(4th-Year Cardiac Critical Care Fellow): Tyler is originally from Northern California and earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis. He completed his medical degree at Georgetown University and pediatrics residency at LSU Health, Children's Hospital New Orleans. He then attended Children's Hospital Los Angeles for his pediatric critical care fellowship and that is where his interest in pediatric cardiac critical care began. He is continuing his pursuit of becoming a pediatric cardiac intensivist as a 4th Year Cardiac Critical Care Fellow here at UCSD/Rady Children's Hospital. Tyler's hobbies/interests include cooking, playing basketball, and surfing.
Elizabeth LaSalle, MD
(4th-Year Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellow): Elizabeth “Libby” is originally from Colorado and earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). Libby continued at Georgetown University earning her Medical Degree. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Rainbow Babies prior to joining UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital for her fellowship in pediatric cardiology. She is continuing her advanced cardiac imaging training here at UC San Diego. Libby’s hobbies/interests are hiking, camping, and cooking.
Bayan Issa, MD
(4th-Year Interventional Cardiology Fellow): Bayan was born and raised in Aleppo, Syria. She earned a Master’s degree in physical therapy from Aleppa University then attending Kalmoon University for her medical degree. After medical school, she moved to Cleveland, OH to do research at Cleveland Clinic for a year before applying for residency. She completed her pediatric residency training at University of Florida-Jacksonville, then general pediatric cardiology fellowship at University of Iowa before joining the UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital interventional cardiology fellowship. Bayan enjoys baking, playing tennis, hiking, and outdoor activities.
Jihyun "Polly" Park, MD
(3rd-Year Categorical Fellow): Polly did her undergraduate studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and went back to Korea to complete medical school at Konyang University College of Medicine in Daejeon. She then moved to Hawaii to complete her pediatric residency training at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. She will be going into interventional cardiology after completing her categorical cardiology fellowship.
Danielle Strah, MD
(3rd-Year Categorical Fellow): Danielle completed her undergraduate studies at University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa, followed by medical school at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She then moved to Tucson to complete her pediatric residency training at the University of Arizona. She loved moving westward for her fellowship training with us at UC San Diego. She is interested in cardiac critical care. She enjoys reading, teaching fitness classes, playing with her dog and cat, and traveling with her husband.
Ealla Atari, MD
(2nd-Year Categorical Fellow): Ealla completed my Pediatric Residency at Akron Children's Hospital. She is originally from Ohio and lived there until this year when she moved across the country to California! Ealla loves exploring new coffee shops, being outdoors, and baking. She is excited to experience the San Diego warmth, sunshine, and, of course, learn about Cardiology!
Lucio Ortega, MD
(2nd-Year Categorical Fellow): Lucio was born and raised in a small town in Northern Mexico, then attended medical school at the Universidad de Tamaulipas, Tampico. After graduating medical school, he completed pediatric residency training at Texas Tech University at Amarillo, TX, graduating in June 2023. Lucio enjoys playing soccer, watching movies with his wife, and cooking Mexican food. He enjoys hiking with his corgi dog named Murmur. Lucio is interested in pursuing a career in Interventional Cardiology.
Brianna "Bri" (Naumchik) Rosenberg, MD
(1st-Year Categorical Fellow): Bri is a native Minnesotan that moved to San Diego after graduating medical school and has found a new home in the sun. She completed her pediatric residency training here at UC San Diego and stayed for her pediatric cardiology training. She discovered her interest in cardiology early on in medical school and is excited to be embarking on this career path. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and dog, traveling, and playing pickleball, volleyball, or any other outdoor activity.
Ashley Wong, MD
(1st-Year Categorical Fellow): Ashley was born and raised in San Diego but found herself studying Human Biology at UC Irvine, attending medical school at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and completing her pediatric residency training at UC Davis. She met her husband, Kevin, in Milwaukee and together they moved back to California with their black lab, Luca. She enjoys staying active whether that be going to the gym, hot yoga, kickboxing, or a week-long backpacking trip. She loves exploring new recipes in the kitchen including some new baked goods. Within her career, she has focused her research on studying single ventricle outcomes through the scope of vectorcardiography. She looks forward to the opportunity to learn new methods of studying the hemodynamics and physiology of patients with single ventricle physiology through her fellowship and her career.
