Graduate Medical Education
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Program Director
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Rajesh Gulati, M.D., FACP
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, India
Residency: Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate affiliated Maimonides Medical Center,
Brooklyn, New York
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Alina Popa, MD, FACP, FHM
Internal Medicine
Academic title: Health Sciences Professor of Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Residency: St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, SUNY Brooklyn, NY
Fellowship: Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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Elizabeth H. Morrison-Banks M.D., M.S.Ed.
Program Director
Neurology
Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Neurology
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine
Graduate School: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (Master of Science,
medical education)
Internship: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA (family medicine)
Residencies: Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, CA (family medicine)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (neurology)
Fellowship: University of California, Irvine (multiple sclerosis)
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Gregory Guldner, MD, MS, FACEP
Emergency Medicine Program Director
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Graduate School: Masters in Clinical Psychology Purdue University
Areas of Interest: Trauma, Military Medicine, Tactical Medicine, ED Critical Care, Resuscitation,
Stress & Resiliency
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Jason An, MD
Program Director
Transitional Year
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Area of Interest: Medical Education, ED Procedures, Mentoring, Psychology and Medicine, Wellness
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Deborah Streletz, MD
Program Director
Family Medicine
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Residency Training: Texas A&M Health Science Center, Scott&White Memorial Hospital
Areas of Interest: Hospital Medicine, Geriatrics, Cultural Competency, Community Medicine
Associate Program Directors
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Sumanta Chaudhuri Saini, MD
Associate Program Director
Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Residency: Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA, Internal
Medicine. McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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Jason An, MD
Associate Program Director
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Area of Interest: Medical Education, ED Procedures, Mentoring, Psychology and Medicine, Wellness
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Kenneth Ballou, MD
Associate Program Director
Family Medicine
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
Residency Training: Family Medicine, Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center, Andrews AFB, Maryland
Areas of Interest: Hospital Medicine, Clinical education of medical students
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Sassan Ghassemzadeh, MD
Associate Program Director
Transitional Year
Medical School: University of Illinois Chicago
Residency:
Loma Linda University Medical Center
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Scott Kubomoto, MD
Internal Medicine
Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center os Angeles, CA
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Yi-Pin Cheng
MD
Family Medicine
Full Spectrum Family Medicine and specially Women’s Health
Medical School: Universidad de Buenos Aires
Residency Training: Family Medicine Resident Program at Riverside University
Health System
Chief Resident
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Stephen E. Wilkinson, MD
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE.
Residency: Internal Medicine / Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
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Javad Savoj, MD
Internal Medicine
Academic Title: Clinical Instructor, UCR Health
Medical School: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Residency: Internal Medicine, RCH/UCR SOM Residency Program, Riverside, California
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Jyotsna Sharma, MD
Internal Medicine
Academic Title: Clinical Instructor, UCR Health
Medical School: Dayanand Medical College, India
Residency: Internal Medicine, RCH/UCR SOM Residency Program, Riverside, California
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Core Faculty
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Nhan Do, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: UCR/UCLA
Residency Training: Kern Medical Center
Area of interest: Board Review, Personal finance
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Mohammad Kharazmi, MD
Internal Medicine
Academic Title: Director of UCR Hospitalist
Medical School: University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
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Hoveda Mufti, MD
Internal Medicine
Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: Baqai Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Residency: Internal Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown University
School of Medicine
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Curtis Knight, MD
Assistant Program Director
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Loma Linda University
Residency Training: Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center
Areas of Interest: Austere environment medical care, medical education, ED critical care
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Stephen Patterson, MD
EMS Director
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: University of California – Irvine
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Areas of Interest: Tactical medicine, EMS, aeromedicine, resuscitation
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Chimezie Ubbaonu, MD
Internal Medicine
Academic title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Residency: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. El Paso, TX
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Robbi Dunn-Dixon, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Texas A& M Medical School & Health Science Center
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Areas of Interest: EMS, tactical medicine
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Tommy Kim, MD FAAP FACEP
Pediatric EM Education Director & Research Director
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Loma Linda University
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Areas of Interest: Pediatric EM, Research Design
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Charles Stout, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurology
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA
Residency: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA (radiology)
Graduate School: University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.)
Fellowships: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA (NASA Noninvasive
Imaging Laboratory)
Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA (NCI Cancer Radiology)
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David Song, M.D.
Core Faculty
Neurology
Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Neurology
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Internship: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO (internal medicine)
Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO (neurology)
Fellowships: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (movement disorders
and experimental therapeutics)
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA (Parkinson
disease and parkinsonism)
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Lucas Friedman, MD, M.Ed.
Director of Ultrasound Education
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Residency Training: Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Combined Residency, Departments of
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Fellowship Training: Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Graduate School: M.Ed., (Masters of Education), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Areas of Interest: Areas of Interest: Ultrasound, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Global Health,
Simulation and Medical Education, Cultural Travel/Exploration, DIY projects
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Lama Al-Khoury, M.D.
