Recognizing excellence in patient experience: FY26 Q4 Diamond Docs
UC Davis Health is proud to recognize 155 physicians as recipients of the Diamond Doc Award for the fourth quarter of FY26. This distinguished honor celebrates providers who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to patient-centered care, earning scores in the 90th percentile or higher on patient experience surveys.
The Diamond Doc Award recognizes physicians who consistently create meaningful patient experiences through attentive listening, clear communication, empathy, and respectful partnerships in care. Because the award is based entirely on patient feedback, it serves as a powerful reflection of the trust, confidence, and appreciation patients have for their physicians.
A positive patient experience is a vital component of high-quality health care. When patients feel heard, respected, and informed, they are more likely to be engaged in their care, follow treatment plans, and experience greater satisfaction with their overall health care journey. Diamond Docs exemplify these qualities every day, helping advance UC Davis Health's commitment to delivering exceptional care and improving the lives of the patients and communities we serve.
Among the 155 physicians recognized this quarter, 24 achieved a perfect score of 100%, and 36 physicians earned the Diamond Doc Award during all four quarters of FY26, an extraordinary accomplishment that reflects sustained excellence in patient care.
This year also marks an exciting milestone, with 84 physicians earning recognition as new Diamond Docs. Their achievements demonstrate a growing culture of patient-centered excellence across UC Davis Health.
All FY26 Diamond Doc recipients will be honored at an annual celebration on the evening of Tuesday, October 20, 2026. So, Diamond Docs, mark your calendars. We can't wait to celebrate your accomplishments this fall. Additional event details will be coming soon.
Congratulations to all Diamond Docs. We thank you for your unwavering dedication to excellence, compassion, and the remarkable patient experiences that make a lasting difference in the lives of those we serve.
To view all Diamond Doc recipient lists by quarter, as well as the complete FY26 Diamond Doc roster, visit the Experience Design Site.
Diamond Doc Spotlight:
Congratulations to our FY26 Q4 Diamond Doc Award Winners
**Providers who received awards for all FY26
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Full Name |
Title |
Primary Department |
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Marianne Abouyared |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
|
Boya Abudu |
MD |
Dermatology |
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Ajjya Acharya* |
MD |
Pediatrics |
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Emily Andrada-Brown |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Mili Arora |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Surabhi Atreja |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
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Victor Baquero*** |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
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Erin Baroni** |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
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Anthony Bhe |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Andrew Birkeland |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
|
Nicolas Bouey |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Alain Brassard |
MD |
Dermatology |
|
Hilary Brodie |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
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Lisa Brown |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Ian Brown |
MD |
Surgery |
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Danielle Brown |
MD |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
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Radhika Bukkapatnam** |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
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Rachael Callcut* |
MD |
Surgery |
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Jeffrey Caspar |
MD |
Ophthalmology |
|
Jorge Catrip Torres** |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Adam Cerise |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Jonathan Chan |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Jason Chang** |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
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Helen Chow** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Scott Christensen |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Katerina Christiansen** |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Daniel Colby* |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Ignacio Cortina Petrasic |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Brianna Crawley |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
|
Jacob Dima** |
DO |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Jennifer Draper** |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Daniel Eisen** |
MD |
Dermatology |
|
Naseem Esteghamat |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Dali Fan |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
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Marcia Faustin** |
MD |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
|
Sheila Firoozan |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Sean Flynn |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Mehul Gandhi |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Afshine Ghaemi** |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Megan Gilchrist |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Mauro Giordani* |
MD |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
|
Luis Godoy |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Lindsey Goetz |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Susan Gorman |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
|
Vinay Goswamy |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Eric Gross |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Molly Hallweaver |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Elise Harris** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Kristina Hart |
DO |
Neurology |
|
Mehnoor Haseeb*** |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
|
Lisa Ho |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
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Adrienne Hoyt-Austin |
DO |
Pediatrics |
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Philip Hsiao** |
MD |
Urology |
|
Apeet Hundal |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Kendra Hutchinson*** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
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Angela Jarman |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Jayne Joo** |
