Mentoring

DISCOVeR Team Members love to work with undergraduate, graduate, post doctoral, and medical students.

We value mentorship opportunities, as it one of the many ways that students and fellows are able to interact with and explore possible collaborations, which will ensure future success. We encourage participation in various mentorship/intership programs for students at all levels!

Dr. Palaniappan's List of Mentees

Years

 

Mentee/Trainee

Current Position/Organization

2017-PRESENT Robert Huang, MD

Instructor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Stanford University

2016-PRESENT Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD

Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine

Stanford University

2016-PRESENT Titilola Falasinnu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Epedimiology

(Diversity Supplement on CASPER 101)

2015-PRESENT Celina Yong, MD, MBA, MSc Assistant Porfessor, Cardiovascular Medicine Diabetes

2015-PRESENT

Marily Oppezzo, RD, PhD

Adjunct Faculty
Santa Clara University
 
2014-PRESENT Seda Tierney, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology)

2014-PRESENT

Nilay S. Shah, MD, MPH

Resident, Internal Medicine
Stanford University
 

2014-PRESENT

Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University
 

2014-PRESENT

Alina Kung

Medical Student
UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program
 

2013-PRESENT

Amlu Natesan

Medical Student
UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program
 

2013-PRESENT

Robert Romanelli, PhD, MPH

Assistant Scientist
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute
 

2013-PRESENT

Jia Pu, PhD

Health Researcher
Mathematica Policy Research
 

2012-PRESENT

Sarah Osmundson, MD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vanderbilt University

 

2012-2014

Dhruv Patel, MD

Resident, Internal Medicine
University of California, Davis
 

2012-2014

Sarah Ramirez, PhD

Director
FoodLink for Tulare County, Inc.
 

2012-2014

Powell Jose, MD

Cardiologist
Sutter Medical Foundation
 

2010-PRESENT

Beinan Zhao, MS

School of Dentistry
University of California, San Francisco
 

2010-2013

Ariel (Holland) Frank, BSN, RN

Family Nurse Practitioner
Columbia University

2008-2010

Chris Koenig, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
 

2008-2010

Dipanjan Banerjee, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University
 

2008-2010

Nimi Mastey

MD Candidate
Stanford University School of Medicine
 

2008-2009

Lisa Diamond, MD, MPH

Assistant Attending
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service
 

2008-2009

Sukyung Chung, PhD

Assistant Investigator
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute
 

2006-2008

Tahmina Samad

Resident Physician
Loma Linda University Medical Center
 

2005-2007

Shamsher Samra, MD

Resident, Emergency Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
 

2004-2007

Andrea C. Kwan

School of Pharmacy
University of California San Diego
 

2004-2007

Marlene Martin, MD

Hospitalist
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
 

2004-2005

Mary Ann Situ

University of California San Francisco
School of Medicine, Pediatrics

2003-2005

Ravi Garg, MD

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident
University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery