Our People
Principal Investigators
Robert Raffai, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Research Scientist
Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc.(NICRE)
San Francisco VA Health Care System
Surgical Residents
Thomas Sorrentino, MD
Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery
Research Assistants
Alex Gao, BS
Research Assistant
Martin Ng, BA, BS
Research Assistant
Akiko Searles, BS
Research Assistant
Graduate Students
Reuben A. Hogan
Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)
University of California, San Francisco
Alumni
Andrew Birkeland, MD
Associate Professor Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, UC Davis, CA
Laura Bouchareychas, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Daniel Ching, PharmD
Senior Medical Information Specialist at Eversana, CA
Allen Chung, BA
Graduate Student in Nutritional Sciences, Columbia University, NY
Phat Duong, MD
Research Associate
Delphine Eberle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Lille University of Science and Technology
Nathalie Gaudreault, PhD
Director for Microscopy, Allen Institute for Cell Science
Michael J. Gomes
Associate Research Scientist
Matthew Harms, PhD
Director for Obesity Business Development at Amgen
Justin Hong, PhD
Scientist, Drug Delivery & Product integration, Bristol Myers Squib, NJ
Sunil Joshi, MD, PhD
Hematology/Oncology Resident
Stanford University Medical Center, CA
Roy Kim, PhD
Staff Scientist at Mitokinin Inc. San Francisco
Nikit Kumar, PhD
Scientist at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
Stanley Fu Sang Luk, PharmD
Hospital Pharmacist, Adventist Health, St-Helena, CA
N. Soledad Mochel, PhD
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Victor Olivas, BA
Associate Specialist
UCSF
Tuan Anh Phu, BS
Research Assistant
Jessica Posada, MD
Staff Pathologist
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Kyle Stephens, MD
Family Practice Medicine
Ventura, California
Ngan (Cece) Vu, BS
Third year medical student
Cork University School of Medicine, Ireland
David Wong, PharmD
Staff Pharmacist at Dignity Health, CA