Nwsou 2024
Amrita Mahesh 2023
Allen Chao 2022
Omair Alam 2021

Graduates in Academic Medicine

Among those who have graduated from our training programs, many have gone on to pursue careers in academia.

A partial listing since 2000 (including current academic institution) includes: 

   

Name Institution
Adrian Abreo Louisiana State University
Fadee Abualrub St Louis University
Patrick Ahrean  Stanford University 
Muna Al Nimri University of California, Davis
Yasir Alfi King Faisal Specialist Hospital
Mohamed Alseiari Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Jonathan Amatruda University of California, San Francisco
Naomi Anker University of California, San Francisco
Nisha Bansal University of Washington
Vivek Bhalla Stanford University
Matthew Breeggemann University of California, San Francisco
Brad Butcher University of Pittsburgh
Christopher Carlos University of California, San Francisco
Harini Chakkera Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
Sindhu Chandran Cedars-Sinai
Yongen Chang University of California, Irvine
Kerry Cho University of California, San Francisco
Cynthia Delgado University of California, San Francisco
John Demko University of Pennsylvania
Ruth Dubin University of Texas Southwestern
Chidinma Enyinna University of Vermont
Meghana Eswarappa University of California, San Francisco
Kazem Fallahzadeh Wake Forest University
Daniel Gauvin University of California, San Francisco
Yoshio Hall University of Washington
Stephen Han Dell Medical School
Nicholas Herrera University of Kansas
Raymond Hsu University of California, San Francisco
Adriana Hung Vanderbilt University
Jesse Ikeme University of California, San Francisco
Joachim Ix University of California, San Diego
Mojgan Jalalzadeh Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Mitra Jamshidian University of California, San Francisco
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Elaine Ku University of California, San Francisco
Diana Kwong University of California, San Francisco
Dana Larsen University of California, San Francisco
Benjamin Lee University of California, San Francisco
Brian Lee Dell Medical School
David Li Ohio State University
Kathleen Liu University of California, San Francisco
Joseph Lockridge University of Texas Southwestern
Gabriel Loeb University of California, San Francisco
Lowell Lo University of California, San Francisco
Mitchell Lunn Stanford University
Anna Malkina University of California, San Francisco
Denise Marciano University of Texas Southwestern
Ashley Martinez Stanford University
Thin Thin Maw University of Southern California
Maha Mohamed Stanford University
Anthony Muiru University of California, San Francisco
Uchenna Nwosu University of California, San Francisco
Ann O'Hare University of Washington
Alan Pao Stanford University
Meyeon Park University of California, San Francisco
Afshin Parsa NIH-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Rohan Paul Washington University St Louis
Merve Postalcioglu University of California, San Francisco
Victor Prado University of Miami
Leticia Rolon Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Harini Sarathy University of California, San Francisco 
Aylin Selek University of Southern California
Sana Shaikh  University of California, Davis 
Anoop Sheshadri  Mayo Clinic, Rochester 
Stephanie Shieh  St. Louis University 
Jun Shoji  Cedars-Sinai 
Manpreet Singh  University of Pittsburgh 
Nikolaos Skartsis  Mayo Clinic, Rochester 
Puneet Sood  University of California, San Francisco 
Salitha Sunderrajan  University of California, San Francisco 
John Sy  University of California, Irvine 
Faizan Syed    University of Pittsburgh 
Manjula Kurella Tamura  Stanford University 
Vasishta Tatapudi  New York University 
Sri Lekha Tummalapalli  Weill Cornell Medical College 
Delphine Tuot  University of California, San Francisco 
Laalasa Varanasi  University of California, San Francisco 
Rafael Villicana  Loma Linda University 
Santhi Voora  University of Southern California 
James Wetmore  Hennepin County Medical Center 
Adrian Whelan  University of California, San Francisco 
David Wojciechowski  University of Texas Southwestern 
Wagih Zayed  University of Florida