Medicine

Subject abbreviation: MDCL School of Medicine Division of Biomedical Sciences Division of Clinical Sciences

G. Richard Olds, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine Phyllis A. Guze, M.D., Executive Dean and Chair, Division of Clinical Sciences Paul Lyons, M.D., Senior Associate Dean, Education David Lo, M.D., Ph.D.,Senior Associate Dean, Research Neal L. Schiller, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Director, Thomas Haider Program at the UCR School of Medicine, and Salma Haider Endowed Chair in Biomedical Sciences Emma Simmons, M.D., Associate Dean, Student Affairs Mahendr S. Kochar, M.D., Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education John Heydt, M.D., Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs Michael N. Nduati, M.D., Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs Scott Allen, M.D., Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Monica J. Carson, Ph.D., Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences Ameae Walker, Ph.D., Chair of the Faculty, School of Medicine Stewart W. Shankel, M.D., Director of Clinical Instruction Lawrence K. Loo, M.D., Associate Director of Clinical Instruction

Student Affairs Office, 1682 SOM Education Bldg., (951) 827-4333 or 4334; medschool.ucr.edu

Professors

Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. Neuroimmunology Iryna M. Ethell, Ph.D. Biology, Biochemistry David Lo, M.D., Ph.D. Distinguished Professor,

Genetics G. Richard Olds, M.D., FACP Paul M. Quinton, Ph.D. Physiology Neal L. Schiller, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching

Professor, Microbiology, Immunology Ameae M. Walker, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching

Professor, Microanatomy Professors Emeriti

Mary Ann Baker, Ph.D. Neurosciences Craig V. Byus, Ph.D. Pharmacology, Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry David A. Johnson, Ph.D. Pharmacology Richard A. Luben, Ph.D. Endocrinology,

Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry Anthony W. Norman, Ph.D. Endocrinology,

Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry Michael B. Stemerman, M.D. Biomedical Sciences 352 / Programs and Courses

Daniel S. Straus, Ph.D. Human Genetics,

Biomedical Sciences Associate Professors

Kathryn DeFea, Ph.D. Cell Biology, Biochemistry Christian Y. Lytle, Ph.D. Physiology Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D. Immunology, Microbiology,

Aging Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, Ph.D.

Neurodegenerative Diseases/Glia Biology Emma Wilson, Ph.D. Parasite Immunologist Assistant Professors

Djurdjica Coss, Ph.D. Endocrinology, Neuroscience Declan McCole, Ph.D. Physiology, Pharmacology Meera G. Nair, Ph.D. Infectious Diseases, Mucosal

Immunology Sika Zheng, Ph.D. Neurobiology/Molecular

Genetics

** Associate Professor in Residence

Devin Binder, M.D./Ph.D. Clinical Neuroscience Clinical Professors

Scott Allen, M.D., Internal Medicine Yoshiyuki Paul Aoyagi, M.D., Family Medicine Andrius Baskys, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatry Ann F. Bolger, M.D., Cardiovascular Medicine Christopher Fichtner, M.D., Psychiatry Phyllis A. Guze, M.D., Internal Medicine John Heydt, M.D., Family Medicine Jonathan W. Horstmann, M.D., Family Medicine William P. Hunt, M.D., Family Medicine Mahendr S. Kochar, M.D., Internal Medicine Rajagopal Krishnan, M.D., Cardiology Steven E. Larson, M.D., Family Medicine Lawrence K. Loo, M.D., Internal Medicine Paul Lyons, M.D., Family Medicine Walter M. Marcus, M.D., OB/GYN Elizabeth M. Richards, M.D., Family Medicine Robert E. Sallis, M.D., Family Medicine Stewart Shankel, M.D., Nephrology Richard Sheldon, M.D., Internal Medicine

(Pulmonary Diseases) Barbara A. Silver, M.D., Psychiatry C. Paul Sinkhorn, M.D., OB/GYN Paula W. Stoessel, Ph.D., Psychiatry Greer Sullivan, M.D., Psychiatry Arnold Tabuenca, M.D., Surgery Constance M. Vadheim, Ph.D., Epidemiology Associate Clinical Professors

