Congratulations to our FY24 Q4 Diamond Doc Award Winners

(SACRAMENTO)

In the fourth quarter of FY24, 208 UC Davis Health doctors received the Diamond Doc Award for their patient care. Scoring within the 90th percentile or higher on patient surveys, the award honors physicians who showed careful listening, clear explanations, and respectful partnerships. The award is determined by the experiences of our patients and is a testament to the physicians' unwavering commitment to providing top-notch care.

In FY2024, a total of 359 physicians received a Diamond Doc Award with 47 physicians earning the award in all four quarters. All recipients will be presented with a special award. A celebration honoring all doctors who received a Diamond Doc Award during the year will take place on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. We look forward to honoring our Diamond Docs and the excellent care they give to our patients.

Below are patient comments that were included in the survey and the list of FY24 Q4 Diamond Docs:

 
Mili Arora, MD

“Dr. Arora described in great detail the options and plan to help me through my first time dealing with breast cancer. She said she would stay in touch with me once the lumpectomy is performed and tissues evaluated. My cancer surgeon highly recommended Dr. Arora and now I see why.” 

“Dr. Steele is one of the best doctors I have had within UC Davis Health. He is an expert in his field of practice, listens, explains, and educates his patients about his suggested treatment approach, genuinely cares about his patients, and is kind and friendly. In short, he is an asset of high value to UC Davis Health.”


Toby Steele, MD

 
Marc Dall'Era, MD

“Dr. Dall’Era is an excellent physician in all respects; he’s attentive, focused, informative, and has demonstrated laudable concern and empathy for me as his patient.”

“I truly cannot say enough good things about Dr. Pahwa. She is thorough, articulate, friendly and exceptionally caring. One of the best doctors I have seen at UC Davis.”

 
Avita Pahwa, MD
 
Yunli Zheng, MD

“Dr. Yunli Zheng is truly a five-star doctor I am very grateful not only because of his professional work, but also because he cares about his patients so much. Whenever I visited his office, he gave his sincere and undivided attention, was always willing to listen and discuss my medical condition, went above and beyond, and worked tirelessly toward my health concerns. Thank you, Dr. Zheng, for everything that you have done for me!” 

Congratulations to our Diamond Docs on this well-deserved recognition!

(*) = Received award all four quarters in FY24

Full Name

Title

Primary Department

Mehrdad Abedi

MD

Internal Medicine

Marianne Abouyared

MD

Otolaryngology

Lia Africa

MD

Internal Medicine

Sara Aghamohammadi

MD

Pediatrics

Shirin Ahmad

MD

Internal Medicine

Amar Al-Juburi

MD

Internal Medicine

Maria Anderson

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mili Arora*

MD

Internal Medicine

Mark Avdalovic*

MD

Internal Medicine

Norkamari Bandolin

MD

Emergency Medicine

Victor Baquero*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Timothy Beamesderfer

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Jarett Beaudoin

MD

Family and Community Medicine

Arnaud Bewley

MD

Otolaryngology

Orin Bloch

MD

Neurological Surgery

David Brandman

MD

Neurological Surgery

Alison Breen

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Lisa Brown

MD

Surgery

Erin Brown

MD

Surgery

Joanna Buchanan*

DO

Community Physicians Pediatrics

Radhika Bukkapatnam

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Ru Cai

MD

Internal Medicine

Michael Campbell*

MD

Surgery

Carolina Candotti

MD

Internal Medicine

Jeffrey Caspar*

MD

Ophthalmology

Flora Chang*

MD

Internal Medicine

Jason Chang*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Rebecca Chen

MD

Ophthalmology

Paul Cheng

MD

Anesthesiology

Helen Chew

MD

Internal Medicine

Helen Chow*

MD

Internal Medicine

Scott Christensen*

MD

Internal Medicine

Katerina Christiansen*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Blair Colwell

MD

Pediatrics

David Copenhaver

MD

Anesthesiology

Branden Cord

MD

Neurological Surgery

Justin Curole

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Anna Dahov

MD

Internal Medicine

Marc Dall'Era*

MD

Urology

Rodney Diaz

MD

Otolaryngology

Jacob Dima*

DO

Community Physicians Family Practice

Jennifer Draper

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Daniel Eisen*

MD

Dermatology

Elizabeth Ekpo*

MD

Neurology

Naseem Esteghamat

MD

Internal Medicine

Neil Evans

MD

Internal Medicine

Sabrina Evans

MD

Surgery

Marcia Faustin*

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Ellen Fitzpatrick

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Scott Fuller

MD

Otolaryngology

Lauren Gaffaney

MD

Internal Medicine

Mehul Gandhi

MD

Internal Medicine

Wendy Garabedian

MD

Internal Medicine

David Goodson

MD

Internal Medicine

Vinay Goswamy

MD

Internal Medicine

Naeem Goussous

MD

Surgery

Claire Graves

MD

Surgery

Eric Gross

MD

Emergency Medicine

Ethelwoldo Guerrero*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Elise Harris*

MD

Internal Medicine

Nisa Hatami

MD

Internal Medicine

Jason Heard

MD

Surgery

Oliver Hentschel

MD

Internal Medicine

Daniel Herrador

MD

Family and Community Medicine

Sarah Herrman

MD

Internal Medicine

Lisa Ho

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Rasmus Hoeg

MD

Internal Medicine

James Holmes

MD

Emergency Medicine

Zachary Holt

MD

Internal Medicine

Philip Hsiao

MD

Urology

Cecilia Huang

MD

Internal Medicine

Kendra Hutchinson*

MD

Internal Medicine

Hanine Inaty

MD

Internal Medicine

Pushkal Jadaun

MD

Internal Medicine

Yashar Javidan

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Brian Jonas

MD

Internal Medicine

Jayne Joo*

MD

Dermatology

Paul Kaesberg

MD

Internal Medicine

Chrishanthie Karalakulasingam*

MD

Community Physicians Pediatrics

Pouria Kashkouli

MD

Internal Medicine

Shaina Kaye*

MD

Community Physicians Pediatrics

Melissa Keller

MD

Surgery

Shehzein Khan

DO

Community Physicians Family Practice

Kee Kim

MD

Neurological Surgery

Eunice Kim

MD

Pediatrics

Karin Kordas*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Robert Kucejko

MD

Surgery

Maggie Kuhn

MD

Otolaryngology

Brooks Kuhn

MD

Internal Medicine

Jose Joaquin Lado Abeal

MD

Internal Medicine

Benjamin Leavy

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Jennifer Lee

MD

Pediatrics

Marc Lenaerts

MD

Neurology

Jennifer Li

MD

Ophthalmology

Daniel Linfesty

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Gabrielle Liu

MD

Internal Medicine

Conan Liu

MD

Internal Medicine

Gina Lokna

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Sarah Louie*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Jennifer Lynde

DO

Surgery

David Mach*

DO

Community Physicians Family Practice

Lindsey Malik

DO

Internal Medicine

Mark Mannis

MD

Ophthalmology

Julia Marlow

MD

Pediatrics

Ivonne Martinez

MD

Internal Medicine

Stephanie Mateev

MD

Pediatrics

Kristy Mathes

MD

Internal Medicine

Soe Maw

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Christine Mcbeth

DO

Emergency Medicine

John Meehan

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Karen Mo*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Roxana Mohhebali-Solis

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mark Moriwaki*

MD

Internal Medicine

Ala Moshiri

MD

Ophthalmology

Aimee Moulin

MD

Emergency Medicine

Shaheen Najafi

MD

Internal Medicine

Joanne Natale

MD

Pediatrics

Kathryn Newell

MD

Internal Medicine

Kwan Ng

MD

Neurology

Xuan-Loc Nguyen

DO

Community Physicians Family Practice

Peter O'Malley*

MD

Community Physicians Pediatrics

Kelly Owen

MD

Emergency Medicine

Avita Pahwa*

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Karen Panek*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Gurjit Pannu

