Our Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows

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  • Fellows 2022-2025
  • Fellows 2021-2024
  • Fellows 2020-2023
  • Graduated Fellows 2019-2022

Sofia Cook, MD 

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Medical School: University of Texas at Houston McGovern Medical School 
Residency: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles [Pediatrics] 
Sofia grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended The University of Texas at Austin, where she studied Neurobiology and loved cheering on the Longhorn football team. She then attended medical school at UT Houston McGovern Medical School and completed Pediatrics Residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. During residency, she was involved in advocacy related to gun safety education, along with research in imaging of neck masses in the emergency department and conflict in the workplace. She enjoys eating out at the multitude of restaurants around Los Angeles, going to the Brentwood Farmer’s Market with her husband, drinking wine outside, and riding on her Peloton. She is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her Goldendoodle puppy this fall and is excited for future puppy play dates. 

 

Gabriel Devlin, MD 

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Medical School: McGill University Faculty of Medicine 
Residency: UCSF 
Gabriel grew up in Washington, DC. He completed his undergraduate and medical studies at McGill University. After pediatrics residency at UCSF, he worked for two years as an urgent care physician and hospitalist at the San Francisco General Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, two Bay Area safety net teaching hospitals. His research explores the intersection of medical education, clinical decision-making aids, and the care of under resourced communities. Outside of medicine, he loves mountain adventures, bike packing, and the eternal search for good coffee. 

 

Gwendolyn Hooley, MD 

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Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine 
Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital New York 
Gwen grew up in Naples, FL. She then attended the University of Notre Dame (Go Irish!) where she majored in Biological Sciences and minored in Catholic Social Teaching. After college she moved to New York City where she attended NYU for medical school and went on to complete an emergency medicine residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital. She’s very excited to finally be back in the warm weather! Her academic interests include medical social media, PEM education for emergency medicine trainees, physician wellness, and women in medicine. When she’s not working she enjoys hiking, riding her peloton, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. 

Alexa Monroy, MD

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Alexa grew up in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She attended Duke University, where she studied Neuroscience and Global Health. She then worked as a Research Associate at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in NYC before moving to DC for a Global Health Corps Fellowship at the Inter-American Development Bank. She went to medical school at Northwestern in Chicago, and completed pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. After residency, she spent a year in Kenya where she was a Post-Doc Research Fellow with AMPATH East Africa. She enjoys long walks with her dog, Vim, yoga, art and travel.

 

Frank Gonzalez, MD

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Frank was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. After completing undergrad at the University of Nevada, Reno he left the Lake Tahoe area and crossed the country to attend Harvard Medical School. He went on to complete residency at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center before happily relocating to the sunny skies of California. His academic interests include medical education as well as various projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In his spare time, Frank enjoys camping, playing soccer, dancing, and woodworking.

 

July Lee, MD

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July grew up in Mexico before moving across the border to Calexico, California for the rest of her childhood and teenage years. She trekked her way to Northern California to complete her undergraduate at Stanford University before moving back to Southern California for medical school at UC San Diego. Pediatric residency brought her back to old stomping grounds at Stanford where she stayed on to do a Chief year. And surely, as fate would have it, she is excited to be back in Southern California again and be closer to family, warmer weather, and amazing food! Her academic interests include bridging the healthcare gap for underserved populations, immigrant health, advocacy, and medical education. She enjoys going to church, playing tennis, going to boba and coffee shops, and exploring the food scene!

Anna Cushing, MD

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Anna grew up in Washington DC. She completed her undergrad at Stanford before moving back east to attend medical school in New York at Mount Sinai and residency at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. She is interested in health services research and in developing innovative tech solutions to improve pediatric health care delivery. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, exploring new restaurants, and hiking.

 

Katherine Harmon, MD

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Kate grew up in Laguna Beach, California. She completed her undergraduate career at University of California, Los Angeles (Go Bruins!) and then relocated to Washington, DC to complete medical school at George Washington University School of Medicine. She happily returned to California for pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Her academic interests include medical education and child abuse advocacy. In her free time, she enjoys anything outdoors, travelling, exploring new restaurants, and spending time with her loved ones.

 

​​​​​​Gabriela Moriel, MD

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Gabby grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles, Hacienda Heights, California. After high school she attended the University of Notre Dame (Go Irish!) to complete undergraduate studies and a Master of Science in Global Health. After enduring five Midwest winters and heartbreaking football seasons, she moved back home to attend the University of Southern California for medical school. She completed her pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and stayed on as an Emergency Transport Attending and Emergency Department Associate for one year before starting fellowship. Her academic interests include quality improvement, global health, and transport medicine. In her free time she enjoys all things outdoors, especially trail running and hiking, spending time with family and friends, and playing with her dog Theo.

Carly Andler, MD

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Carly was born in Los Angeles but raised in the small beach city of Dana Point. After completing her undergraduate degree in anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, she moved back to the west coast for medical school, residency, and a simulation fellowship at UCSF. She stayed to work at UCSF for two years as a PICU hospitalist, urgent care attending, and night time hospitalist, as well as to continue her medical education research. After 9 years in the bay area, she was ready to come home to warm, sunny Southern California. Her academic interests include medical education, simulation, and gender and racial disparities in medicine. She loves all sports and can be found anywhere outdoors doing something active, but her true love is soccer which she continues to play competitively whenever she can. 

 

Jessica Chow, MD, MPH

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Jessica grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. After completing her undergraduate degree in public health at UC Berkeley, she moved to Los Angeles for her Master in Public Health from UCLA. After working for a few years in maternal and child health, she joined the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) and the UCSF Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US) for medical school. Afterwards, she completed an Emergency Medicine residency and chief year at UCSF-San Francisco General Hospital. Her academic interests include addressing social determinants of health, health policy and advocacy changes that make an impact on the ground, and medical education. Jessica enjoys hiking, playing board games, and going on food adventures.

 

Tom Lee, MD

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Thomas grew up in New York, and received his undergraduate degree at Loyola University Maryland. He went to medical school at NYU and stayed on the East Coast for residency at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, before fulfilling his dream to live in California. He is interested in global health and ultrasound. In his spare time, Thomas loves to play video games, watch movies, listen to music, hike, play soccer, and ski. 

 

Jared Schiff, MD, MS

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Jared is from Freetown, Massachusetts. He completed his undergraduate education at Brandeis University and before attending Tufts University School of Medicine, he spent the five years working and volunteering in Boston. His work in patient safety and quality at Boston Children's Hospital and year-long service with AmeriCorps helped inspire him to choose a career in pediatrics. Never having left Massachusetts, he could not pass up the opportunity to complete residency in sunny California at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. His academic interests include quality improvement. Jared enjoys exploring new restaurants, attending outdoor concerts, hiking, relaxing with friends, and of course cheering for the Boston sports teams.