Medicine

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

Neal L. Schiller, Ph.D. Interim Dean, UCR School of Medicine; Senior Associate Dean, Student Affairs, UCR School of Medicine; Director, Thomas Haider Program at the UCR School of Medicine; and Salma Haider Endowed Chair in Biomedical Sciences Paul Lyons, M.D. Senior Associate Dean, Education David Lo, M.D. Ph.D. Senior Associate Dean, Research 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 Phyllis A. Guze, M.D. Chair, Division of Clinical Sciences

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 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,

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Anthony W. Norman, Ph.D. Endocrinology,

Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry Michael B. Stemerman, M.D. Biomedical Sciences Daniel S. Straus, Ph.D. Human Genetics,

Biomedical Sciences Associate Professors

Djurdjica Coss, Ph.D. Endocrinology, Neuroscience Kathryn DeFea, Ph.D. Cell Biology, Biochemistry Martín I. García-Castro, Ph.D. Neural Crest Cells Christian Y. Lytle, Ph.D. Physiology Declan McCole, Ph.D. Physiology, Pharmacology 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

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 Assistant Professors in Residence

Ashaunta Anderson, M.D. Pediatrics Ann Cheney, Ph.D. Social Medicine and Population

Health Juliet McMullen, Ph.D. Social Medicine and

Population Health Andrew Subica, Ph.D. Psychiatry Clinical Professors

Scott Allen, M.D. Internal Medicine Dennis Alters, M.D. Psychiatry Herb Brar, M.D. OB/GYN Lony Castro, M.D. OB/GYN Thomas Chen, M.D. Internal Medicine Christopher Fichtner, M.D. Psychiatry Kayla Fisher, M.D. Psychiatry Joetsna Grover, M.D. OB/GYN Laura Hammond, Ph.D. Psychology John Heydt, M.D. Family Medicine Jonathan W. Horstmann, M.D. Family Medicine William P. Hunt, M.D. Family Medicine Daniel Kim, M.D. Internal Medicine Mahendr S. Kochar, M.D. Internal Medicine Rajagopal Krishnan, M.D. Internal Medicine Steven E. Larson, M.D. Family Medicine Lawrence K. Loo, M.D. Internal Medicine John Luo, M.D. Psychiatry Paul Lyons, M.D. Family Medicine Gerald Maguire, M.D. Psychiatry Karen Noblett, M.D. OB/GYN G. Richard Olds, M.D. FACP Internal Medicine Robert E. Sallis, M.D. Family Medicine/Sports

Medicine Stewart Shankel, M.D. Nephrology C. Paul Sinkhorn, M.D. OB/GYN Emma Simmons, M.D. Family Medicine Robert Steele, M.D. Arnold Tabuenca, M.D. Surgery Dwayne Thomas, M.D. Internal Medicine Constance M. Vadheim, Ph.D. Epidemiology Teresa Wray, M.D. Associate Clinical Professors

Adolfo Aguilera, M.D. Family Medicine Mark Allison, M.D. Internal Medicine Gary Annunziata, D.O. Internal Medicine/

Gastroenterology Christian Bianchi, M.D. Surgery Mario Carcamo, M.D. Pediatrics Adam Chen, M.D. Internal Medicine Andrew Corr, M.D. Internal Medicine/Geriatrics Dale D. Daniel, M.D. Surgery Jerry Dennis, M.D. Psychiatry Samuel E. Dey, Jr., M.D. Psychiatry/Neurology Andrew Elliott, M.D. Psychiatry Ramiz Fargo, M.D. Internal Medicine Carlo Garibaldi, D.O. OB/GYN Roger Garrison, D.O. Internal Medicine Peter Gelker, M.D. Psychiatry Samer Ghostine, M.D. Neurology Thomas Grayden, M.D. Psychiatry/Forensic Patrick Hu, M.D. Internal Medicine Geoffrey Leung, M.D. Family Medicine James Lineback, M.D. Internal Medicine Daniel Ludi, M.D. Surgery Paul Lui, M.D. Surgery Kevin J. Mielke, D.O. Family Medicine Afshin Molkara, M.D. Surgery Michael Nduati M.D. Family Medicine Kirk D. Pagel, M.D. Family Medicine Bipin Patel, M.D. Psychiatry Jon Persichino, M.D. Internal Medicine Richard Prather, M.D. Psychiatry Baldev S. Rai, M.D. Neurology Sharon Riesen, M.D. Pediatrics Frank Rogers, M.D. Surgery Lauren Simon, M.D. Family Med/Sports Medicine/

