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

Morgan Casper, M.D. 
University of Miami
VA Quality Improvement Chief Resident

Ignacio Cortina Petrasic, M.D.
UC Davis
Outpatient Chief Resident

Luis Gutierrez, M.D.
University of Miami
Kaiser Chief Resident

Joseph Neely, M.D.
University of Arizona
Inpatient Chief Resident

Sneha Vaddadi, M.D.
Geisinger Commonwealth
VA 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

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

UCSF
Astred Castro
UC Davis
Andrea Chau
University of Colorado
Karmtej Cheema
UC Davis
Nhu (Thi) Doan
(TEACH)

University of Washington
Omar Escobedo
UC Davis
Jocelyn Gonzalez Lopez
(TEACH)

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
(TEACH)

UC Davis
Aida Nasirishargh
UC Davis
Michelle Ngo
Creighton University
Amanda Nguyen
UCLA
Augusta (Chinelo) Okolo
Rosalind Franklin University
Lemuel Vince Rivera
UCSF
Joshua Stefanson
UC Davis
Erik Terriquez
(TEACH)

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

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

Sarah Albrecht
University of Hawaii
Camille Andre
UCI
Anna Awolope
UC Davis
Inderpreet (Inder) Bal
UCSF
Elizabeth Bullo
(Primary Care)

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
National Medical College Birguni
Kendall Johnson
Wayne State University
Noor Lamba
Sidney Kimmel
Veronica Lin
(Primary Care)
UCSD
Shannon Lu
Texas A&M University
Athira Narayan
St. George's 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
Xin Yi (Cindi) Yu
UC Davis

Ariceli (Ari) Alfaro
(Primary Care)
UCI
Alaa'i Alshabrawy
(Primary Care)
 
UC Davis
Bianca Avalos
University of New Mexico
Lawrence (Larry) Chen
California Northstate University
Christina Cho
University of Washington
Nabeal Dean
California Northstate University
Kristian Diaz
Kaiser Permanente
Nehikhare (Nehi) Ekhator
Albany Medical College
Hallie Gist
University of Michigan
Rachel Glein
University of Kansas
Abigail Huliganga
Loyola University
JT Huynh
UC Davis
Lindsey Immers
New York Medical College
Brad Johnson
Hofstra University
Sergey Komzyuk
UCSD
Matthew Lara
UC Davis
Hamad Linjawi
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Dean Madory
California University of Science and Medicine
Emily Miller
University of Texas
Meera Nagpal
USF
Disha Nangia
(Primary Care) 
UC Davis
Niraj Punjya
UC Davis
Sailakshmi (Nisha) Senthil Kumar
(Primary Care) 
Case Western Reserve University
Caroline (Cara) Snead
Kaiser Permanente
Toluwalase (Lase) Talabi
University of Arizona
Jonathan Torres
UC Davis
Annie Vu
(Primary Care) 
Michigan State University
David Wang
(Primary Care)
University of Texas
 
Xiya Wu
Sidney Kimmel
 

PGY 1

Thomas Heisler
Columbia University

PGY 3

Ryan Reusch
Baylor College
Isaac Swartzman
University of Buffalo

PGY 1

Harsimran Bhandal
Hackensack Meridian
Mary (Maggie) Owens
UCLA

PGY 2

Jonathan Credo
University of Arizona
Alyssa Miawotoe
UC Davis

PGY 3

Elena Kolpikova
University of Washington
Sydney Wyatt
University of Oklahoma

PGY 4

Rida Fatima
University of Washington
Paul Glasheen
University of Colorado

PGY 5

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