David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Sixty-sixth Graduating Class Three o’clock in the Afternoon Friday, May Twenty-ninth Two Thousand and Twenty The Oath of Hippocrates I swear by all that I hold most sacred that I will keep this enduring Oath: To the best of my ability and judgment I will practice the Art only for the benefit of my patients. Whatever houses I may visit, I will enter only to help the sick or to prevent illness, never to inflict harm, injustice or suffering. I will lead my life and practice the Art conscientiously and with honor. Whatever I may see or hear in the practice of the Art or even outside of it that should not be spread abroad I will keep in solemn confidence. I will be just and generous to those who taught me the Art, to my colleagues in the Art, and to those who desire to learn it. May happiness and the physician’s good repute be granted me while I keep this sacred Oath inviolate. Adapted from the original by SHERMAN M. MELLINKOFF, M.D. Dean, 1962-1986 Professor of Medicine, 1962-2016 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 3 Program DEAN PRESIDING CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D. Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D. Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA PRELUDE INTRODUCTION OF GRADUATES Clarence H. Braddock III, M.D., MPH, MACP INVOCATION Vice Dean for Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Reverend Yuko Uesugi Associate Director, Department of Spiritual Care, UCLA Health ADMINISTRATION OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D. GREETINGS Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA John C. Mazziotta, M.D., Ph.D. Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences CEO, UCLA Health BENEDICTION The Reverend Yuko Uesugi WELCOME Associate Director, Department of Spiritual Care, UCLA Health Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D. Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA CONCLUSION STUDENT SPEAKERS David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Introduction: Jasmin Cierra Neal, President of the Class of 2020 Class of 2020 Speaker: Melissa Anne Markowitz, Class of 2020 PRESENTATION OF MELLINKOFF AWARD Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D. Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA As a land grant institution, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA REMARKS acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers Nadine Burke Harris, M.D., MPH, FAAP of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands). 4 5 Class of 2020 CHARLES R. DREW/UCLA MEDICAL Jaionn Griner Jasmin Cierra Neal Yeabsra Aleligne EDUCATION PROGRAM Emergency Medicine Surgery-General Internal Medicine Boston University Medical Center-MA Zucker SOM-Northwell NS/LIJ-NY UC Davis/Travis Air Force Base-CA Marvin Ambriz Family Medicine Dushawn Raheem Harley Vincent Bruce Ofori Katherine Lee Bailey Harbor-UCLA Medical Center-CA Internal Medicine Will pursue post-graduate training at a Internal Medicine Valley Hospital Medical Center-NV later time. UCLA Medical Center-CA Elvis Jovanie Arteaga Internal Medicine Claire Isidro Bria Loren Pettway Roselle Read Bleck UC Davis Medical Center-CA Will pursue post-graduate training at a Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics and Gynecology later time. Kaiser Permanente-Oakland-CA Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein-NY Fernando Jose Avila-Garibay Family Medicine Brittany Jones-Linares Maria Ruiz Kenneth Stephen Ferenchak UCLA Medical Center-CA Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics and Gynecology Pediatrics U Arizona COM-Tucson-AZ U Washington Affiliate Hospitals-WA Melanie Nicole Cargle Shanice Alyssa McKenzie Orthopaedic Surgery Internal Medicine Maurice Jamal Turner Phoebe Digmita Garcia U Southern California-CA Olive View-UCLA Medical Center-CA Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Dermatology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-CA Olive View-UCLA Medical Center-CA Devon Joseph Carter U Southern California-CA Anesthesiology Dimeji Olukunmi Williams Jonathan Douglas Gatto UC San Francisco-CA Joaquin Michel Internal Medicine Surgery-General Urology Cook County Health and U Washington Affiliate Hospitals-WA Marquell Craddock Mount Sinai Medical Center-FL Hospitals System-IL Pediatrics Marissa Grace Holden Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles-CA Alfonso Molina UTILIS SOCIETY Obstetrics and Gynecology Internal Medicine Virginia Commonwealth U Health System- Frederick Isaac Ferguson Stanford University Programs-CA Seth Austin Ahlquist VA Family Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery UCLA Medical Center-CA Kyasha Moore UCLA Medical Center-CA Cher X. Huang Pediatrics Internal Medicine Lauren Michelle Renae Gibbs Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles-CA Neha Amit Akkad Massachusetts General Hospital-MA Obstetrics and Gynecology Internal Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine-GA Barnes-Jewish Hospital-MO 6 7 Class of 2020 