Leadership Team

Florette K. Hazard, M.D. - Professor and Chair

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Meet the Chair


Carlos C. Garcia - Chief Administrative Officer

Phone: 916-734-3300
Email: ccgarcia@health.ucdavis.edu

Responsible for all administrative oversight in the following areas: administration, strategic planning, fiscal affairs, computer support, philanthropy, personnel, accounting, purchasing, auditing, business contracts, business development, programmatic growth, training of residents and fellows; education of medical students, facilities management, research administration, medical staff affairs, and liaison to other UC Davis School of Medicine and UC Davis Health departments.

Executive Support Team

In Recruitment - Executive Assistant

Executive support to Chair and CAO


Christian (Ian) Enriquez - Project Policy Analyst

Phone: 916-734-3336
Email: cjenriquez@health.ucdavis.edu

Provides executive level support to the Chair and Chief Administrative Officer. Facilitates high level project and analytical support to assist in achieving departmental strategic goals. Serves as a liaison between internal and external partners by scheduling meetings and providing logistical support for high priority initiatives. Contributes specialized administrative support to facilitate success in the quadripartite mission areas of clinical care, research, education and community engagement.

Administrative Team Leads

Shawn Jackson - Administrative Support Supervisor

Phone: 916-734-5069
Email: srjackson@health.ucdavis.edu

Supervises and contributes to the daily functions of the faculty and facility support team.

Clinical and Research Faculty Support Team


Samuel Bon - Research Administration Manager

Email: sjbon@health.ucdavis.edu

Supervises and contributes to daily functions of the contracts and grants team.

Research Administration Support Team


Nicole Brunn - Human Resource Manager

Email: nbrunn@health.ucdavis.edu

Supervises and contributes to the daily functions of the Human Resources team.

HR/Payroll/Academic Personnel Team

Medical Education Support Team

Tina Scheib - Health Professions Education Specialist

Phone: 916-734-0694
Email: tlscheib@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary coordinator for Residency Program and PMD 475.


Damaris Rodriguez - Health Professions Education Specialist

Phone: 916-734-3331
Email: damrodriguez@health.ucdavis.edu | pathfellowships@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary coordinator for PMD 435, Hematopathology Fellowship, Cytopathology Fellowship, GI/Liver Pathology Fellowship, GYN and Breast Fellowship.


Bianca Celleli - Health Professions Education Specialist

Phone: 916-734-0764
Email: bcelleli@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary coordinator for ACE, PMD 460 / 464 / 465 / 466, Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Blood Banking / Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, GU/Renal Fellowship, Observers Program Coordinator.

Clinical and Research Faculty Support Team

Marissa Orozco - CP Faculty Assistant

Phone: 916-734-1448
Email: mgorozco@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary faculty assistant to Clinical Pathology (CP) faculty for all administrative needs, including product/supply ordering, meeting scheduling, conference room and AV equipment reservations; maintaining calendars; drafting correspondence; preparing divisional faculty meeting agendas and official minutes; assisting with faculty recruitment and department events; back-up to Research Faculty Assistant; responsible for CP faculty service schedules on QGenda and the UC Davis Health online, on-call system. Collects and submits quarterly physician time study reports.


LaTonya M. Adkins - AP Faculty Assistant

Phone: 916-734-3337
Email: lmadkins@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary faculty assistant to Anatomic Pathology (AP) faculty for all administrative needs, including product/supply ordering, meeting scheduling, conference room and AV equipment reservations; maintaining calendars; drafting correspondence; preparing divisional faculty meeting agendas and official minutes; assisting with faculty recruitment and department events; back-up to Research Faculty Assistant; responsible for AP faculty service schedules on QGenda and the UC Davis Health online, on-call system. Collects and submits quarterly physician time study reports.


Soledad Sanchez - Research Faculty Assistant

Phone: 916-734-4146
Email: solsanchez@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary faculty assistant to research faculty for all administrative needs, including product/supply ordering, meeting scheduling, conference room and AV equipment reservations; maintaining calendars; drafting correspondence; preparing divisional faculty meeting agendas and official minutes; assisting with faculty recruitment and department events; back-up to AP and CP Faculty Assistant; responsible for Research faculty service schedules on QGenda.

Research Administration Support Team

Balvinder Kaur Sandhu - Research Administrator

Phone: 916-734-7307
Email: baksandhu@health.ucdavis.edu

Overall team support functions include proposal support, award administration, financial reporting, effort reporting, closeout of awards, technology transfer agreement support.

Vacant - Research Administrator

Phone: TBD
Email: TBD

Overall team support functions include proposal support, award administration, financial reporting, effort reporting, closeout of awards, technology transfer agreement support.

HR/Payroll/Academic Personnel Team

Mailor Vang - HR and Payroll Coordinator

Email: mlgvang@health.ucdavis.edu

Overall team support functions included assisting with all phases of payroll and timekeeping functions, new staff and Federation to include Junior Specialist, post-doc and student hires; and immigrant Visa processing.


Nayeli Portales - HR and Payroll Coordinator

Email: nportales@health.ucdavis.edu

Overall team support functions included assisting with all phases of payroll and timekeeping functions, new staff and Federation to include Junior Specialist, post-doc and student hires; and immigrant Visa processing.

Financial Services Team

Grace Merin Jacob - Financial Analyst

Phone: 916-734-7303
Email: gmjacob@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary analyst for recharge rates, budget reconcilation, financial reporting, and transactions approval.


Sharon Ram - Accounts Payable/Receivable Coordinator

Phone: 916-734-7303
Email: sjram@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary coordinator for travel and entertainment reimbursements, recharge services billing and reconciliation, equipment management, and cashiering services.

Janet Doherty - Purchasing Coordinator

Phone: 916-734-7305
Email: jldoherty@health.ucdavis.edu

Primary coordinator for purchasing functions and equipment management.


Data Analytics

Bless Makanje

Email: blmakanje@health.ucdavis.edu

Overall support function is to design and implement business intelligence solutions for aggregating data from multiple sources and producing time sensitive reports and dashboards.

Research Safety

Stephenie Liu – Research Safety Coordinator

Phone: 916-703-0364 | Lab: 916-703-0366
Email: sliu@health.ucdavis.edu