MD |
Dermatology |
|
Paul Kaesberg |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Nandakishor Kapa |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
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Chrishanthie Karalakulasingam |
MD |
Community Physicians Pediatrics |
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Yvonne Kelly* |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Manoj Kesarwani |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Eunice Kim |
MD |
Pediatrics |
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Nathalie Kolandjian |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Brooks Kuhn |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
John Landefeld |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Daniel Linfesty |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
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Santiago Lombo Luque |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
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Sarah Louie |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
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Thomas Luh |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
John Luke |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
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Gagan Mahajan |
MD |
Anesthesiology |
|
Mathew Margolis |
MD |
Ophthalmology |
|
Alejandra Marquez Loza* |
MD |
Neurology |
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Allan Martin |
MD |
Neurological Surgery |
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Kristy Mathes |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Jenny Mccormick |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Sharon Mcintyre |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Heather Mcknight* |
MD |
Pediatrics |
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Sarah Medeiros |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Miquell Miller |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Karen Mo** |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Mark Moriwaki** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Aimee Moulin* |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Jean Muller |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Muhammad Munir |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Aseel Naser |
DO |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Kathryn Newell |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
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Erik Noren* |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Emilia Norlin* |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
|
Peter O'Malley |
MD |
Community Physicians Pediatrics |
|
Mychall Pagulayan-Sy |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Avita Pahwa** |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Himani Pandya* |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Aman Parikh |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
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Gayatri Patel |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Sanyukta Pawar |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Kristen Pellegrino |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Caitlin Peterman |
MD |
Dermatology |
|
Melissa Pham*** |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
|
Manh Pham |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Richard Price |
MD |
Neurological Surgery |
|
Scott Pritzlaff** |
MD |
Anesthesiology |
|
Sahar Rahiem |
MD |
Pediatrics |
|
Jasmeen Randhawa** |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Ben Rasmussen** |
DO |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
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Mikeala Rice |
MD |
Family and Community Medicine |
|
John Richards |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
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Sravani Sagireddy |
DO |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
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Edgardo Salcedo* |
MD |
Surgery |
|
Maha Sami |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Meena Sandhu |
DO |
Emergency Medicine |
|
James Saxton*** |
MD |
Pediatrics |
|
Renata Segal |
DO |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Ellen Shank |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Narges Shariati Varnosfaderani |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Shivani Sharma |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Lucy Shi |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Kelly Siemens |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Marc Silverstein |
MD |
Dermatology |
|
Aseem Singh |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Francisco Socola Cuzco* |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Jeffrey Southard** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Toby Steele |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
|
Miranda Stiewig-Rapp |
DO |
Internal Medicine |
|
Benjamin Stripe** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Elena Sudjian |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Debra Swanson |
MD |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
|
Danielle Tartar** |
MD |
Dermatology |
|
Polly Teng** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Cecilia Terrado |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Susana Torres |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Joseph Tuscano** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Leah Tzimenatos** |
MD |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Arash Velayati |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Anastasia Waechter** |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Cecily Wait |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Jared Whitson |
MD |
Urology |
|
Jessica Witkowski* |
MD |
Pediatrics |
|
Adi Wollstein |
MD |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
|
Linda Woo |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Carla Wood* |
DO |
Neurology |
|
Peggy Wu |
MD |
Dermatology |
|
Jin Xu |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |
|
Gilbert Xue |
DO |
Ophthalmology |
|
Stella Yala |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Alan Yee |
DO |
Neurology |
|
Tisha Yeh* |
MD |
Pediatrics |
|
Kaicheng Yen |
MD |
Otolaryngology |
|
Amy Yip** |
DO |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Christopher Young** |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
John Youngblood |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Shawn Youngs |
MD |
Community Physicians Family Practice |
|
Danielle Zezoff |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
|
Yunli Zheng** |
MD |
Community Physicians Internal Medicine |

