Fellows

Dr. Adriana Alvarez grew up in Southern California and later moved to Texas where she received a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Chemistry from Southwestern Adventist University. She then returned to her home state of California, receiving her M.D. from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. She is overjoyed that she is able to pursue her passion of working with children and adolescents within the field of Psychiatry. On her days off, she enjoys soaking in the Southern California sun by playing Spikeball with her co-residents, skateboarding, going to the beach, and exploring the restaurants and nature the area has to offer.

Dr. Christopher Garabet grew up in in Southern California, where he has stayed virtually all his life. He earned a B.S. in Biochemistry at University of Southern California (USC), and attended medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. His passion for working with children stems initially from volunteering at USC with the organization Camp Kesem. Camp Kesem provides a summer camp for children who have been affected by a parent’s cancer. There, he learned that a loving community is the cornerstone of a child’s mental health. Outside of psychiatry, he enjoys just about any activity that brings people together, such as sports, food, movies, board games, and spontaneous outings.

Dr. Meher Irani was born in Buffalo, NY and was raised in Mumbai, India and moved back for college at Brandeis University in MA and then medical school at St. George's University. She completed her general psychiatry residency at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in NY and is so happy to be in Southern California to pursue Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Loma Linda University. Her interests within psychiatry include early intervention, ADHD and acute crisis stabilization. Outside of work, her interests include health and wellness activities, spending time with family, traveling and taking care of her plants.

Dr. Joseph Wong was born and raised in Southern California and grew up in LA and Riverside County. He earned his B.S. in Human Biology and B.A. in Human Development at the University of California, San Diego and attended medical school at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. His interests in psychiatry include mentoring medical students and learning how to incorporate a patient's social, cultural and spiritual background into their care. In his free time, he enjoys hanging out with friends, exploring new places to eat, playing computer/board games, and working out.

Simon Allo, MD grew up in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Exercise Science and a minor in music. He has previously been trained at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX for medical school and Charles Drew University for general psychiatry residency. Outside of work, he enjoys music, fitness, and sports.

Dr. Victoria Agee is one of our first-year child fellows. She attended medical school and psychiatry residency at Loma Linda University. She matched into our Child Combined track after discovering her passion for mentoring adolescents while teaching at a local middle school. Her psychiatry interests include treatment of childhood trauma and eating disorders. In her free time, she enjoys taking her bunnies, Cookie and Mochi, for walks, going on adventures with friends, or staying home with a good TV show and plenty of munchies.

Dr. Katie Chinn was born and raised near Seattle, WA before heading to University of Southern California for her bachelor’s degree and Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine for her medical degree. She completed her general psychiatry residency at University of Nevada Las Vegas prior to returning to southern California to pursue a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Loma Linda University. Her interests within psychiatry include treatment resistant mood/anxiety disorders, trauma and resilience, mental health through early life stages, and integration of neurobiology/psychotherapy in treatment. Outside of work, her interests include health and wellness activities, cooking family recipes, board game nights, admiring nature through hikes/camping, and spending time with friends and family.

Inez Garzaniti MD is a first-year fellow in child and adolescent psychiatry at Loma Linda University; some of her interests include psychotherapy, medical humanities, literature, poetry, and narrative medicine. She completed undergraduate education at Michigan State University where she majored in Neuroscience and minored in History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science. During college some of her activities included serving as a student co-lead lab researcher in the Digital Humanities and Literary Cognition Lab with Dr. Natalie Phillips, hosting weekly poetry workshops as president of the Slam Poetry Team, and working as a psychiatric care worker at University of Michigan. She attended medical school at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester, MI. Some of her medical school activities included volunteering on a suicide crisis hotline, organizing film nights that fostered discussion between psychoanalysts and medical students, and attending a one-year fellowship in psychodynamic psychotherapy through the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. She completed general psychiatry residency at University of Michigan where she was honored with the award for "Outstanding Resident in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy". In her free time, she enjoys going for walks with her husband and their three tiny dogs, writing, reading, visiting art museums, but most of all - sharing good food and deep talks among friends.