MEDICINE

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

Deborah Deas, M.D., M.P.H., Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences; the Mark and Pam Rubin Dean, UCR School of Medicine Emma Simmons, M.D. Senior Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Salma Haider Endowed Chair in Biomedical Sciences Brigham Willis, M.D. Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education David Lo, M.D. Ph.D. Senior Associate Dean, Research Kendrick Davis, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Assessment and Evaluation Iryna Ethell, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Rajesh Gulati, M.D. Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education Sunny Nakae, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Student Affairs Elizabeth Morrison-Banks, M.D. Associate Dean, Medical Education Quality and Compliance Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences, S. Sue Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair in Glial-NeuronalInteractions Asma Jafri, M.D. Chair, Family Medicine Gerald A. Maguire, M.D. Chair, Psychiatry and Neuroscience Samar Nahas, M.D. Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology Ramdas Pai, M.D. Chair, Division of Clinical Sciences Sasidharan Ponthenkandath, M.D. Chair, Pediatrics Mark Wolfson, Ph.D. Chair, Social Medicine, Population and Public Health, William R. Johnson Jr. and S. Sue Johnson Endowed Chair Arnold Tabuenca, M.D. Chair, Department of Surgery

Student Affairs Office, 1682 SOM Education Bldg., (951) 827-4751; medschool.ucr.edu

Professors Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. Neuroimmunology Iryna M. Ethell, Ph.D. Biology, Biochemistry Byron Ford, Ph.D. Stroke and Brain Injury Adam Godzik, Ph.D. Bruce D. and Nancy B. Varner Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research David Lo, M.D. Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, Genetics Declan McCole, Ph.D. Physiology, Pharmacology Maurizio Pellecchia, Ph.D. Daniel Hays Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, Drug Discovery Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, Ph.D. Neurodegenerative Diseases/Glia Biology Emma Wilson, Ph.D. Parasite Immunologist ChangCheng Zhou, Ph.D. Xenobiotics, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease

Professors Emeriti Mary Ann Baker, Ph.D. Neurosciences Craig V. Byus, Ph.D. Pharmacology, Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry Kathryn DeFea, Ph.D. Cell Biology, Biochemistry David A. Johnson, Ph.D. Pharmacology Richard A. Luben, Ph.D. Endocrinology, Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry Neal L. Schiller, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor, Microbiology, Immunology Michael B. Stemerman, M.D. Biomedical Sciences Daniel S. Straus, Ph.D. Human Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Ameae M. Walker, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor, Microanatomy

Associate Professors Djurdjica Coss, Ph.D. Endocrinology, Neuroscience Nicholas DiPatrizio, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Martín I. García-Castro, Ph.D. Neural Crest Cells Marcus Kaul, Ph.D. Neuroscience Christian Y. Lytle, Ph.D. Physiology Meera G. Nair, Ph.D. Infectious Diseases, Mucosal Immunology Sika Zheng, Ph.D. Neurobiology/Molecular Genetics

Assistant Professors Qi Chen, M.D. Ph.D. Epigenetic Inheritance and Reproductive Biology Erica Heinrich, Ph.D. Integrative Physiology, Hypoxia and High-Altitude Medicine Tara Nordgren, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences ** Adjunct Assistant Professor Casey Gries, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences

Professor in Residence Devin Binder, M.D./Ph.D. Clinical Neuroscience

Associate Professor in Residence Devin Binder, M.D./Ph.D. Clinical Neuroscience

Assistant Professors in Residence Ann Cheney, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Andrew Subica, Ph.D. Psychiatry

