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

Alumni

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

Class of 2025

  • Charles Anderson, DO: Kern Medical EM Faculty Director of Simulation, Bakersfield CA
  • Maria Jose Araujo, MD: Naval Medical Center, Agana Heights Guam
  • Geocel Grace Castanares, DO: Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield CA
  • Mike Chin, DO: San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, San Gabriel CA
  • Jairo Garcia, MD: Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield CA
  • Seth Larsen, DO: Lackland Airforce Base, San Antonio TX
  • Kelsey Schrage, DO: Adventist Health Simi Valley, Simi Valley CA

Class of 2024

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

Class of 2023

  • Ryan Roleson, MD: Hemet Global Medical Center, Hemet CA
  • Abdelhamid Dalia, MD: Memorial Hospital, part time faculty at Kern Medical, Bakersfield CA
  • Brett Cowan, MD: Mercy Hospital, part time faculty at Kern Medical, Bakersfield CA
  • Khalid Ramahi, MD: Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, San Jose CA
  • Ty Tran, MD: Kaiser Permanente, Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield CA
  • Benjmain Boodaie, MD: Culver Emergency Medical Group, Los Angeles CA

Class of 2022

  • Ikechikwu 'Ike" Amobi, MD: Tucson Medical Center, Tucson AZ
  • Shelah Hayes, MD: Denver Health Systems, Denver CO
  • Sean Heavey, MD: Fellowship Geriatric Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis. Emergency Medicine Faculty UC Davis, Sacramento CA
  • Nanse Mendoza, MD: Memorial hospital, Bakersfield CA
  • David Pouldar, MD: Founder of RapidDoc Urgent Care, Los Angeles 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: Eisenhower Health, Rancho Mirage CA
  • Thomas Preston Hill, MD: Fellowship Emergency Ultrasound, University of California Davis. Ultrasound Director University of Texas Health, Tyler TX.
  • Alex Huang, MD: Palomar Medical Center, Escondido 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 and CA San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp CA

Class of 2020

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

Class of 2019

  • Adam Kincaid, MD: Natividad Medical Center, Salinas CA
  • Addie Bugas, MD: Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque NM
  • 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, Phoenix AZ

Class of 2018

  • Scott Carney, MD: Adventist Health, Bakersfield CA
  • 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: Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance CA
  • Bradley Blakely, MD: Yakita Hospital, Yakima WA
  • Nhan Do, MD: Riverside Community Hospital, University of California- Riverside EM Residency Program, Riverside CA
  • Halsey Jakle, MD: Mercy San Juan Hospital, Sacramento CA
  • Geoffrey Konye, MD: Fellowship Neuro Critical Care, USC-LAC, Los Angeles CA
  • Sage Wexner, MD: Fellowship Simulation Fellowship University of California Davis. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock TX