Volunteer Chaplains | Chaplaincy Services and Education | UC Davis Health

Retired University Professor and Army colonel (Vietnam War Vet) Member VFW Post 67. He volunteers at UC Davis Medical Center and visits hospitalized military veterans to help ensure they receive military benefits they deserve.

Bradley Yeargain graduated from Seattle University with a Bachelor of Science, Nursing in 1998. He has worked as an RN at UC Davis Medical Center for 26 years, working in the ICU and Interventional Cardiology. Bradley retired in 2024; he is pursuing chaplaincy training through the SATI Program at Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City. Bradley has been practicing Buddhism since 1998. He currently is part of the Lion’s Roar Dharma Center Sangha which he has attended since 2018. Bradley enjoys traveling with his wife Eva and two grown children. He also enjoys cycling on the American River Bike Trail and volunteering at the Sacramento Bike Kitchen.

Davis is a retired UC Davis Health Medical Library librarian. She also serves as a member on the on the PAG.

Luis Fernando Urrego-Chavarria, a native of Colombia South America. I was sent to a little town to start my basic education, later I moved to the main city of my state (Antioquia) to continue studying. I worked as a handy man and produced the money to cover my study.

I got as a commercial bachelor in my secondary level of formation. I got chosen to come to the USA to study for a French Religious Congregation (Missionaries of La Salette) in 1993.

In 1997-98, I joined the Dioceses of Sacramento as I was a student at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. I came for the first time to California; I had my CPE here in UC Davis Health during that first summer when Doctor Thomas de Little was in charge. I got a master’s in divinity from Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX, then moved definitively to California and got ordained as a Catholic Roman Priest on May 28, 2001; so, I will be celebrating my 25th priestly anniversary this coming month of May 28, 2026.

Hello, I am Matthew and it is a privilege to serve as a chaplain representing the Native and Indigenous community. Walking the Red Road of sobriety for 8 years and my tenure in patient care, EMS, and hospital services for over a decade, has allowed me to serve my community in a compassionate capacity. As a married father of two, I am committed to leading by example and immersing my family in ceremony and traditional ways of life as much as possible. In my spare time I love to workout, cook, Aztec dance and participate in cultural events, as well as Ancestral ceremonies.