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Brendan Crabb, MD
Hometown: Nampa, Idaho
Undergraduate / Medical School: Point Loma Nazarene University / University of Utah School of Medicine.
Favorite thing about UCSD: The people! At UCSD, you get to learn from and work with the best in the business.
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: Sunset jog on the Mission Bay boardwalk.
Fun Fact: I learned to scuba dive in an abandoned rock quarry outside of Park City, Utah, at 5700’ elevation.
Favorite taco in San Diego: The Taco Stand, La Jolla. -
Colvin Greenberg,MD
Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Undergraduate / Medical School: Boise State University/University of Washington
Favorite thing about UCSD: The people.
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: Surfing and spending time outside with my wife.
Fun Fact: I slept in a yurt most weekends growing up.
Favorite taco in San Diego: the taco stand. -
Hannah Hund,MD
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Undergraduate / Medical School: Wichita State University / Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Favorite thing about UCSD: the people!
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: go surfing with my friends and husband and explore different beaches.
Fun Fact: I play the violin and the fiddle.
Favorite taco in San Diego: adobada taco from Frida's. -
Cody Lee,MD
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergraduate / Medical School: Univ. of Arizona / Michigan State Univ. College of Human Medicine
Favorite thing about UCSD: The people!
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: Pretty much anything outdoors (surfing, snowboarding, camping, pickleball, etc.). Trying out new restaurants.
Fun Fact: I've moved 14 times in the last 13 years.
Favorite taco in San Diego: Fried fish taco from South Beach Bar & grill in OB with their house red hot sauce. -
Shant Malkasian, MD
Hometown: Whittier, CAUndergraduate / Medical School: UC Irvine, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Favorite thing about UCSD: Being near the ocean
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: Paddle boarding in La Jolla Cove
Fun Fact: San Diego is home to the world’s oldest sailing ship still afloat
Favorite taco in San Diego: Taco Stand
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Mikael Mir,MD
Hometown: Mankato, MN
Undergraduate / Medical School: Gustavus Adolphus College / University of Minnesota
Favorite thing about UCSD: The birds
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: Surfing & watching the sunset
Fun Fact: I just finished being a dungeon master for a 2-year-long homebrewed Dungeons & Dragons campaign
Favorite taco in San Diego: It hasn't found me yet -
David Nam, MD
Hometown: Cupertino, CA
Undergraduate/Medical School: Amherst College/Yale School of Medicine
Favorite things about UCSD: Sunny weather year-round, research support and resources
Favorite things to do in San Diego: Walking around parks, eating food
Fun fact: I can make tiramisu from scratch!
Favorite San Diego taco: Oscar's
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Roshun Sankaran, MD
Hometown: Gahanna, OH
Undergraduate / Medical School: University of Michigan / University of Michigan Medical School
Favorite thing about UCSD: The diversity of training sites, each serving a somewhat different patient population
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: Try new breweries with my wife
Fun Fact: I still tie my shoes with the "bunny ears" method, because I never learned how to tie them properly as a child. This has absolutely nothing to do with me dropping out of surgery residency, I swear.
Favorite taco in San Diego: Oscar's -
Kassandra Tulenko,MD
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Undergraduate / Medical School: University of Virginia
Favorite thing about UCSD: how collegial and friendly everyone has been!
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: recently, paddle boarding on the bay
Fun Fact: I love hot sauce and went through a phase of fermenting my own in med school
Favorite taco in San Diego: Al Pastor from the Taco Stand, or the California burrito from La Perla -
Omar Yaghi, MD
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Undergraduate / Medical School: Stanford University / Harvard Medical School
Favorite thing about UCSD: Unbeatable location with incredible research/biotech opportunities
Favorite thing to do in San Diego: All the outdoor activities, from hiking to pickleball!
Fun Fact: I am a diehard Liverpool FC fan
Favorite taco in San Diego: So far Puesto, but still exploring!