Welcome to Island View Gastroenterology Associates

Dr. Menz earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Stanford in 1971. He went to the University of Utah and earned his M.D. in 1975. Dr. Menz completed his residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA in 1978. He has been on the faculty at UCLA since completing his Gastroenterology fellowship there in 1980.

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Dr. Lyche attended Thousand Oaks High School before he earned his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1982 from UCLA. He went to the University of California, San Diego and received his M.D. in 1986. His internship and residency were completed in 1989 at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and he was named Outstanding Intern for 1986-1987. He completed his fellowship training in Gastroenterology at UCSD in 1991.

Dr. Pedraza earned his Bachelor’s degree in 1995 from Boston College. He graduated from Temple University Medical School in 2000 and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in 2003. He completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center where he was named fellow of the year in 2006.

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Dr. Gondha earned his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis in 1999.  He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed his MD degree in 2003.  He completed his internship and residency at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 2006.  He completed his fellowship in gastroenterology at Emory University in 2010.  He joined Island View Gastroenterology Associates in the fall of 2010.

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Dr. Alpern, who was born and raised in Ventura County, earned his Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in Chicago in 2000, graduating Magna Cum Laude.  He next attended Northwestern University Medical School and earned his M.D. in 2000.  His internship and residency in Internal Medicine were completed at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta in 2007.  Following this, his fellowship in Gastroenterology & Hepatology was completed at the UCLA School of Medicine and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2011.

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Dr. Nasrollah earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from University of Texas at Dallas in 2005 and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She received an extraordinary medical student award in 2000 and was a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta.  She received her Doctor of Medicine  degree from University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 2010.

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Tatyana graduated from Ivanovo State Institute of Medicine in Russia in 1992 where she earned her MD degree.  She is licensed to practice medicine in Russia.  In 1996, she earned her certificate in Pediatric Gastroenterology from Lviv State Institute of Medicine in Ukraine. 

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Sarah Shaheen earned her bachelor's degree from UC Irvine in 2010. Following her passion for healthcare, she pursued further education at D'Youville University in Buffalo, NY 2019 where she obtained a Master's degree in Physician Assistant studies. Read more