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Lab Alumni

See where our recent lab alumni are now.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND RESIDENTS      

NameYearsProgram or SchoolCurrent Affiliation
Gary Kohanbash, PhD2012 - 2016Postdoctoral ScholarAssistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
Seunggu Han, MD2014 - 2015Resident of Neurosurgery, UCSFClinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
Yafei Hou, PhD2014 - 2017Associate ResearcherStaff Scientist I, SENS Research Foundation
Tohru Kotani, PhD2015 - 2017Visiting ScholarOno Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Diego Carrera, MD2015 - 2019Postdoctoral ScholarClinical Intern, University of New Mexico
Zinal Chheda, PhD2016 - 2018Postdoctoral ScholarSanofi Pharmaceutical
Polly Chuntova, PhD2016 - 2021Postdoctoral ScholarSpecialist, Kasahara lab, Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Bindu Hegde, PhD2018 - 2021Postdoctoral ScholarSenior Scientist, 3T Biosciences
Hirokazu Ogino, MD, PhD2019 - 2021Visiting ScholarAssociate professor/Lecturer, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokushima University, Japan
Lauren Ferrerosa, MD2020 - 2022Fellowship Scholar, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, UCSF Benioff Children's HospitalMedical Director, IQVIA
Jacob Young, MD2021 - 2022Resident of Neurosurgery, UCSFResident, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Atsuro Saijo, MD, PhD2021 - 2023Postdoctoral ScholarDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokushima University, Japan
Ryusuke Hatae, MD, PhD2020 - 2024Postdoctoral ScholarDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyushu University, Japan

 

 

 

 

PREDOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED OR MENTORED   

NameYearsProgram or SchoolCurrent Affiliation
Shuming Liu2015 - 2016Visiting Scholar Research Associate, Harvard Medical School 
Shruti Shrivastav2014 - 2016Senior Research AssociateSenior Consultant at L.E.K. Consulting
Naznin Jahan2016 - 2017Junior SpecialistPhD candidate (Graduate Student) at UCSF BMS Program
Kira Downey2016 - 2021Junior SpecialistMD-PhD Candidate at UCSF MSTP Program
Ryosuke Naka2016 - 2017Medical Student at Kyoto University School of MedicineMD, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan
Tastsuo Maeda2017 - 2019Visiting ScholarOno Pharmaceutical Co.
Neil Almeida2017 - 2019Medical Student at George Washington Univ.Medical Student at George Washington Univ.
Maryam N. Shahin2017 - 2018Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineNeurosurgery Resident at Oregon Health and Science University
Bunta Kakihara 2018 - 2019Kyoto University School of MedicineMD, Kansai Electric Power Hospital
Jared Taitt2018 - 2020Junior SpecialistMedical Student at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Ryan Gilbert2018 - 2020Junior SpecialistMedical Student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Darwin Kwok2019 - 2024UCSF BMS Graduate StudentMedical Student at UCSF School of Medicine / Part-Time Postdoc at the Okada lab
Megan Montoya2019 - 2024UCSF BMS Graduate StudentPostdoc at UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery
Abigail Mende2019 - 2021Junior SpecialistGraduate Student in Immunology Graduate Program at UC Berkeley
Yitzhar Goretsky2019 - 2021Junior SpecialistMedical Student at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Tiffany Chen2020 - 2022Junior SpecialistGraduate Student at the Dartmouth College, Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Program 
David Diebold2020 - 2021Junior SpecialistClinical Development Engineer at Intuitive Surgical
Psalm Pineo-Cavanaugh2021 - 2023Junior SpecialistMedical Student at UCSF School of Medicine
Christian Jimenez2021 - 2023Junior SpecialistMedical Student at UCSF School of Medicine
Keith Kyewalabye2021 - 2023Junior SpecialistMD/PhD Program at SUNY Upstate Medical University
Faith Curl2022 - 2024PICI InternCalifornia State University, East Bay
Shayan Amir-Kabirian2023Student InternSan Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Su Phyu2022 - 2025Junior SpecialistMedical Student at Michigan State Univ School of Medicine
Jeffrey (Jeff) Haegelin2023 - 2025Junior SpecialistGeminiBio
Lan (Landon) Phung2023 - 2025Junior Specialist 
James Long2023 - 2025Junior SpecialistVibrant Wellness