Residents
Current Residents
PGY-5 Residents

Medical School: New York Medical College
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Hometown: Oradell, NJ

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Colorado State University
Hometown: Valencia, CA

Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Undergraduate: UCLA
Hometown: Elk Grove, CA

Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Morehouse College
Hometown: Chicago, Il
PGY-4 Residents

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Hometown: Larchmont, NY

Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Ohio State University
Hometown: Ontario, NY

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University SoM
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Hometown: Glendora, CA

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Creighton University
Hometown: Iowa City, IA
PGY-3 Residents

Medical School: Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons—Columbia University
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Hometown: Dallas, Texas

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Hometown: Waukesha, Wisconsin

Medical School: Larner College of Medicine—University of Vermont
Undergraduate: University of Vermont
Hometown: Charlotte, Vermont

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Hometown: Pleasanton, California
PGY-2 Residents

Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis
Hometown: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Undergraduate: Brown University
Hometown: Oakland, California

Medical School: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas

Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of San Diego
Hometown: Glendale, California
PGY-1 Residents

Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Columbia University, NY
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Hobbies: Surfing, pickleball, spearfishing, SCUBA, yoga, running, and Netflix docuseries

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: UC Irvine
Hometown: Maywood, CA
Hobbies: Weightlifting, cycling, trail running, basketball, video games, trying new restaurants

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Undergradraduate: UC San Diego
Hometown: Monsif, Lebanon
Hobbies: Bachata and salsa dancing, running, playing basketball and volleyball

Medical School: Rush Medical College of Rush University
Undergraduate: UC Davis
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Hobbies: Basketball, Songwriting, Improv, Drawing

Medical School: Meharry Medical College
Undergraduate: UC Riverside
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Hobbies: Basketball, Barbering, Pickleball, Boating, Table Tennis, Watching Laker games
Current Fellows







Alumni Residents
- Zachary Rockov, MD
Fellow, Trauma, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington - Evan Nigh, MD
Fellow, Spine Surgery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland - Connor Byrne, MD
Fellow, Adult Reconstruction, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Michael Eng, MD
Fellow, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California - Lee Haruno, MD
Fellow, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Ian Schroeder, MD
Serving in Army as General Orthopaedist at Landstuhl, Germany until 2026 - Juntian "Johnny" Wang, MD
Fellow, Allegheny Hospital, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
- Christopher Johnson, MD
Fellow, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, California - Ali Noorzad, MD
Fellow, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado - Landon Polakof, MD
Fellow, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, California - Stephen Stephan, MD
Fellow, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, New York - Michael Sun, MD
Fellow, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Tonya An, MD
Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery Foot and Ankle, New York, New York - Phillip Behrens, MD
Fellow, Washington University Spine Surgery, St. Louis, Missouri - Samuel Stephenson, MD
Fellow, University of California, San Diego Trauma, San Diego, California
- Eytan Debbi, MD
Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery Adult Reconstruction, New York, New York - John Garlich, MD
Fellow, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas - Derek Ju, MD
Fellow, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Naudereh Noori, MD
Fellow, Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland - Dheeraj Yalamanchili, MD
Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute, Los Angeles, California
Have Questions or Need Help?
Contact us if you have questions or would like to learn more about the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at Cedars-Sinai.
Lorin Williams, C-TAGME - [email protected]
Orthopaedic Surgery Program Administrator
Cedars-Sinai Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Stacey Wilson, C-TAGME - [email protected]
Orthopaedic Surgery Program Manager
Cedars-Sinai Department of Orthopaedic Surgery