Core Faculty
Neurology
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Medical School: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Residencies: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (internal medicine)
University of Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock, AK (neurology)
Fellowships: University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA (stroke)
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA (cerebrovascular imaging)
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Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, Ph.D.
Faculty
Neurology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Graduate School: M.S., Chemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Ph.D., Physiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Physiology/Neurology, School of Medicine, UCLA
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Koozad Karimi, DO
Family Medicine
Medical School: A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona Mesa, AZ
Residency Training: Franciscan Health –Midwestern University OPTI
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Andrew Alexander, MD
Core Faculty
Medical School: University of Southern California (Keck)
Residency Training: Internal Medicine at LAC/USC; Family Medicine at UT Health Science, Houston
Areas of Interest: Hospital Medicine, Outpatient surgical procedures
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Paul Lyons, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education UCR/SOM
Medical School: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Residency Training: University of Minnesota, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health,
Minneapolis
Fellowships: Institute for Urban Family Health, Faculty Development Fellowship, New
York, New York
Areas of Interest: Curriculum planning, faculty development and evaluation, faculty recruitment
and appointment, and student progress and promotion.
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Muhammad Arif, MD
Core Faculty
Medical School: King Edward Medical University, Lahore Pakistan
Residency Training: Family Practice, Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio General Surgery, University
of Punjab General Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland Cardiology,
ENT, Surgery, Pulmonary Medicine, King Edward Medical University
Areas of Interest & Research: In addition to his interests in general areas of family practice, Arif
won first prize for a research project on the "Effect of White Coat
on Patient's Perception." He also participated in research on
the impact of electronic health record (EHR) implementation in an ambulatory
primary care setting on family medicine education.
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Remus Popa, MD
Internal Medicine
Academic title: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Residency: St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, SUNY Brooklyn, NY
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Afshin Zandpour, MD
Core Faculty
Medical School: Ross University, North Brunswick Township, New Jersey
Residency Training: Family Medicine, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, New York
Areas of Interest: Evidence based medicine, quality assurance utilization and community medicine.
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Ivy Cao, MD
Faculty, RCH/UCR Family Medicine Residency Program
Family Medicine
Faculty, RCH/UCR Family Medicine Residency Program
Medical Student Clerkship Director
Family Medicine and Underserved Populations
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Riverside University Health System/UCR Family Medicine
Areas of Interest: Improving primary care and access to care for underserved populations.
Passionate about teaching, patient education, primary prevention and community medicine.
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Hoda Abou-Ziab
PsyD
Graduate School:Pepperdine University
Fellowships:Behavioral Medicine and Women’s Health at Harbor UCLA
Clinical Psychologist/ Behavioral Scientist
Family Medicine
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Samuel Zidovetzki , MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: University of Southern California
Residency Training: University of Wisconsin
Fellowship Training: Mount Sinai St.Lukes/Roosevelt
Graduate School: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Area of Interest: Global Health and Residency Education
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Eva Tovar Hirashima, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
Residency Training: Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency
Fellowship Training: Emergency Ultrasound, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Graduate School: MPH, University California, Berkeley
Area of Interest: Emergency Ultrasound, Global/Binational Health & Development, EMS,
Simulation and Medical Education
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Gregory Guldner, MD, MS, FACEP
Transitional Year
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Graduate School: Masters in Clinical Psychology Purdue University
Areas of Interest: Trauma, Military Medicine, Tactical Medicine, ED Critical Care, Resuscitation,
Stress & Resiliency
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Joshua Batt, DO
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Touro University - Nevada
Residency Training: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Area of Interest:
Arrhythmias and EKG interpretation, Resuscitation, Education, ED Efficiency
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Ryan Brenchley, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: The Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
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Eugene Hu, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
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Michael Kang, MD
Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Area of Interest: Resident Education, Trauma, ED critical care/resuscitation, ED procedures
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Eddie Magee, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Graduate School: Yale University School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Medical School: University of California – San Diego
Residency Training: Alameda County Medical Center – Highland, California campus
Areas of Interest: ED ultrasound, sports medicine, mass gathering medicine, international
emergency medicine, EMR implementation, community youth outreach, sepsis,
EM recruiting and retention, patient satisfaction.
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Steven Kim, MD
Medical Director and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Loma Linda University
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Area of Interest: Leadership, professionalism, ED operations and flow, airway management,
emergency orthopedics, global health, wellness
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Mohammad Kharazmi, MD
Transitional Year
Academic Title: Director of UCR Hospitalist
Medical School: University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
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Deborah Streletz, MD
Transitional Year
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Residency: Texas A&M Health Science Center, Scott&White Memorial Hospital
Areas of Interest: Hospital Medicine, Geriatrics, Cultural Competency, Community Medicine
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Barbara Blasko, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: SUNY Stony Brook
Residency Training: UC Irvine
Graduate School: Oregon Health Sciences, Biomedical Informatics Graduate Certificate
Area of Interest: Resident Wellness, Informatics, Telemedicine
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Eduardo Lam, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Charles R Drew/ UCLA program
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Area of Interest: Community EM. Hobbies outside of the ED.