Adolescent Medicine Catherine Steel, Ph.D. Psychiatry Ralph Steiger, M.D. OB/GYN Robert B. Summerour, M.D. Psychiatry Made Sutjita, M.D. Internal Medicine Theodore Teruya, M.D. Surgery Ravi Thiruvengadam, M.D. Internal Medicine /

Gastroenterology Gary Thompson, D.O. Internal Medicine Roopa Viraraghavan, M.D. Pediatrics Samuel G. Wiltchik, M.D. OB/GYN Assistant Clinical Professors

Maher Abdallah, M.D. OB/GYN Robin Abdelmalik, M.D. Internal Medicine Sabeen Abdul-Sattar, M.D. Family Medicine Mohamed Abu-Qaoud, M.D. Internal Medicine Hilal Abuzahra, M.D. Pediatrics Barbara Ackerman, RN, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology John Agapian, M.D. Surgery Jay Agarwal, M.D. Internal Medicine Suman Agarwal, M.D. Family Medicine Olumide Akingbemi, M.D. Internal Medicine Andrew Alexander, M.D. Family Medicine Iden D Andacheh, M.D. Surgery Pamela Anderson, M.D. Internal Medicine Massimo Arcerito, M.D. Surgery Yona Ardiles, M.D. Internal Medicine Muhammad Arif, M.D. Family Medicine Mark Ashley, M.D. Family Medicine Huy Au, M.D. Internal Medicine Ramy Awad, M.D. Surgery Rizwan Badar, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Bagheri, M.D. Cardiology Kenneth Ballou, M.D. Family Medicine Rehana Baqai, M.D. Nicole Baril, M.D. Surgery General Gary Barker, M.D. Adrianna Barrett, M.D. OB/GYN Columbus Batiste, M.D. Internal Medicine Zebayel Baye, M.D. Internal Medicine Hassan Bencheqroun, M.D. Internal Medicine/

Pulmonary Robert Bernstein, M.D. Cardiology Ravi Berry, M.D. Pediatrics Hetel Bhakta, M.D. Cardiology Reba Bindra, M.D. Psychiatry Mimi Biswas, M.D. Cardiology Shankha Biswas, M.D. Surgery General/

Cardiothoracic Mindy Bixby, D.O. Neurology Lisa Bodon, M.D. OB/GYN Syed Bokhari, M.D. Internal Medicine/Cardiology Teri Boon, M.D. Family Medicine Diwata Bose, M.D. OB/GYN John Branch, D.O. Family Medicine Adam Brochert, M.D. Radiology/Diagnostic Brandon Brown, Ph.D. Social Medicine and

Population Health Darcy Bryan, M.D. OB/GYN Edmund Burke, M.D. Surgery Ryan Buller, D.O. Family Medicine Brian Byrne, M.D. OB/GYN Daniel Calac, M.D. Internal Medicine Jeffrey Cao, M.D. Roy Caputo, M.D. Surgery/Orthopaedic Alexander Carli, M.D. Surgery General/Plastic

