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Dr. Shyam Kolangara Dr. Shyam Kolangara comes to us after working at George Washington School of Medicine and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, and more recently as primary care physician in an underserved community clinic in Fillmore, CA. He grew up in Toronto, Canada and completed his medical education in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India, then completed his internal medicine residency at the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and his geriatrics fellowship at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Dr. Omar Amir Dr. Omar Amir comes to us from Mount Sinai Morningside and the Icahn School of Medicine in New York, where he was assistant professor in geriatrics. He earned his MD from Stanford University, his MS from the Harvard School of Public Health, and completed his residency training in internal medicine and global health at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, followed by an advanced fellowship in geriatric medicine and medical education at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and VA Boston Healthcare Center. Dr. Amir has won several awards for his work including the United Hospital Fund Excellence in Health Care Award in 2024, the AGS Outstanding Junior Clinical Educator of the Year Award and the AGS Choosing Wisely Champion Award in 2025.
Dr. Tomonao Hashimoto Dr. Tomonao Hashimoto comes to us from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, where he was assistant professor in geriatrics. He earned his bachelor’s degree in law from Keio University before pursuing his MD degree at Tokai University. After working as a hospitalist in Japan, he completed a family medicine residency at Case Western Reserve University, followed by a geriatric medicine fellowship at UCLA. After three years in Illinois, he found his way back to UCLA Geriatrics.
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UCLA Geriatrics Newsletter / Issue 3 / March 2026
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