Program Administration
The M.D./Ph.D. program is administered by its Director, Co-Director, and Program Manager in consultation with the M.D./Ph.D. Steering Committee, consisting of a small group of dedicated senior faculty from the School of Medicine. The primary directives of the M.D./Ph.D. Steering Committee are to develop M.D./Ph.D. policy and to help select candidates for admission.
In addition to directing program operations, the M.D./Ph.D. Director, Co-Director, and Steering Committee members act as advisors to M.D./Ph.D. students. A M.D./Ph.D. advisor is assigned to assist each student in optimizing his or her degree program and oversee the student's progress. This M.D./Ph.D. advisor is distinct from the research mentor under which the M.D./Ph.D. student will pursue his/her Ph.D.
Saul Schaefer, M.D., Director
Professor of Internal Medicine
Luis Fernando Santana, Ph.D., Co-Director
Professor and Chair
Arline Miller Rolkin Endowed Chair in Physiology & Membrane Biology
Holly Ly
Program Coordinator
Office of Student Development
4610 X Street, Suite 2101A
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 916-734-9494
Email: hhly@ucdavis.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
Director of Renal Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, T32 Program
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Director of Research, Shriner’s Hospital for Children
Professor of Neurology
Director, Center for Neurotherapeutics Discovery and Development
Vice Dean for Medical Education, School of Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor & Vice Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine
Chair, Committee of Education Policy (CEP)