UC Irvine Department of Surgery Annual Research Symposium

1. Emphasize the importance of clinical observation in medicine
2. Provide examples of such observations have driven clinical research

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The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Monica Alva, Other
Education and Fellowship Coordinator
UCI School of Medicine

Activity Coordinator

Nothing to disclose

Tania Pettitt, MA
Director, Surgery Education
UCI School of Medicine

Activity Coordinator

Nothing to disclose

Jeffry Nahmias, MD
University of California, Irvine

Co-Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Maheswari Senthil, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of California-Irvine

Co-Director, Faculty

Consulting Fee-GE Healthcare

Reed Ayabe, MD
University of California, Irvine

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Applied Medical

Cristobal Barrios, MD
Clinical Professor
UC Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Eyob Belain, MD
University of California - Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Anthony H Chau, MD, FACS
UCI

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Inari Medical|Grant or research support-Inari Medical|Grant or research support-Medtronic (Any division)|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Abbott (Any division)|Grant or research support-Gore Medical

Bernard Choi, PhD
Professor
University of California, Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS
Riverside Unoversity Health System

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alex N Dang, MD
University of California - Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Oliver Eng, MD
Associate Professor
UC Irvine

Faculty

Paid consultant-Dilon Technologies, Inc.|Paid consultant-Applied Medical Resources Corporation|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Iovance Biotherapeutics

Kelly Fairbairn, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of California Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

ZOE FLYER, MD
Children's Hospital of Orange County

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Andreina Giron, MD
Children's Hospital of Orange County

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Laura F Goodman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
CHOC/UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Areg Grigorian, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
UC, Irvine Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Yigit Guner, MD
UC Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Bradley Hartwyk, BS
Research Fellow
UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Bima J Hasjim, MD
UC Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Mennatalla Hegazi, MD
Uci

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Michelle A Hough, MD
UCI General Surgery

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Hirohito Ichii, MD, PhD
Professor of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery
UCI School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nii-Kabu Kabutey, MD
University of California

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ryan Lovell, MS
UCI School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nataliya Makeeva, MS
UC Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Lily Nguyen, MD
UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Peter Nguyen, MD
UCI Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Shaina Sedighim, MD
UC Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Maren Smith, BS
UC Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Valery Vilchez, MD
Assistant Professor
UCI School of Medicine

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Applied Medical

Annie Wang, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

PETER YU, MD
Children's Hospital of Orange County

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Thursday, August 21, 2025