April 5, 2023

Physicians receive Diamond Doc Award for exceptional patient care

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More than 160 UC Davis Health physicians were awarded the Diamond Doc Award for their patient care. The award celebrates physicians who demonstrated careful listening, clear explanations, and respectful partnerships, while receiving 90th percentile or higher scores on patient surveys for the first and second quarters of 2023.

There was a celebration last week for physicians in the inpatient care setting where chief medical officer Doug Kirk said, "This award reflects the extraordinary care you provide to our patients. Your care is one of the many reasons the health system is one of the best in the region, and I'm thrilled to celebrate you!" An event for ambulatory care physicians will be held on October 18, 2023, in the Education Building.

A video of patients sharing their gratitude for their doctors was shared during the celebration.

Congratulations to our UC Davis Health Diamond Docs!

Provider (Inpatient)	Specialty
1. Mohamed Ali, MD	Bariatric Surgery
2. John Anderson, MD	Trauma Acute Care Surgery
3. Surabhi Atreja, MD	Cardiology
4. Kwame Atsina, MD	Cardiology
5. Brittany Bartolome, MD	Hospital Medicine
6. Arnaud Bewley, MD	Otolaryngology
7. Alison Breen, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology
8. Rebecca Brooks, MD	Gynecologic Oncology
9. Christine Cocanour, MD	Trauma Acute Care Surgery
10. David Cooke, MD	Thoracic Surgery
11. Naseem Esteghamat, MD	Hematology/Oncology
12. Luis Godoy, MD	Thoracic Surgery
13. Brian Goudy, MD	Pediatric Critical Care
14. Naeem Goussous, MD	Transplant Surgery
15. Nisa Hatami, MD	Hospital Medicine
16. Oliver Hentschel, MD	Hospital Medicine
17. Christopher Kim, MD	General Pediatrics
18. Kee Kim, MD	Neurological Surgery
19. Holly Leshikar, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery
20. Michelle Lim, MD	Pediatric Critical Care
21. Julia Marlow, MD	Pediatric Hospital Medicine
22. Emily Marquet, MD	Hospital Medicine
23. Stephanie Mateev, MD	Pediatric Critical Care
24. Kristy Mathes, MD	Hospital Medicine
25. Steven Maximus, MD	Vascular Surgery
26. Timothy Muldoon, MD	Hospital Medicine
27. Shaheen Najafi, MD	Internal Medicine
28. Joanne Natale, MD	Pediatric Critical Care
29. Lindsey Nazarek, DO	Trauma Acute Care Surgery
30. Richard Perez, MD	Transplant Surgery
31. Nisha Punatar, MD	Hospital Medicine
32. Iris Radler, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology
33. Aaron Rosenberg, MD	Bone Marrow Transplant
34. Jennifer Rosenthal, MD	Pediatric Hospital Medicine
35. Brenda Rubalcaba, MD	Hospital Medicine
36. Edgardo Salcedo, MD	Trauma Acute Care Surgery
37. Michael Schivo, MD	Pulmonology/Critical Care
38. Viyeka Sethi, MD	Pediatric Critical Care
39. Heather Siefkes, MD	Pediatric Critical Care
40. Eric Signoff, MD	Hospital Medicine
41. Anita Singh, MD	Hospital Medicine
42. Gagan Singh, MD	Cardiology
43. Jeffrey Southard, MD	Cardiology
44. Helaine St Amant, MD	General Pediatrics
45. Kathryn Stadeli, MD	Trauma Acute Care Surgery
46. Rebecca Surrey, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology
47. Debra Swanson, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology
48. Mina Tahai, MD	Pediatric Hospital Medicine
49. Peter Than, MD	Transplant Surgery
50. Garth Utter, MD	Trauma Acute Care Surgery
51. Javar Van Buren	General Pediatrics
52. Dennis Whang, MD	Hospital Medicine
53. Garrett Wong, MD	Internal Medicine
54. Alan Yee, DO	Neurology
55. Tisha Yeh, MD	Pediatric Hospital Medicine
56. Scott Zakaluzny, MD	Trauma Acute Care Surgery
57. Kenneth Zhou, MD	Hospital Medicine