Surgery Luanne Carlson, S.O. Family Medicine Joel Casillas, M.D. OB/GYN Roberto Castanos, M.D. Psychiatry Matthew Chang, M.D. Psychiatry Hamilton Chen, M.D. Pain Management Yi-Pin Cheng, M.D. Family Medicine William Cherry, M.D. Internal Medicine Bob Chiang, M.D. Family Medicine Michael Chin, M.D. Surgery Jason Chiriano, D.O. Surgery Morteza Chitsazan, D.O. Internal Medicine Eric Choi, M.D. Internal Medicine Rakesh Chopra, M.D. Internal Medicine Ludwig Cibelli, M.D. Emergency Medicine Alexandra Clark, M.D. Pediatrics Ejua Cobbina, M.D. Pediatrics Derek Cody, M.D. Surgery Colleen Coleman, M.D. Emergency Medicine Christopher Cooper, Ph.D. Psychiatry Takesha Cooper, M.D. Psychiatry Joseph Craft, M.D. Internal Medicine Dennis Cramer, M.D. Surgery/Orthopaedic Aron Depew, M.D. Surgery Kishore Desagani, M.D. Psychiatry Raja Dhalla, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgery Justin Diedrich, M.D. OB/GYN Vi Am Dinh, M.D. Surgery Vien Doan, D.O. Family Medicine Jason Domagalski, M.D. Family Medicine Joel Doughten, M.D. Family Medicine Christine Duong, M.D. Internal Medicine Rolf Richard Drinhaus, M.D. Surgery/Orthopaedic Maegen Dupper, M.D. Family Medicine Ahmed El-Bershawi, M.D. Internal Medicine John Ellis, M.D. Surgery/Orthopaedic Frank R Ercoli, M.D. Surgery Wade Faerber, D.O. Surgery/Orthopaedic Parastou Farhadian, M.D. Family Medicine Siavash Farshidpanah, M.D. Internal Medicine Allen C. Felix, M.D. Family Medicine/Sports

Medicine Roshinie Fernando, M.D. Psychiatry John Francis Feller, M.D. Radiology/Diagnostic Marisol Flores, M.D. OB/GYN David Franklin, M.D. Psychiatry Darren Freeman, D.O. Pain Management Justin Fu, M.D. Internal Medicine Purnima Gandhi, M.D. Family Medicine Maria Cristina Garberoglio, M.D. Pediatrics Ada Keyla Garcia, M.D. Pediatrics Eduardo Garcia, M.D. Family Medicine Eva Garcia, M.S.N., C.N.M. OB/GYN Eduardo Garza, M.D. OB/GYN Emma Girard, Psy.D. Psychiatry Ray Glendrange, M.D. Ophthalmology Learned Gonzales, M.D. Pulmonary Medicine/

Internal Medicine Monica Gordon, M.D. Psychiatry Jean Griffith, M.D. Psychiatry Rajesh Gulati, M.D. Internal Medicine Niraj Gupta, M.D. Psychiatry Shilpa Gupta, M.D. Family Medicine Richard Guzman, M.D. Family Medicine Saied Habibipour, M.D. Surgery Dean Hadley, M.D. Surgery Anita, Hadpawqat-Lee, M.D. OB/GYN Wael Hamade, M.D. Family Medicine Christopher Hancock, M.D. Radiology/Diagnostic Minqi Hao, M.D. Family Medicine Salim Harianawala, M.D. Leita Harris, M.D. OB/GYN Paul Hartfield, M.D. Pediatrics Tannaz Hild, M.D. Ronald Himelman, M.D. Cardiology Gerardo Hizon, M.D. Family Medicine/Sports

Medicine Andrew Ho, M.D. Vanessa Ho, M.D. Family Medicine Zahid Hoda, M.D. Surgery Kathie Huang, M.D. Internal Medicine Jennifer Hui, M.D. Ophthalmology Noel Hui, M.D. Surgery John Husted, M.D. Surgery Emad Ibrahim, M.D. Hematology/Oncology Earl Ilano, M.D. Internal Medicine Talha Imam, M.D. Internal Medicine/Nephrology Jared Inman, M.D. Surgery Jerrelyn Inocencio-Diaz, M.D. OB/GYN Salam Ishak, M.D. Internal Medicine/ Nephrology Ousama Ismael, M.D. Internal Medicine Mohamed Ismail, M.D. Internal Medicine Harold Jackson, D.O. Family Medicine Medicine / UCR School of Medicine Randy Jacobs, M.D. Dermatology Farangis Jalali, M.D. Family Medicine Mohammad Jam, M.D. Pediatrics Paul Jamieson, M.D. Surgery David Scott Johnson, M.D. Surgery Kent Johnson, M.D. Family Medicine Sana Louise Johnson-Quijada, M.D. Psychiatry Jamieson Jones, M.D. OB/GYN Novales Juanito, M.D. OB/GYN Charles Kahn, M.D. Internal Medicine/

