Charisse Richards | Christine Springston | Clodagh Hamilton | Erika Santiago | Jamie Mangan | Lily Lipson | Marjorie Boor | Mauree Tonge | Sheri Crumback | Yili Zhao | Yvonne Cervntes
Charisse Richards
Manager
Work phone: 415-502-7787
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: charisse.richards [AT] ucsf.edu
My passion for helping others in life has led me to my career of choice as a Pediatric and Fetal Cardiac Sonographer for the past 20 years. I have been fortunate to be a part of UCSF for the past 15 years, with three travel assignments and 13 years as a career employee. Having traveled and worked at other Children’s hospitals, I chose UCSF to call home. As a manager of three departments (Pediatric Echocardiography, Pediatric Stress/EKG and Pediatric Pulmonary Function Lab), my passion is to engage my staff in being as committed to excellence as I am, and am proud to share that each and every one of my employees are top notch. In life outside of work, you will find me doing yoga, HIIT, enjoying the beach, bike riding, hiking or just lounging around reading a book.
Christine Springston
Supervisor
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: Christine.Springston [AT] ucsf.edu
Christine Springston was born and raised in San Francisco. She attended the Cardiovascular Technology Program at CCSF and graduated in 2008 eager to pursue a career in Echocardiography. She was hired at UCSF in the Pediatric Echo Lab in 2009 and trained by the awesome staff in the Peds Echo Lab. Since being hired, she has obtained licenses in Adult Echo, Peds Echo, and Fetal Echo as well as assisted on research projects. She is married to her high school sweetheart and they have 2 adorable little boys. In her free time, she likes to relax (because free time is few and far between) and also volunteer for cardiac screening events in different locations around CA.
Clodagh Hamilton
Sonographer
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: clodagh.hamilton [AT] ucsf.edu
My dream job since I was thirteen was to be a pediatric echo tech at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Thankfully, my hard work and determination made it possible in 2015. Since then, I have learned fetal echocardiogram and became a principal sonographer. I love my dream job, but outside of work, I like to spend time with friends and family. Some of my hobbies are traveling, being an amateur photographer, and spending as much time with my husband and our corgi epically at the beach. Our corgi loves taking walks on the beach.
Erika Santiago
Sonographer
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: erika.Santiago [AT] ucsf.edu
Erika Santiago (Pedri) relocated from New York City in 2015 to the Bay area. She is registered in Adult, Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography with 7 years of experience in the field. She received a degree in Human Biology from SUNY Oneonta in upstate New York before attending the Diagnostic Medical Imaging program at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn. Afterwards, she worked for the Pediatric Echo Lab at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York. Erika also volunteers with the ARDMS Item writing Committee, helping to improve and development the certification exam for fetal echocardiography. Outside of work, you can find her with her two frenchies, Olive and Sadie.
Jamie Mangan
Sonographer
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: Jamie.Mangan [AT] ucsf.edu
Jamie is a per-diem sonographer who works at UCSF on Fridays. She went to school at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo and went on to get a second Bachelor’s Degree in ultrasound at Long Island University in New York. While she enjoyed living in Brooklyn - and eating excessive amounts of pizza, bagels, and cronuts - she’s happy to be back in her Bay Area hometown so she can cheer on her favorite team, the Giants!
Lily Lipson
Sonographer
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: Lily.Lipson [AT] ucsf.edu
Lily is originally from Los Angeles, but most recently lived on Maui! She is a mom to a sweet little girl named Penelope. Lily and her family now live in San Fransisco and absolutely love it! Lily has been a pediatric echo sonographer for five years and she can’t imagine doing anything else. Working with children is her dream and she is so happy to be living it every day.
Marjorie Boor
Sonographer
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: Marjorie.Boor [AT] ucsf.edu
Marjorie is our sonographer.
Maureen Tonge
Sonographer
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: Maureen.Tonge [AT] ucsf.edu
Maureen graduated from UC Berkeley, and worked for the School of Public Health as a research associate for the Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study. Wanting to spend more time with patients and less time with data, she returned to school to study cardiac ultrasound. Upon completing her internship with the UCSF Adult Echo Lab, she worked for Dr. Nelson Schiller’s research study at the VA Medical Center. She was fortunate to join the UCSF Pediatric Echo team in 2007, and subsequently developed advanced skills in Fetal Echo. She enjoys teaching new pediatric cardiology fellows and junior sonographers. When she is not working you might find her rowing a whaleboat on the San Francisco Bay, enjoying live music near or far, or cooking up a feast for family and friends.
Sheri Crumback
Sonographer
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: sheri.crumback [AT] ucsf.edu
I was born and raised in Michigan, but have lived all over the country, thanks to the military and travel echo. I attended echo school in Augusta, GA and started out as an adult sonographer, then came vascular, pediatric and fetal. I am on the board of directors of Pacific Hearts, LLC. We travel to the Federated States of Micronesia to perform pediatric echoes, because rheumatic fever is still very much a thing there. I’m new to UCSF, having recently moved here from Denver, CO. Dogs, traveling, food, family and friends are the things I enjoy outside of work.
Yili Zhao
Research Sonographer
Work phone: 415-476-3774
Address: 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: yili.zhao [AT] ucsf.edu
Yili joined the PHC research team in March 2018 and splits his time between working in the echo lab and conducting research. He received his PhD (medical imaging) in China, where he grew up. He then moved to Virginia, where he lived and worked for four years as a research associate/sonographer. Additionally, he spent time as a research scholar at Massachusetts General Hospital. He enjoys traveling and is enamored with aviation.
Yvonne Cervantes
Sonographer
Work phone:
Address: 1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Email: Yvonne.Cervantes [AT] ucsf.edu
Yvonne enjoys outdoor actives with her family and friends. She loves walking at Land Ends near Ocean beach in San Francisco. She joined UCSF Pediatric Heat Center in 2006 and started as a medical assistant, administrative assistant, echo biller, EKG tech before becoming a sonographer. She obtained her education in echocardiography at City college of San Francisco. She feels she continues to learn every day because of the complexity of congenital heart diseases. She says she is very thankful of being part of a great team!