MD

Internal Medicine

Jaymin Patel

MD

Emergency Medicine

Swati Patki

MD

Internal Medicine

Sanyukta Pawar

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Kristen Pellegrino

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Gavin Pereira

MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Pauline Perez

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Juliette Personius

MD

Internal Medicine

Manh Pham

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Sonal Phatak

MD

Internal Medicine

Katherine Phelps

MD

Pediatrics

Pamela Prescott

MD

Internal Medicine

Richard Price

MD

Neurological Surgery

Scott Pritzlaff

MD

Anesthesiology

Prathima Prodduturi

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Iris Radler

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Shyam Rao

MD

Radiation Oncology

Ben Rasmussen*

DO

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Peter Rinaldi

DO

Orthopaedic Surgery

Aaron Rosenberg

MD

Internal Medicine

Brenda Ruvalcaba

MD

Internal Medicine

Junichiro Sageshima

MD

Surgery

Doron Sagiv

MD

Otolaryngology

Faye Sajjadi

MD

Internal Medicine

Ara Salibian

MD

Surgery

Chinar Sanghvi

MD

Anesthesiology

Bradley Sanville

MD

Internal Medicine

Ankit Sarin

MD

Surgery

Candice Sauder

MD

Surgery

Soman Sen

MD

Surgery

Narges Shariati Varnosfaderani

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Mushfeka Sharif

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Dana Sheely*

MD

Internal Medicine

Shanti Shenoy

MD

Internal Medicine

Kelly Siemens*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Eric Signoff

MD

Internal Medicine

Jessica Signoff

MD

Pediatrics

Marc Silverstein

MD

Dermatology

Michael Sim*

MD

Internal Medicine

Naileshni Singh

MD

Anesthesiology

Gagan Singh*

MD

Internal Medicine

Thomas Smith

MD

Internal Medicine

Hannah Snitzer

MD

Pediatrics

Jeffrey Southard*

MD

Internal Medicine

Alyssa Speciale*

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Monica Srivastava

MD

Internal Medicine

Toby Steele*

MD

Otolaryngology

Benjamin Stripe*

MD

Internal Medicine

Elena Sudjian

MD

Internal Medicine

Debra Swanson*

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Puja Takiar

MD

Internal Medicine

Lionel Tan

MD

Internal Medicine

Danielle Tartar*

MD

Dermatology

Sophie Teng

MD

Neurology

Polly Teng*

MD

Internal Medicine

Jayvani Thakur Garcia

MD

Internal Medicine

Venkat Tirumala

MD

Internal Medicine

Cyril Torado

MD

Family and Community Medicine

Yahanna Torres

MD

Internal Medicine

Susana Torres

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Michael Trifiro

MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Joseph Tuscano

MD

Internal Medicine

Lindsay Valenti

MD

Internal Medicine

Sandhya Venugopal

MD

Internal Medicine

Michelle Vy

MD

Dermatology

Anastasia Waechter*

MD

Internal Medicine

Brandee Waite

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Ben Waldau

MD

Neurological Surgery

Tianyi Wang

MD

Internal Medicine

Alexandra Warrick*

MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Huixia Wei

MD

Internal Medicine

James Welch

MD

Internal Medicine

Dennis Whang

MD

Internal Medicine

Kimberly Williams

DO

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Garrett Wong

MD

Internal Medicine

Linda Woo*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Lankai (Cathy) Xu

MD

Internal Medicine

Stella Yala

MD

Internal Medicine

Anna Yap

MD

Emergency Medicine

Alan Yee

DO

Neurology

Christopher Young*

MD

Community Physicians Family Practice

Muhammad Zeeshan

MD

Internal Medicine

Yunli Zheng*

MD

Community Physicians Internal Medicine

Jose Zumba

MD

Internal Medicine