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 Hanh Nguyen, M.D., Associate Dean, Career Advising Scott Pegan, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Pre-Clerkship Medical Education Joel Purkiss, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Assessment and Evaluation Robert Rodriguez, M.D., Associate Dean, Clinical Research Katherine Browder, Assistant Dean, Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff Michelle Bholat, M.D., Chair, Family Medicine Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences, S. Sue Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair in Glial-Neuronal Interactions 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 Ann Cheney, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health 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 Elizabeth Jacobs, M.D., Internal Medicine 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 Robert Rodriguez, M.D., Associate Dean, Clinical Research Mario Sims, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Andrew Subica, 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

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

Michelle Porche, M.Ed., EdD, Internal Medicine

Clinical Professors Charlie Abraham, M.D. Internal Medicine John Agapian, M.D. Surgery Adewale Ajumobi, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Cindy Cai, M.D. Internal Medicine Yi-Pin Cheng, M.D. Family Medicine Morteza Chitsazan, D.O. Internal Medicine Marc Debay, M.D. Family Medicine Ramiz Fargo, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Sherif Hassan, 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 Ronald Lo, M.D. Internal 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 Iqbal Munir, M.D. Internal Medicine Samer Nahas, M.D. Ob/Gyn Sami Nazzal, M.D. Internal Medicine Charles Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry Hanh Nguyen, M.D. Family Medicine 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 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 Stephen Stahl, M.D. Psychiatry Made Sutjita, M.D. Internal Medicine Arnold Tabuenca, M.D. Surgery Daniel Teraguchi, Ed.D. Social Medicine, Population and Public Health Alia Tuqan, M.D. Internal Medicine Cliff Widmark, M.D. Psychiatry Michael Wolf, M.D. Psychiatry

Associate Clinical Professors Naeem Abu-Shehab, M.D. Internal Medicine Ahmad Alazzeh, M.D. Internal Medicine Issa Alesh, M.D. Internal Medicine Jason An, M.D. Family Medicine Ahmed Athar, M.D. Internal 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 Roberto Castanos, M.D. Psychiatry Eric Choi, M.D. Internal Medicine Nancy Chung Gil, M.D. Pediatrics Timothy Collins, Ed.D. Medicine Evagalos Coskinas, M.D. Psychiatry Kelly Downey, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 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 Wael Hamade, M.D. Family Medicine Kathie Huang, M.D. Internal Medicine Ijeoma Ijeaku, M.D. Psychiatry Eduardo Javier, M.D. Internal Medicine Mark Katz, M.D. Psychiatry Anas Kawayeah, M.D. Internal Medicine Todd Kessler, M.D. Internal Medicine Mohammad Kharazmi, M.D. Internal Medicine Christina Kimi, M.D. Internal Medicine Steven Kim, M.D. Family Medicine Walter Klein, M.D. Internal Medicine Samir Kubba, M.D. Internal Medicine Scott Kubomoto, M.D. Internal Medicine Richard Lee, M.D. Psychiatry Sophia Li, M.D. Internal Medicine Simon Lim, M.D. Internal Medicine Steve March, 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 Kourosh Moshiri, M.D. Internal Medicine Ali Motabar, M.D. Internal Medicine Hoveda Mufti, M.D. Internal Medicine Brandon Nathaniel, M.D. Internal Medicine Kam Newman, M.D. Internal Medicine Khiet Ngo, D.O. Pediatrics Alexander Thanh Nguyen, M.D. Psychiatry 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 Tiffany Priester, M.D. Internal Medicine Joel Purkiss, Ph.D. Family Medicine Lakshmi Puvvula, M.D. Internal Medicine Andrei Radulescu, M.D. Surgery Xiomara Rocha-Cadman, M.D. Psychiatry Brenda Ross-Shelton, M.D. Ob/Gyn Andrew Rubin, M.D. Internal Medicine Paul Salama, 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 Deborah Streletz, M.D. Family Medicine Kavitha Tadikona, M.D. Psychiatry Trung Thai, M.D. Psychiatry Suman Thapamagar, M.D. Internal Medicine Justin Thomas, M.D. Internal Medicine Gary Thompson, D.O. Internal Medicine Huutam Troung, M.D. Internal Medicine Shunling Tsang, M.D. Family Medicine Peter Ureste, M.D. Psychiatry Roopa Viraraghavan, M.D. Pediatrics Bruce Weng, M.D. Internal Medicine Wendy White, M.D. Internal Medicine Jami Woods, M.D. Psychiatry Toshia Yamaguchi, M.D. Psychiatry

