Congratulations to our FY24 Q4 Diamond Doc Award Winners
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.” |
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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!
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 |