Rheumatology Ilho Kang, M.D. Internal Medicine Kamal Kejriwal, M.D. Family Medicine Tariq Kelker, M.D. Surgery Jason P. Kellogg, M.D. Psychiatry Albert Khait, M.D. Pediatrics Taher Khalil, M.C. Internal Medicine Mohammad Kharazmi, M.D. Internal Medicine Mehri Khatibi, M.D. OB/GYN Gemma Kim, M.D. Family Medicine Tae Kim, M.D. Family Medicine Walter Klein, M.D. Internal Medicine Carl Knopke, M.D. Family Medicine Albert Ko, M.D. Surgery Edmund Ko, M.D. Surgery Sailesh Konda, M.D. Dermatology Chulhwe Koo, M.D. Pediatrics Peter Kopelevich, M.D. Family Medicine Matthew Kozloff, M.D. Surgery Edita Krakora, M.D. Family Medicine Miguel Krishnan, M.D. Surgery Samir Kubba, M.D. Internal Medicine Neeta Kumari, M.D. Psychiatry Alan Kwasman, M.D. Pediatrics Vincent Kwok, M.D. Internal Medicine Tony Kwon, M.D. Internal Medicine Shawna Langley, M.D. Dermatology Gustavo Lara, M.D. Surgery Thomas Laughrey, M.D. Emergency Medicine Shellee Lazar, M.D. OB/GYN Mimi Le, M.D. Internal Medicine Gilbert Lee, M.D. Family Medicine Peter Lee, M.D. Family Medicine Richard Lee, M.D. Steve C. Lee, M.D. Internal Medicine/Surgery Yong-Kwon Lee, M.D. Surgery Peter Leung, M.D. OB/GYN Clarissa Lew, D.O. OB/GYN Brian Lim, M.D. Internal Medicine Kathleen Lima, D.O. Pediatrics Ralph Lissaur, M.D. Psychiatry Joseph Liu, M.D. Psychiatry Janiene D. Luke M.D. Dermatology Timothy Mackey M.D. Pediatrics Rajiv Malik, M.D. Internal Medicine John Marais, M.D. Internal Medicine Mary M. Marcinko, M.D. Family Medicine Gerardo Martin, M.D. Family Medicine Michael Matus, M.D. Justin McLarty, M.D. Internal Medicine Nathan McLaughlin M.D. Family Medicine Xolanti Mdluli, M.D. Internal Medicine Parag Mehtani, M.D. Internal Medicine Heidi Millard, M.D. Family Medicine Bahram, Mirza, M.D. Internal Medicine Keyla Monterrey, M.D. Family Medicine John T Moon, Ph.D. Surgery Theresa Moon, M.D. Psychiatry Ryan Mooradian, M.D. Pediatrics Ali Motabar, M.D. Internal Medicine Hoveda Mufti, M.D. Internal Medicine Iqbal Munir, M.D. Internal Medicine Claudia Munoz, M.D. OB/GYN Monika Mustafa, M.D. Pediatrics Adnan Naber, M.D. Internal Medicine/Cardiology Subbu Nagappan, M.D. Surgery Samar Nahas, M.D. OB/GYN Brandon Nathaniel, M.D. Internal Medicine Jessica Ngo, M.D. Family Medicine Derek Nguyen, M.D. Internal Medicine Ethan Nguyen, M.D. Dermatology Henry Nguyen, M.D. Surgery Thuy-Huynh Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry TrucLinh Nguyen, M.D. Harvey Nurick, M.D. Surgery Maria Dulce Oandasan, M.D. Family Medicine William Ochoa, M.D. Internal Medicine John Ojinmah, M.D. Psychiatry Thet Oo, M.D. Internal Medicine Jennifer Park, D.O. Anatomy Susan Park, M.D. OB/GYN Rodney Parker, M.D. Eyrn Parks, Ph.D. Psychiatry Vimal Patel, M.D. Family Medicine Tina Paul, M.D. OB/GYN Oscar Joaquin Paz-Altschul, M.D. Surgery Mehul Pema, D.O. Internal Medicine Nathaniel Peterson, M.D. Internal Medicine Ronald Picazo, M.D. OB/GYN Robert Piecuch, M.D. OB/GYN Brett Powers, D.O. Surgery/Orthopaedic John C Prince, M.D. Surgery Fabian Proano, M.D. Maisara Rahman, M.D. Family Medicine Ruvdeep Randhawa, M.D. Pediatrics Narasimha P Rao, M.D. Internal Medicine/