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Daniel Ng, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical school: Loma Linda University
Residency: Alameda County Medical Center – Highland, California campus
Areas of interest: medical education; financial literacy for physicians; physician wellness
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David Tito, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: UCLA
Residency Training: Harbor-UCLA
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Matt Underwood, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Loma Linda
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Area of Interest: Quality and Peer Review, medical education, sports medicine, wellness.
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David Wagner, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: USC
Residency Training: USC
Area of Interest: general EM
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Kelvin L. Wong, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical school: University of Pittsburgh
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Fellowship: International Emergency Medicine Loma Linda
Areas of interest: International EM
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Claudia Munoz, M.D.
Core Faculty
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Internship: Highland Hospital, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA (internal medicine)
Residency: University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA (neurology)
Fellowship: Washington University Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri (epilepsy)
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Rony Dekermenjian, M.D.
Faculty
Neurology
Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, St. George’s. Grenada
Internship: Long Island College Hospital/SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn,
NY (internal medicine)
Residency: Seton Hall University/New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center,
Edison, NJ (neurology)
Fellowship: Seton Hall University/New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, Sleep Medicine
Center, Edison, NJ (sleep medicine)
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Rajan Chopra, MD
Faculty
Neurology
Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine, Netherlands Antilles
Internship: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV (transitional year)
Residency: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV (neurology)
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Jin Seon Kim-Paglingayen, M.D.
Family Medicine
Medical School: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Residency: Palm Springs UCR FM program
Areas of Interest: Diabetes, hypertension, women’s health, hyperlipidemia, preventative
medicine and nutrition
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Chelsea Cosand, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Residency Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Area of Interest: ED critical care, wellness
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Allison Woodall, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Kentucky
Area of interest: Trauma
Sub Specialty Education Coordinators
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Ahmed El-Bershawi, MD
SSEC: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Internal Medicine
Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: Cairo University Medical School, Cairo, Egypt
Residency: Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Fellowship: University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, Sleep Disorders Center.
University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, KS Division of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine.
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Department of Endocrinology,
Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition.
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Andre Babajanians, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
SSEC: Rheumatology
Internal Medicine
Medical School: Shiraz University, School of Medicine; Shiraz, Iran
Residency: Harlem Hospital Center; New York, NY - (Internal Medicine)
Fellowship: Case Western Reserve University at Metro Health Medical Center; Cleveland,
OH - 1990 (Rheumatology)
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Andrew Corr, MD
SSEC: Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCR Health
Medical School: Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Residency: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Arbi G. Ohanian, M.D., M.S.
SSEC: Neurology
Internal Medicine
Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, CA
Internship: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (internal medicine)
Residency: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (neurology)
Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (vascular neurology)
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Eric Choi, MD
SSEC: Gastroenterology
Internal Medicine
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Haresh S. Jhangiani, MD, FACP, MBA
SSEC: Oncology
Internal Medicine
Medical School: University of Bombay, India
Residency: Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles, CA; Pediatrics,
Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Internal
Medicine and Pediatrics, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Pontiac, MI; General
Surgery, Nair Hospital, Bombay, India
Fellowship: Hematology Oncology, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA;
Hematology Oncology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles/City of Hope Medical
Center, Los Angeles, CA
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John A. Liquete, M.D.
SSEC: Infectious Disease
Medical School: University of Santo Tomas School of Medicine, Philippines
Residency: Internal Medicine, McLaren General Hospital, Michigan State University
Fellowship: Infectious Disease, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California
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John A. Robertson, MD
SSEC: Nephrology
Internal Medicine
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma, OK
Residency: Internal Medicine, Oklahoma Medical Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK
Fellowship: Nephrology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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Mimi Sen Biswas, MD
SSEC: Cardiology
Internal Medicine
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Residency: Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Fellowships: Women's Heath Fellowship and MHSC: Duke University Medical Center/Durham
VAMC, Durham, NC
Cardiology: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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Rehana Baqai, MD
SSEC Hematology
Internal Medicine
Medical School: Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
Residency: Northeastern affiliated Pennsylvania residency, VA medical center, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Fellowship: UC Irvine School of Medicine, CA
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Sudhakar V. Mallela, MD
SSEC: Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Medical School: Bangalore Medical College
Residency: Finch University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Chicago
Fellowship: MCP Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia
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Suvesh Chandiok, MD
SSEC: Endocrinology
Internal Medicine
Academic Title: Associate Clinical Professor, UCR Health
Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Residency: Internal Medicine University Hospital New Jersey
Fellowship: Endocrinology, UCLA School of Medicine, Center for Health Sciences