Mark Allison, M.D., Internal Medicine Suvesh Chandiok, M.D., Endocrinology Walter P. F. Combs, M.D., Family Medicine Alan C. Compton, M.D., Family Medicine Andrew Corr, M.D., Internal Medicine/Geriatrics Dale D. Daniel, M.D., Surgery Vinod K. Dasika, M.D., Family Medicine Samuel E. Dey, Jr., M.D., Psychiatry & Neurology James T. Evans, M.D., Family Medicine Donald G. Gates, D.O., Family Medicine Jonathan R. Greer, M.D., Family Medicine Thomas T. Haider, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery Laura Hammond, Ph.D., Psychology Hai N. Ho, M.D., Family Medicine Frank D. Howard, M.D., Oncology Galen C.-L. Huang, M.D., Gastroenterology Andrew M. Hubbard, M.D., Family Medicine James Hwang, D.O., Family Medicine Ramesh Karody, M.D., Internal Medicine Daniel Kim, M.D., Internal Medicine Daniel Il-Sun Kim, M.D., Internal Medicine Sharon M. Laughlin, M.D., Family Medicine Daniel Ludi, M.D., Surgery Alfred Ma, M.D., Anesthesiology Javier I. Machuca, M.D., Family Medicine Pranav R. Mehta, M.D., Family Medicine D. Steven Meyering, M.D., Internal Medicine Kevin J. Mielke, D.O., Family Medicine Mina N.S. Mikhail, M.D., Internal Medicine Vinod Mishra, M.D., Gastroenterology Renu Mittal, M.D., Family Medicine Afshin Molkara, M.D., Surgery Janis F. Neuman, M.D., Family Medicine Virgil J. Nielsen, M.D., Family Medicine Kirk D. Pagel, M.D., Family Medicine Melvin A. Quan, M.D., Family Medicine Baldev S. Rai, M.D., Neurology Sharon Riesen, M.D., Pediatrics Ancel J. Rogers, M.D., Surgery (Thoracic,

Vascular) Graham A. Scott, M.D., Family Medicine Emma Simmons, M.D., Family Medicine Jeffrey R. Simons, M.D., Pulmonary/Critical Care

Medicine Catherine Steel, Ph.D., Psychiatry Robert B. Summerour, M.D., Psychiatry Ravi Thiruvengadam, M.D., Internal Medicine

(Gastroenterology) Samuel G. Wiltchik, M.D., OB/GYN Joanne T. Witkowski, M.D., Psychiatry Assistant Clinical Professors

Sabeen Abdul-Sattar, M.D., Family Medicine Barbara Ackerman, RN, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology John Agapian, M.D., Surgery Zebayel Akele, M.D., Internal Medicine Olumide Akingbemi, M.D., Internal Medicine Andrew Alexander, M.D. Family Medicine Bradley Andersen, M.D., Internal Medicine Pamela Anderson, M.D., Internal Medicine Gary Annunziata, D.O., Gastroenterology Muhammad Arif, M.D., Family Medicine Mark Ashley, M.D., Family Medicine Huy Au, M.D., Internal Medicine Andre Babajanians, M.D., Internal Medicine Bita Bagheri, M.D., Dermatology Kenneth Ballou, M.D., Family Medicine Nicole Baril, M.D., General Surgery Columbus Batiste, M.D., Internal Medicine Ravi Berry, M.D., Pediatrics Raja Bhupathy, M.D., Dermatology Mimi Biswas, M.D., Cardiology Shankha Biswas, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery Syed Bokhari, M.D., Internal Medicine/Cardiology Daniel Bradford, M.D., Family Medicine John Branch, D.O., Family Medicine Antonius Brandon, Ph.D., Psychiatry Darcy Bryan, M.D., OB/GYN Daniel Calac, M.D., Internal Medicine Alfonzo J. Carrillo, M.D., Radiology/Diagnostic Sarah Chae, M.D., Internal Medicine Sumanta S Chaudhuri Saini, M.D., Internal

Medicine Thomas Chen, M.D., Internal Medicine Philip Chen, M.D., Internal Medicine Adam Chen, M.D., Gastroenterology Yi-Pin Cheng, M.D., Family Medicine Bob Chiang, M.D., Family Medicine Eric Choi, M.D., Internal Medicine Francis Chu, M.D., Family Medicine Alexandra Clark, M.D., Pediatrics Colleen Coleman, M.D., Emergency Medicine Israel Coutin, M.D., Internal Medicine Joseph Craft, M.D., Internal Medicine Melanie Crane, M.D., Internal Medicine Thomas Davis, M.D., Family Medicine Aron Depew, M.D., Surgery Tien N. Dinh, M.D., Pediatrics Noemi C. Doohan, M.D., Ph.D., Family Medicine Joel Doughten, M.D., Family Medicine Christine Duong, M.D., Internal Medicine Maegen Dupper, M.D., Family Medicine Ramiz Fargo, M.D., Internal Medicine Roger Garrison, M.D., Internal Medicine Charles Gonzales, M.D., Family Medicine Learned Gonzales, M.D., Pulmonary Medicine/