Clinical Professors Lawrence Albers, M.D. Psychiatry Scott Allen, M.D. Internal Medicine Dennis Alters, M.D. Psychiatry Geoffrey Block, M.D. Internal Medicine Megan Brenner, M.D. Surgery Yi-Pin Cheng, M.D. Family Medicine Deborah Deas, M.D. M.P.H. Psychiatry Carl Feinstein, M.D. Psychiatry Christopher Fichtner, M.D. Psychiatry Kayla Fisher, M.D. Psychiatry Samer Ghostine, M.D. Neurology Andres Gonzalez, M.D. Psychiatry Rajesh Gulati, M.D. Internal Medicine Greg Guldner, M.D. Family Medicine Nahidh Hasaniya, M.D. Internal Medicine Peter Hauser, M.D. Psychiatry Asma Jafri, M.D. Family Medicine Navin Jaipaul, M.D. Internal Medicine Mohammad Kanakriyeh, M.D. Internal Medicine Daniel Kim, M.D. Internal Medicine Tommy Kim, M.D. Family Medicine Rajagopal Krishnan, M.D. Internal Medicine Donald Larsen, M.D. Internal Medicine Jeffrey Levine, M.D. Psychiatry Sharon Lum, M.D. Surgery Gerald Maguire, M.D. Psychiatry Kirk McNagny, M.D. Psychiatry Afshin Molkara, M.D. Surgery Laurie Moore, M.D. Psychiatry Elizabeth Morrison-Banks, M.D. Neurology Howard Moss, M.D. Psychiatry Marriyam Moten, M.D. Internal Medicine Charles Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry Ramdas Pai, M.D. Internal Medicine David Plurad, M.D. Family Medicine, Surgery Sasidharan Ponthenkandath, M.D. Pediatrics Alina Popa, M.D. Internal Medicine Remus Popa, M.D. Internal Medicine Emma Simmons, M.D. Family Medicine David Song, M.D. Neurology Stephen Stahl, M.D. Psychiatry John Stansell, M.D. Internal Medicine Arnold Tabuenca, M.D. Surgery Padmini Varadarajan, M.D. Internal Medicine Cliff Widmark, M.D. Psychiatry Brigham Willis, M.D. Pediatrics Michael Wolf, M.D. Psychiatry Mark Wolfson, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health

Associate Clinical Professors John Agapian, M.D. Surgery Lama Al-Khoury, M.D. Neuroscience Jason An, M.D. Family Medicine Kumaravelu Balasubramaniam, M.D. Internal Medicine Kenneth Ballou, M.D. Family Medicine Barbara Blasko, M.D. Family Medicine Brandon Brown, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Mathew Butteri, M.D. Internal Medicine Cindy Cai, M.D. Internal Medicine Matthew Chang, M.D. Psychiatry Adam Chen, M.D. Internal Medicine Morteza Chitsazan, D.O. Internal Medicine Marc Debay, M.D. Family Medicine Andrew Elliott, M.D. Psychiatry Nima Fahimian, M.D. Psychiatry Ramiz Fargo, M.D. Internal Medicine Parastou Farhadian, M.D. Family Medicine Lawrence Faziola, M.D. Psychiatry Anthony Firek, M.D. Internal Medicine David Franklin, M.D. Psychiatry Lucas Friedman, M.D. Family Medicine Roger Garrison, D.O. Internal Medicine Jeffrey Glass, M.D. Psychiatry Wael Hamade, M.D. Family Medicine Michael Hollifield, M.D. Psychiatry Patrick Hu, M.D. Internal Medicine George Isaac, M.D. Internal Medicine Christian Jackson, M.D. Internal Medicine Timothy Jochen, M.D. Internal Medicine Mark Katz, M.D. Psychiatry Zeid Kayali, M.D. Internal Medicine Steven Kim, M.D. Family Medicine Kimberley Lakes, Ph.D. Psychiatry Geoffrey Leung, M.D. Family Medicine Ronald Lo, M.D. Internal Medicine Hector D. Ludi, M.D. Surgery Nathan McLaughlin, M.D. Family Medicine Ashis Mukherjee, M.D. Internal Medicine Iqbal Munir, M.D. Internal Medicine Samar Nahas, M.D. OB/GYN Sunny Nakae, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Sami Nazzal, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Nduati M.D. Family Medicine Hanh Nguyen, M.D. Family Medicine Indu Pathak, M.D. Pediatrics Jon Persichino, M.D. Internal Medicine Geoffrey Phillips, M.D. Psychiatry Richard Prather, M.D. Psychiatry Tiffany Priester, M.D. Internal Medicine Ricardo Restrepo, M.D. Psychiatry Maher Roman, M.D. Internal Medicine Andrew Rubin, M.D. Internal Medicine Huma Samar, M.D. Internal Medicine Dragos Serseni, M.D. Psychiatry Gregory Shimizu, M.D. Internal Medicine Debra Stottlemeyer, M.D. Internal Medicine Deborah Streletz, M.D. Family Medicine Made Sutjita, M.D. Internal Medicine Kavitha Tadikona, M.D. Psychiatry Trung Thai, M.D. Psychiatry Gary Thompson, D.O. Internal Medicine Shunling Tsang, M.D. Family Medicine Kumar Venkat, M.D. Internal Medicine Victor Waters, M.D. Internal Medicine Samuel Wong, M.D. Internal Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professors Mehrad Abbasi, M.D. Internal Medicine Hoda Abou-Ziab,Psy.D. Family Medicine Naeem Abu-Shehab, M.D. Internal Medicine Hilal Abu-Zahra, M.D. Pediatrics Kenneth Acha, M.D. Family Medicine Jose Aguilar, M.D. Psychiatry Adewale Ajumobi, M.D. Internal Medicine Issa Alesh, M.D. Internal Medicine Puri Lorena Arellano Pascual, M.D. Internal Medicine Anousheh Ashouri, M.D. Internal Medicine Huy Au, M.D. Internal Medicine Fadi Awad, M.D. Internal Medicine Moazzum Bajwa, M.D. Family Medicine Berge Bakamjian, D.O. Psychiatry Dalia Nahal Balsamo, M.D. Psychiatry Rodolfo Batarse, M.D. Internal Medicine Zebayel Baye, M.D. Internal Medicine Jonathan Bechard, M.D. Internal Medicine Sadikah Behbehani, M.D. OB/GYN Brendon Brockmann, M.D. Psychiatry Edmund Bruke, M.D. Surgery Sean Buckley, M.D. Psychiatry Ryan Buller, D.O. Family Medicine Ivy Hanh Cao, M.D. Family Medicine Roberto Castanos, M.D. Psychiatry Ross Caulfield, M.D. Family Medicine Daniel Chao, M.D. Internal Medicine Onpan Cheung, M.D. Internal Medicine Eric Choi, M.D. Internal Medicine Yun Chong, M.D. Psychiatry Shaun Chung, M.D. Psychiatry Takesha Cooper, M.D. Psychiatry Francisco Cordova, M.D. Internal Medicine John Costumbrado, M.D. Family Medicine Edwin DeLeon, M.D. Psychiatry Dallas Dick, M.D. Internal Medicine Nhan Do, M.D. Family Medicine Mirou Dom, M.D. Psychiatry Kelly Downey, M.D. Internal Medicine Anh Duong, M.D. Internal Medicine Christine Duong, M.D. Internal Medicine Sara Edwards, M.D. Surgery Sahar Eivaz Mohammadi, M.D. Interna Medicine Samia Faiz, M.D. Internal Medicine Nima Fayazmanesh, M.D. Psychiatry Sarah Forouhar, M.D. Pediatrics Darren Freeman, D.O. Pain Management Alexander Friedman, M.D. Internal Medicine Justin Fu, M.D. Internal Medicine Masoumeh Ghaffari, M.D. Internal Medicine Reza Ghetmiri, M.D. Internal Medicine Jeffry Gill, M.D. Pediatrics Mariam Gilmore, M.D. Internal Medicine Emma Girard, Psy.D. Psychiatry Josh Goh, M.D. Psychiatry Monica Gordon, M.D. Psychiatry Nandini Gowda, M.D. Internal Medicine Johann Gray, M.D. Internal Medicine Jean Whitney Griffith, M.D. Psychiatry Niraj Gupta, M.D. Psychiatry Anita Hadpawat-Lee, M.D. OB/GYN Bader Hammami, M.D. Internal Medicine Khoi Hathuc, M.D. Psychiatry