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 Pablo Joo, M.D. Senior Associate Dean, Clinical

Medical Education Rajesh Gulati, M.D. Senior Associate Dean,

Graduate Medical Education Daniel Teraguchi, Ed.D. Executive Associate

Dean, Student Affairs Sherif Hassan, M.D., Ph.D. Executive Associate

Dean, Pre-Clerkship Medical Education Maria Aldana, M.B.A. Associate Dean and

Chief Financial & Administrative Officer Iryna Ethell, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Academic

Affairs Denise Martinez, M.D. Associate Dean,

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Meera Nair, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Biomedical

Research Khiet Ngo, D.O., M.S. Associate Dean, Clinical

Skills Education and Innovation Joel Purkiss, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Assessment

and Evaluation Emma Simmons, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Dean,

Student Affairs Anne VanGarsse, M.D. Associate Dean, Clinical

Medical Education Linda Reimann, M.B.A. Assistant Dean, Strategic

Initiatives and Chief of Staff Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. Chair, Division of

Biomedical Sciences, S. Sue Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair in Glial-Neuronal Interactions Kenneth Ballou, M.D. Interim Chair, Family

Medicine Lisa Fortuna, M.D., M.P.H. Chair, Psychiatry

and Neuroscience Elizabeth Jacobs, M.D. Chair, Internal Medicine Samar Nahas, M.D. Chair, Obstetrics and

Gynecology Sasidharan Ponthenkandath, M.D. Chair,

Pediatrics Arnold Tabuenca, M.D. Chair, Surgery Mark Wolfson, Ph.D. Chair, Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health, William R. Johnson Jr. and S. Sue Johnson Endowed Chair

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Professors

Brandon Brown, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. Neuroimmunology Djurdjica Coss, Ph.D. Endocrinology,

Neuroscience Deborah Deas, M.D. M.P.H. Psychiatry Nicholas DiPatrizio, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Michael Drake, M.D. Internal Medicine Iryna M. Ethell, Ph.D. Biology, Biochemistry Lisa Fortuna, M.D. Psychiatry Martin Garcia-Castro, Ph.D. Molecular Biology Adam Godzik, Ph.D. Bruce D. and Nancy B.

Varner Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research Marcus Kaul, Ph.D. Neuroscience Lidia Kos, Ph.D. Neurobiology David Lo, M.D. Ph.D. Distinguished Professor,

Genetics Declan McCole, Ph.D. Physiology, Pharmacology Meera G. Nair, Ph.D. Infectious Diseases,

Mucosal Immunology Andre Obenaus, Ph.D. Neurobiology Scott Pegan, Ph.D. Chemistry and Biochemistry Maurizio Pellecchia, Ph.D. Daniel Hays Endowed

Chair in Cancer Research, Drug Discovery Mario Sims, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, Ph.D.

Neurodegenerative Diseases/Glia Biology Emma Wilson, Ph.D. Parasite Immunologist Mark Wolfson, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health Sika Zheng, Ph.D. Neurobiology/Molecular

Genetics ChangCheng Zhou, Ph.D. Xenobiotics,

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease

Professors Emeriti

Scott Allen, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Gerald Maguire, M.D. Psychiatry Ramdas Pai, M.D. Internal Medicine Neal L. Schiller, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching

Professor, Microbiology, Immunology 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

Ann Cheney, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health Andrew Subica, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health Assistant Professors

Erica Heinrich, Ph.D. Integrative Physiology,

Hypoxia and High-Altitude Medicine Jean-Pyo Lee, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Joy Xiang, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Natalie E. Zlebnik, Ph.D. Neuroscience

** Professor in Residence

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

Clinical Professors

Ahmed Abou-Zamzam, M.D. Surgery Lawrence Albers, M.D. Psychiatry Lama Al-Khoury, M.D. Neuroscience Dennis Alters, M.D. Psychiatry Kenneth Ballou, M.D. Family Medicine Robert Bota, M.D. Psychiatry Yi-Pin Cheng, M.D. Family Medicine Morteza Chitsazan, D.O. Internal Medicine Kendrick Davis, Ph.D. Psychiatry Marc Debay, M.D. Family Medicine Ramiz Fargo, M.D. Internal Medicine Sameh Fayek, M.D. Surgery Lawrence Faziola, M.D. Psychiatry Carl Feinstein, M.D. Psychiatry Christopher Fichtner, M.D. Psychiatry David Franklin, M.D. Psychiatry Roger Garrison, D.O. Internal Medicine Rajesh Gulati, M.D. Internal Medicine Greg Guldner, M.D. Family Medicine Nahidh Hasaniya, M.D. Internal Medicine Peter Hauser, M.D. Psychiatry Patrick Hu, M.D. Internal Medicine Christian Jackson, M.D. Internal Medicine Asma Jafri, M.D. Family Medicine Navin Jaipaul, M.D. Internal Medicine Pablo Joo, M.D. Family Medicine Zeid Kayali, M.D. Internal Medicine Daniel Kim, M.D. Internal Medicine Tommy Kim, M.D. Family Medicine Rajagopal Krishnan, M.D. Internal Medicine Kimberly Lakes, Ph.D. Psychiatry Geoffrey Leung, M.D. Family Medicine Sharon Lum, M.D. Surgery Denise Martinez, M.D. Family Medicine Kirk McNagny, M.D. Psychiatry Michael Miller, M.D. Psychiatry Afshin Molkara, M.D. Surgery Elizabeth Morrison-Banks, M.D. Neurology Iqbal Munir, M.D. Internal Medicine Sami Nazzal, M.D. Internal Medicine Charles Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry Jon Persichino, 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 Michelle Porche, Ed.D. Internal Medicine Naveen Raja, D.O. Internal Medicine Ricardo Restrepo, M.D. Psychiatry Stephen Robinson, M.D. Psychiatry Maher Roman, M.D. Internal Medicine Adriana Rosato, M.D. Surgery Jay Rosenberg, M.D. Psychiatry 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 Michael Wolf, M.D. Psychiatry Associate Clinical Professors

Naeem Abu-Shehab, M.D. Internal Medicine John Agapian, M.D. Surgery Adewale Ajumobi, M.D. Internal Medicine Issa Alesh, M.D. Internal Medicine Jason An, M.D. Family Medicine Huy Au, M.D. Internal Medicine Moazzum Bajwa, M.D. Family Medicine Kumaravelu Balasubramaniam, M.D.

