PLUS Trainee
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland PLUS Participants:
We are thrilled to have 3 residents from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland participating in PLUS. These residents complete their residency training through BCHO, and spend the PLUS focused weeks learning the PLUS curriculum. They participate in a community based project with Oakland based partners, and are mentored by BCHO Faculty Advisors Gena Lewis & Diane Halberg. We are thrilled to have 3 new residents from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland participating in PLUS. These residents complete their residency training through BCH Oakland and spend the PLUS focused weeks learning the PLUS curriculum.
Current Trainees: PGY-1, PGY-2, PGY-3, BCHO PHY-2, BCHO PGY-3
PGY-1
Nicole Jacobs
Hometown: Campbell, CA
Undergraduate: California University of Science and Medicine
Medical School: N/A
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: N/A
Personal: N/A
Sarah Jinich
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Undergraduate: Albert Einstein
Medical School: N/A
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: N/A
Personal: N/A
Ayush Kumar
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Undergraduate: UCSF
Medical School: N/A
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: N/A
Personal: N/A
Anjali Mishra
Hometowns: Omaha, Nebraska; San Diego, CA; San Ramon, CA
Undergraduate: Creighton University
Medical School: N/A
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: N/A
Personal: N/A
PGY-2
Noelle Manley
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduate: California University of Science and Medicine
Medical School: N/A
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: N/A
Personal: N/A
Emily Pang
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: Stanford University
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: Academic-community partnerships and research, equity in palliative and complex care, joy and belonging in medicine
Personal: Ceramics at Clayroom SF, exploring public green spaces, checking out too many books courtesy of SF Public Libraries
Marissa Reyes
Hometown: Berkeley, CA
Undergraduate: University of CA, Davis
Medical School: N/A
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: N/A
Personal: N/A
Zachary "Zach" Sandoval
Hometown: Winter Haven, FL
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Other Education/Training:
PLUS Interests: Peds heme/onc, legislative advocacy, community-based interventions; foster care pediatrics
Personal: Cooking/restaurants, exploring beaches/nature, tennis, pickleball, concerts, PC/video games, Gundam, anime/manga/K-dramas
Yasamin "Yasi" Vafai
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Other Education/Training:
PLUS Interests: Medical Education and health equity
Personal: Reading, city walks, hiking, playing with my cat Moosh, hosting friends, watercolor art, and houseplants
PGY-3
Anna Ayala
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Undergraduate: Willamette University
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: Restorative justice, school-based health, structural competency, art in medicine, global and urban health
Personal: All things music, learning about the world through food, my almost 10-year-old Great Dane Mastiff, Durbin, exploring cities by foot, bike, and public transit.
Earl Chism
Hometown: Elk Grove, CA
Undergraduate: Yale
Medical School: University of Illinois
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: Improving URiM representation in healthcare, pathway programming, education and access, anti-racism
Personal: All things food, movies, sports (especially basketball and football), and anything that makes me laugh
Joseph Fong
Hometown: Florence, CO; Naperville, IL
Undergraduate: University of Rochester
Medical School: University of Illinois
Other Education/Training: N/A
PLUS Interests: Mental health, Housing insecurity, Food insecurity, Social determinants of health, School-based interventions
Personal: Hiking, drawing, playing the drums, reading science fiction books and manga
Vida Sandoval
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Undergraduate: University of CA, Davis
Medical School: University of CA, Los Angeles
Other Education/Training: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (MPH)
PLUS Interests: Immigrant child health, Latinx health, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), childhood food insecurity, community engagement, advocacy, interventions to address health disparities
Personal: Being outdoors, hiking, camping, trying new restaurants, indoor cycling, spending time with family, dogs
Isabel Sunshine
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Undergraduate: Brown University
Medical School: Keck, University of Southern CA
Other Education/Training:
PLUS Interests: Adolescent mental health for gender diverse youth, disparities in infant and maternal health outcomes, legislative advocacy
Personal: reading historical fiction novels, running and hiking, movie theaters (read: eating popcorn), recipe testing
BCHO PGY-2
Daniel Park
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate: University of CA, Los Angeles
Medical School: Rush Medical College
Other Education/Training:
PLUS Interests: Health equity with some budding interest in civic engagement
Personal: Camping, hiking, and listening to new music
Teresa Skelly
Undergraduate: Harvard
Medical School: Rowan University
Other Education/Training:
PLUS Interests: School-based health, adolescent health, mental health, health policy, ACEs, early relational health
Personal: Hiking, baking bread, exploring the bay
BCHO PGY-3
Alicia Callejo-Black
Hometown: San Francisco
Undergraduate: Lewis & Clark College
Medical school: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Other Education/Training: Post-bacc at Portland State University
Interests: Social determinants of health, health equity, integration of mental health into the primary care setting
Personal: Backpacking, camping, skiing, beach volleyball, exploring the local food
Nassim Durali
Hometown: San Diego
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical school: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Other Education/Training: N/A
Interests: School-based health initiatives, maternal and adolescent mental health, comprehensive care in immigrant and refugee populations, and exploring interventions to improve health literacy in patients with chronic illness and their families.
Personal: Baking, Hiking
Caitlin Jackson
Hometown: Turlock, CA
Undergraduate: Saint Mary's College of CA
Medical school: Michigan State University
Other Education/Training: Keck Graduate Institute (Post-Baccalaureate program in biomedical science)
Interests: adolescent mental health, early childhood education, nutrition, cultural humility, fighting systemic racism
Personal: cooking, walking my dog around Lake Merritt, reading, traveling, watching reality TV