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UCSD Respiratory Medicine Fellows

Current Fellows and Research Projects

  • Sophia Karandashova, MD, PhD

    Sophia Karandashova, MD, PhD

    Residency: University of California, San Diego, Pediatrics
    Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
  • Rasa Tiano, DO

    Rasa Tiano, DO

    Residency: Phoenix Children’s Hospital
    Medical School: Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Katherine Hosinski, MD

    Katherine Hosinski, MD

    Residency: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine at Lurie Children’s
    Medical School: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University

Positions of Former Fellows

  1. Kathyn Akong, MD, PhD, 2012. Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UCSD.
  2. Mindy Ross, MD, MBA, 2013. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA.
  3. Matejka Cernelc-Kohan, MD, 2014. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UCSD.
  4. Taylor Inman, MD, 2016. Staff pulmonologist, Balboa Naval Medical Hospital, San Diego.
  5. Marilynn Chan, MD, 2017. Pulmonologist, Kaiser Permanente, Orange County, CA.
  6. Divya Chhabra, MD, 2017. Assistant Professor University of Rochester Medicine.
  7. Elizabeth Duong, MD, 2018. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, with research focus, UCSD.
  8. Ruth Siew, MD, 2019, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics UCSF.
  9. Chelsea Gatcliff, MD, 2020, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Houston.
  10. Manju Hurvitz, MD, 2021, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (pending appointment), UCSD.
  11. Richard Wong, DO, 2024, Pulmonologist Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
  12. Danielle Leverone, MD, 2025, Assistant Professor of Pediatric, UCSD.
  13. Amanda Khoury, MD, 2025, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s National.

Past Fellowship Research Projects

  1. Kathryn Akong, MD, PhD – Host defense and neutrophil nets in pneumonia and cystic fibrosis.
    [Mentor: Dr. Victor Nizet]
  2. Matejka Cernelc-Kohan, MD – Role of extracellular vesicles in phenotypic alteration in lung fibrosis.
    [Mentor: Dr. Jim Hagood]
  3. Mindy Ross, MD – Use of bioinformatics to distinguish asthma phenotypes.
    [Mentor: Dr. Lucila Ohno-Machado]
  4. Taylor Inman, MD – Role of continuous glucose monitoring in cystic fibrosis related diabetes.
    [Mentor: Dr. Carla Demeterco]
  5. Divya Chhabra, MD – Sex differences in DNA methylation during alveolar development.
    [Mentor: Dr. Jim Hagood]
  6. Marilynn Chan, MD – Differential methylation patterns in the developing lung.
    [Mentor: Dr. Bing Ren]
  7. Elizabeth Duong, MD – Single cell analysis of cell types critical to lung development.
    [Mentor: Dr. Kun Zhang]
  8. Ruth Siew, MD – The role of bicarbonate in cystic fibrosis pseudomonas lung infections.
    [Mentor: Dr. Victor Nizet]
  9. Chelsea Gatcliffe, MD – Evaluation of the Respiratory Tract Immune Response in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Aspiration
    [Mentor: Dr. David Dimmock]
  10. Manju Hurvitz, MD – Improving bipap adherence in neuromuscular disease
    [Mentor: Dr. Rakesh Bhattacharjee]
  11. Richard Wong, DO – Circulating microRNAs associated with bronchodilator response in childhood asthma.
    [Mentor: Dr. Kelan Tantisira]
  12. Danielle Leverone, MD – Impulse oscillometry to assess lung function in neuromuscular disorders.
    [Mentor: Dr. Rakesh Bhattacharjee]
  13. Amanda Khoury, MD – Genetic influences on sweat chloride variability and late diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
    [Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Akong]