Bryan Paul Huebner Kelsey Lipman Kevin Tang Chelsea Lilian Benmessaoud Anesthesiology Plastic Surgery (Integrated) Internal Medicine Will pursue post-graduate training at a Stanford University Programs-CA Stanford University Programs-CA Baylor College of Medicine-Houston-TX later time. Lap Kien Huynh Jetrina Maque Emily Elizabeth Truong Jennifer Cohenmehr Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Psychiatry Stanford University Programs-CA UCLA Medical Center-CA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-CA UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience-CA Lauren Reed-Platt Jatt Jack Andrew McGregor Mani Vahidi Edgar Corona Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Psychiatry Internal Medicine U Washington Affiliate Hospitals-WA UC San Francisco-CA VA Greater LA Health System-CA UC San Francisco-CA Jerry Peng Jiang Adam Paul Peña Steve Zhou Christopher Joseph DeMatteo Internal Medicine Urology Urology Emergency Medicine Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital-CA U Southern California-CA Stanford University Programs-CA Icahn SOM St. Luke’s-Roosevelt-NY Interventional Radiology (Integrated) Oregon Health & Science University-OR Jeannie Gail Evangelista Radoc Marcela Zhou Huang David DiTullio Obstetrics and Gynecology Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Betelhem Negash Kifle Kaiser Permanente-Santa Clara-CA UC San Francisco-CA NYU Grossman School Of Medicine-NY Internal Medicine UC San Francisco-CA Jessica Reddy Heba Dia-Eldin Elnaiem Psychiatry CARITAS SOCIETY Psychiatry Ruby Kuang Johns Hopkins Hospital-MD Johns Hopkins Hospital-MD Surgery-General Brenda Abarca Loma Linda University-CA Sajan H. Shah Psychiatry Precious Ann Ventura Fortes Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical Urology Internal Medicine/Anesthesiology Harbor-UCLA Medical Center-CA UCLA Medical Center-CA Loma Linda University-CA Stanford University Programs-CA Onyemaechi Anoruo Will pursue post-graduate training at a Ernest Lee Sreetha Sidharthan Carlos Eduardo Gomez-Mustafa later time. Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery UC Davis Medical Center-CA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-CA Hospital for Special Surgery-NY Sara Arastoo Dermatology Anesthesiology UC San Francisco-CA UCLA Medical Center-CA 8 9 Class of 2020 Timothy Safa Kaddis John Park Shatara Vernay Townes EVAMENTUM SOCIETY Internal Medicine Anesthesiology Internal Medicine L Oregon Health & Science University-OR UCLA Medical Center-CA UCLA Medical Center-CA Rivka Aliza Adler Will pursue post-graduate training at a Kwang I. Kim Nirali Patel Tajah Chanelle Tubbs later time. Surgery-General Transitional Year Emergency Medicine Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein-NY Scripps Mercy Hospital-San Diego-CA UC San Francisco-CA Pamela Akuchukwu Akametalu Dermatology Obstetrics and Gynecology Davis Kipkemboi Kimaiyo Emory University SOM-GA David Andrew Tucker Howard University Hospital-DC Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital-MA Stephanie Ahn Pham Mayo Clinic School of GME-MN Benjamin Amendolara In Loving Memory Psychiatry Dan Li Haley Rae Vertelney UC San Diego Medical Center-CA Internal Medicine Melissa Rios Emergency Medicine Olive View-UCLA Medical Center-CA Pediatrics UC San Francisco-CA Arash Amighi Radiology-Diagnostic Children’s Hospital-Los Angeles-CA Urology UCLA Medical Center-CA Bowen Wei U Washington Affiliate Hospitals-WA Jaspreet Singh Sandhu Interventional Radiology (Integrated) Jack Benjamin Margines Internal Medicine UCLA Medical Center-CA Phillip Huang Chen Internal Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital-MA Internal Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center-CA Kyle A. Yamamoto UCLA Medical Center-CA Ophthalmology Young-Ji Seo Maxillofacial Oral Surgery UCLA Medical Center-CA Surgery-General UCLA Medical Center-CA Samuel Joseph Clarkson UCLA Medical Center-CA Will pursue post-graduate training at a later time. Clarissa Anne Niino Shiliang Zhang Obstetrics and Gynecology John Patrick Sheppard Internal Medicine Kelly Francisca Darmawan Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-CA Internal Medicine UCLA Medical Center-CA Obstetrics and Gynecology Harbor-UCLA Medical Center-CA Stanford University Programs-CA Jin Patrick Park Internal Medicine Kevin Sung Jonathan Louie Diaz NYP Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Internal Medicine Family Medicine Center-NY UC San Diego Medical Center-CA Harbor-UCLA Medical Center-CA 10 11 Class of 2020 Matthew Charles Edwards Seung Jin Lee Alejandro Ochoa, III Amin Tavakoli Internal Medicine Neurological Surgery Internal Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology Adventist Health White Memorial-CA Mayo Clinic School of GME-FL UC Riverside SOM-CA U Southern California-CA Gabriela Gonzalez Georgia Lill Angela Oh Montana Upton Urology Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Otolaryngology UC Davis Medical Center-CA UCLA Medical Center-CA Harbor-UCLA Medical Center-CA Vanderbilt University Medical