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Since 1934, Kern Medical has been training residents and
health care professionals in our community.

Former Resident

Our residents have gone on to do fellowships and take successful positions at both small community programs and large academic EM programs.

Class of 2024

  • Carol Tang
    Full Time at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center & Part Time at Pomona Valley Medical Center
  • Afomia Mesfin
    Full Time at UCLA West Valley Medical Center
  • Bianca Arechiga
    San Antonio Baptist Medical Center, Texas
  • Edward McCrink
    Mercy Hospital, Bakersfield CA
  • Edward Pak
    McKenzie Willamette Medical Center, Eugene OR
  • Angela Tseng
    Corona Regional & Redlands Community Hospital, San Diego CA
  • Cecilia Jimenez
    Adventist Health Bakersfield, CA

Class of 2023

  • Ryan Roleson, MD
    Hemet Global Medical Center, Hemet County
  • Abdelhamid Dalia, MD
    Memorial Hospital, Kern County/ Part time at Kern Medical, Kern County
  • Matthew Cupp, MD
    French Hospital Medical Center, San Lu is Obispo/ Part time at Kern Medical, Kern County
  • Brett Cowan, MD
    Mercy Hospital, Kern County/ Part time at Kern Medical, Kern County
  • Khalid Ramahi, MD
    Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco County
  • Ty Tran, MD
    Kaiser Permanente, Kern County/ Memorial Hospital, Kern County
  • Benjmain Boodaie, MD
    Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles County

Class of 2022

  • Ikechikwu 'Ike" Amobi, MD
    Tuscan General, Arizona
  • Shelah Hayes, MD
    Denver Health Systems, Colorado
  • Sean Heavey, MD
    Geriatric Fellowship, UC Davis
  • Nanse Mendoza, MD
    Mercy Hospital, Bakersfield, CA
  • David Pouldar, MD
    Bakersfield Heart Hospital, Bakersfield, CA
  • Cuauhtlehuanitzin Rangel, MD
    Bakersfield Heart Hospital, Bakersfield, CA
  • Atish Vanmali, MD
    Palmdale Regional Medical Center, Palmdale, CA

Class of 2021

  • Joel Amezquita, MD
    Madera Community Hospital, Madera, CA
  • Krishan Chaddha, DO
    Bakersfield Heart Hospital and Mercy Hospitals, Bakersfield, CA
  • Thomas Preston Hill, MD
    Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA
  • Alex Huang, MD
    Bakersfield Heart Hospital, Bakersfield, CA
  • Eddie Xavier Ortiz, MD
    Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Medical Center, Ukiah, CA
  • Elizabeth Siacunco, MD
    United Regional Medical Center, Wichita Falls, TX
  • Nathan Wang, MD
    Doctors Medical Center, Modesto, CA
    San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, CA

CLASS of 2020

  • Silva Boyajian
    Huntington Hospital, Pasadena CA & Adventist Health Glendale, Glendale CA
  • Vikram Shankar
    CMO of Tribal Health for reservations in South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Arizona and Oklahoma
  • Jason Jerome
    Hospital Sisters Health Systems/St. Elizabeth's in O'Fallon, IL
  • Isaac Gabriel
    ED Director at Sanford Health, Aberdeen SD
  • Larissa Morsky
    Full time faculty/ Director of UCLA EM Clerkships at Kern Medical

Class of 2019

  • Adam Kincaid, MD: US Reserves
  • Addie Bugas, MD: Lovelace Hospital, New Mexico
  • Amanda Montgomery, MD: Natividad Hospital,Santa Cruz, CA
  • Jasmine Wang, MD: Pomona Medical Center, Pomona, CA
  • Tami Moore, MD: Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA
  • Matthew Stapleton, MD: Banner Boswell Hospital, Arizona

Class of 2018

  • Scott Carney, MD: Bakersfield
  • Andrew Fischer, MD: Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA and TriCity Hospital, Oceanside, CA
  • Jing Liu, MD: Kaweah Delta Healthcare District, Visalia, CA
  • Samuel Lohstreter, MD: Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND
  • Uriel Manzo, MD: St. Agnes, Fresno, CA
  • William Pho, MD: Kaweah Delta Healthcare District, Visalia, CA

Class of 2017

  • Shandon Anderson, MD: Mary Hospital,Torrance, CA
  • Bradley Blakely, MD: Yakima Hospital, Yakima, WA
  • Nhan Do, MD: Riverside Community Hospital, University of California – Riverside EM Residency Program, Riverside, CA
  • Halsey Jakle, MD: CEP – Mercy San Juan Hospital, Sacramento, CA
  • Geoffrey Kony, MD: Fellowship Neuro Critical Care, USC-LAC, Los Angeles, CA
  • Sage Wexner, MD: Kern Medical, Bakersfield, CA