Congratulations to our excellent intern, Dr. Praneet Mylavarapu, for being elected by our medical students to receive this year’s UC San Diego SOM Humanism in Medicine Resident Award in Internal Medicine. He will be invited to join UC San Diego School of Medicine’s Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) and be honored during their award ceremony! Great work, Praneet!
Resident Awards
UCSD at Regional SGIM!
KUDOS to our residents, students and faculty who presented their cases, research and workshops at the Regional Society of General Internal Medicine meeting in Irvine on Saturday!
Happy New Year UCSD IM Family!!
Residents, alumni & faculty gathered to congratulate one another on another year of patient care, learning, camaraderie and fun and to ring in the New Year at Tom Ham’s Lighthouse. Wishing you health, happiness, love and learning!!

Kudos to Justin Sharim & Carlos Lago-Hernandez!
R2 Justin Sharim and R3 Carlos Lago-Hernandez were honored by students from the core medicine clerkship with Med 401 teaching awards at a ceremony on June 5, 2019!
KUDOS to Solomon Greenberg!! Winner of the Kaiser Excellence in Teaching Award!
Graduating med/peds R4, Dr. Solomon Greenberg was awarded the very prestigious Kaiser Excellence in Teaching Award by the graduating medical students at the School of Medicine Commencement on Sunday, June 9, 2019. Way to go, Solomon!
Shout Out to Jack Temple, Outgoing Quality and Safety Chief!
Congratulations to Dr. Jack Temple, outgoing QI chief, and his team on winning 1st place at the VA Performance Improvement Fair! They won the System Redesign Award!! Most impressive! Congratulations again, Jack! We will miss you!
Dr. Carlos Lago-Hernandez Selected for Humanism in Medicine Award for Residents!!!
Congratulations to our awesome colleague, Dr. Carlos Lago-Hernandez! He was selected by the UCSD Medical Students to receive the Gold Humanism in Medicine Award for Residents! He shared words of wisdom with the students this afternoon.
Jean Guan & Shannon Devlin ROCK AGS!
Chief Residents Shannon Devlin and Jean Guan took 2nd place for their poster on “Impact of Geriatric Curriculum Changes on Internal Medicine Residents” at AGS in Portland last week! Yup, they studied YOU! Hooray future geriatricians of America! Our future health is in your capable hands!!
UCSD at ACC.19!
Nicky Herrick (MP R1), Janet Ma (R3), Anya Narezkina (Cards faculty, UCSD IM PSTP & Cards alum), Mish Narezkin (Cards Fellow, Houston Methodist, UCSD IM alum), Mike Wilkinson (Cards faculty, UCSD Cards Fellowship alum), Quan Bui (R3), Gary Ma (R3) in New Orleans, LA at American College of Cardiology conference.
Resident Spotlight: Tosha Songolo!
Hometown: Madison, WI About me: I went to undergrad at UW-Madison, med school at University of Illinois-Chicago. I love languages (I speak French fluently, Spanish pretty well and some Swahili), cooking (all types of cuisine), running, African dance and I’m obsessed with Costco. As a child, I had a a strange obsession with Hulk Hogan (we all went through that phase, right?) Why I chose UCSD: I had a really good feeling after my interview here and fell in love with San Diego. I was born in Irvine and then my family moved to Wisconsin, but we always wanted to come back to Cali, so here I am! I also am interested in global health and wanted to continue to pursue my interests at an institution with global health/policy opportunities for residents. Favorite place: Balboa Park. Every time I go, I discover a new path, museum, animal at the zoo or picnic spot. Favorite UCSD memory: Bonding with my co-interns after