Following Edison, Nishan Tchekmedyian (2001) attended UCLA obtaining a BA in Business Economics, BS in Molecular, Cell and Development Biology, and MD. Nishan completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston, and a subspecialty fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. In 2016, Nishan joined Pacific Shores Medical Group (now City of Hope) in Huntington Beach. Currently, Nishan serves as Regional Medical Director and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutic Research at City of Hope Orange County.
