People
Principal Investigators

Amar Nijagal, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco
Surgical Director, UCSF Pediatric Liver Center
Academic Researchers

Claire Levy, PhD
Specialist
Research Associates

Blaine Rapp, BA
Staff Research Associate I
Volunteers

Mahati Kotamraju
Research Volunteer
Collaborators

Adam Abate, PhD
Professor, Bioengineering
School of Pharmacy

Bruce Wang, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Alumni

Anas Alkhani, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Abdelkader Awad, BS
Staff Research Associate

Arianna Barajas
PUMAS Intern, Summer 2021

Suruthi Baskaran, MS
MS General Surgery
Research Volunteer

Allison Ciccarelli
Volunteer, Summer 2024

Rebeca De Paiva Froes Rocha, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

Grace Guo
Volunteer, Summer 2021

Daniel B. Hoffman, MD
Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery

Ashwin Khandare, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Left for industry

Cathrine Korsholm BA
DARE Clinical Research Fellow

Jamie Lin
Volunteer, Summer 2023

Sarah Mohamedaly, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2024

Katya Polovina, BS
Research Associate II
Left for industry

Katherine Rosenberg, BA
Staff Research Associate
Left for Keck School of Medicine of USC, Class of 2025

Ryan Steinbach
Volunteer, Summer 2019