Provider (Ambulatory)	Specialty
1. Marianne Abouyared, MD	Otolaryngology
2. Shirin Ahmad, MD	Rheumatology
3. Mili Arora, MD	Hematology/Oncology
4. Mark Avdalovic, MD	Internal Medicine
5. Victor Baquero, MD	Family Practice
6. Brigitte Berry, MD	Internal Medicine
7. Arnaud Bewley, MD	Otolaryngology
8. Alain Brassardm, MD	Dermatology
9. Daniel Brink, MD	Family Practice
10. Hilary Brodie, MD	Otolaryngology
11. Joanna Buchanan, DO	Pediatrics
12. Radhika Bukkapatnam, MD	Cardiology
13. Barbara Burrall, MD	Dermatology
14. Michael Campbell, MD	Surgery
15. Jeffrey Caspar, MD	Ophthalmology
16. Jason Chang, MD	Internal Medicine
17. Yung-Wei Chi, DO	Vascular Medicine
18. Jonathan Chiang, DO	Family Practice
19. Scott Christensen, MD	Hematology/Oncology
20. Katerina Christiansen, MD	General Practice
21. Karen Chung, MD	Family Practice
22. Raul Clavijo, MD	Urology
23. David Copenhaver, MD	Anesthesiologists
24. Marc Dall'Era, MD	Urology
25. Charles De Mesa, DO	Anesthesiologists
26. Jacob Dima, DO	Family Practice
27. Jennifer Draper, MD	Internal Medicine
28. Daniel Eisen, MD	Dermatology
29. Elizabeth Ekpo, MD	Neurology
30. Chethana Eswarappa, MD	Family Practice
31. Mehul Gandhi, MD	Nephrology
32. Mauro Giordani, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery
33. Ethelwoldo Guerrero, MD	General Practice
34. Noe Gutierrez, MD	Family Practice
35. Elise Harris, MD	Internal Medicine
36. Heidi Henchell, DO	Family Practice
37. Daniel Herrador, MD	Family Practice
38. Jensine Ho, MD	Internal Medicine
39. Lisa Ho, MD	General Practice
40. Thomas Holly, MD	Cardiovascular Disease
41. Steven Hoshal, MD	Otolaryngology
42. Victor Huang, MD	Dermatology
43. Kendra Hutchinson, MD	Hematology/Oncology
44. Anita Jain, MD	Pediatrics
45. Jayne Joo, MD	Dermatology
46. Paul Kaesberg, MD	Geriatric Oncology
47. Chrishanthie Karalakulasingam, MD	Pediatrics
48. Shaina Kaye, MD	Pediatrics
49. Bernadette Kelly, MD	Family Practice
50. Manoj Kesarwani, MD	Cardiology
51. Karin Kordas, MD	Internal Medicine
52. Maggie Kuhn, MD	Otolaryngology
53. Gary Leiserowitz, MD	Obstetrics/GYN
54. Marc Lenaerts, MD	Neurology
55. Michele Lim, MD	Ophthalmology
56. Sarah Louie, MD	Family Practice
57. John Luke, MD	Family Practice
58. Lindsey Malik, DO	Cardiovascular Disease
59. Mark Mannis, MD	Ophthalmology
60. Richard Marder, MD	Sports Medicine
61. Justin Mclees, MD	Family Practice
62. Karen Mo, MD	Family Practice
63. Mark Moriwaki, MD	Endocrinology/Metabolism
64. Kevin Mullins, MD	PMR
65. Kay Nelsen, MD	Family Practice
66. Peter O'Malley, MD	Pediatrics
67. Karen Panek, MD	Family Practice
68. Gayatri Patel, MD	Internal Medicine
69. Sanyukta Pawar, MD	Internal Medicine
70. Gavin Pereira, MD	Orthopaedic Surgery
71. Pauline Perez, MD.	Family Practice
72. Sonal Phatak, MD	General Practice
73. Jasmeen Randhawa, MD	Internal Medicine
74. Ben Rasmussen, DO	Internal Medicine
75. Paul Riggle, MD	Family Practice
76. Peter Rinaldi, DO	Orthopaedic Surgery
77. Aaron Rosenberg, MD	Hematology
78. Chinar Sanghvi, MD	Anesthesiologists
79. Narges Shariati Varnosfaderani, MD	General Practice
80. Kelly Siemens, MD	Family Practice
81. Marc Silverstein, MD	Dermatology
82. Michael Sim, MD	Nephrology
83. Naileshni Singh, MD	Anesthesiologists
84. Jeffrey Southard, MD	Cardiology
85. Toby Steele, MD	Otolaryngology
86. Benjamin Stripe, MD	Internal Medicine
87. Kit Tam, MD	Hematology/Oncology
88. Jeffrey Tanji, MD	Sports Medicine
89. Danielle Tartar, MD	Dermatology
90. Polly Teng, MD	Endocrinology/Metabolism
91. Suraj Timilsina, MD	Rheumatology
92. Paolo Troia-Cancio, MD	Internal Medicine
93. Joseph Tuscano, MD	Hematology/Oncology
94. Anastasia Waechter, MD	Gastroenterology
95. Brandee Waite, MD	PMR
96. Alexandra Warrick, MD	PMR
97. Nancy West, MD	Obstetrics/GYN
98. Kimberly Williams, DO	Internal Medicine
99. Lisa Williams, MD	PMR
100. Garrett Wong, MD	Cardiology
101. Linda Woo, MD	Internal Medicine
102. Peggy Wu, MD	Dermatology
103. Ellen Yang, MD	Family Practice
104. Kaicheng Yen, MD	Otolaryngology
105. Amy Yip, DO	Family Practice
106. Christopher Young, MD	Family Practice
107. Yunli Zheng, MD	Internal Medicine