Our Team | Residency Program | Department of Internal Medicine | UC Davis Health

Residency Program Leadership

Kristen Kelley, M.D.
Residency Program Director

Mark Henderson, M.D., M.A.C.P.
Vice Chair for Education, Associate Dean

Craig Keenan, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Vice Chair

Sara Teasdale, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Primary Care Program Director

Carolina Candotti, M.D.
Associate Program Director

Lauren Damon, M.D.
Internal Medicine Clerkship Co-Director

Jeremy DeMartini, M.D.
Associate Program Director
IM/Psych Program Director

Karnjit Johl, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Associate Program Director

Rachael Lucatorto, M.D.
Associate Program Director

Jessie Medina, M.D.
Internal Medicine Clerkship Co-Director

Shaheen Najafi, M.D.
Internal Medicine Clerkship Co-Director

Elora Negose, M.D.
Primary Care Associate Program Director

Stephany Sanchez, M.D.
Associate Program Director

Heather Vierra, M.D., M.P.H.
TEACH Program Director
County Site Director

Rigo Acevedo, M.D.
University of Washington
VA Chief Resident

Tahir Mahmood, M.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
VA Quality Improvement Chief Resident

Gurjit Pannu, M.D.
UC Davis
Kaiser Chief Resident

Lizette Rodriguez, M.D.
UC Davis
Outpatient Chief Resident

Khanhphi (Christine) Tran Vu, M.D.
Western Michigan University
VA Quality Improvement Chief Resident

Lindsay Valenti, M.D.
UC Davis
Inpatient Chief Resident

Lisa Madden
Education Manager

Mark Biegaj
Residency Program Support Staff

Jennifer Ciccarella
Residency Program Support Staff

Jenny Cole
Residency Program Support Staff

Kate Larimore
Residency Program Support Staff

Nancy Lu
Residency Program Support Staff

Internal Medicine Residents

Lillian Abdelmalek
California Northstate University
Alirameen Akram
California Northstate University
Edgardo Alonso
(TEACH)
UCSF
Antoinette (Toni) Alugbue
(TEACH)

UC Davis
Johnny Alvarez de la Cruz
(TEACH)

Rush University
Gino Arcilla
(Primary Care)

UCSF
Alexa Becerra-Almendarez
(Primary Care)

UC Davis
Morgan Casper
University of Miami
Nguyen-Huong (Ann) Doan
UC San Diego
Andrew Faturos
University of New Mexico
Ashley Feldkamp
Loma Linda University
Michael Flores
UC Davis
Luis Gutierrez
University of Miami
Leslie Ha
Case Western University
Sucheta Korwar
Loyola University
Maggie Kwock
(Primary Care)

University of Hawaii
Debby Lee
(TEACH)

University of South Carolina
Bilawal Mahmood
(Primary Care)

UC Davis
Jose Martinez Perez
Rosalind Franklin University
Joseph Neely
University of Arizona
Jose Negrete Manriquez
(TEACH)

UCLA/Drew
Monica Ou
Saint Louis University
Elisabeth (Sasha) Parra
(TEACH)

UCLA/Drew
Gary Shmorgon
SUNY
Danielle Tran
Drexel University
Ayman Ullah
UCLA
Sneha Vaddadi
Geisinger Commonwealth
Danielle Zezoff
UC Irvine

Jordan Anderson
UCSD
Monica Attia
George Washington University
Evamae Bayudan
(Primary Care)

UCSF
Astred Castro
UC Davis
Andrea Chau
University of Colorado
Karmtej Cheema
UC Davis
Nhu (Thi) Doan
University of Washington
Omar Escobedo
UC Davis
Jocelyn Gonzalez Lopez
Michigan State University
Julia Goupil
(Primary Care)

UC Davis
Jordan Holliday
Michigan State University
Madeleline Jacques
(Primary Care)

Eastern Virginia Medical
Dorothy Kenny
Creighton University
Steven Kracke
Quinnipiac University
Esha Lal
(Primary Care)

UCSD
Thomas (Timshawn) Luh
UCSF
Adriana Martinez
(Primary Care)

UC Davis
Aida Nasirishargh
UC Davis
Michelle Ngo
Creighton University
Amanda Nguyen
UCLA
Lemuel Vince Rivera
UCSF
Arianne Sacramento
Tulane University
Joshua Stefanson
UC Davis
Erik Terriquez
(Primary Care)

UC Davis
Thu Tran
Michigan State University
Diana Webb Ramos
(Primary Care)

USC
Jonika Weerasekare
Mayo Clinic Alix
Siyu (Mandy) Zheng
Tufts University

Sarah Albrecht
University of Hawaii
Camille Andre
UC Irvine
Anna Awolope
UC Davis
Inderpreet (Inder) Bal
UCSF
Elizabeth Bullo
University of Texas
Javier Castro
UC Davis
Simranjeet (Simran) Cheema
Western Michigan University
Lisa DePledge
University of Washington
Harshaan Dhaliwal
Creighton University
Ahad Firoz
Temple Univeristy
Luis Garcia
UC Davis
Goody Jha
(Prelim)

National Medical College Birguni
Kendall Johnson
Wayne State University
Noor Lamba
Sidney Kimmel
Veronica Lin
(Primary Care)
UC San Diego
Shannon Lu
Texas A&M University
Analiy Oritz
(Primary Care)

UC Davis
Adrian Racela
(Primary Care)

UC Davis
Roberto Ramos
(Primary Care)

UC Davis
Adela Ramos-Martinez
UC Davis
Jacob (Jake) Reed
University of Washington
Joey Shemuel
(Primary Care)

UCSF
Benjamin Slobodnik
California Northstate University
Maya (Asami) Takagi
Central Michigan University
Melanie Teruya
University of Hawaii
James Vu
Rush Medical College
Nicholas Walther
UC Davis
Aprilgate Wang
Tulane University
Johnny Xu
UCLA
Calvin Yao
(Primary Care)

UCLA/Drew
Xin Yi (Cindi) Yu
UC Davis

PGY 2

Ryan Reusch
Baylor College
Isaac Swartzman
University of Buffalo

PGY 3

Ryan Cook
(Primary Care)

West Virginia University
Desirae Ehley
Florida State University

PGY 1

Jonathan Credo
University of Arizona
Alyssa Miawotoe
UC Davis

PGY 2

Elena Kolpikova
University of Washington
Sydney Wyatt
University of Oklahoma

PGY 3

Paul Glasheen
University of Colorado
Rida Fatima
University of Washington

PGY 4

Anastasiya (Stacy) Haponyuk
University of New Mexico
Britany Lundberg
UC Davis

PGY 5

Ethan Cermeño
UC Davis
Garrett Peck
UC Davis