PictureNameAboutMentorship Areas
Joseph Chen Joseph Chen
Microsurgery / Plastic Surgery
I graduated from UC Irvine in Biology (2002), UC Irvine School of Medicine (2008), UC Irvine General Surgery (2013), Plastic surgery residency at Hous...

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Michael Numamoto Michael Numamoto
Marketing - Medical Devices
I was initially pre-dental @ UCI and then decided to go in the business direction. I wanted to combine my love of bio with business and transitioned ...

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Sunny Lo Sunny Lo
Gastroenterologist
I graduated from Western University in 2012 and finished my three year internal medicine residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center and Gastroe...

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Christopher Lawrence
Emergency Medicine Attending
I graduated with a BS from the Neurobiology program at UCI in 2009. followed by attending medical school at Washington University in St Louis from 200...

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Steve Epstein
Health Care Consultant (Semi-Retired)
Customer Services Rep (Maxicare) --> Membership Accounts Rep --> Provider Relations Rep (MaxiCare and PacifiCare) -> Contract Administrator (PacifiC...

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Joanna Gerry-Paul
Sr. Director of QA and Clinical Compliance
Currently I lead the R&D Global Regulatory Compliance department at a biotech start-up (Allogene - https://www.allogene.com). I lead a team that is ...

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Miriam Reyes Miriam Reyes
Executive Vice President Global Operations
Over 25 years of experience in Research and Development, then transferred into Diagnostics, where I have been for over 18 years. With my MBA, I'm abl...

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Phuc Huynh Phuc Huynh
President
UCI alumnus- Biological Science with Psychology Minor Graduate of Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine Board certified in fami...

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Cherri Penne-Myers Cherri Penne-Myers
Physician Assistant
I am a PA working in Newport Beach in Neuropsych for 17 years. I also have worked in Neurology for 10 years. I do weekend health assessments for DoD...

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Cindy Alvarez Cindy Alvarez
Senior Regulatory Affairs Consultant
I'm a pharmaceutical/biotech regulatory consultant for companies in the Bay Area/West coast. Shortly after graduating with my BS in Biology at UCI, I ...

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Gary Flashner Gary Flashner
Independent Consultant
Direct patient care (primary care and emergency care) in a remote rural environment Transition to direct patient care only in hospital-based emergenc...

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Jim Gustafson Jim Gustafson
Medical Device Company Executive, Retired
After my MS in Biology at UCI in 1978, I began my career in the medical device industry. I worked for several Orange County medical device companies,...

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Kristen Negvesky
Veterinarian
I've wanted to be a veterinarian since I was in fourth grade. I majored in Neurobiology at UCI, then worked various jobs at veterinary hospitals for a...

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Drew Keres
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Currently I own and operate my own private practice physical therapy business. I mainly serve athletes ranging from high school to the professional l...

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Joyce Fong Joyce Fong
Optometrist
I am a 2017 UC Berkeley School of Optometry graduate and work at two locations: a private optometry group practice in Cupertino, CA and a community he...

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Christopher Tam Christopher Tam
Biotech R&D Sourcing Manager
I am a R&D Clinical Sourcing Manager at Genentech. Genentech is a leader in the Biotech industry and a part of the Roche Group. In my role, I am p...

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Brad Gray
Principal Scientist
I have 31 years of professional work experience that spans the range of small start up companies to working for the largest healthcare company in the ...

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David Abiva David Abiva
Physician Assistant
BS bio sci UCI PA certificate Riverside community college Physician Assistant for both general medicine and multi specialty starting in private pr...

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Benjamin Yu
Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Grew up in Irvine, CA, I completed my undergraduate, medical, general psychiatry residency, and child and Adolescent psychiatry fellowship at UCI. Af...

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Sarah Benke Sarah Benke
Resident Physician
I am a pediatric resident (PGY-2) at Valley Children’s Hospital. After graduating from UCI, I spent my gap year working at a bio-pharmaceutical comp...

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John Nishimoto John Nishimoto
Senior Associate Dean for Professional Affairs and Clinical Education
I'm an optometrist, professor, and administrator at Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University, since 1988. I was a g...

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Tamra Kaplan Tamra Kaplan
Senior Vice President & interim Chief Operating Officer
After a long history practicing clinical pharmacy in acute care, ambulatory, and home health settings as well as serving in multiple leadership roles ...

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Leena Adhikari
Optometrist
I attended optometry school after graduating from Uci. Currently I own my own practice as an Optometrist. I make business decisions all day, manage a ...

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Alison Wong Alison Wong
Ophthalmologist
After earning my bachelor degree in Biological Sciences at UCI, I went to UCLA for medical school and stayed there for my residency training in ophtha...

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Annie Phung Annie Phung
Resident PGY1
I am currently a PGY-1 in Family Medicine at Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor. I graduated UCI Bio Sci in 2015, moved to Georgia...

