Alumni Database 2000-2004
2004
Katherine Chiu (BS BMEC 2004) Pediatric Anesthesiologist Earned MD/MBA in 2009 from the UC Irvine School of Medicine/Paul Merage School of Business klkchiu@gmail.com updated 4/17/2018
Virginia Hankins (BS BMME)
Founder, Sheroes Entertainment, LLC
Founder, LA Mermaid School
Formerly with Accenture
http://www.virginiahankins.com/
Los Angeles, CA
updated 4/17/2018
Kalani Matsumura (BS BMME, ENE minor)
Engineer
Neurobehavioral Research Inc (Honolulu)
Formerly with Army DPW Environmental (Natural Resource Technician), The Nature Conservancy Oahu (Field Technician), Brown and Caldwell (Project Engineer), and Randal Furomoto and Associates (Engineer I)
kalani.matsumura@alumni.usc.edu
Honolulu, HI
updated 1/16/2008
Kevin Rupp (BS BME)
PDQ Engineer II
Irvine Biomedical, Inc.
KRupp@sjm.com
Irvine, CA
updated 2/27/2008
Ryan Shimotsu (BS BME)
Senior Engineer
Neurobehavioral Research, Inc.
Received MS BME from Tufts University in 2006
ryanshimotsu@hotmail.com
Honolulu, HI
updated 1/14/2008
Rebecca Shult (BS BMME 2003, MS MDDE 2004)
Attorney
Fish & Richardson P.C.
www.fr.com
Minneapolis, MN
shult@fr.com
updated 4/28/2008
Jessica Sprague (BS BMEC)
Engineer I (Process Engineering)
Maverick Technologies (www.mavtech.cc)
jessica.sprague@gmail.com
updated 1/14/2008
Ani Taheri (BS BMEE)
CEO
DishDivvy
Formerly a Product Manager with Medtronic Diabetes
Los Angeles area, CA
updated 4/17/2018
Katherine To (BS BME)
Clinical Trial Specialist
Amgen
kto@amgen.com
Thousand Oaks, CA
updated 1/16/2008
Jason Weiss (BS BMEC)
MD Student
University of Iowa
jayzway@hotmail.com
2003
Yousif Abbas (BS BME)
Formerly with Amgen
yousifabbas@mail.com
Thousand Oaks, CA
updated 1/11/2008
Deniz Baskent (PhD BME)
Research Scientist
Starkey Hearing Research Center
Formerly with the House Ear Institute (Postdoctoral Scientist)
dbaskent@hotmail.com
www.dbaskent.org
updated 1/14/2008
Carrie Geisbauer (Blalock)
PhD student, Intestinal Neuronal Tissue Engineering (expected 2009)
UCLA
cblalock@ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA
updated 1/14/2008
Brett Greenwald (BS BME)
Axa Advisors (Financial Planning)
Formerly with Charles River Laboratories (Sr. Sales Representative)
brett.greenwald@gmail.com
updated 1/11/2008
Thomas M. Keck (BS BMEC)
PhD Student, Physiology & Pharmacology Department
Oregon Health & Science University
tmkeck@alumni.usc.edu
updated 1/14/2008
Keith Nogueira (BS BMME)
Masters Student in Bioengineering (expected 2008)
Arizona State University
Formerly worked as an Engineer/QA Manager at Karco Engineering.
keith.nogueira@gmail.com
Phoenix, AZ
updated 2/13/2008
Philip Nulud (BS BME)
Attorney
Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP (an Intellectual Property firm)
philip.nulud@gmail.com
Century City, CA
updated 1/11/2008
Jeffrey Wang (BS BME)
General Surgeon at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Graduated USC Keck School of Medicine 2007
Complete rsedency in 2012 pursuing Colon and Rectal Surgery
jkw@usc.edu
Los Angeles, CA
updated 1/16/2008
2002
Partha Dey (MS BME - Imaging)
R & D Staff Software Engineer (Algorithm development for a computer aided diagnostic device for Glaucoma Progression Analysis)
Carl Ziess Medictech
parthasdey@gmail.com
Tracy Dooley (BS BMEC)
Analyst
Seven Hills Partners (specializes in technology and healthcare mergers and acquisitions)
Graduated from the Stanford School of Medicine in 2007
tdooley@alumni.usc.edu
updated 1/16/2008
Taiki Esheim (BS BMEC)
Lockheed Martin
Also earning MBA at USC Marshall School of Business, expected 2008.
Los Angeles, CA
updated 10/11/2007
Ken Helenbolt (BS BMME)
Project, Engineer, Knee & Hip Team
Arthrex, Inc.
khelenbolt@arthrex.com
Naples, FL
updated 3/30/2007
Serena Thompson (BS BMEE)
MD/PhD Student (Neuroscience - visual perception: early visual cortex mechanisms and functional imaging)
Degree expected 2010
University of Minnesota
serena.thompson@gmail.com
updated 1/14/2008
Beth Zelonis (BS BME MD)
Emergency Medicine, resident at UC San Diego
Graduated Saint Louis University May 2007
beth.zelonis@gmail.com
updated 1/14/2008
Cary (Lovejoy) Lawler (BS BME 2002)
Director
St. Jude Medical Quality Department
Formerly Device Monitoring Manager at St. Jude Medical - Implantable Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices
Formerly worked in aerospace
clawler@sjm.com
Sylmar, CA
updated 7/3/2012
Duy Nguyen (BS BMEE)
Software Test Lead, Online Services
Medtronic MiniMed
duy.nguyen@Medtronic.com
Northridge, CA
updated 12/4/2007
Arghavan Salles (BS BME and BA French)
MD (Currently doing residency in general surgery)
Stanford University
arghavan@stanford.edu
updated 1/14/2008
Caroline Tang (BS BME)
Quality Assurance Specialist, Sr.
Watson Pharmaceuticals
uscarrio@yahoo.com
updated 1/16/2008
2001
Linda Chen (BS BMEC)
Senior Associate, Project Management
Amgen
Formerly with Beckman Coulter (Application Specialist) and Tecolote Research, Inc. (Analyst)
Earned a Masters in Bioscience from Keck Graduate Institute
linda.j.chen@gmail.com
Autumn Cuellar (BS BMEC)
Technical Sales Engineer
Design Science
autumnc@dessci.com
Kevin Pi (BS BMEE)
Consultant
Booz Allen Hamilton
supersport540@yahoo.com
Los Angeles, CAbr />
updated 5/1/2008
2000
Carrie Johnson (BS BMEC)
Senior Field Service Representative (I setup/install heart/lung machines and other heart surgery related equipment. I also maintain and repair the equipment when it fails. Our company also deals in cell saving equipment. I travel 80-90% of the time. I cover Hawaii, Nevada, and California from Northern to approximately Santa Monica.)
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
Formerly worked as a Biomedical Electronics Technician at a Kern County Hospital and as a Biomedical Consultant to Cedar-Sinai Hospital.
sctrojan_1@yahoo.com
Robert Knecht Schmidt (MS IMS 2001, BS BME 2000)
In-house Patent Agent
Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. and many small high-tech companies
Applying to USC Gould School of Law to become a patent attorney
robertks@gmail.com
Cleveland, Ohio
updated 2/17/2010
Grace Velasco (BS BMEC)
Project Manager, Strategic Operations
Genentech
Formerly with Roche (Senior Systems Engineer), Becton & DIckinson (Site Validation Engineering Lead) and LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson Company (Systems Engineer)
grace.v.corpuz@gmail.com