Community Psychiatry Current Residents & Fellows 

Rianna was born in San Diego and grew up in Los Angeles. She majored in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior at UC Davis where she volunteered at a student-run clinic in Sacramento and grew passionate about advancing health equity. She also discovered a love for teaching and became an 8th grade special education teacher in Hawaii for three years through Teach For America. She received her MD from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine where she advocated for improved care for disabled patients, mentored in STEM pipeline programs, and taught dance and mental wellness to underserved youth through the Community and Global Health Honors program. She is interested in child adolescent psychiatry, psychotherapy, addiction, and community health. In her free time, Rianna enjoys crafting cafe beverages, dancing, collecting fountain pens, reading, and spending time with her dog and partner.

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Lo Grogan (she/her) grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, and studied Public Health and Spanish at Beloit College, spending a year in Quito, Ecuador. After five years in medical software project management, she pursued medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), graduating with honors in research for her work on improving management of obstetric hypertensive emergencies. Lo facilitated discussions on women's mental health bills by sharing clinical stories with Wisconsin Senate and House Representatives in their offices in Washington D.C. Motivated by her experience caring for gender-diverse patients at Milwaukee’s gender-affirming clinics, she reviewed and updated Wisconsin’s statewide perinatal psychiatry provider toolkit to promote equity focused and LGBTQIA+ inclusive language. In recognition of her work, she received the T. Michael Bolger Standing Ovation Award for outstanding contributions to the MCW community. She is passionate about community and C/L psychiatry, with specific interest in LGBTQIA+, HIV, reproductive and perinatal psychiatry. Lo is excited to join UCSD Psychiatry and looks forward to birding and beach reads with her dog, Bran!

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Victoria is a Southern California native and graduate of UCSF School of Medicine. She is passionate about health systems improvement and community psychiatry and has interests in integrative medicine, geriatrics, and psychotherapy. Her research focuses on how Adverse Childhood Experiences are associated with poorer health outcomes across the lifespan. In her free time, Victoria enjoys fishing, playing music, and exploring new restaurants.

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Anuska Martinez Arguedas is a psychiatry resident in the UCSD Community Psychiatry Track. Born and raised in Venezuela, she began her academic journey as a Studio Art major at The University of Texas at Austin. Inspired by surrealism and its exploration of the human experience, she discovered her drive for psychiatry and transitioned to a B.S. in Psychology, graduating with honors in 2018. During her gap years, she served migrant communities as a medical interpreter at a clinic in Tijuana before conducting molecular neuroscience research through the University of Michigan’s Postbac Research Education Program. She returned to Austin in 2021 to pursue her medical degree at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, earning her MD in 2025. During her third year, she also completed an MPH with a concentration in Community Health Practice.

Anuska’s interests lie at the intersection of neuromodulation, cultural psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry, with a strong commitment to accessibility and community-based care. She is an active member of the North American Neuromodulation Society, the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and Doctors for Global Health. Outside of medicine, she finds balance through art-making, yoga, the great outdoors, playing with her rambunctious Husky Shepherd, and film nights with loved ones.

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Jessica Kuo, M.D.
2nd Year Child and Adolescent Community Psychiatry Fellow

Dr. Jessica Kuo was the recipient of three TOUCH Awards in medical for her extraordinary volunteer efforts. She spent over 200 hours volunteering at a crisis text line and participated in the Health Outreach Through Medicine and Education program as an organizer for student run healthcare clinics at a transitional homeless shelter (Central Arizona Shelter Service). She also tutored underserved children, volunteered at a food pantry,  served as Coordinator of her Residency Wellness Committee, and served as President of her Asian Pacific Medical Student Association Chapter. Dr. Kuo is a member of the Sigma Sigma Phi honorary organization for academically gifted medical students, and as Academic Senior for her residency program she coordinates lectures, a PRITE Review Course, journal club, a simulation lab, and grand rounds presentations. Like many of her classmates, Dr. Kuo has a creative side, and when she isn’t teaching her cat new tricks, she can be found crocheting amigurumis and running marathons.

Heather Miura, M.D.
2nd Year Child and Adolescent Community Psychiatry Fellow

Dr. Heather Miura is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She gained valuable experience as a psychiatric technician at the Hawaii State Psychiatric Hospital for over a year prior to transitioning to medical school. She served as both the manager and junior attending at a free clinic for the Hawaii Houseless Outreach and Medical Education (HOME) Project. This experience also included organizing school supply donations for houseless youth and supporting them through holidays. Dr. Miura has also served as a PBL Tutor for medical students and as Treasurer and Secretary of the Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association, and also as a Co-President and mentor for her department’s mentorship program. Lastly, Dr. Miura served as Health and Wellness Co-Chair for her residency program, and organized a number of activities and initiatives to appreciate her peers and colleagues, including organized efforts in qi-gong.