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Caleb B
Consultant
Currently I am a management consultant. I specialize in technology strategy for lifescience and healthcare clients....

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Jasmine Luck Jasmine Luck
PA Student/former ED tech
I just started my first year of PA school in Florida, and I’m interested in specializing in pediatrics and/or emergency medicine. I worked as an ED ...

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Lily Trinh Lily Trinh
Medical Student - Research Year
I graduated from UCI with a degree in Biological Sciences. I was a student-athlete at UC Irvine and ran track and field. I was also involved with rese...

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Francie Nguyen Francie Nguyen
Clinical Pharmacist
I graduated from UC Irvine in 2014, USC School of Pharmacy in 2018, and completed a managed care residency at CalOptima in 2019. I currently work ...

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Lisa Lam
Physician Assistant
ER dept as PA for near 2 years UC March 2020...

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Ashley Chan Ashley Chan
Associate Environmental Scientist
After graduating from UC Irvine, I completed various internships and volunteer programs with companies and organizations such as Disneyland, the Golde...

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Navid Ghaffari Navid Ghaffari
Medical Student (M3)
I graduated from UCI in 2018 with a B.S. in Neurobiology. I was involved with research and various campus orgs, and had an excellent time at UCI. I th...

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Dillon Dejam Dillon Dejam
Medical Student at UCLA
I loved my time at UCI!!!! I graduated in 2016 with a degree in biochemistry & molecular biology, took 2 gap years, and recently finished my 3rd year ...

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Tori Tucker Tori Tucker
PhD Graduate Research Assistant
I am currently a PhD graduate student at UC Irvine in the department of Developmental and Cell Biology. My research focuses on using zebrafish as an a...

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Connor Farrell Connor Farrell
Family Medicine Resident Physician
Currently I am a 2nd family medicine resident at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Before medical school, I worked for two years as a medical scribe...

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Joyce Fang Inouye Joyce Fang Inouye
Dentist
After graduating from UCLA School of Dentistry, I did 2 years of residency at UCLA Medical Center. I also was Adjunct Asst Professor at UCLA at the de...

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Sherman Ho Sherman Ho
CoFounder
I run a med comm company that develops scientific communication content tools for biopharmaceutical companies since 2003. Pharmacy residency (UCSF) --...

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Glenn Diekmann Glenn Diekmann
Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon
My career path was decidedly nontraditional. I was the first member of my family to attend college. I briefly attended UC Irvine as a BioSci major...

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Stephanie Fong
Physician
I enjoyed being part of the Flying Sams club at UCI as an undergraduate and it inspired me to work with the underserved. I recently finished my inte...

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Kevin Lee Kevin Lee
Senior Consultant
Internships in healthcare market research, medical devices, industry research. Entry-level job in organizational development management consulting at...

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Kyle Martin Kyle Martin
Upstream Leader - Americas - Single Use & Cell Culture
Kyle, a native of Illinois, moved to Orange County, CA, studying at the University of California Irvine ultimately earning a degree in Biology. Transi...

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Michael Almaleh
Senior Medical Director, Chief of Cardiology and Specialty Care
I’m chief of cardiology and specialty care for a large HMO in Texas and Florida. I was a biology major at UCI, then got my Master’s and MD from Bo...

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Bryan Sloane Bryan Sloane
Emergency Physician
Hello, I am a UCI Bio Sci graduate '09 as well as UCI SOM graduate '15. I took a slightly non traditional pathway and worked as an EMT for 2 years be...

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James Hupp
Senior Associate Dean
After my BS degree I attended Harvard to receive a degree in dental medicine. I later completed my MD degree at UConn and a law degree from Rutgers. I...

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Drake Dinh Drake Dinh
Clinical Pharmacist
I graduated from UCI in 2015 and received my PharmD from the UCSF School of Pharmacy in 2019. I completed 2 years of residency training at MemorialCar...

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Nada Awad Nada Awad
Family Physician
After my BS degree in biology from UCI, I completed a 1 year Master's Program in global medicine at USC. Shortly after, I completed my MD at UC-Rivers...

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John Pitkin John Pitkin
Chief Scientific Officer
After graduation from UCI, I did postdoctoral research at Michigan State University focused on fungal plant pathogens. I was hired by Monsanto in 199...

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Renzhi Hou Renzhi Hou
Graduate Student
I am in my first year of graduate school at UCI. My career path is to become a researcher in the field of regeneration. I currently work as a spec...

Paul Nash
Expert - Polymer Science
Science undergrad with PhD Polymer Science. 6 years at Frigidaire developing all home appliances and 24 years at HP developing inkjet printing. I have...

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E Daniel Mackey E Daniel Mackey
Physician
I graduated from UCI and took a gap year to tutor on campus (UCI tutorial assistance program TAP) and apply to medical school. I attended UCSD Med sc...