Assistant Clinical Professors Basima Abdul-Razak, M.D. Pediatrics Jose Alfaro, M.D. Surgery Ali Alkatifi, M.D. Internal Medicine Valentina Amaral, M.D. Internal Medicine Arunmoshi Aravagiri, M.D. Internal Medicine Fadi Awad, M.D. Internal Medicine Ghazal Naz Bahri, M.D. Internal Medicine Berge Bakamjian, D.O. Psychiatry Sahil Batra, M.D. Internal Medicine Margret Bedle, M.D. Pediatrics Abhishek Bhardwaj, M.D. Internal Medicine Brendon Brockmann, M.D. Psychiatry Arunima Brown (Bera), M.D. Pediatrics Sean Buckley, M.D. Psychiatry Kathy Calderon, M.D. Family Medicine Justin Calbert, M.D. Internal Medicine Monica Camelo, M.D. Surgery Blanca Campos, M.D. Family Medicine Ivy Hanh Cao, M.D. Family Medicine Karen Chang, M.D. Internal Medicine Kshitij Chatterjee, M.D. Internal Medicine Eddie Cho, M.D. Surgery Yun Chong, M.D. Psychiatry Shaun Chung, M.D. Psychiatry John Costumbrado, M.D. Family Medicine Navpreet Dhillon, M.D. Surgery Dallas Dick, M.D. Internal Medicine Trieu Do, M.D. Surgery Nhan Do, M.D. Family Medicine Loomee Doo, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Nina Fisher, M.D. Internal Medicine Erin Fletcher, M.D. Psychiatry Sophia Fornbacher, M.D. Family Medicine Sarah Forouhar, M.D. Pediatrics Nathaniel Fung, M.D. Surgery Sassan Ghassemzadeh, M.D. Family Medicine Leia Gill, M.D. Family Medicine Mariam Gilmore, M.D. Internal Medicine Arlenne Ginesta, M.D. Psychiatry Crystal Glassy, M.D. Family Medicine 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 Kevin Gutierrez, M.D. Psychiatry Stephen Hadi, M.D. Psychiatry Bader Hammami, M.D. Internal Medicine Sameh Hanna, M.D. Internal Medicine Khoi Hathuc, M.D. Psychiatry Jackson Heilbronn, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Brenda Jensen, M.D. Psychiatry Omar Kadri, M.D. Surgery Michael Kang, M.D. Family Medicine Tony Kastoon, 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 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 Neeta Kumari, M.D. Psychiatry Jeanne Lammering, M.D. Internal Medicine Khoi Le, M.D. Psychiatry Beatrice Leong, M.D. Surgery Danielle Li, M.D. Psychiatry 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 Brian Maser, M.D. Psychiatry Esther Caroline McGowan (Kibakaya), M.D. Pediatrics Sean Minjares, M.D. Psychiatry David Molina-Caba, M.D. Surgery Renee Moreno, M.D. Pediatrics Sean Minjares, M.D. Psychiatry Kamil Muhyieddeen, M.D. Psychiatry 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 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 Tiffany Phon, M.D. Surgery Alexis Plasencia, M.D. Surgery Vicente Ramos-Satillan, M.D. Surgery Hari Reddy, M.D. Internal Medicine Tanawan Riangwiwat, M.D. Internal Medicine 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 Heidi Scalzitti, M.D. Internal Medicine Jonathan Scott, M.D. Internal 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 Zetha Sovyanhandi, M.D. Internal Medicine Rachel Subramanian, M.D. Internal Medicine Akihiro Sugiyama, M.D. Surgery Mohsin Syed, M.D. Internal Medicine Benjamin Tabibian, M.D. Internal Medicine Michael Tam, M.D. Surgery Charles Timnak, M.D. Psychiatry Richard Tingey, M.D. Psychiatry Eva Tovar Hirashima, M.D. Family Medicine Andy Trang, M.D. Psychiatry 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 George Ventro, M.D. Surgery Hailong Vu, M.D. Psychiatry Destry Washburn, M.D. Internal Medicine Sarah Wied, M.D. Psychiatry Tokunbo Williams, M.D. Psychiatry Allison Woodalld, M.D. Family Medicine Denise Woods, Ph.D. Social Medicine, Population And Public Health Linda Yala, Ph.D. Surgery 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 Michael Erickson, M.D. Psychiatry 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 Francesca Paterno, M.D. Internal Medicine Kathryn Pegan, M.D.Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor Mary Ayad, 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 col- leagues. 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 con- secutive 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 under- served communities. To that end, courses that emphasize culture, ethic, public health, spir- itual 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 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

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