Fellows:
ED Administration
Natasha Thomas, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad: UC San Diego
Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
Residency: EM, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL
Hobbies: Going to the dog park, trying new foods, cheering on the Lakers
Favorite LA spot: Marvin Braude Bike Trail
Next adventure: Somewhere far away with all my COVID airline credit
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)/Disaster Medicine
Allen Chang, MD
Hometown: San Ramon, CA
Undergrad: UCLA
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: EM, Stanford University
Hobbies: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, SCUBA, marksmanship
Favorite LA spot: SteelCraft, Ballast Point Brewing Long Beach
Next adventure: Applying for jobs in California and Texas, continue working as a SWAT MD for San Mateo County!
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Raymen Assaf, MD, MPH
Hometown: La Crescenta, CA
Undergrad: UC San Diego
Medical School: University of Miami
Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Hobbies: Languages, painting, triathlons
Favorite LA spot: Night + Market Song
Next adventure: New Zealand
Tabitha Cheng, MD
Hometown: Victorville, Ca
Undergrad: UCLA
Medical School: UCLA – CDU PRIME
Residency: EM, UCLA Reagan – Olive View
Fellowship #1: UCSD EMS – Disaster Medicine Fellowship
Hobbies: Fishing, camping, hiking, frisbee golf
Favorite LA spot: Anywhere with Cali burritos
Next adventure: Taiwan to visit family (post-covid)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Ultrasound
William White, MD
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Undergrad: Stanford
Medical School: UCSF
Residency: EM, UCSF/SF General Hospital
Hobbies: hiking, paddle boarding, board games, table top roll playing games (specifically Dungeons and Dragons)
Favorite LA spot: Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long Beach
Next adventure: Getting gay married (sometime in 2021)
Aubrey Ferguson, MD
Hometown: Japan
Undergrad: La Sierra University
Medical School: Loma Linda University
Residency: EM, Harbor-UCLA
Hobbies: Traveling, snowboarding, cooking, hiking
Favorite LA spot: Any “Hole in a wall” restaurant with good food
Next adventure: Tonga, Indonesia, Bhutan
Nicole Titze, MD
Hometown: Munich, Germany
Undergrad: University of Oregon
Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics, UCI-CHOC
Hobbies: Traveling, scuba diving, paddle boarding, video editing, running, board games
Favorite LA spot: The canals of Naples Island during Christmas
Next adventure: Backpacking through Indonesia
Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Child Abuse
Supriya Sharma, MD
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA
Undergrad: UC Santa Barbara
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Hobbies: Spinning, true crime, hiking, vegetarian foodie
Favorite LA spot: anywhere along the coastline
Next adventure: (Hopefully) working at a tertiary care children’s hospital in both PEM and child abuse division and lecturing on recognition of child physical abuse in the ED setting!
EMS/Research
Pranav Shetty, MD, MPH
Hometown: Port of Spain, Trinidad
Undergrad: University of Pittsburgh
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
Residency: EM, Harbor-UCLA
Hobbies: Are hobbies still a thing when you have kids? If so, I enjoy any sort of human activity (eating, showering, grocery shopping) without being asked why I am doing that and/or when are we going to McDonalds.
Favorite LA spot: The beach of course!
Next adventure: Masked and socially-distanced snow escape
