ABOUT US

Abinaya Ramakrishnan MS3
Executive Chair

Abinaya Ramakrishnan is a 3rd year medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and completed her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt. She has been helping to lead the UCLA DR/IR Combined Interest Group and is the Women in IR Chair within the SIR Medical Student Council. Her current VIR research interests include women's health, implementing and comparing emerging technologies, and advancing health equity.

Kevin Zhou MS3
Education Co-Chair, Programming

Kevin Zhou is a 3rd year at Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. 

Ryan Nolan MS2
Mentorship Chair

Ryan Nolan is an MS2 and BS-MD student at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is a Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology 2024 Scholar and has research interests in PE and ischemic stroke intervention. He also serves on SIR MSC’s VIR Interest Group committee. Ryan is the clinical curriculum developer for the UNR undergraduate Anatomy & Physiology Department and is passionate about mentorship and fostering early interest in VIR.

Millennie Chen MS3
TNVIRJC Chair

Millennie Chen is a 3rd year medical student at the University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine. She is the founder of the UCR VIR Interest Group and serves on the DEI committee for the SIR Medical Student Council. She is passionate about mentorship, comprehensive clinical care, and evidence-based medicine.

Satya Morar MHM MS2
Interest Group Chair

Satya Morar is a 2nd-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate and Master of Healthcare Management degrees from CWRU and serves as the chair of the VIR Interest Group committee for the SIR Medical Student Council (MSC). He was a 2024 SIR Foundation SMIP Intern and is interested in practice management, endovascular interventions, and pediatric VIR. 

Lauren Hui MS3
Public Relations Chair

Lauren Hui is a 3rd year medical student at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU. She completed her undergraduate and Master of Science degrees at UC San Diego. She is passionate about interventional oncology, pain management, women's health, mentorship, and medical education.

Kiley Cleland
Pre-Medical Chair

Kiley Cleland is a pre-medical student at UC Davis finishing her biochemistry degree. She will be attending Johns Hopkins University in the fall to pursue her Masters in Bioethics. She enjoys VIR, bioethics and mentoring. She currently shadows at UCD's VIR program.

Tulasi Talluri MS4
TNVIRJC Resident Advisor

Tulasi Talluri is an incoming integrated VIR resident at USC. She completed her MD/MPH degrees at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health. She is passionate about global public health and longitudinal, clinical vascular & interventional radiology. 

Austin Shinagawa MD
WCVIS Co-Founder, Resident Advisor

Austin Shinagawa is a PGY-4 integrated VIR resident at KP VISLA. He completed his undergraduate and medical training at the University of Nevada, Reno as a BS-MD student. He is passionate about trainee education and evidence-based medicine. His interests include PAD/CLI, MSK, and pediatric interventions.

Ashley Lamba MS4
Resident Advisor

Ashley Lamba is an incoming integrated VIR resident at UCLA. She completed medical school at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and her undergraduate degree at UCLA. She is passionate about hepatobiliary interventions, supporting women in VIR, and advancing medical education.

Geogy Vatakencherry MD FSIR
WCVIS Co-Founder, Faculty Advisor