Paul Tran is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Phoenix Childrens, where he has been practicing since summer of 2022 after finishing his fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Children’s Hospital Colorado. He earned his medical degree from University of Colorado School of Medicine and completed pediatric residency at Children’s Health/University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas Texas.

He considers himself a dedicated medical educator, with formal roles as a Pediatric Clerkship Co-Director and doctoring faculty at UACOMP and Clinical Skills faculty at Creighton University.  He is passionate about mentoring and coaching medical students, residents, and fellows and promoting a culture of kindness, encouragement, and empowerment in medical education. Outside his practice, Dr. Tran enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons – exploring the outdoors and trying out new restaurants.  Paul also enjoys connecting with a broader audience through social media, where he shares his experiences and insights in the medical field.

Dr. Rosanne Kho serves as Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix. Prior to 2023, she was Head of the Section of Medical Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS) at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and sub-specialty board certified in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS). Dr. Kho focused her clinical and academic career in the field of pelvic surgery. She was involved in the early use of robotics in gynecology and had published on the techniques and appropriate application of the technology. She writes and teaches extensively on the adoption of surgical innovation and techniques to facilitate the performance and teaching of vaginal hysterectomy. She served for 10 years as one of four senior editors for the Journal of MIGS (2022 IF 4.3). In 2015, she founded the FMIGS subsection of the Fellows Pelvic Research Network, a fellows’ forum with senior mentorship for the conduct of multicenter trials to elevate the quality of fellows research work in MIGS. She has over 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters and serves as research mentor for the residents and fellows.

Dr. Kho also served as the fellowship director for FPMRS and later in MIGS at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Columbia University Medical Center in New York. In 2015-2017, as president of the fellowship in MIGS, she organized teams to revamp the fellowship program site requirements, learning goals and objectives, core curriculum and reading list. Additionally, the formal process to seek ABOG recognition of MIGS as a focused field in OB/GYN was instituted.

She currently serves as the President for the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. She was recently appointed as the Director of AAGL Practice Guidelines Committee for the development of clinical practice guidelines in MIGS.

Peter Nakaji, MD, is an internationally known neurosurgeon, who has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and holds more than two dozen patents. Dr. Nakaji has received a number of teaching awards and has served for nearly a decade as the program director for the Neurosurgery residency at Barrow Neurological Institute. In his current role as department chair and program director for the Neurosurgery residency at Banner Health, Dr. Nakaji extends neuroscience training for medical students, residents and fellows. In addition to treating complex diseases of the brain, Dr. Nakaji is a pioneer in the area of neuroendoscopy for “keyhole” treatment of conditions such as trigeminal neuralgia and colloid cysts. He has a passion for technically demanding brain surgery and is a respected authority in the treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, moyamoya disease, extracranial-intracranial bypass, carotid artery disease, as well as brain and skull base tumors. Dr. Nakaji completed his residency at the University of California – San Diego. He received additional fellowship training in endoscopic neurosurgery at the Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery in Sydney, Australia, under the direction of Charles Teo, MD. He completed a second fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix under Robert Spetzler, MD, before joining the staff as an attending neurosurgeon in 2004.

Dr. Alice Lee is an emergency physician in Mesa, AZ. She received her medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University, graduated from Creighton University EM Residency (formerly Maricopa Medical Center EM Residency) and has been in practice for 32 years.  She is highly experienced in the care of geriatric emergencies, emergent airways, ED acute stroke care, and ED cardiopulmonary resuscitations. In 2017, she joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix faculty as an Assistant Clinical Professor where she assists in the Simulation Lab and the Anatomy Lab. In 2023, she added to her breadth of expertise by working as an aviation telemedicine physician consultant for MedAire/MedLink, Phoenix, AZ, providing medical direction in real-time for in-flight medical events. She is passionately bringing awareness of the little known health disparity of lung cancer in nonsmokers in the AANHPI population since surviving the disease in 2021. She has appeared on KevinMD podcasts and given lectures on this topic. She was born in Taiwan and immigrated to the US with her family at the age of 9. She is competent in conversational Chinese (Mandarin.)

Vivian Huang, MD, MPH is dual boarded in internal medicine and preventive medicine with over 10 years experience in clinical medicine, international & domestic public health. She has a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Vivian’s domestic current and past experience includes working to support Native Americans in the US Southwest; in large urban hospital systems; academic centers; New York City Health Department and Federally Qualified Health Center. Vivian’s international experience includes working with Doctors Without Borders (Syria & Swaziland), Partners in Health (Sierra Leone), Columbia University Global Brigades (Honduras) and The Marshall Islands Government. Dr. Huang’s specialties/interests are Internal Medicine, Public Health, TB, Diabetes, Hepatitis B, Ebola, Immunizations, Vulnerable Populations/Health Inequities. She speaks 3 languages: English Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. She enjoys scuba/free diving, yoga, running & hiking.

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