Rasam Hosseinian, M.D. Internal Medicine Kathie Huang, M.D. Internal Medicine James Huang, M.D. Internal Medicine Aileen Huynh, M.D. Psychiatry Long Huynh, M.D. Psychiatry Ijeoma Ijeaku, M.D. Psychiatry Erick Imbertson, M.D. Internal Medicine Hera Jafry, D.O. Psychiatry Eduardo Javier, M.D. Internal Medicine Surani Jayaratna, M.D. Psychiatry Brenda Jensen, M.D. Psychiatry Deanah Jibril, M.D. OB/GYN Michael Kang, M.D. Family Medicine Koohzad Karimi, D.O. Family Medicine Tony Kastoon, M.D. Internal Medicine Anas Kawayeh, M.D. Internal Medicine Mohammad Kharazmi, M.D. Internal Medicine Hamidreza Khessali, M.D. Internal Medicine Linna Kho, M.D. Internal Medicine Ardeshir Khosraviani, M.D. Internal Medicine Christina Kim, M.D. Internal Medicine Jin Seon Kim-Paglingayen, M.D. Family Medicine Walter Klein, M.D. Internal Medicine Curtis Knight, M.D. Family Medicine Albert Ko, M.D. Surgery Samir Kubba, M.D. Internal Medicine Scott Kubomoto, M.D. Internal Medicine Neeta Kumari, M.D. Psychiatry Mohamad Kurani, M.D. Internal Medicine Vincent Kwok, M.D. Internal Medicine Hank Lai, M.D. Psychiatry Khoi Le, M.D. Psychiatry Richard Lee, M.D. Psychiatry Danielle Li, M.D. Psychiatry Brian Lim, M.D. Internal Medicine Simon Lim, M.D. Internal Medicine John Lindo, M.D. Psychiatry Jeannie Lochhead, M.D. Psychiatry Matthew Louis, M.D. Family Medicine Grace Lynn, M.D. Psychiatry Gerry Macutay, M.D. Internal Medicine Edward Magee, M.D. Family Medicine Niraj Mahajan, M.D. Internal Medicine Rajiv Malik, M.D. Internal Medicine Steve March, M.D. Internal Medicine Brian Maser, M.D. Psychiatry Louis May, M.D. Internal Medicine Matthew McCarty, M.D. Internal Medicine Ronald McCowan, M.D. Internal Medicine Christine Mikhail, M.D. Internal Medicine Sean Minjares, M.D. Psychiatry Bahram Mirza, M.D. Internal Medicine Aarti Mittal, D.O. Internal Medicine Hoda Mojazi-Amiri, M.D. Internal Medicine Theresa Moon, M.D. Psychiatry Gina Mosich, M.D. Psychiatry Ali Motabar, M.D. Internal Medicine Hoveda Mufti, M.D. Internal Medicine Kamil Muhyieddeen, M.D. Internal Medicine Laura Nader, M.D. Family Medicine Brandon Nathaniel, M.D. Internal Medicine Michele Nelson, M.D. Psychiatry John Nevin, M.D. Pediatrics Kam Newman, M.D. Internal Medicine Daniel Ng, M.D. Family Medicine Alexander Thanh Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry Andrew Nguyen, M.D. Surgery Giao Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry William Ochoa, M.D. Internal Medicine Adwoa Osei, M.D. Pediatrics Nehas Pandey, M.D. Internal Medicine Ivy Pandit, M.D. Internal Medicine Shalin Patel, M.D. Psychiatry Sunil Patel, M.D. Pediatrics Varsha Patel, M.D. Psychiatry Stephen Patterson, M.D. Family Medicine Kristyn Pellichia, PMHNP-BC Family Medicine Bryan Petrie, M.D. Family Medicine John Phillip, M.D. Internal Medicine Hoda Pourhassan, M.D. Internal Medicine Lakshmi Puvvula, M.D. Internal Medicine Suraj Rasania, M.D. Internal Medicine Sarah Rasheed, M.D. Internal Medicine Anisha Rastogi, M.D. Internal Medicine Brenda Ross-Shelton, M.D. OB/GYN Raul Ruiz, M.D. Emergency Medicine (on leave) Jean Russell, M.D. Pediatrics George Saffouri, M.D. Internal Medicine Uziel Sauceda, M.D. Family Medicine Jonathan Serrato, M.D. Psychiatry Prabhdeep Sethi, M.D. Internal Medicine Arlenne Shapov, M.D. Psychiatry Nicholas Sheets, M.D. Family Medicine, Surgery Matthew Sherman, M.D. Surgery Zana Shirwan, M.D. Family Medicine Mallory Stuparich, M.D. OB/GYN Ravi Sureddi, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Tam, M.D. Surgery Terrance Tan, M.D. Internal Medicine Shahriyar Tavakoli, M.D. Internal Medicine Suman Thapamagar, M.D. Internal Medicine Deepak Thiagarajan, M.D. Internal Medicine Justin Thomas, M.D. Internal Medicine Eva Tovar Hirashima, M.D. Family Medicine Huutam Troung, M.D. Internal Medicine Chimezie Ubbaonu, M.D. Internal Medicine Charles Ukpong, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Ulrich, M.D. Internal Medicine Matthew Underwood, M.D. Family Medicine Stefan Ursu, M.D. Ph.D. Psychiatry Nicholaas-John Van Nieuwenhuysen, M.D. Psychiatry Ngoc-Tram Vo, D.O. Psychiatry Hailong Vu, M.D. Psychiatry Thien-Huong Vu, M.D. Psychiatry Brent Wagner, M.D. Internal Medicine Kerry Wangen, M.D. Psychiatry Destry Washburn, M.D. Internal Medicine Bruce Weng, D.O. Internal Medicine Wendy White, M.D. Internal Medicine Sarah Wied, M.D. Psychiatry Thida Win, M.D. Internal Medicine Allison Woodall, M.D. Family Medicine Jami Woods, M.D. Psychiatry John Woods, M.D. Surgery Pamela Yamanishi, M.D. Internal Medicine Lawrence Yu, M.D. Psychiatry Tommy Zaharakis, M.D. Internal Medicine Samuel Zidovestski, M.D. Family Medicine Vanessa Zizak, M.D. Psychiatry

