Valley Children’s physicians, staff and volunteers welcomed the newest members of Valley Children’s Pediatric Residency Program, Affiliated with Stanford University School of Medicine. There will be an all-staff celebration and ceremony to mark the residents’ arrival. All 13 residents have ties to California.
Valley Children’s 2021 Residency Class
- Michael Abdelmisseh, MD, Ross University School of Medicine: From Clovis, CA, hopes to advocate for children’s health and participate in community outreach and clinical research.
- Lindsay Forbes, DO, Touro Univ. Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine: From Walnut Creek, CA, wants to make an impact on her patients and community and to become a trusted mentor and educator.
- Rezvaneh Ghasemzadeh, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine: From Madison, WI, worked with Afghan refugee women and underprivileged women in Iran.
- Myrna Gonzalez Arellano, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine: From Chula Vista, CA, aims to work in communities that serve low-income families and bridge the language gap for the Latino community, president of the Medical Spanish Society of Latinos.
- Chloe Kupelian, DO, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine: From Canyon Country, CA, worked with underserved, diverse populations in San Diego, Los Angeles and Nicaragua, conducted research and served as behavioral analyst for patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Kevin Nguyen, MD, UC Davis School of Medicine: From El Dorado Hills, CA, is an advocate for Southeast Asian health disparities, co-founder of Gender and Sexual Diversity Interest Group, goal is to become a teacher, mentor and advocate for community change.
- Daniel Orellana, MD, UCLA/Drew Medical Education Program: From Downey, CA, has mission to conduct clinical and basic science research while actively educating patients and families about health, is volunteer with America Upward Bound, which teaches disadvantaged children.
- Mitchell Platter, DO, Touro Univ. California College of Osteopathic Medicine: From Fair Oaks, CA, goal is to overcome socio-economic gaps in healthcare.
- Karla Sherwood, DO, Touro Univ. California College of Osteopathic Medicine: From Aptos, CA, wants to work to fill gaps in healthcare disparities and care for the community, along with her patients.
- Crystal Takada, MD, UC Davis School of Medicine: From Sacramento, is an advocate for the lives of vulnerable populations and wants to positively influence behavioral change, interested in school-based clinics.
- Keenia Tappin, MD, Keck School of Medicine at USC: From Glendale, CA, goal is to work with underserved communities and become an advocate for families, has worked in multiple underserved areas of Southern California.
- Maria Teruel, DO, Touro Univ. California College of Osteopathic Medicine: From Vallejo, CA, hopes to become a community advocate and provide educational outreach at a global level, launched “Baby Box” program for families who don’t have cribs.
- Aashay Vyas, MD, UC Irvine School of Medicine: From Westminster, CA, focus on disease prevention through early intervention and wants to start children on the path to wellness from an early age and follow through to adulthood.
In addition to Valley Children’s affiliation with Stanford University School of Medicine, the pediatric residency program also features partnerships with hospitals and medical groups throughout Central California. Valley Children’s residents will have the opportunity for rotations at partner locations – including Kaiser Permanente and Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno and Dignity Health – and local pediatricians’ offices.
Valley Children’s Hospital continues to serve as a teaching site for more than 210 residents and medical students in a dozen other programs, including those based at Stanford in Palo Alto, Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia, Mercy Medical Center in Merced, and UCSF and Valley Health Team in Fresno.
While we have trained residents in the region for more than 40 years, Valley Children’s is the sponsoring institution of this residency program, taking full academic and financial responsibility for graduate medical education. The residency program is nationally accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The ACGME is a nonprofit council that oversees graduate medical training programs in hospitals throughout the country.
Valley Children’s also welcomed four Pharmacy residents during this event: Sunny Ng, PharmD, UCSF School of Pharmacy; Harmeet Takhar, PharmD, Midwestern University/Chicago College of Pharmacy; Jamie Legaspi, PharmD, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at University of the Pacific; and Kc Yovino, PharmD, California Health Sciences University College of Pharmacy.
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