Meet the Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is tasked with CYFAM’s daily operations and executing long-range objectives. Further, they mentor all Student and Resident Committees.

Board of Directors

  • Robi Bucayu, MD, MPH

    Executive Chair

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    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, PA

  • Natasha Abadilla, MD

    Operations Chair

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    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
    Stanford Medicine
    Palo Alto, CA

  • Maria-Kassandra E. Coronel, MD, PgCert

    Secretary Chair

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    Harvard Medical School
    Cambridge, MA

  • Lester Andrew Uy

    Financial Chair

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    Center for Asian Health Research and Education
    Stanford University, School of Medicine
    Palo Alto, CA

Physician Committee

  • Patrick Ancheta, MD

    Co-Chief Community Engagement Chair

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    Huntington Memorial Hospital
    Pasadena, CA

  • Christopher T. Villongco, MD

    Co-Chief Community Engagement Chair

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    Morehouse School of Medicine
    Atlanta, GA

  • Mericien Venzon, MD, PhD

    Co-Chief Research Chair

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    UCLA Health
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Melissa Palma, MD, MPH

    Co-Chief Research Chair

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    Thundermist Health Center / Brown University
    Woonsocket, RI

  • Jennifer Jenks, MD, PhD

    Co-Chief Research Chair

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    Stanford Medicine
    Palo Alto, CA

  • Manuel Carlos de la Rosa, Jr, MD

    Co-Chief Education Chair

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    Johns Hopkins Medicine
    Baltimore, MD

  • Emelie Ilarde, MD, FAAFP

    Co-Chief Mentorship Chair

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    Lawn Medical Center
    Oak Lawn, IL

  • Monica Castillo, MD, MS

    Co-Chief Mentorship Chair

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    New York Presbyterian - Columbia and Cornell
    New York, NY

  • Sophia Anne Marie (“Sam”) Villanueva

    Co-Chief Mentorship Chair

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    University of California, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA

Meet the Trustees

To our Trustees, we are one CYFAMilya.

  • Natasha Abadilla, MD

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
    Stanford Medicine
    Palo Alto, CA

  • Robi Bucayu, MD, MPH

    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, PA

  • Maria-Kassandra E. Coronel, MD, PgCert

    Harvard Medical School
    Cambridge, MA

  • Antonio Moya, MD, MPH

    Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
    Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
    Downey, CA

  • Carlos Oronce, MD, PhD, MSc

    David Geffen School of Medicine
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Melissa Palma, MD, MPH

    Thundermist Health Center / Brown University
    Woonsocket, RI

  • Angelico Razon, MD, MPH, MSHP

    California Department of Health Care Services
    Pasadena, CA

  • Allen Siapno, MD

    Wexner Medical Center
    Ohio State University
    Columbus, OH

  • Lester Andrew Uy

    Center for Asian Health Research and Education
    Stanford University, School of Medicine
    Palo Alto, CA

  • Neil Wingkun, MD, MPH

    Houston Methodist Hospital
    Houston, TX