Internal Medicine Tahany M. Habashy, M.D., Family Medicine Minqi Hao, M.D., Family Medicine Leita Harris, M.D., OB/GYN Paul Hartfield, M.D., Pediatrics Richard L. Henderson, M.D., Family Medicine Gerardo Hizon, M.D., Family Medicine/Sports

Medicine Thanh Vincent Hoang, M.D., Internal Medicine Zahid A. Hoda, M.D., Surgery Patrick Hu, M.D., Internal Medicine Kathie Huang, M.D., Internal Medicine Michael Hughes, M.D., Family Medicine Dean N. Huynh, M.D., Internal Medicine Emad Ibrahim, M.D., Hematology/Oncology Talha Imam, M.D., Nephrology Salam Ishak, M.D., Nephrology/Internal Medicine Harold Jackson, D.O., Osteopathic Physician and

Surgery Paula Jacob-Fox, M.D., Family Medicine Randy Jacobs, M.D., Dermatology Farangis Jalali, M.D., Family Medicine Kent Johnson, M.D., Family Medicine Mohammad Kharazmi, M.D., Internal Medicine Ilho Kang, M.D., Internal Medicine Gemma Kim, M.D., Family Medicine Tae Kyu Kim, M.D., Family Medicine Jean Kim, M.D., Family Medicine Walter Klein, M.D., Internal Medicine Albert S. Ko, M.D., Surgery Edita Krakora, M.D., Family Medicine Vincent Kwok, M.D., Internal Medicine Tony Kwon, M.D., Internal Medicine David A. Lanum, M.D., Family Medicine Thomas Laughrey, M.D., Emergency Medicine Michael Lawrence, M.D., General Surgery Mimi Le, M.D., Internal Medicine Peter Lee, M.D., Family Medicine Yong Kwon Lee, M.D., Surgery Peter Leung, M.D., OB/GYN Brian Lim, M.D., Internal Medicine Alex Ly, M.D., Internal Medicine Mary M. Marcinko, M.D., Family Medicine Gregory Marrujo, M.D., General Surgery Nathan McLaughlin, M.D., Family Medicine Mark Mettler, M.D., General Surgery Heidi Millard, M.D., Family Medicine Bahram Mirza, M.D., Internal Medicine Mahfam Mohseni, M.D., Family Medicine Keyla Monterrey, M.D., Family Medicine Chitsazan Morteza, D.O., Internal Medicine Ali Motabar, M.D., Internal Medicine Hoveda Mufti, M.D., Internal Medicine Iqbal Munir, M.D., Internal Medicine Michael Nduati, M.D., Family Medicine Michael Neri, M.D., Family Medicine Henry Nguyen, M.D., Surgery Truclinh Nguyen, D.O., Internal Medicine Derek Nguyen, M.D., Internal Medicine Thuy-Huynh Nguyen, M.D., Psychiatry Ethan Nguyen, M.D., Dermatology William Ochoa, M.D., Internal Medicine Charles Pai, D.O., Family Medicine Vimal Patel, M.D., Family Medicine Mehul Pema, D.O., Internal Medicine Jon Persichino, D.O., Internal Medicine Lien Pham, M.D., Family Medicine Lakshmi Puvvula, M.D., Internal Medicine Bradley Richie, M.D., Family Medicine Michael Riewe, M.D., Internal Medicine David Rosing, M.D., General Surgery Aaron Rubin, M.D., Family Practice/Sports

Medicine Candice Ruby, M.D., Internal Medicine Robert Rudek, M.D., General Surgery Jason Sacdalan, M.D., Family Medicine Suvan Sachdev, D.O., Internal Medicine Michael T. Saito, M.D., Neurology/Pediatrics Pedram Salimpour, M.D., Pediatrics Shivani Scharf, D.O., Internal Medicine Ivan Schatz, M.D., Emergency Medicine Andro Sharobiem, M.D., Internal Medicine Asit Shil, M.D., Family Medicine Christevan Sihotang, M.D., Family Medicine Andrew Song, M.D., Radiology Deborah Streletz, M.D., Family Medicine Lionel Tan, M.D., Internal Medicine Robert Theal, M.D., Internal Medicine Duc To, M.D., Internal Medicine Daniel Truong, M.D., Neurology Ashaunta Tumblin, M.D., Pediatrics Karen White, Ph.D., Kinesiology Steven Wilson, M.D., Family Medicine Babak Zumari, M.D., Rheumatology Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor

Kendrick A. Davis, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor

John Y.-J. Shyy, Ph.D. Pharmacology, Physiology Clinical Instructors

Noah Byrne, Licensed Paramedic Gregory Chase, RNPA Robert Fish, Licensed Paramedic Peter Grzeskowiak, Licensed Paramedic Scott Henderson, Licensed Paramedic Jakub Jagielinski, EMT, Licensed Paramedic Jeffrey Labahn, Licensed Paramedic Erin Nash-Fairfax, Licensed Paramedic Scott Philippbar, Licensed Paramedic

The mission of the UCR School of Medicine is to improve the health of the people of California and, especially, to serve Inland Southern California by training a diverse workforce of physicians and by developing innovative research and health care delivery programs that will improve the health of the medically underserved in the region and become models to be emulated throughout the state and nation.

With its opening in 2013, the UCR School of Medicine became the first new public medical school in California in more than four decades. It is expressly designed to meet the physician workforce needs in Inland Southern California and to improve the health of people living in the region. The school’s community-based model provides medical students with clinical experiences in a variety of healthcare settings with diverse patient populations.

The UCR School of Medicine seeks students with diverse intellectual and life experiences. The school values broad academic backgrounds that include humanities, foreign language, social sciences and the arts to help prepare future physicians for interacting with increasingly diverse patient populations, health care professionals and colleagues. Each applicant’s complete portfolio will be reviewed carefully in order to select students who are not only academically qualified but who have the breadth of volunteer/community and personal experiences to ensure that they will become physicians well prepared to care for the diverse population in our communities. medschool.ucr. edu/admissions

The Thomas Haider Program at the UCR School of Medicine is a special program within the school that provides a unique pathway into medical school for UCR students, with up to 24 seats filled by students who attend UCR for at least six consecutive quarters and complete their bachelor’s degree at UCR. medschool.ucr. edu/admissions/haider_program.html

All School of Medicine applicants apply to the UCR School of Medicine through the American Medical College Application Service, at amcas.org/students/applying/amcas, following its guidelines and deadlines. Students may submit their applications at any time during the application period, as early as June (14 months before medical school classes begin in August at UCR) or as late as November 15 (9 months before classes begin). Applications without recent MCAT scores are considered incomplete. Review the application guidelines at medschool.ucr.edu/admissions.

Program Prerequisites

Pre-medical Education Although students must complete the required pre-medical coursework listed below, students are not required to be science majors to do so. The School of Medicine values broad academic backgrounds that include humanities, foreign language, social sciences and the arts to help prepare future physicians for interacting with increasingly diverse patient populations, health care professionals and colleagues.

Required

• • Mathematics (12 quarter units) to include

introductory calculus and statistics

• • English (12 quarter units) to include the

study of English composition

• • General college physics with laboratory

(12 quarter units)

• • College chemistry with laboratory to

include inorganic and organic chemistry (24 quarter units)

• • General biology with laboratory (12

quarter units)

Recommended

• • A one-quarter course in biochemistry

• • Spanish

• • Computer skills

• • Humanities

Completion of Requirements

Students must complete all premedical requirements before beginning the first year of medical study, although these requirements need not be completed at the time application for admission is filed. AP credit with a score of 4 or 5 (or International Baccalaureate score of 6 or 7) can be used to satisfy one quarter or one semester of English and one quarter or one semester of Mathematics. AP (or IB) credit can NOT be used to satisfy the Physics, Chemistry or Biology requirements.

Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)

The MCAT must be taken not later than fall of the year preceding admission to the School of Medicine. If more than one MCAT was taken, all the test grades must be included when making an application. The test must be repeated if, at the time of application, more than three years have elapsed since it was taken. Requests for test reports and all other correspondence and requests for information concerning the administration, processing, and scoring of the MCAT should be directed to the MCAT Program Office.

Additional details regarding application requirements and the admissions process can be found at medschool.ucr.edu/admissions

Academic Advising UCR undergraduates receive academic advising from professional staff and faculty of the department or program of their chosen major. Professional staff and peer mentors in the medical school’s Health Professions Advising Center are available to guide students in planning pre-health professions course work, gaining health- related experiences, completing service work and can assist with preparing to apply for admission to graduate and professional programs. hpac.ucr. edu For more information

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