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Kimberly Komatsu Kimberly Komatsu
Conservation Ecologist
I am a conservation ecologist with a research focus on community and ecosystem responses to global change drivers. I received my BS from University of...

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Harris Waters Harris Waters
Physician and Surgeon
After completing my medical school education, I did a general surgery residency at University of Arizona at Tucson and a vascular fellowship at St Mar...

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Austin Yu
MD
UCI to Albert Einstein College of Medicine to UCLA/West LA VA for Internal Medicine then Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep at Cedars/UCLA/West LA VA/Olive...

Chris Noriega Chris Noriega
Senior Scientist
I am a microbiologist applying enzymatic and synthetic biology work for the food and flavor industry. I initially started as an entry level scientist...

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Ryan Ripperdan Ryan Ripperdan
4th-Year Medical Student
Graduated from UC Irvine in 2016, majoring in Biological Sciences. Notable activities during my undergraduate years included founding Hiking Club at U...

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Arielle Czerwinski Arielle Czerwinski
Pediatric Hospitalist
When I started undergrad at UC Irvine in 2006, little did I know that I would spend the next 12 years studying and training there! I graduated from un...

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Seeta Rajpara Seeta Rajpara
Scientist
Early in my career, after graduating from UCI, I was exploring various paths towards studying medicine. My undergraduate research experience was excit...

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Shelby Jocoy Shelby Jocoy
Resident Physician, PGY-1
I graduated from UC Irvine in 2015 with a BS in Biological Sciences and a minor in Spanish. I worked, volunteered, and shadowed for two years before s...

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Asad Zaidi Asad Zaidi
President/CEO
Graduated with BioSci degree and work on groundbreaking medical devices. Pls see www.epinex.com and www.redapple.ai...

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David Chen David Chen
Nurse Practitioner
During my time at UC Irvine, I volunteered at the Aquarium of the Pacific and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center to gain animal experience hours for a c...

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Lori-Ann Christie Lori-Ann Christie
Principal
After graduating with my PhD, I moved to California to pursue postdoctoral research at UCI. In 2012, I made the decision to leave academia to began an...

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Michelle Oberoi Michelle Oberoi
Medical Degree (MD) Candidate
Applying to medical school as a first-generation immigrant was daunting but I had a successful application cycle after applying to 28 schools and inte...

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Cynthia Rodriguez Cynthia Rodriguez
PhD Candidate
I obtained my B.S. degree in Biological Sciences on 2012 from the University of California, Irvine. While an undergrad I did research at the UCI Medic...

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Matthew Mahavongtrakul
Postdoctoral Scholar
While earning my PhD, I participated in GPS-STEM (then called GPS-BIOMED) to meet with industry professionals. I was also an adjunct instructor at San...

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Julie Chan Julie Chan
Resident Physician
I am currently a PGY-6 Neurosurgery Resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. After graduation in 2023, I will begin my Spine Fellowship in Boston befo...

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Bardia Bahadori Bardia Bahadori
Medical Student
I was born and raised in Southern California and graduated from UCI in 2017. I spent my gap year doing research in Infectious Diseases at UCI. I'm now...

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Phillip Richardson Phillip Richardson
Physician / VPMA
Anesthesiologist, who was fortunate to become CEO of his group. Also served on the boards of CHOC Hospital & PIH Hospital. Obtained his MBA to gain ...

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Perry Woo
Senior Assistant General Counsel
I studied Biological Sciences at UCI and went to law school. My current occupation is in-house patent attorney....

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Shane Mesko Shane Mesko
Physician - Radiation Oncology
I was born and raised in southern California, went to UC Irvine for undergrad, business school, and medical school before heading down to San Diego fo...

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Andy Luo Andy Luo
General Dentist
Graduated from UC Irvine in 2018. Worked in real estate and education until going to dental school in Chicago. Have been a practicing dentist for over...

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Peter Chung Peter Chung
Dentist
Graduated UCI in 1997, graduated from UCSF School of Dentistry in 2001. Currently the owner of my practice in Napa, CA. It's a family oriented pract...

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Emaad Farooqui
Vascular surgeon
Graduated with a bio sci degree from Uci. Completed a masters program and medical School in Chicago. Finished residency and fellowship in vascular su...

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Paria Ali Pour Paria Ali Pour
Lecturer
I completed my bachelor's in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and master's and PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine. I have 8 years of r...

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Samantha Reyes Samantha Reyes
Life Science Research Professional 2
Since graduation from UCI Irvine, I have worked in medical research, and have been in the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford since 2015. I have ext...

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Mihir Sheth Mihir Sheth
Cardiothoracic Surgery PA
After UCI I worked as a heart and lung transplant procurement tech. After 2 years of surgical experience I went to PA school. I received training in c...