Cardiology Sarah Rasheed, M.D. Internal Medicine Jyothi Reddy, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Ree, M.D. Internal Medicine Beri Ridgeway, M.D. OB/GYN Michael Riewe, M.D. Internal Medicine S.M. Hammad Rizi, M.D. Family Medicine Matthew Robinson, D.O. Surgery/Orthopaedic Rodolfo Rojas, M.D. Family Medicine Aaron Rubin, M.D. Family Medicine/Sports

Medicine Candice Ruby, M.D. Raul Ruiz, M.D. Emergency Medicine (on leave) James S Ruppert, M.D. Family Medicine Cedric Rutland, M.D. Internal Medicine Bashar Saad, M.D. Internal Medicine Jason Sacdalan, MD, Family Medicine Suvan Sachdev, M.D. Internal Medicine Alama Salazar, M.D. Pediatrices Anna Maria Salva, M.D. OB/GYN Elias Sanchez, M.D. Family Medicine Javier Sanchez, M.D. Family Medicine Shivani Scharf, D.O. Internal Medicine John Anthony Schlechter, D.O. Surgery/

Orthopaedic Roger Seheult, M.D. Internal Medicine Touraj Shafai, M.D. Pediatrics Ravi Shah, D.O. Surgery Girgis Sharmoukh, M.D. Family Medicine Lawrence Sharpe, M.D. Pediatrics Christopher Sherman, D.O. Surgery/Orthopaedic Matthew Sherman, M.D. Surgery Asit Shil, M.D. Family Medicine Rachel Sloan, M.D. OB/GYN Andrea D Smith, M.D. Internal Medicine/Derm Cecilia Smith, M.D. Pediatrics Houman Solomon, M.D. Surgery Naveenraj Solomon-Livingstone, M.D. Surgery Andrew Song, M.D. Radiology Charles Stewart, M.D. Surgery Deborah Streletz, M.D. Family Medicine Thomas Takei, M.D. Surgery Michael Tam, M.D. Surgery Antonio Tan, M.D. Internal Medicine Gregory Tan, M.D. Family Medicine Lionel Tan, M.D. Internal Medicine Nelly Tan, M.D. Radiology Rick P. Tang, M.D. Internal Medicine Deborah Taurek, M.D. Internal Medicine Robert Theal, M.D. Internal Medicine Deepak ThiagaRajan, M.D. Internal Medicine Duc To, M.D. Internal Medicine Able Torres, M.D. Internal Medicine/Derm Allen C. Tuggle, M.D. OB/GYN Kimberly Tustison, M.D. OB/GYN Chimezie Ubbaonu, M.D. Internal Medicine Kort Ulicny, M.D. Psychiatry Bruce Underwood, Ph.D. Nutrition and Preventive

Care Lorenzo Vazquez, M.D. Family Medicine Raj Vyas, M.D. Plastic Surgery Jaswinder Walia, M.D. Psychiatry Paul C Walker, M.D. Surgery James Wallman, M.D. Radiology Catherine Walsh, M.D. Surgery Shunling Wang, M.D. Family Medicine Rachelle Wareham, M.D. Surgery Jianpeng Weng, M.D. Psychiatry Jonathan Wheeler, M.D. OB/GYN Karen White, Ph.D. Kinesiology Adedap Williams, M.D. Psychiatry Tobunko Williams, M.D. Psychiatry Thia Win, M.D. Internal Medicine Jennifer Winesburg, D.O. OB/GYN Kenneth Wong, M.D. OB/GYN Helen Xu, M.D. Surgery Sung J Yoo, M.D. Internal Medicine Minho Yu, D.O. Internal Medicine Shabnam Zargar, M.D. Pediatrics Scott Zeller, M.D. Psychiatry 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 359 / Programs and Courses 359 / Programs and Courses

