Clinical Pain Psychology Fellowship Alumni

Jeremy Bartz, PhD

Year: 2011 - 2012
Grad School: Brigham Young University
Internship: VA Caribbean Health Care System
Employment: Private Practice

Kristen Richards, PsyD

Year: 2013 - 2014
Grad School: Loma Linda University
Internship: Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Employment: Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford Pain Medicine

Uta Maeda, PhD

Year: 2014 - 2015
Grad School: University of Southern California
Internship: Portland VA Medical Center
Employment: Kaiser Permanente

Abir Aldhalimi, PhD

Year: 2016 - 2017
Grad School: University of Detroit Mercy
Internship: Yale University School of Medicine
Employment: Congressional Fellowship

Desiree Azizoddin, PsyD

Year: 2017 - 2018
Grad School: Loma Linda University
Internship: Jesse Brown VA, Chicago, IL
Employment: Dana Farber Fellowship

David Talavera, PhD

Year: 2018 - 2019
Grad School: University of Houston
Internship: Cambridge Health Alliance/
Harvard Medical School
Employment: USC, Keck School of Medicine

Kaitlin Touza, PhD

Year: 2019 - 2020
Grad School: Indiana University-Purdue University- Indianapolis
Internship: Indiana University School of Medicine
Employment: University of Washington Pain Medicine

Mandy Conrad, PhD

Year: 2020 - 2021
Grad School: University of Iowa
Internship: Veterans Affairs Western New York
Employment: Buffalo VA Medical Center
Brown Medicine

Edward Lannon, PhD

Year: 2020 - 2021
Grad School: University of Tulsa
Internship: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Employment: Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford Pain Medicine

Emily Moore, PhD

Year: 2021 - 2022
Grad School: McGill University
Internship: McGill University Health Center
Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit
Employment: Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford Pain Medicine

Norma Stacey Monico-Cristales, PsyD

Year: 2022 - 2023
Grad School: Palo Alto University
Internship: Carl T. Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center
Employment: UCSF Pain Clinic

Karen Meltzer, PhD

Year: 2024-2025
Grad School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Internship: Parkland Hospital Consult Liaison Psychiatry Service
Employment: Peninsula Behavioral Health

Henna Dhingra, PsyD

Year: 2025-2026
Grad School: La Salle University
Internship: Rochester Regional Health
Employment: Current Clinical Fellow

Sue Gritzner, PsyD

Year: 2012-2013
Grad School: Pacific University
Internship: Wayne State University
Employment: Oregon Health Sciences University
UCSF Pain Clinic

J. Drew Sturgeon, PhD

Year: 2013 - 2014
Grad School: Arizona State University
Internship: Ann Arbor VA Health Care System
Employment: University of Michigan

Valerie Wai-Yee Jackson, PhD

Year: 2015 - 2016
Grad School: California School of Professional Psychology
Internship: Napa State Hospital
Employment: UCSF Pain Center

Maisa Ziadni, PhD

Year: 2016 - 2017
Grad School: Wayne State University
Internship: Rush University Medical Center
Employment: Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford Pain Medicine
K-Awardee

Dokyoung Sophia You, PhD

Year: 2017 - 2018
Grad School: Texas A&M University
Internship: Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Employment: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

Anahita Kalianivala, PhD

Year: 2019 - 2020
Grad School: University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Internship: Memphis Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Employment: Nevada Veteran Affairs Pain Clinic

Jeanette Chong, PhD

Year: 2019 - 2020
Grad School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Internship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Employment: Swedish Medial Center Pain Medicine

Chun Tao, PhD

Year: 2020 - 2021
Grad School: Arizona State University
Internship: VA San Diego Healthcare System/
University of CA, San Diego
Employment: Mayo Clinic-Pain Management

Brittney Jones, PsyD

Year: 2021 - 2022
Grad School: Mercer University
Internship: Harvard Medical School/ Cambridge Health Alliance
Employment: Today’s Psychologist (Founder) & Dr. Lullaby

Karlyn Edwards, PhD

Year: 2021 - 2022
Grad School: University of New Mexico
Internship: VA Paget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle WA
Employment: University of Pittsburgh

Samsuk Kim, PhD

Year: 2023-2026
Grad School: University of Detroit, Mercy
Internship: VA Boston Healthcare System
Employment: Current T-32 Fellow

Jennifer Stephens, PsyD

Year: 2024-2025
Grad School: Palo Alto University
Internship: VA Northern California Health Care System
Employment: UCSF Pain Clinic

Lizabeth Weiss, PhD

Year: 2025-2026
Grad School: Alliant International University
nternship: VA San Diego Health System
Employment: Current Clinical Fellow