Natalie Constantine, M.D., MPH
Adult Community Psychiatry PGY3

Natalie Constantine joins us from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine where she obtained her M.D. and M.P.H. Before that she received her B.S. in Psychobiology at the University of California-Los Angeles. Natalie has a passion for global and community health and has spent much time in Central America and the Caribbean serving marginalized populations alongside community health workers. She continued to advocate for immigrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers through her leadership at the Human Rights Clinic of Miami, the Guatemalan-Maya Center, various global health organizations, and free health fairs throughout Miami. Natalie is thrilled to return to California to join the Community Psychiatry Track at UCSD to continue advocating for patients and address the mental health needs of underserved communities and the public sector. She is particularly interested in child and adolescent psychiatry, post-migration mental health, and trauma. In her free time, she enjoys outdoor activities and sports, camping trips, and being out on the water.

Justine Ku, M.D.
Adult Community Psychiatry PGY4

 Justine Ku, M.D. graduated from the UC Riverside School of Medicine. She attended UCLA for her undergraduate education, graduating Summa Cum Laude in Biology with a minor in Global Health. While in medical school, she pursued a designated emphasis in Medical and Health Humanities and is a Gold Humanism recipient. She is passionate about voluntarism and teaching and has served on the National APAMSA Board, as a caseworker for the Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA, as Outreach Director at the San Bernardino Free Clinic, and in various teaching positions at UC Riverside School of Medicine. Justine enjoys cardio kickboxing, watching sunsets, eating, and going to Disneyland in her free time.

Jacklyn Vargas, M.D.
Adult Community Psychiatry PGY4

Jacklyn Vargas, M.D. is a local native to Southern California and San Diego County. She attended UC San Diego for undergraduate education where she earned her degree in Psychology and discovered her passion for mental health. After completing her undergraduate education, she began work as an ABA therapist for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and provided therapy for children, adolescents, and families in medically underserved regions of San Diego County. She then attended medical school as part of the inaugural class at California University of Science and Medicine in San Bernardino, California, where she received scholarship recognition for her commitment to community outreach and patient advocacy. Throughout medical school, she demonstrated this commitment to her community’s health through volunteerism, providing career mentorship to local underserved youth, teaching medical Spanish to her peers, and serving as co-founder and vice president of the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) at her medical school. Her career interests include Child/Adolescent psychiatry, psychotherapy, teaching, community outreach, and addressing disparities in access to mental health care. Her hobbies include dance fitness classes (Zumba), spending time exploring outdoors, cat napping with her fluffy Persian cat, and drinking boba.

Lauren D'Andrea, M.D.
Adult Community Psychiatry PGY4

Lauren D’Andrea is delighted to join the UCSD Community Psychiatry Residency Track. An SF Bay Area native, she attended UCLA for her undergraduate studies, where she graduated with honors with a B.S. in Psychobiology. She worked at a healthcare finance consulting firm in San Francisco for two years before attending the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia. During medical school, Lauren discovered an interest in psychiatry, particularly acute psychiatry and early psychosis, and was accepted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She is passionate about working with underserved populations and spent four years serving as a coordinator at a free clinic for Latinx immigrants in Philadelphia. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, cycling, tennis, travel, and spending time with her friends (and their dogs). She is excited to move back to the West (best!) coast and begin her psychiatry training at UCSD.

Nicholas Kos, M.D.
Family Medicine / Psychiatry Resident  PGY5

Nicholas Kos comes to us from the University of Illinois-Chicago where he received recognition for his service work through the organization, Chicago Street Medicine, working with unsheltered patients. He is originally from Anaheim, California and graduated from UC Berkeley undergrad with degrees in Integrative Biology and Spanish. During medical school, he has worked with several free clinics to promote healthcare for the underserved, uninsured and disenfranchised. He is an avid runner and loves live music, cooking, hiking, yoga, and playing with his puppy, Kiyah Mae.

Thanos Rossopoulos, M.D.
Family Medicine / Psychiatry Resident  PGY5

Thanos Rossopoulos is from UT Southwestern medical school in Dallas, Texas where he was a Schweitzer fellow and developed community health programs in smoking cessation and patient navigation for individuals experiencing homelessness. He has taken a non-traditional path to medicine. After studying mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, he lived abroad as a field engineer in India on oil rigs and then relocated to Houston to design drilling equipment. He left this career to pursue medicine because of a strong desire to serve others after volunteering with Houston's homeless population. He loves playing music and listening to R&B, volunteering in the community, watching the Lakers, playing sports such as basketball and surfing, and spending time outdoors.