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challenging endeavor of my life- and also the
most rewarding. It’s impossible to quantify
how much I have learned and grown from
being pushed beyond my limits. I am grateful
and humbled by the opportunities and
education I have been given and remain
incredibly happy with my choice of specialty. I
can’t imagine doing anything else.”
Emily Littlejohn, DO ’12 , completed
her internal medicine residency at Loyola
University Medical Center in Maywood, IL.
and a two-year rheumatology fellowship
at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.
She is now practicing in the Rheumatologic
and Immunologic Disease Department
at the Cleveland Clinic main campus in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Daniel Mangum, DO ’87 , closed his primary
care practice in April 2017 after 27 years in
practice, although he continue to have a
small home-based practice. He continues
to do more work in the medical-legal
forensic area with work injury/illness
and personal injury claims.
Alexandra Myers, DO ’10, MSHS ’10 , returned
to campus in December, to speak with current
students about her career working in sport
medicine in San Diego.
Melinda Naliboff, MSMS ’12, DO ’16 , is an
emergency medicine resident at ProMedica
Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio.
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Pedram Navab, DO ’01 , appeared on the
morning news broadcast of KMIR (NBC-Palm
Springs) on Feb. 15 to discuss causes and
symptoms of concussions in the station’s
“Head Games” segment.
Natalie Nevins, DO ’97, MSHPE ’97 , was
promoted to Assistant Dean of Clinical
Education this past October, after serving a
little more than three years as College of
Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific’s Director
of Clinical Education. In November, she served
as medical director of Care Harbor Los
Angeles, one of the largest free health clinics illnesses or infections, usually require
in the country.
Noureddin Nourbakhsh, DO ’07 , has been a
Nephrologist and Assistant Professor of
Medicine with UC San Diego Health since
June 2015. He is board certified in nephrology
and a fellow of the American Society of
Nephrology and of the American Academy of
Pediatrics. He is also a member of the
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology. Dr.
Nourbakhsh’s research focuses on sepsis-
induced acute kidney injury (AKI), and his
work has been published in Nephron Clinical
Practice, Pediatric Nephrology, and The
American Journal of Medicine. He has
presented at national conferences and won
numerous awards and honors, including the
Whitehill Prize Award for Excellence in
teaching, which is awarded by The Academy
of Clinician Scholars to one junior faculty
member in the Department of Medicine by
vote of the chief medical residents.
Kentaro Onishi, DO ’10 , served on the
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
medical team at the Winter Olympics in
PyeongChang, South Korea. In an interview
with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he said,
“there is a lot of redundancy in medical care,”
with each national team having its own
doctors; but more serious injuries, such as
joint dislocations and fractures, along with
treatment from the official IOC medical team.
Dr. Onishi is a physical medicine and
rehabilitation physician at the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center and an assistant
professor at the Pitt Medical School. He
specializes in sports medicine with an
expertise in ultrasound medical technology,
which he gained during a fellowship at
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, NY.
Brent Porteous, DO ’12 , completed his
residency in June 2015 at Contra Costa
Regional Medical Center in Martinez, CA,
and he has continued to work there
as a hospitalist.
Nicolette Rosendahl, DO ’15 , has been named
the 2018 Outstanding Resident of the Year for
Internal Medicine by the American
Osteopathic Foundation and American College
of Osteopathic Internists. Rosendahl was
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