Internal Medicine Dalia Nahal Balsamo, M.D. Psychiatry Zebayel Baye, M.D. Internal Medicine Barbara Blasko, M.D. Family Medicine Ryan Buller, D.O. Family Medicine Cindy Cai, M.D. Internal Medicine Roberto Castanos, M.D. Psychiatry Eric Choi, M.D. Internal Medicine Timothy Collins, Ed.D. Medicine Evagalos Coskinas, M.D. Psychiatry Christine Duong, M.D. Internal Medicine Sara Edwards, M.D. Surgery Sahar Eivaz Mohammadi, M.D. Internal Medicine Nima Fahimian, M.D. Psychiatry Samia Faiz, M.D. Internal Medicine Anthony Firek, M.D. Internal Medicine Darren Freeman, D.O. Pain Management Alexander Friedman, M.D. Internal Medicine Lucas Friedman, M.D. Family Medicine Justin Fu, M.D. Internal Medicine Masoumeh Ghaffari, M.D. Internal Medicine Emma Girard, Psy.D. Psychiatry Jeffrey Glass, M.D. Psychiatry Nandini Gowda, M.D. Internal Medicine Wael Hamade, M.D. Family Medicine Stephanie Handler, M.D. OB/GYN Kathie Huang, M.D. Internal Medicine Ijeoma Ijeaku, M.D. Psychiatry Mark Katz, M.D. Psychiatry Todd Kessler, M.D. Internal Medicine Mohammad Kharazmi, M.D. Internal Medicine Ardeshir Khosraviani, M.D. Internal Medicine Steven Kim, M.D. Family Medicine Walter Klein, M.D. Internal Medicine Samir Kubba, M.D. Internal Medicine Richard Lee, M.D. Psychiatry Sophia Li, M.D. Internal Medicine Ronald Lo, M.D. Internal Medicine Nathan McLaughlin, M.D. Family Medicine Marcos Javier Michelotti, M.D. Surgery Bahram Mirza, M.D. Internal Medicine Aarti Mittal, D.O. Internal Medicine Ali Motabar, M.D. Internal Medicine Hoveda Mufti, M.D. Internal Medicine Samar Nahas, M.D. OB/GYN Brandon Nathaniel, M.D. Internal Medicine Kam Newman, M.D. Internal Medicine Khiet Ngo, D.O. Pediatrics Hanh Nguyen, M.D. Family Medicine Daniel Novak, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population And Public Health Adwoa Osei, M.D. Pediatrics Ioana Pasca, M.D. Internal Medicine Bipin Patel, M.D. Psychiatry Richard Prather, M.D. Psychiatry Tiffany Priester, M.D. Internal Medicine Joel Purkiss, Ph.D. Family Medicine Lakshmi Puvvula, M.D. Internal Medicine Andrei Radulescu, M.D. Surgery Sarah Rasheed, 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 Prabhdeep Sethi, M.D. Internal Medicine Gregory Shimizu, M.D. Internal Medicine Manish Shrestha, M.D. Internal Medicine Deborah Streletz, M.D. Family Medicine Todd Stull, M.D. Psychiatry Mallory Stuparich, M.D. OB/GYN Ravi Sureddi, M.D. Internal Medicine Kavitha Tadikona, M.D. Psychiatry Daniel Teraguchi, Ed.D. Social Medicine,

Population And Public Health Trung Thai, M.D. Psychiatry Gary Thompson, D.O. Internal Medicine Shunling Tsang, M.D. Family Medicine Peter Ureste, M.D. Psychiatry Anne VanGarsse, M.D. Pediatrics Roopa Viraraghavan, M.D. Pediatrics Bruce Weng, M.D. Internal Medicine Jami Woods, M.D. Psychiatry Pamela Yamanishi, M.D. Internal Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professors

