UCSF Fresno | Family Medicine Residency Program

RESIDENTS

Jennifer Balguma is a graduate of New York Medical College Fifth Pathway and the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Balguma has served as Co-Investigator and Oversight Research Coordinator at the Diabetes Treatment Center of Loma Linda Unversity Medical Center. She enjoys playing classical piano, learning Spanish songs on the guitar, traveling to exotic places, photography, running, Salsa dancing, skiing, snowboarding and fishing. Dr. Balguma is fluent in Spanish.

Manpreet Bhullar is a graduate of Dayanand Medical College in India and states “family practice is my calling.” She is conversational in Punjabi and Hindi and enjoys reading, listening to music and watching movies.

Rashno Davoodi is a graduate of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran. She sees herself as practicing in an underserved community. She is fluent in Farsi, and enjoys her family, playing the piano, reading books and journals, gardening and travel.

Peter (John) Georgio is a graduate the American University of the Caribbean, Netherlands Antilles. He has a medical knowledge of Spanish and enjoys many sports, including surfing, snow skiing, snowboarding, scuba diving, fly-fishing, water skiing, wakeboarding and private flying. He also loves to spend time at the beach and in the mountains.

Phillip Kim is a graduate of St. George’s University, Grenada. He is fluent in Korean and enjoys playing rock guitar, information/computer technologies, website publishing, mountain biking, black and white photography, and BBQ cooking.

Agustin Rubio is a graduate of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is fluent in Spanish and enjoys football, volleyball and baseball. He also enjoys reading about the History of Latin America and Mexico in particular.

Sy Sophamixay is a graduate of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a naturalized citizen of the United States and is fluent in Laotian and is versed in Spanish. Her interests include spending time with her family, traveling, and promoting health awareness in the Laotian community.

Russell Tontz is a graduate of University College, Dublin, Ireland. ”Rusty” has traveling most parts of the world as a tennis player/coach. He was part of a championship-winning Irish rugby team. He has also competed in boxing and squash. He loves languages, being fluent in Spanish and proficient in Italian, Dutch and Romanian. He has his Masters Degree in Education and is also the eldest of ten children. He practiced medicine with The Flying Samaritans of Baja and the Red Cross of Baja, California. He has interests in sailing, jet skiing, travel and languages.

Antonio Viscarra is a graduate of New York Medical College Fifth Pathway and the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. He enjoys cultural anthropology, soccer, skiing, travel, languages, cooking, foreign movies, gardening, running, swimming, and guitar.

Hugh Yang is a graduate of Western University of Health Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific. He is fluent in Hmong. He enjoys spending time with his family, recreational sports, such as basketball and tennis, and speaking about the importance of higher education and introducing the medical field to the younger generation from the Hmong community.

Allen Hassen, MD - Dr. Hassen was accepted into California State Polytechnic University in Pomona CA at the age of sixteen as a Microbiology/Medical Technology major. He is a graduate from Ross University. He also has Master’s Degrees in Business Administration and Healthcare Administration from the University of La Verne in California which he was admitted to at the age of nineteen. Dr. Hassen was voted “most likely to own his own hospital” by his fellow colleagues. He has done tremendous work for diabetes treatment through his research at Loma Linda University’s Diabetes Treatment Center as Senior Research Coordinator and Co-Investigator. Dr. Hassen enjoys playing the piano, oil painting, gardening, cooking, and traveling around the world.

Deepika Jannapureddy, MD - Dr. Jannapureddy is a graduate from Kakatiya Medical College in India. Before coming to UCSF Fresno, she had been working on several research projects at the VA Hospital, Stanford University in Palo Alto. She is fluent in Telugu and Hindi and she also enjoys tennis, music and cooking.

Saira Khan, MD - Dr. Khan is a graduate from Khyber Medical College, Pakistan. She was inspired by her uncle who is a physician and with the constant and continuous encouragement of her parents she decided to serve others through medicine Dr. Khan is married and without her husband and her in-law’s support she would not have been able to pursue her dream of becoming a physician. Dr. Khan speaks Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Hindku and Pushto. She enjoys watching movies, listening to music and spending time with her husband and daughter.

Tewodros Kidane, MD - Dr. Kidane is a graduate from Gondar College of Medical Sciences in Ethiopia. He was inspired to become a physician from the day he was born, due to a difficult delivery that forced his mother to have a c-section after being involved in a car accident on their way to the hospital. During his time at the Free Methodist World Mission Center, he encountered many qualified physicians from the US. One physician, Dr. Tegest Hailu from UCSF Fresno had confirmed his choice in Family Medicine. This led him to pursue an observership here in our program. Dr. Kidane is fluent in Amharic, an Ethiopian national language. He enjoys reading, participating on medical mission trips and spending time with his family.

Thuy Nguyen, MD - Dr. Nguyen is a graduate from Ross University. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology at University California, Irvine in 2002. During his years at UCI he worked as a coordinator for Mustard Seeds. This group was a catholic support and community service outreach group. Dr. Nguyen states that “ one if his major objectives in practicing family medicine is to sub-specialize in geriatrics”. He would like to use his training to do missionary work with his mother in-law in Vietnam. She helped create a non-profit organization that provides financial support for poverty stricken rural areas in Vietnam. Dr. Nguyen is fluent in Vietnamese and speaks some Spanish which he is always expanding

Ila Naeni, DO - Dr. Naeni is a graduate from Western University of Health Sciences. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology at UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Naeni believes that family medicine physicians are the core of medicine and this has inspired her become one. After receiving an exceptional grade in her first year of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine ( OMM) course, she became an OMM teacher’s assistant in her second year of training. Dr. Naeni also was a teaching fellow for the summer anatomy program at Western University. She speaks fluent Farsi and is expanding her Spanish skills. She enjoys going to the gym and kickboxing.