Adjunct Assistant Professors Ashaunta Anderson, M.D. Pediatrics Priya Batra, M.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D. Family Medicine

Clinical Instructor Karen Chang, M.D. Internal Medicine Aditya Goud, M.D. Internal Medicine George Ishak, M.D. Internal Medicine Javad Savoj, M.D. Internal Medicine Jyotsna Sharma, M.D. Internal Medicine

Community-Based Faculty To view a list of community-based faculty, visit medschool.ucr.edu/community-based- faculty

The mission of the UCR School of Medicine is to improve the health of the people of California and, especially, to serve Inland Southern Califor- nia 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 expe- riences 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 phy- sicians 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 commu- nities. somsa.ucr.edu

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. somsa.ucr.edu/ haider-program

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 somsa.ucr.edu

Pre-medical Education The School of Medicine expects candidates to be well prepared to engage curriculum in the basic sciences. Applicants are expected to cover foundational areas to demonstrate the ability to succeed in medical school. Lab course hours do NOT count toward total semester hours.

Required Science Core

• • Mathematics (8 semester hours) in calculus

and/or statistics

• • Physics (8 semester hours), labs optional

• • General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry,

Biochemistry (16 semester hours), labs optional

• • Biology (8 semester hours), labs optional

Recommended Humanities Core The School of Medicine seeks to develop the whole Student with curriculum that prepares future physicians to meet the needs of underserved communities. To that end, courses that emphasize culture, ethic, public health, spiritual practices, and other aspects of diversity are recommended. The committee appreciates candidates listing their humanities or social science courses in these subject areas.

• • English, Writing, Composition, Logic or

Critical Thinking (8 semester hours)

• • Humanities/Social Science (8 semester

hours)

• • Spanish (3 semester hours)

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 all subjects.

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 admin- istration, processing, and scoring of the MCAT should be directed to the MCAT Program Office.

Additional details regarding application require- ments and the admissions process can be found at somsa.ucr.edu

Academic Advising UCR undergraduates receive academic advising from professional staff and faculty of the depart- ment or program of their chosen major. Pro- fessional 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 UCR School of Medicine Office of Student Affairs 1682A School of Medicine Education Building University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521

• (951) 827-9017; medadmissions@ucr.edu