Current Residents

UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Information
(*denotes research resident)

PGY-5

Alexander Disston
Hometown: Berkeley, CA
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: UC San Francisco
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Adrian Hinman
Hometown: Old Lyme, CT
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: Yale University
Activities: Cycling, skiing
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Peter Kung
Hometown: Weston, MA
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Medical School: Northwestern University
Fellowship: Sports, Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic (Los Angeles, CA)
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Jonathan Lam
Hometown: Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate: Harvard University (A.B. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Classics, Philosophy)
Postgraduate: Washington University (Ph.D Molecular Cell Biology)
Medical School: Washington University
Activities: Health Volunteers Overseas, alpine skiing, fly fishing, rowing, sailing, lacrosse, chamber music performance (piano and French horn), cooking, wine
Fellowship: Hand/Upper Extremity, Hospital for Special Surgery
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Saam Morshed*
Hometown:
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Postgraduate: UC Berkeley (PhD, MPH)
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Fellowship: Trauma, University of Washington
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Erik Novak
Hometown: Port Angeles, WA
Undergraduate: University of Washington
Postgraduate: University of Washington (PhD)
Medical School: University of Washington
Fellowship: Foot and Ankle, University of Washington
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PGY-4

Glenn Diekmann
Hometown: Glendora, CA
Undergraduate: UC Irvine
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Spending time with my family, music composition, playing guitar, traveling, photography, sailing
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William Scott Green
Hometown:
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Fellowship: Hand/Upper Extremity
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Roberto Lugo
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical School: Yale University
Fellowship: Sports
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James Mok*
Hometown: Sewickley, PA
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
Medical School: Columbia University
Fellowship: Spine
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Melinda Sharkey
Hometown: Waukesha, WI
Undergraduate: Wellesley College
Medical School: University of Chicago
Activities: Running, hiking, bike riding, sleeping
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedics
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Nicole Strauss
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Undergraduate: Williams College
Medical School: Northwestern University
Fellowship: Hand/Upper Extremity
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PGY-4 Research

Alexis Dang*
Hometown: Orange, CA
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Photography
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PGY-3

Tenner Guillaume
Hometown:
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: University of Minnesota
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Erik Hansen*
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: UC San Francisco
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Michael Kelly
Hometown: Needham, MA
Undergraduate: Boston College
Medical School: University of Massachusetts
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Michael Laidlaw
Hometown: Katy, Texas
Undergraduate: United States Air Force Academy
Medical School: Georgetown University
Activities: Spending time with my family and friends, surfing, and traveling to wine country whenever possible
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Jennifer Laine
Hometown: St. Paul, MN
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Medical School: Columbia University
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Cameron Sadeghi
Hometown:
Undergraduate: Claremont McKenna College
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
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PGY-2

Vincent Chow
Hometown: Hudson, FL
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Medical School: University of Miami
Activities: Surfing, spearfishing, freediving, water skiing, swimming, and anything involving H2O
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Reza Firoozabadi
Hometown: Los Altos, CA
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Postgraduate: Boston University (MA)
Medical School: Boston University
Activities: Traveling, working out, photography, and spending time with family
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Christine Kashyap*
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Medical School: Columbia University
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Adam Warren
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Postgraduate: UC Berkeley (MPH)
Medical School: Stanford University
Activities: Arts-based youth education, reggae music, snowboarding
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Rosanna Wustrack
Hometown: West Linn, OR
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical School: Washington University (St. Louis)
Activities: Running, basketball, painting, baking and traveling
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Akira Yamamoto
Hometown: Sapporo, Japan
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Medical School: UC San Francisco
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PGY-1

Freddy Abnousi
Hometown: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Undergraduate: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Postgraduate: Oxford University (MBA), London School of Economics (MS)
Medical School: Stanford University
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Luis Corrales
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate: UC Los Angeles
Medical School: Harvard University
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Jaicharan Iyengar
Hometown: Fullerton, CA
Undergraduate: UC Los Angeles
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Traveling, basketball, golf, movies, global orthopaedics, eating other peopleﾒs cooking
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Carol Lin
Hometown: Tustin, CA
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: Washington University (St. Louis)
Activities: International health, taiko, modern lit, cooking, swimming, biking, backpacking, handstands
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Robert Sproul
Hometown: Moraga, CA
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Sports, movies, backpacking, fishing, sailing, lifting, eating
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Dan Thullier*
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Medical School: UC San Francisco
Activities: Basketball, baseball, hiking, anime, fiction, ghostriding my whip