Jose Alfaro, M.D. Surgery Ali Alkatifi, M.D. Internal Medicine Valentina Amaral, M.D. Internal Medicine Fadi Awad, M.D. Internal Medicine Ghazal Naz Bahri, M.D. Internal Medicine Berge Bakamjian, D.O. Psychiatry Abhishek Bhardwaj, M.D. Internal Medicine Brendon Brockmann, M.D. Psychiatry Arunima Brown (Bera), M.D. Pediatrics Sean Buckley, M.D. Psychiatry David M Caba, M.D. Surgery Ivy Hanh Cao, M.D. Family Medicine Karen Chang, M.D. Internal Medicine Kshitij Chatterjee, M.D. Internal Medicine Yun Chong, M.D. Psychiatry Shaun Chung, M.D. Psychiatry Nancy Chung-Gill, M.D. Pediatrics John Costumbrado, M.D. Family Medicine Janet Cruz, M.D. OB/GYN Bertrand De Silva, M.D. Internal Medicine Dallas Dick, M.D. Internal Medicine Nhan Do, M.D. Family Medicine Mirou Dom, M.D. Psychiatry Loomee Doo, M.D. Internal Medicine Kelly Downey, M.D. Internal Medicine Stephanie Downing, M.D. Surgery Emily Dubina, M.D. Surgery Jim Eguchi, M.D. Family Medicine Joseph Elsissy, M.D. Surgery Saba Faranaz-Kabir, M.D., Pediatrics Nima Fayazmanesh, M.D. Psychiatry Sarah Forouhar, M.D. Pediatrics Sassan Ghassemzadeh, M.D. Family Medicine Jeffry Gill, M.D. Pediatrics Mariam Gilmore, M.D. Internal Medicine Arlenne Ginesta, M.D. Psychiatry Julia Glavinic, M.D. Family Medicine Josh Goh, M.D. Psychiatry Reyna Teresa Gonzalez, M.D. Surgery Monica Gordon, M.D. Psychiatry Christina Granillo, M.D. Pediatrics Johann Gray, M.D. Internal Medicine Victor Guharoy, M.D. Internal Medicine Niraj Gupta, M.D. Psychiatry Stephen Hadi, M.D. Psychiatry Bader Hammami, M.D. Internal Medicine Sameh Hanna, M.D. Internal Medicine Imran Hassan, M.D. Psychiatry Khoiviet Hathuc, D.O. Psychiatry Christopher Hong, M.D. Psychiatry Powen Hsueh, M.D. Pediatrics Katherine Huang, M.D. Internal Medicine Aileen Huynh, M.D. Psychiatry Andrew Hwang, M.D. Internal Medicine Erick Imbertson, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Ingram, M.D. Psychiatry Eduardo Javier, M.D. Internal Medicine Brenda Jensen, M.D. Psychiatry Omar Kadri, M.D. Surgery Michael Kang, M.D. Family Medicine Tony Kastoon, M.D. Internal Medicine Anas Kawayeh, M.D. Internal Medicine Sherif Khalil, M.D. Internal Medicine Tejal Khandhar, M.D. Pediatrics Talha Khawar, M.D. Internal Medicine Linh Khuu, M.D. Internal Medicine Christina Kim, M.D. Internal Medicine Jisang Kim, M.D. Internal Medicine Jin Seon Kim-Paglingayen, M.D. Family Medicine Curtis Knight, M.D. Family Medicine Albert Ko, M.D. Surgery Chinwe (Sonia) Kpaduwa, M.D. Surgery Scott Kubomoto, M.D. Internal Medicine Neeta Kumari, M.D. Psychiatry Hank Lai, M.D. Psychiatry Jeanne Lammering, M.D. Internal Medicine Khoi Le, M.D. Psychiatry Nhu-Nguyen Le, M.D. Family Medicine Beatrice Leong, M.D. Surgery Kristen Lew, M.D. Internal Medicine Danielle Li, M.D. Psychiatry Simon Lim, M.D. Internal Medicine John Lindo, M.D. Psychiatry Grace Lynn, M.D. Psychiatry Gerry Macutay, M.D. Internal Medicine Edward Magee, M.D. Family Medicine Kristyn Mannoia, M.D. Surgery Steve March, M.D. Internal Medicine Brian Maser, M.D. Psychiatry Esther Caroline McGowan (Kibakaya), M.D.