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 2 (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 MDCL 234 Musculoskeletal Medicine (8) Lecture, 50 hours per quarter; discussion, 14 hours per quarter; laboratory, 37 hours per quarter; clinical 15 hours per quarter. Prerequisite (s): first year standing in medical school. Covers the musculoskeletal system, biology & pathology of the peripheral nervous system & physical diagnosis. Utilizes lectures & case studies to accomplish course objectives. Promotes discovery of learning by small group discussions, laboratories & conferences. Also covers aspects of anatomy, doctoring, patient examination & the longitudinal ambulatory clinical experience. Includes PBL. Graded In Progress (IP) until MDCL 231, MDCL 232, MDCL 233, MDCL 234 and MDCL 235 are completed, at which time a final grade is assigned.

MDCL 235 Clinical Neurosciences I (9) Lecture, 51 hours per quarter; discussion, 24 hours per quarter; laboratory, 33 hours per quarter; clinical 15 hours per quarter. Prerequisite (s): first year standing in medical school. Covers neurobiology & provides an introduction to neurology & psychiatry, as well as physical diagnosis & imaging of the nervous system. Utilizes lectures & case studies to accomplish course objectives. Promotes discovery of learning by small group discussions, laboratories & conferences. Also covers aspects of anatomy, doctoring, patient examination & LACE. Includes problem-based learning. Pass/Fail.

MDCL 236 Human Biology/Disease Foundation (14) Lecture, 97 hours per quarter; discussion, 28 hours per quarter; laboratory, 10 hours per quarter; clinical 42 hours per quarter. Prerequisite (s): second year standing in medical school. Covers the pathophysiology, pharmacology, physical diagnosis & treatment of infectious diseases, clinical hematology, oncology,epidemiology & clinical reasoning skills. Utilizes weekly cases presented through lecture, small group discussions, laboratories & conferences. Also covers aspects of anatomy, doctoring, patient examination & LACE. Includes problem-based learning. Graded In Progress (IP) until MDCL 236, MDCL 237, MDCL 238, MDCL 239 and MDCL 240 are completed, at which time a final grade is assigned.

MDCL 237 Gastro, Endocrine & Repro Health (13) Lecture, 80 hours per quarter; discussion, 34 hours per quarter; laboratory, 18 hours per quarter; clinical 42 hours per quarter. Prerequisite (s): second year standing in medical school. Advanced clinical perspective of anatomy, biochemistry, pathophysiology, physical diagnosis & imaging associated with gastrointestinal, endocrine & reproductive health. Utilizes weekly cases presented through lecture, small group discussions, laboratories & conferences. Also covers aspects of anatomy, doctoring, patient examination & LACE. Includes problem-based learning. Graded In Progress (IP) until MDCL 236, MDCL 237, MDCL 238, MDCL 239 and MDCL 240 are completed, at which time a final grade is assigned.

MDCL 238 Clinical Neurosciences II (10) Lecture, 74 hours per quarter; discussion, 20 hours per quarter; laboratory, 6 hours per quarter; clinical 18 hours per quarter. Prerequisite (s): second year standing in medical school. Covers advanced clinical perspective of neurology, neuropathology, psychiatry & neuropharmacology that is coordinated with physical & psychological clinical skills development. Utilizes weekly cases presented through lecture, small group discussions, laboratories & conferences. Also covers aspects of anatomy, doctoring, patient examination & LACE. Includes problem-based learning. Graded In Progress (IP) until MDCL 236, MDCL 237, MDCL 238, MDCL 239 and MDCL 240 are completed, at which time a final grade is assigned.

MDCL 239 Cardio, Renal & Resp Sciences II (12) Lecture, 62 hours per quarter; discussion, 44 hours per quarter; laboratory, 36 hours per quarter; clinical 33 hours per quarter. Prerequisite (s): second year standing in medical school. Advanced clinical perspective of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, physical diagnosis & imaging in the cardiovascular, renal & respiratory sciences. Utilizes weekly cases 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

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