Congratulations to our FY25 Q1 Diamond Doc Award Winners
In the first quarter of FY25, 150 doctors at UC Davis Health received the Diamond Doc Award for their patient care. Scoring within the 90th percentile or higher on patient surveys honors physicians who showed careful listening, clear explanations, and respectful partnerships. Of the 150 award recipients, 12 have received 100%. The award is determined by the experiences of our patients and is a testament to the physicians' unwavering commitment to providing top-notch care.
Below are patient comments highlighting some of our first-time Diamond Doc recipients.
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“Dr. Agnoli is the best doctor hands down. She demonstrates empathy, active listening, open heartedness, and great skill in healing on all levels (emotional, physical, social, spiritual).” |
Parisa Emami-Naeini, M.D., M.P.H. Department of Ophthalmology |
“I thank and respect Dr. Emami for including me in decisions about my care, especially concerning medications. Dr. Emami listened to my concerns and talked to me with respect. I left the appointment feeling good about the treatment plan we came up with together and felt like she genuinely cares about my well-being and is invested in my health and progress.” |
Gary Leiserowitz, M.D., M.S. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
“…Dr. Leiserowitz listened carefully to my concerns and was very thorough and kind and took the time to explain my treatment going forward. Cancer is no fun, but at least there is some comfort in having a competent and caring doctor.” |
Hazem Shamseddeen, M.D. Department of Surgery |
“Care provider put me at ease when listening to my problem then explaining tests needed, the results, & finally the necessary treatment. I feel very comfortable going forward with my surgery. I would definitely recommend my care provider to others.” |
Xiao (Jason) Zhao, M.D., M.E.M. Department of Radiation Oncology |
“Very thorough and patiently answered all questions.” |
Congratulations to our Diamond Docs on this well-deserved recognition!
*Providers who obtained 100% for FY25 Q1
Full Name |
Title |
Primary Department |
Marianne Abouyared |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
Alicia Agnoli* |
MD |
Family and Community Medicine |
Shirin Ahmad |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Jamie Anderson* |
MD |
Surgery |
Mustafa Ansari |
MD |
Neurology |
Michelle Apperson |
MD |
Neurology |
Tyron Arnott |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Mili Arora |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Mark Avdalovic |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Jameson Azul |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Victor Baquero |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
David Barnes |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Timothy Beamesderfer |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Jarett Beaudoin |
MD |
Family and Community Medicine |
Peter Belafsky |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
Brigitte Berry |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Arnaud Bewley |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
Andrew Birkeland |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
Andrew Branting |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Rebecca Brooks* |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Noah Canvasser |
MD |
Urology |
Jeffrey Caspar |
MD |
Ophthalmology |
Jason Chang |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Brittany Chatterton |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Florence Chau-Etchepare |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Catherine Chia |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Scott Christensen |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Katerina Christiansen |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Christine Cocanour |
MD |
Surgery |
David Cooke* |
MD |
Surgery |
Justin Curole |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Megan Daly |
MD |
Radiation Oncology |
Jacob Dima |
DO |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Jennifer Draper |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Daniel Eisen |
MD |
Dermatology |
Parisa Emami Naeini |
MD |
Ophthalmology |
Naseem Esteghamat |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Neil Evans |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Dali Fan |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Marcia Faustin |
MD |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Eric Flounders |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Jonathan Ford |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Amy George |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Afshine Ghaemi |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Cherie Ginwalla |
MD |
Pediatrics |
Mauro Giordani* |
MD |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
David Goodson |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Claire Graves |
MD |
Surgery |
Eric Gross |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Ethelwoldo Guerrero |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Elise Harris |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Jason Heard |
MD |
Surgery |
Daniel Herrador |
MD |
Family and Community Medicine |
Rachel Hight |
MD |
Surgery |
Lisa Ho |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Misty Humphries |
MD |
Surgery |
Kendra Hutchinson |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Nancy Jaeger |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Anita Jain |
MD |
Community Physicians Pediatrics |
Jayne Joo |
MD |
Dermatology |
Gregory Jurkovich |
MD |
Surgery |
Laura Kair |
MD |
Pediatrics |
Chrishanthie Karalakulasingam |
MD |
Community Physicians Pediatrics |
Melissa Keller |
MD |
Surgery |
Kristen Kelley |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Manoj Kesarwani |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Karin Kordas |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Robert Kucejko |
MD |
Surgery |
Brooks Kuhn |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Michael Ladna |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Jose Lado Abeal |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Emily Lane* |
MD |
Pediatrics |
Erik Laurin |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Gary Leiserowitz* |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Marc Lenaerts |
MD |
Neurology |
David Leshikar |
MD |
Surgery |
Daniel Linfesty |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Sarah Louie |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Jennifer Lynde |
DO |
Surgery |
Lindsey Malik |
DO |
Internal Medicine |
Ivonne Martinez |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Steven Maximus |
MD |
Surgery |
Jenny McCormick |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Colin McNamara |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Jamie Metcalfe |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Karen Mo |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Madina Mohammadi* |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Mark Moriwaki |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Ala Moshiri |
MD |
Ophthalmology |
Aimee Moulin |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Kevin Mullins |
MD |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Muhammad Munir |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
David Munoz |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Xuan-Loc Nguyen |
DO |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Peter O'Malley |
MD |
Community Physicians Pediatrics |
Avita Pahwa |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Karen Panek |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Aman Parikh |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Gayatri Patel |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Swati Patki |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Gavin Pereira |
MD |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
Richard Perez |
MD |
Surgery |
Michael Petersen* |
MD |
Pediatrics |
Chinh Phan |
DO |
Internal Medicine |
Ben Rasmussen |
DO |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Peter Rinaldi |
DO |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
Jennifer Rothschild |
MD |
Urology |
Junichiro Sageshima |
MD |
Surgery |
Chinar Sanghvi |
MD |
Anesthesiology |
Michael Schivo |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Soman Sen |
MD |
Surgery |
Hazem Shamseddeen* |
MD |
Surgery |
Narges Shariati Varnosfaderani |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
David Shatz |
MD |
Surgery |
Eric Signoff* |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Marc Silverstein |
MD |
Dermatology |
Thomas Smith |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Sawyer Smith |
MD |
Surgery |
Jeffrey Southard |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Toby Steele |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
Emily Stieren* |
MD |
Pediatrics |
Benjamin Stripe |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Elena Sudjian |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Danielle Tartar |
MD |
Dermatology |
Polly Teng |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Sophie Teng |
MD |
Neurology |
Venkat Tirumala |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Kara Toles |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Susana Torres |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Paolo Troia-Cancio |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Joseph Tuscano |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Garth Utter |
MD |
Surgery |
Sandhya Venugopal |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Sandy Vien |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Anastasia Waechter |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Brandee Waite |
MD |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Hussein Warda |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Alexandra Warrick |
MD |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Huixia Wei |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Dennis Whang |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Minna Wieck |
MD |
Surgery |
Lisa Williams |
MD |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Garrett Wong |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Kimberly Wong |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Linda Woo |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
Peggy Wu |
MD |
Dermatology |
Serena Yang |
MD |
Pediatrics |
Christopher Young |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
Xiao (Jason) Zhao |
MD |
Radiation Oncology |
Yunli Zheng |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |