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 David Lo, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Associate Dean, Research 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 Kendrick Davis, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Assessment and Evaluation Iryna Ethell, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Byron Ford, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Pre-Clerkship Medical Education Rajesh Gulati, M.D. Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education Pablo Joo, M.D. Associate Dean for Clinical Medical Education 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-Neuronal Interactions Christopher Fichtner, M.D. Chair, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Interim) Asma Jafri, M.D. Chair, Family Medicine Samar Nahas, M.D. Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology Ramdas Pai, M.D. Chair, Division of Clinical Sciences Sasidharan Ponthenkandath, M.D. Chair, Pediatrics Arnold Tabuenca, M.D. Chair, Department of Surgery Mark Wolfson, Ph.D. Chair, Social Medicine, Population and Public Health, William R. Johnson Jr. and S. Sue Johnson Endowed Chair

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

Professors Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. Neuroimmunology Deborah Deas, M.D. M.P.H. Psychiatry 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 Ramdas Pai, M.D. Internal Medicine Maurizio Pellecchia, Ph.D. Daniel Hays Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, Drug Discovery Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, Ph.D. Neurodegenerative Diseases/Glia Biology Padmini Varadarajan, M.D. Internal Medicine Emma Wilson, Ph.D. Parasite Immunologist Mark Wolfson, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health ChangCheng Zhou, Ph.D. Xenobiotics, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease

Professors Emeriti Scott Allen, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Christian Y. Lytle, Ph.D. Physiology G. Richard Olds, M.D. Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine 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 Greer Sullivan, M.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Ameae M. Walker, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor, Microanatomy

Associate Professors Brandon Brown, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Ann Cheney, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health 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 Meera G. Nair, Ph.D. Infectious Diseases, Mucosal Immunology Andrew Subica, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health 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 ** Professor in Residence Devin Binder, M.D./Ph.D. Clinical Neuroscience

Clinical Professors Lawrence Albers, M.D. Psychiatry Dennis Alters, M.D. Psychiatry Robert Bota, M.D. Psychiatry Megan Brenner, M.D. Surgery Yi-Pin Cheng, M.D. Family Medicine Ramiz Fargo, M.D. Internal Medicine Carl Feinstein, M.D. Psychiatry Christopher Fichtner, M.D. Psychiatry Samer Ghostine, M.D. Neurology Rajesh Gulati, M.D. Internal Medicine Greg Guldner, M.D. Family Medicine Nahidh Hasaniya, M.D. Internal Medicine Peter Hauser, M.D. Psychiatry John Heydt, M.D. Family Medicine Asma Jafri, M.D. Family Medicine Navin Jaipaul, M.D. Internal Medicine Pablo Joo, M.D. Family 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 Geoffrey Leung, M.D. Family Medicine 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 Mikio Nihira, M.D. OB/GYN Jon Persichino, M.D. Internal Medicine Geoffrey Phillips, M.D. Psychiatry David Plurad, M.D. Family Medicine, Surgery Sasidharan Ponthenkandath, M.D. Pediatrics Alina Popa, M.D. Internal Medicine Remus Popa, M.D. Internal Medicine Adriana Rosato, M.D. Surgery Emma Simmons, M.D. Family Medicine David Song, M.D. Neurology Stephen Stahl, M.D. Psychiatry Made Sutjita, M.D. Internal Medicine Arnold Tabuenca, M.D. Surgery Cliff Widmark, M.D. Psychiatry Brigham Willis, M.D. Pediatrics Michael Wolf, M.D. Psychiatry

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 Dalia Nahal Balsamo, M.D. Psychiatry Barbara Blasko, M.D. Family Medicine Edmund Burke, M.D. Surgery Cindy Cai, M.D. Internal Medicine Adam Chen, M.D. Internal Medicine Morteza Chitsazan, D.O. Internal Medicine Eric Choi, M.D. Internal Medicine Evagalos Coskinas, M.D. Psychiatry Kendrick Davis, Ph.D. Psychiatry Marc Debay, M.D. Family Medicine Nima Fahimian, M.D. Psychiatry 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 Andres Gonzalez, M.D. Psychiatry Anita Hadpawat-Lee, M.D. OB/GYN 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 Walter Klein, M.D. Internal Medicine Brian Lim, M.D. Internal Medicine Kimberly Lakes, Ph.D. Psychiatry 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 Sami Nazzal, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Nduati, M.D. Family Medicine Hanh Nguyen, M.D. Family Medicine 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 Roger Seheult, 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 Todd Stull, M.D. Psychiatry Kavitha Tadikona, M.D. Psychiatry Trung Thai, M.D. Psychiatry Gary Thompson, D.O. Internal Medicine Shunling Tsang, M.D. Family Medicine Victor Waters, M.D. Internal Medicine Samuel Wong, M.D. Internal Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professors Mehrad Abbasi, M.D. Internal Medicine Naeem Abu-Shehab, M.D. Internal Medicine Kenneth Acha, M.D. Family Medicine Adewale Ajumobi, M.D. Internal Medicine Issa Alesh, M.D. Internal Medicine Valentina Amaral, 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 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 Sean Buckley, M.D. Psychiatry Ryan Buller, D.O. Family Medicine David M Caba, M.D. Surgery Ivy Hanh Cao, M.D. Family Medicine Roberto Castanos, M.D. Psychiatry Karen Chang, M.D. Internal Medicine Onpan Cheung, M.D. Internal Medicine Yun Chong, M.D. Psychiatry Shaun Chung, M.D. Psychiatry Nancy Chung-Gill, M.D. Pediatrics Takesha Cooper, M.D. Psychiatry Francisco Cordova, M.D. Internal Medicine John Costumbrado, M.D. Family Medicine Edwin DeLeon, M.D. Psychiatry Bertrand De Silva, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Jim Eguchi, M.D. Family Medicine Sahar Eivaz Mohammadi, M.D. Internal 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 Sassan Ghassemzadeh, M.D. Family Medicine Jeffry Gill, M.D. Pediatrics Mariam Gilmore, M.D. Internal Medicine Arlenne Ginesta (Shapov), M.D. Psychiatry Emma Girard, Psy.D. Psychiatry Crystal Glassy, M.D. Family Medicine Josh Goh, M.D. Psychiatry Monica Gordon, M.D. Psychiatry Nandini Gowda, M.D. Internal Medicine Christina Granillo, M.D. Pediatrics Johann Gray, M.D. Internal Medicine Niraj Gupta, M.D. Psychiatry Bader Hammami, M.D. Internal Medicine Khoi Hathuc, M.D. Psychiatry Kathie Huang, M.D. Internal Medicine Aileen Huynh, M.D. Psychiatry Ijeoma Ijeaku, M.D. Psychiatry Erick Imbertson, M.D. Internal Medicine George Ishak, M.D. Internal Medicine Eduardo Javier, M.D. Internal Medicine Surani Jayaratna, M.D. Psychiatry Brenda Jensen, M.D. Psychiatry 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 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 Jeanne Lammering, M.D. Internal Medicine Khoi Le, M.D. Psychiatry Richard Lee, M.D. Psychiatry Adam Leitzke, M.D. Psychiatry Danielle Li, M.D. Psychiatry 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 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 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 Adwoa Osei, M.D. Pediatrics Nehas Pandey, M.D. Internal Medicine Ivy Pandit, M.D. Internal Medicine Harold Paredes, M.D. Internal Medicine Monish Parmar, M.D. Psychiatry Shalin Patel, M.D. Psychiatry Sunil Patel, M.D. Pediatrics Stephen Patterson, M.D. Family Medicine Bryan Petrie, M.D. Family Medicine John Phillip, M.D. Internal Medicine Alexis Plasencia, M.D. Surgery Hoda Pourhassan, M.D. Internal Medicine Lakshmi Puvvula, M.D. Internal Medicine Rebecca Racataian-Gavan, M.D. Pediatrics Sarah Rasheed, M.D. Internal Medicine Anisha Rastogi, M.D. Internal Medicine Hari Reddy, 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 Talal Samann, M.D. Internal Medicine Uziel Sauceda, M.D. Family Medicine Jonathan Serrato, M.D. Psychiatry Prabhdeep Sethi, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Benjamin Tabibian, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Tam, M.D. Surgery Suman Thapamagar, M.D. Internal Medicine Justin Thomas, M.D. Internal Medicine Richard Tingey, M.D. Psychiatry Eva Tovar Hirashima, M.D. Family Medicine Bhavesh Trikamji, M.D. Psychiatry Huutam Troung, M.D. Internal Medicine Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D. Pediatrics Charles Ukpong, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Ulrich, M.D. Internal Medicine Matthew Underwood, M.D. Family Medicine Nicholaas-John Van Nieuwenhuysen, M.D. Psychiatry Hailong Vu, M.D. Psychiatry Thien-Huong Vu, M.D. Psychiatry 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 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 Associate Professors Andrew Iraniha, M.D. Surgery Sunny Nakae, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health

Adjunct Assistant Professors Ashaunta Anderson, M.D. Pediatrics Priya Batra, M.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Casey Gries, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Neelima Nadella, M.D. Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor Karen Chang, M.D. Internal Medicine Haresh Gandhi, M.D. Internal Medicine Javad Savoj, M.D. Internal Medicine Maycky Tang, M.D. Internal Medicine Suravi Thomas, M.D. Internal Medicine

Lecturers with Security of Employment Mo Entezampour, Ph.D. Internal Medicine Zhenyun Yang, Ph.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 Califor- nia and, especially, to serve Inland Southern California by training a diverse workforce of physicians and by developing innovative re- search and health care delivery programs that will improve the health of the medically un- derserved 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 increas- ingly 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 aca- demically 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. 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 com- plete 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 students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical- school-amcas/applying-medical-school-amcas, following its guidelines and deadlines. Stu- dents 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 calcu- lus 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 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 somsa.ucr.edu

Academic Advising UCR undergraduates receive academic advis- ing 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 Advis- ing 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 profes- sional 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