Pediatrics Sean Minjares, M.D. Psychiatry James Moon, M.D. Internal Medicine Gina Mosich, M.D. Psychiatry Kamil Muhyieddeen, M.D. Internal Medicine Laura Nader, M.D. Family Medicine Omar Nagy, M.D. Internal Medicine Sameh Naseib, M.D. Internal Medicine John Nevin, M.D. Pediatrics Christopher Ng, M.D. Internal Medicine Daniel Ng, M.D. Family Medicine Tarik Ngab, M.D. Internal Medicine Alexander Thanh Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry Andrew Nguyen, M.D. Surgery Giao Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry Steven Noreiga, M.D. Internal Medicine Osagie Obanor, M.D. Psychiatry Kazuo Omi, M.D. Psychiatry Harold Paredes, M.D. Internal Medicine Monish Parmar, M.D. Psychiatry Kunal Patel, M.D. Internal Medicine Shalin Patel, M.D. Psychiatry Stephen Patterson, M.D. Family Medicine Lisa Phillips, M.D. Psychiatry Tiffany Phon, M.D. Surgery Alexis Plasencia, M.D. Surgery Basima Razak, M.D. Pediatrics Hari Reddy, M.D. Internal Medicine Tanawan Riangwiwat, M.D. Internal Medicine Xiomara Rocha-Cadman, M.D. Psychiatry Brenda Ross-Shelton, M.D. OB/GYN Raul Ruiz, M.D. Emergency Medicine Jean Russell, M.D. Pediatrics George Saffouri, M.D. Internal Medicine Talal Samann, M.D. Internal Medicine Uziel Sauceda, M.D. Family Medicine Esmaeil Sebti, M.D. Psychiatry Craig Seheult, M.D. Internal Medicine Jonathan Serrato, M.D. Psychiatry Aalok Shah, M.D. Internal Medicine Nicholas Sheets, M.D. Surgery Matthew Sherman, M.D. Surgery Steven Sinfield, M.D. Internal Medicine Karan Singh, M.D. Internal Medicine Andrew Son, M.D. Surgery Rachel Subramanian, M.D. Internal Medicine Mohsin Syed, 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 Charles Timnak, M.D. Psychiatry Richard Tingey, M.D. Psychiatry Eva Tovar Hirashima, M.D. Family Medicine Andy Trang, M.D. Psychiatry Huutam Troung, M.D. Internal Medicine Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D. Social Medicine,

Population And Public Health Charles Ukpong, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Ulrich, M.D. Internal Medicine Matthew Underwood, M.D. Family Medicine Nolan Ung, M.D. Psychiatry Nicholaas-John Van Nieuwenhuysen, M.D.

Psychiatry Hailong Vu, M.D. Psychiatry Thien-Huong Vu, M.D. Psychiatry Destry Washburn, M.D. Internal Medicine Wendy White, M.D. Internal Medicine Sarah Wied, M.D. Psychiatry Tokunbo Williams, M.D. Psychiatry Allison Woodall, M.D. Family Medicine Denise Woods, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population And Public Health Toshia Yamaguchi, M.D. Psychiatry Almira Yang, D.O. Internal Medicine Tommy Zaharakis, M.D. Internal Medicine Samuel Zidovestski, M.D. Family Medicine Vanessa Zizak, M.D. Psychiatry

Adjunct Professor

Byron Ford, Ph.D. Stroke and Brain Injury

Adjunct Associate Professors

Qi Chen, M.D. Ph.D. Epigenetic

Inheritance and Reproductive Biology Andrew Iraniha, M.D. Surgery Sunny Nakae, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health Marshare Penny, DrPH, Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health

Adjunct Assistant Professors

Jenna LeComte-Hinely, Ph.D. Social Medicine,

Population and Public Health Kathryn Pegan, M.D. Internal Medicine Rebeca Racataian-Gavan, M.D. Pediatrics

Clinical Instructor

Komal Kapoor, M.D. Internal Medicine

Lecturers with Security of Employment

Ahmed Alassal, M.D. Internal Medicine Mo Entezampour, Ph.D. Internal Medicine Milton Hamblin, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Fengyu Song, M.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 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. 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 students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical- school-amcas/applying-medical-school-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.

The Program in Medical Education (PRIME) is designed to produce physicians who are specifically trained to address the healthcare needs of the African, Black, and Caribbean (ABC) communities of Inland Southern California. UCR’s PRIME will admit six students annually, who will complete educational and clinical activities that prepare them to provide equitable care to ABC populations. The program begins with a two-week summer immersion program prior to the start of the academic school year. The School of Medicine will partner with ABC clinicians and organizations to allow students to integrate working with ABC populations throughout the course of their medical education. Students will have the option to pursue a master’s degree (e.g., MPH, MPP, MBA, etc.) in the field of their choosing, before completing their final year of medical school. https://ume.ucr.edu/prime

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 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 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 UCR School of Medicine Office of Student Affairs 1682A School of Medicine Education Building University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521

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