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Regis Lee Regis Lee
Medical Student
SoCal Native that graduated from UC Irvine in 2017 as a Biological Sciences major. Some of my involvements during my time at UC Irvine include being a...

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Pascal Krotee
Senior Associate
After completing my undergrad degree at UCI, I worked as a technician in the Developmental Biology Center. While at UCLA for my PhD studies, I quickly...

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Nikan Khatibi Nikan Khatibi
CEO / Medical Director
www.DrNikanKhatibi.com...

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David Kovacs
Rheumatologist
Board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology...

Tushar Patel
Radiologist Physician
Diagnostic Radiologist in private practice since 2001. I specialize in general radiology, primarily CT, MRI, PET/CT imaging with an emphasis on cance...

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Joseph Bellomo
Cardiologist
Practicing Cardiologist for years; I would like to give back to the UCI community if possible since it gave me my start in Education...

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Lamia Gabal Lamia Gabal
Urologist
Urologist with own practice in Santa Ana, Prestige medical group. After graduating from UCI w/BS in 1984, took 3 years off then attended UCSD school o...

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Eric Mangahis Eric Mangahis
Environmental Health Officer
I currently serve as an Environmental Health Officer with the Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service. The USPHS Commissioned Corps is one...

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Dennis Nguyen Dennis Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
I had many interests while at UC Irvine, but knew I wanted to be in healthcare. I attended at the UC Berkeley / UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program...

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Steve Chen Steve Chen
Dentist
High School BS DDS Worked in various dental offices for 2 years before opening my own private dental office....

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Brittany Pham Brittany Pham
PhD Student
I am a first year Pharmacology PhD student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. My interest in research was a direct result of my han...

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Genevieve Buenaflor Genevieve Buenaflor
Physician
6th grade science teacher US Navy Medical Officer Urgent Care Physician Geriatric Home Physician Student Health Physican...

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Cynthia Binoya Cynthia Binoya
Physician Assistant
My bachelors degree was in Visual Arts Media: Film and Video. After working for one year as a video editor, I decided to change career paths and end...

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Jason Kim Jason Kim
Professor and Director
As a Professor of Molecular Medicine and MD/PhD Admissions Committee member at UMass Medical School, Dr. Kim conducts diabetes research and educates m...

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Daniel Peiffer Daniel Peiffer
Director, Marketing
I have worked at Illumina, Inc (San Diego) since 2005 in a variety of roles in Product Management, Sales and Marketing....

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Debbie Tran Debbie Tran
Physician
I have been practicing internal medicine for Kaiser Permanente since 1998 I’m in outpatient practice...

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Stephen Bumb Stephen Bumb
Vice President Marketing
Stephen has an insatiable curiosity about the human operating system that start in high school. He pursued the study of biology at UCI, engaging in t...

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Melody Fang Melody Fang
Emergency Medicine Resident Physician
Hi everyone! I am from the Bay Area (Fremont, CA). I studied biological sciences at UCI for undergrad and graduated in 2017. During my time at UCI, I ...

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Rajiv Ramdeo
Senior Manager
Trained in public health, built experience in healthcare technology...

Jeanette Barrera
Physician Assistant
Experience in Emergency Department, Family/Peds clinic, currently working full time in Urgent Care with Kaiser Permanente for 12 years....

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Jennifer Dean Jennifer Dean
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
I graduated from UCI with my bachelors in 2010 and then graduated from UCLA school of dentistry in 2014. After that, I did a 6 year residency in Oral...

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Yi Cheng Chia Yi Cheng Chia
Senior Strategic Account Manager
I have been working in sales within the biotech industry for the past ten plus years, focusing mainly on molecular biology related technologies and to...

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James Truong
Emergency Physician
Medicine was my second career. I first graduated from UCLA with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After working in the aerospace industry for two ...

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Anne Matich
Physician
I am a neurologist at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego with a subspecialty in neuromuscular diseases. I also have administrative responsibilities as the...

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Laura Wong
Clinical Pharmacist
Over the past 2 decades I have worked in predominantly pharmacy based careers, but have additionally worked in marine biology, microbiology, teaching,...

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Jacob Duong Jacob Duong
Physician
A Bio Sci Counselor told me that I should consider a field other than medicine - I proved her wrong....

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Diana Dizon Diana Dizon
President
I am currently the co-founder and president of Bionerds. Bionerds offer Biology hands-on workshops for students from K-8th graders. I earned my bache...

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Anh L. Ngo Anh L. Ngo
Dude
UCI Undergrad, Business School, Med School. USC Anesthesia Residency. Private Practice Anesthesia. Sold to Private Equity. Academic Faculty at Har...

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Valentina Bonev
Breast Surgeon
went to UCI for undergrad and med school, loma linda university medical center for general surgery residency, Northwestern University Hospital for bre...

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