Congratulations to our FY24 Q3 Diamond Doc Award Winners

(SACRAMENTO)

170 UC Davis Health physicians were awarded the Diamond Doc Award for their patient care in the third quarter of FY24. The award celebrates physicians who demonstrated careful listening, clear explanations, and respectful partnerships by receiving 90th percentile or higher scores on patient surveys.

“I am honored that 170 UC Davis Health physicians earned our Diamond Doc Award this quarter,” said interim chief medical officer Joseph Galante, M.D. “The award is based on our patients’ experiences, and it reflects our physicians' unwavering dedication to providing exceptional care. Congratulations to our Diamond Docs on this well-deserved recognition!”

There will be an event in the fall to celebrate all the physicians who receive a Diamond Doc Award throughout the year. We look forward to honoring our Diamond Docs and the excellent care they give to our patients.

(*) = FY24 Q1-Q3 Recipients

Full Name

Title

Primary Department

Mohamed Ali

MD

Surgery

Amar Al-Juburi

MD

Internal Medicine

Muna Alnimri*

MD

Internal Medicine

Edris Aman

MD

Internal Medicine

Mili Arora*

MD

Internal Medicine

Surabhi Atreja

MD

Internal Medicine

Mark Avdalovic*

MD

Internal Medicine

Victor Baquero*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Hiba Basheer

MD

Internal Medicine

Timothy Beamesderfer

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Jarett Beaudoin

MD

Family and Community Medicine

Brigitte Berry

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Andrew Birkeland

MD

Otolaryngology

Noelle Boctor

MD

Internal Medicine

Alain Brassard

MD

Dermatology

Lisa Brown

MD

Surgery

Joanna Buchanan*

DO

Community Physicians Pediatrics

Radhika Bukkapatnam

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Michael Campbell*

MD

Surgery

Sean Campbell

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Noah Canvasser

MD

Urologic Surgery

Jeffrey Caspar*

MD

Ophthalmology

Daniel Cates

MD

Otolaryngology

Thenappan Chandrasekar

MD

Urologic Surgery

Flora Chang*

MD

Internal Medicine

Jason Chang*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Rebecca Chen

MD

Ophthalmology

Jennifer Chen

MD

Internal Medicine

Helen Chew

MD

Internal Medicine

Yung-Wei Chi

DO

Internal Medicine

Jonathan Chiang*

DO

Internal Medicine

Helen Chow*

MD

Internal Medicine

Scott Christensen*

MD

Internal Medicine

Katerina Christiansen*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Karen Chung*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Kaitlan Cobb

MD

Urologic Surgery

Christine Cocanour

MD

Surgery

Justin Curole

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Marc Dall'Era*

MD

Urologic Surgery

Megan Daly

MD

Radiation Oncology

Jacob Dima*

DO

Community Physicians Family Practice

Jennifer Draper

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Daniel Eisen*

MD

Dermatology

Elizabeth Ekpo*

MD

Neurology

Marcia Faustin*

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Scott Fishman

MD

Anesthesiology

Mehul Gandhi

MD

Internal Medicine

Amy George

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mauro Giordani

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Luis Godoy*

MD

Surgery

Vinay Goswamy

MD

Internal Medicine

Naeem Goussous

MD

Surgery

Claire Graves

MD

Surgery

Ethelwoldo Guerrero*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Aili Guo