Geeta Ramesh, MD - Dr. Ramesh is a graduate from Gandi Medical College in India. Growing up in India, which has a rich heritage of medicine, she has always had a lifelong dream of becoming a physician. With her father’s support she was able to obtain admission into a 5 year program at Gandhi Medical College. Dr. Ramesh states” the opportunity to work with a diverse age group right from a “newborn” to an elderly made her family medicine rotation exhilarating”. Dr. Ramesh got married and started residency in India when her husband got relocated to the US. Unfortunately she had to quit her residency but moving to the US has led to more opportunities for her and her family. She speaks Hindi and Tamil and also enjoys bowling and listening to music.

Rinku Shrivastava, MD - Dr. Shrivastava is a graduate from GRMC, Gwalior, India. She comes from a Doctor’s family which inspired and motivated her to practice medicine. She states, “I am fascinated by the holistic and comprehensive approach of Family Medicine.” She is fluent in Hindi and knowledgeable in basic medical Spanish. She enjoys Indian Music, cooking, chess and spending quality time with friends and family.

Michael Wilson, MD - Dr. Wilson is a graduate of New York Medical College Fifth Pathway and the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. He also has a Bachelors of Art in Business Administration that he received from the University of San Diego. Dr. Wilson went to medical school after being inspired by his family physician. He lived close to the Mexican-American border and was very involved in community outreach. Dr. Wilson is fluent in Spanish and enjoys golfing, fishing and skiing.

Dipti S. Barot, MD - Dipti S. Barot is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Chicago. She is fluent in Gujarati and Hindi, and is trying to make her Spanish more beautiful by occasionally using the preterite tense. She was an English major at UC Berkeley, and has an avid interest in literature and poetry. Her goals this coming year in Fresno include being that girl with the living houseplants in her home, cooking mole from scratch, and keeping hope alive for the elusive goal of doing a pull-up.

Roshanak Dehkordi, MD- Dr. Dehkordi is a graduate from Isafahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. She enjoys spending time with her family and she loves outdoor activities. Dr. Dehkordi is fluent in Farsi

Ronald Dominguez, MD–Dr. Dominguez is a graduate of Ross University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from California State University, Fresno. He is a local to the Central Valley and would like to eventually practice in rural Fresno County. He enjoys traveling, landscaping, home improvement, racquetball, volleyball, hiking, and many other outdoor activities. Dr. Dominguez speaks some Spanish.

Ignacio Guzman, MD- Dr. Guzman is a graduate from the University of Utah SOM. He grew up in the rural Salinas Valley and comes from a family of sixteen. As a young teen Dr. Guzman already had a passion for medicine. He volunteered his time to recruit migrant patients into diabetes research. Dr. Guzman enjoys football, snowboarding, and basketball He is fluent in Spanish.

Farhat Khan, MD- Dr. Khan is a graduate of Khyber Medical School in Pakistan. Her interests are cooking, sewing, photography, and recreational table tennis. She is fluent in Urdu and Pushto and is working on her Spanish skills.

Tracy Li, MD- Dr. Li is a graduate of Beijing Medical University in China. She enjoys reading. traveling. playing tennis and lisentening to music. She is fluent in Chinese- Mandarin.

Wenjing Liu, MD, PhD - Dr. Liu is a graduate of Jining Medical College in China. She also has a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Nutrition from the University of Arizona. She chose to pursue a career in family medicine because she enjoys working with a diverse patient population and the opportunity to provide continuing care to families. She is fluent in Chinese Mandarin. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, hiking and spending time with family and friends.

Sudhakar Nadipally, MD- Dr. Nadipally is a graduate of Osmania Medical College in India. He is currently working on his MPH degree in Idaho. He enjoys dancing, volleyball, basketball, pool and cycling. Dr. Nadipally is fluent in Hindi and Telugu and is working on his Spanish skills.

Poulet Nikolay, MD- Dr. Nikolay is a graduate of Urmia University of Medical Sciences in Iran. She enjoys going to the gym, jogging, and spending time with her family and friends. Dr. Nikolay is fluent in Farsi, Turkish and Assyrian.

Alberto Ruvalcaba, MD- Dr. Ruvalcaba is a graduate of the University of Washington SOM. He grew up in the rural central valley and pursued being a physician due to the lack of healthcare in his community. Dr. Ruvalcaba is very passionate about helping Latino’s establish a pipeline to obtain higher education in healthcare. He enjoys watching movies, golfing and traveling. Dr. Ruvalcaba is fluent in Spanish.

Christina Weaver, DO- Dr. Weaver is a graduate of Touro University, College of Osteopathic Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from California State University, Fresno. Dr. Weaver enjoys spending time with her family and friends, she has a passion for running, skiing, hiking and traveling. Dr. Weaver will be working on her Spanish skills during her stay in Spain, prior to starting residency.