UC Davis Health
Department of Internal Medicine

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

Residency – Program Leadership

Craig Keenan, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Residency Program Director

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

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

Carolina Candotti, M.D.
Associate Program 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

Stephany Sanchez, M.D.
Associate Program Director

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

Kristen Kelley, M.D.
Clerkship Co-Director

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

Rigo Acevedo, M.D. 

  • VA Chief
  • University of Washington

Tahir Mahmood, M.D.

  • VA QI Chief
  • Oregon Health & Science University

Gurjit Pannu, M.D.

  • Kaiser Chief
  • UC Davis

Lizette Rodriguez, M.D.

  • Outpatient Chief
  • UC Davis

Khanhphi (Christine) Tran Vu, M.D.

  • VA QI Chief
  • Western Michigan University

Lindsay Valenti, M.D.

  • Inpatient Chief
  • UC Davis

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

Alexa Becerra-Almendarez (Primary Care)
UC Davis

Alirameen Akram
California Northstate University

Andrew Faturos
University of New Mexico

Antoinette (Toni) Alugbue (TEACH)
UC Davis

Ashley Feldkamp
Loma Linda University

Ayman Ullah
UCLA

Bilawal Mahmood (Primary Care)
UC Davis

Danielle Tran
Drexel University

Danielle Zezoff
UC Irvine

Debby Lee (TEACH)
University of South Carolina

Edgardo Alonso (TEACH)
UCSF

Elisabeth (Sasha) Parra (TEACH)
UCLA/Drew

Gary Shmorgon
SUNY

Gino Arcilla (Primary Care)
UCSF

Johnny Alvarez de la Cruz (TEACH)
Rush University

Jose Martinez Perez
Rosalind Franklin University

Jose Negrete Manriquez (TEACH)
UCLA/Drew

Joseph Neely
University of Arizona

Leslie Ha
Case Western University

Lillian Abdelmalek
California Northstate University

Luis Gutierrez
University of Miami

Maggie Kwock (Primary Care)
University of Hawaii

Michael Flores
UC Davis

Monica Ou
Saint Louis University

Morgan Casper
University of Miami

Nguyen-Huong (Ann) Doan
UC San Diego

Sneha Vaddadi
Geisinger Commonwealth

Sucheta Korwar
Loyola University

Adriana Martinez (Primary Care)
UC Davis

Aida Nasirishargh
UC Davis

Amanda Nguyen
UCLA

Andrea Chau
University of Colorado

Arianne Sacramento
Tulane University

Astred Castro
UC Davis

Diana Webb Ramos (Primary Care)
USC

Dorothy Kenny
Creighton University

Esha Lal (Primary Care)
UCSD

Erik Terriquez (Primary Care)
UC Davis

Evamae Bayudan (Primary Care)
UCSF

Jocelyn Gonzalez Lopez
Michigan State University

Jordan Anderson
UCSD

Julia Goupil (Primary Care)
UC Davis

Jonika Weerasekare
Mayo Clinic Alix

Jordan Holliday
Michigan State University

Joshua Stefanson
UC Davis

Karmtej Cheema
UC Davis

Lemuel Vince Rivera
UCSF

Madeleline Jacques (Primary Care)
Eastern Virginia Medical

Michelle Ngo
Creighton University

Monica Attia
George Washington University

Nhu (Thi) Doan
University of Washington

Omar Escobedo
UC Davis

Siyu (Mandy) Zheng
Tufts University

Steven Kracke
Quinnipiac Universit

Thomas (Timshawn) Luh
UCSF

Thu Tran
Michigan State University

Adela Ramos-Martinez
UC Davis

Adrian Racela (Primary Care)
UC Davis

Ahad Firoz
Temple Univeristy

Analiy Oritz (Primary Care)
UC Davis

Anna Awolope
UC Davis

Aprilgate Wang
Tulane University

Benjamin Slobodnik
California Northstate University

Calvin Yao (Primary Care)
UCLA/Drew

Camille Andre
UC Irvine

Elizabeth Bullo
University of Texas

Goody Jha (Prelim)
National Medical College Birguni

Harshaan Dhaliwal
Creighton University

Inderpreet (Inder) Bal
UCSF

Jacob (Jake) Reed
University of Washington

James Vu
Rush Medical College

Javier Castro
UC Davis

Joey Shemuel (Primary Care)
UCSF

Johnny Xu
UCLA

Kendall Johnson
Wayne State University

Lisa DePledge
University of Washington

Luis Garcia
UC Davis

Maya (Asami) Takagi
Central Michigan University

Melanie Teruya
University of Hawaii

Nicholas Walther
UC Davis

Noor Lamba
Sidney Kimmel

Roberto Ramos (Primary Care)
UC Davis

Sarah Albrecht
University of Hawaii

Shannon Lu
Texas A&M University

Simranjeet (Simran) Cheema
Western Michigan University

Veronica Lin (Primary Care)
UC San Diego

Xin Yi (Cindi) Yu
UC Davis

PGY 2

Isaac Swartzman
University of Buffalo

Ryan Reusch
Baylor College

PGY 3

Desirae Ehley
Florida State University

Ryan Cook (Primary Care)
West Virginia University

PGY 1

Alyssa Miawotoe
UC Davis

Jonathan Credo
University of Arizona

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