MD

Internal Medicine

Elise Harris*

MD

Internal Medicine

Sean Heavey

MD

Emergency Medicine

Heidi Henchell

DO

Community Physicians Family Practice

Daniel Herman

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Rachel Hight

MD

Surgery

Zachary Holt

MD

Internal Medicine

Philip Hsiao

MD

Urologic Surgery

Victor Huang

MD

Dermatology

Kendra Hutchinson*

MD

Internal Medicine

Hanine Inaty

MD

Internal Medicine

Nancy Jaeger

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Benjamin Jastrzembski*

MD

Ophthalmology

Lilyanne Jewett

MD

Emergency Medicine

Brian Jonas

MD

Internal Medicine

Jayne Joo*

MD

Dermatology

Paul Kaesberg

MD

Internal Medicine

Chrishanthie Karalakulasingam*

MD

Community Physicians Pediatrics

Shaina Kaye*

MD

Community Physicians Pediatrics

Bernadette Kelly

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Manoj Kesarwani

MD

Internal Medicine

Karin Kordas*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Maggie Kuhn

MD

Otolaryngology

Brooks Kuhn

MD

Internal Medicine

Jose Joaquin Lado Abeal

MD

Internal Medicine

Erik Laurin

MD

Emergency Medicine

Hai Le

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Lien Le*

MD

Internal Medicine

Mark Lee

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Marc Lenaerts

MD

Neurology

John Li

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Daniel Linfesty

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Sarah Louie*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Jennifer Lynde

DO

Surgery

David Mach*

DO

Community Physicians Family Practice

Emily Marquet

MD

Internal Medicine

Allan Martin

MD

Neurological Surgery

Soe Maw

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Steven Maximus*

MD

Surgery

Sarah Medeiros

MD

Emergency Medicine

Karen Mo*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Mark Moriwaki*

MD

Internal Medicine

Ala Moshiri

MD

Ophthalmology

Kareem Moussa

MD

Ophthalmology

Jean Muller

MD

Internal Medicine

Kevin Mullins*

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Bryn Mumma

MD

Emergency Medicine

Muhammad Munir

MD

Internal Medicine

Kwan Ng

MD

Neurology

Ivy Nguyen

MD

Neurology

Xuan-Loc Nguyen

DO

Community Physicians Family Practice

Diana Nguyen

MD

Internal Medicine

Peter O'Malley*

MD

Community Physicians Pediatrics

Kelly Owen

MD

Emergency Medicine

Avita Pahwa*

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Tobias Paiva

DO

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Karen Panek*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Jaymin Patel

MD

Emergency Medicine

Gayatri Patel

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Kristen Pellegrino

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Gavin Pereira

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Chinh Phan

DO

Internal Medicine

Prathima Prodduturi

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Iris Radler

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ben Rasmussen*

DO

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

John Richards

MD

Emergency Medicine

Peter Rinaldi

DO

Orthopaedic Surgery

Jason Rogers

MD

Internal Medicine

Jennifer Rothschild

MD

Urologic Surgery

Junichiro Sageshima

MD

Surgery

Maha Sami

MD

Internal Medicine

Verena Schandera

MD

Emergency Medicine

Michael Schivo

MD

Internal Medicine

Kiarash Shahlaie*

MD

Neurological Surgery

Narges Shariati Varnosfaderani

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Shivani Sharma

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Dana Sheely*

MD

Internal Medicine

Kelly Siemens*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Sabrina Silva-Mckenzie

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Marc Silverstein

MD

Dermatology

Michael Sim*

MD

Internal Medicine

Gagan Singh*

MD

Internal Medicine

Thomas Smith

MD

Internal Medicine

Sawyer Smith

MD

Surgery

Ravi Sood

MD

Surgery

Jeffrey Southard*

MD

Internal Medicine

Alyssa Speciale*

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Toby Steele*

MD

Otolaryngology

Benjamin Stripe*

MD

Internal Medicine

Elena Sudjian

MD

Internal Medicine

Debra Swanson*

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jeffrey Tanji

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Danielle Tartar*

MD

Dermatology

Polly Teng*

MD

Internal Medicine

Venkat Tirumala

MD

Internal Medicine

Kara Toles

MD

Emergency Medicine

Cyril Torado

MD

Family and Community Medicine

Susana Torres

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Paolo Troia-Cancio*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Katren Tyler

MD

Emergency Medicine

Garth Utter

MD

Surgery

Michelle Vy

MD

Dermatology

Anastasia Waechter*

MD

Internal Medicine

Brandee Waite

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Ben Waldau

MD

Neurological Surgery

Stacey Wallach

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Hussein Warda

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Alexandra Warrick*

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Melanie Wathugala

MD

Family and Community Medicine

Jeanna Welborn

MD

Internal Medicine

Garrett Wong

MD

Internal Medicine

Linda Woo*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Stella Yala

MD

Internal Medicine

Christopher Young*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Lin Zhang

MD

Neurology

Yunli Zheng*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine