Welcome New DoM Faculty
Cardiology
Thinn Hlaing, MD
Practice Location:
San Luis Obispo
MBBS:
Institute of Medicine, Mandalay University, 1994
Residency:
Internal Medicine, Lankenau Medical Center, 2005
Fellowship:
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, 2011
Cardiovascular Diseases, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, 2009
Cardiovascular Disease, Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital, 2006
Deepa Ragesh Panikkath, MD
Practice Location: San Luis Obispo
MBBS:
Government Medical College, 2000
Residency:
Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, 2016
Fellowship:
Rheumatology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 2021
Clinical Nutrition
Melissa H. Chung, MD
Practice Location:
Santa Monica
Doctor of Medicine:
Rush University/Rush Medical College, 2018
Residency:
Internal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 2021
Gwendolyn Lee, MD, MPP
Practice Location:
Santa Monica
Doctor of Medicine:
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 2022
Residency:
Internal Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, 2025
Fellowship:
UCLA, 2026
General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research (GIMHSR)
Tom Chen, MD
Practice Location:
Encino
Doctor of Medicine:
University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, 2020
Residency:
Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2026
Alexander P. Sung, MD, PhD, MS
Practice Location:
Pasadena
Doctor of Medicine:
MS, University of Nevada, Reno, 2016
MD, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2022
PhD, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2022
Residency:
Internal Medicine, L. A. County USC Medical Center, 2025
GIMHSR - East West Medicine
Emily Y. Chang, MD
Practice Location:
Westwood
Doctor of Medicine:
UCLA School of Medicine, 2021
Residency:
Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine: Internal Medicine, 2024
Fellowship:
East-West Integrative Medicine, East-West Medicine Fellowship, 2026
Jade A. March, MD
Practice Location:
Westlake Village
Doctor of Medicine:
UCLA School of Medicine: Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020
Residency:
Family Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 2024
Fellowship:
Integrative Medicine East-West Fellowship, UCLA East-West Medicine, 2026
Irene Wang, MD
Practice Location:
Westwood
Doctor of Medicine:
Taipei Medical University, 2020
Residency:
Family Medicine, University of California Riverside, 2024
Fellowship:
Integrative Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine - East West Medicine, 2025
TNT Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship, University of California Irvine, 2023
GIMHSR - Family Medicine
Sharjil Shamim, MD
Practice Location:
Pasadena
Doctor of Medicine:
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, 2022
Residency:
Family Medicine, Michigan State Univ College of Human Medicine, 2025
Lily Ravel Van Tongeren, MD
Practice Location: Beverly Hills
Doctor of Medicine:
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2022
Residency:
Family Medicine, Cooper Hospital / University Medical Center, 2025
GIMHSR - HOSPITALISTS
Katherine Halper, MD
Practice Location: Westwood
Doctor of Medicine: University of Southern California
Residency:
Med-Peds, UCLA Department of Internal Medicine, 2026
Cristina H. Nguyen, MD, MHA, MS
Practice Location:
Westwood
Doctor of Medicine:
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2017
Residency:
Internal Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center - Highland Campus, 2020
Alexander Tan-Huy Pham, MD
Practice Location:
Westwood
Doctor of Medicine:
UCLA School of Medicine, 2022
Residency:
Internal Medicine, UCLA Department of Internal Medicine, 2025
Jyotsna S. Sharma, MD
Practice Location: Westwood
Doctor of Medicine:
Dayanand Medical College, 2015
Residency:
Internal Medicine, UC Riverside School of Medicine, 2020
Geriatrics
Nancy K. Tran, MD
Practice Location:
Westwood
Doctor of Medicine:
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 2021
Residency:
internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 2024
Fellowship:
Geriatrics, UCLA-VA Multicampus Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, 2025
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