The UCSF Fresno Department of Pediatrics has more than 160 faculty members.

 

Health Science Faculty

The Health Science UCSF Fresno faculty is based primarily at Children's Health Center and is responsible for  the residents' continuity experience, outpatient pediatrics as well as inpatient services at Community Regional Medical Center. They also serve as attendings for one of the two resident inpatient teaching services at Children’s Hospital Central California.

 

Paul Francis, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics has accepted the position of interim Chief of Pediatrics for UCSF Fresno.  Dr. Francis succeeds Robert Dimand, MD, who has left to take the position of medical director for California Children’s Services. Dr. Francis also serves as chair of pediatrics for Children’s Hospital Central California.  Board certified in pediatric cardiology and pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, Dr. Francis has more than 25 years of experience in general pediatric cardiology, pediatric electrocardiography and echocardiography, adult congenital heart disease and cardiac intensive care. He has published textbook chapters as well as articles in professional journals including the “American Journal of Cardiology” and the “Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery.”  He was awarded the Golden Apple Pediatric Resident Teaching Award from Janet Weis Hospital in 2001, honored as an Outstanding Teacher in 2005 by Children’s Hospital and received the 2007 Board of Directors Education Award at Children’s Hospital Central California.

 

Victoria Acharya, MD
Dr. Acharya is one of our newest faculty members. Her impressive medical background starts with her Peace Corps experience in Togo as a Health Extension Agent. After medical school at the University of Arizona, she completed her residency at Phoenix Children’s Hospital/Maricopa Medical Center. Since then she has worked as a pediatric hospitalist in Arizona. She has worked urgent care and ambulatory pediatrics through diverse settings such as Kaiser and low income clinics. Her special areas of interest are inpatient medicine and family centered care. Currently she heads up a cross-disciplinary group of faculty interested in global health rotations.

Aimee Abu-Shamsieh, MD, MPH
Dr. Abu-Shamsieh is a graduate of UCLA where she obtained her BA in Near Eastern Studies, as well as a Master of Public Health with a focus on maternal and child health in the Middle East.  She received her MD from Wayne State University and subsequently graduated from the UCSF-Fresno Pediatric Residency Program in 2001.  After spending some time in private practice she returned to academic pediatrics.  Dr. Abu-Shamsieh has a particular interest in international medicine, having worked and studied in the Palestinian health care system.  She also has extensive interest in breastfeeding support and promotion, particularly in the poverty populations. 

Nicole Banh, MD
Dr. Banh is a recent graduate of the UCSF Fresno residency program and won the Continuity of Care Award in her senior year.  Dr. Banh also served as a fourth-year chief resident with the program. She graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara with honors in Biological Science, prior to completing medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine. Her current interest lies in developing the didactic component of the pediatric residency. 

Mahin Bayatpour, MD
Dr. Bayatpour is the architect of the Adolescent Medicine rotation which started in 1994. In the past, she helped establish the Teen Pregnancy Program and has received grants and presented papers in that area.   She is published in the area of Clinical Social Aspects of Pediatric Pregnancy. She currently also runs an obesity prevention and treatment clinic aimed at early adolescents at the Children’s Health Center.

Christian Faulkenberry-Miranda, MD
Dr. Faulkenberry is a graduate of Meharry Medical School.  After recently graduating from this residency program she has joined our faculty and she is co-director of the Children’s Health Center.  Her main area of interest is that of bringing evidenced based medicine to the practice of ambulatory care and follow-up of the newborn.

Maries Joseph, MD
Dr. Joseph completed her Pediatric residency at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and fellowship in Clinical Genetics from MUSC and from Stanford University-UCSF Medical Genetics program. Dr. Joseph is also a member and Fellow of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health of United Kingdom. Dr. Joseph has academic pediatric experience from India, Middle East, United Kingdom and the US. Her areas of special interest are childhood asthma, genetic disorders and Public Health Genetics. Dr. Joseph has published several articles in peer reviewed journals and has presented her work at various National and International conferences. Dr. Joseph was the recipient of the 2006 Residency program’s Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award in General Pediatrics.  She has developed an asthma clinic which is part of the grant funded Asthma Best Practice Program. 

Amy Parks, LCSW
Ms. Parks is a licensed mental health professional, who joined the Pediatric Program in July 2008.  She has expertise in counseling, social and human services, and community outreach.  Her areas of interest are to develop, streamline and energize projects to enhance social, educational, psychological and other characteristics of students, parents, educators, social workers and the general public.

John Scholefield, MD
Dr. Scholefield served as the Interim Chief of Pediatrics from July 2006 through March 2008.  His interest in Pediatrics started with his Peace Corp public health experience. He has over 20 years practicing pediatrics first in a rural/poverty private practice and then as teaching faculty since 1994. He has served as the Medical Director of the Newborn Nursery, Children’s Health Clinic, and the Child Sexual Abuse Program. Dr. Scholefield completed his Residency and Chief Residency in the primary care pediatric track at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Scholefield's area of research is in child abuse prevention in the routine pediatric practice setting.  He has also published in the area of the evaluation of fever.

Joan Voris, MD
Dr. Voris serves as the Associate Dean for the entire UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program. She previously served several years as Medical Director of the Children's Health Center. Dr. Voris actively participates as an attending physician in the Children’s Health Center and at the Children’s Hospital Central California. For many years she was director of the child sexual abuse evaluation program and is published in that area.

Serena Yang, MD, MPH
Dr. Yang obtained her MD at Emory University School of Medicine and completed a Pediatrics residency at Baylor College of Medicine. She obtained an MPH in International and Family Health during her fellowship training in academic general pediatrics at Baylor.  She is co-director of the Pediatric Residency Research Program, medical director of the residents’ Community Medicine rotation, and medical director of the UCSF Fresno Pediatrics Healthy Steps Program.  She has published in the area of access to care and has presented her work at several national conferences.  Her scholarly interests include improving systems of follow up care for high risk newborns and developing innovative, effective pediatric education curricula.

 

Pediatric Subspecialty Academic Faculty
Most all of this large group of faculty is based at Children's Hospital Central California. They will be listed by the academic division chiefs and their respective faculty. 

Anesthesiology
Timothy Hanson, MD
Dr. Hansen is the Medical Director of Anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital Central California.  After completing medical school at the University of Utah School of Medicine, he finished his medical training with Residency at the University of Pittsburg.  Dr. Hansen is Board Certified in Anesthesiology.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Virgil Airola, MD
Christine Almon, MD
Adam Birek, MD
Igor Bulatov, MD
Marty Clayman, MD
Marino Fernandez, MD
Robert Gainor, MD
Theodore Greaves, MD
David Merzel, MD
Randall Morton, MD
Ramachandran Rajagopalan, MD
Harpreet Sandhu, MD
Newton Seiden, MD
Edward Tang, MD
Sivasai Voora, MD

Cardiology
Paul Francis, MD
Dr. Francis joined the Cardiology Department at Children’s Hospital Central California in 2003 and quickly became involved in resident teaching for the department. An alumnus of UC Davis Medical School, Dr. Francis continued his training in Pediatrics at the University of Colorado. From there he went to Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center where he completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology. He was recently awarded the Subspecialty Teacher of the Year by the residents. Dr. Francis current areas of research and publication include myocardial disease, as well as various aspects of electrocardiogram. 

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
John Caton, MD
Narakesari Heragu, MD
Kenneth Jue, MD
Carl Owada, MD
James Prochazka, MD
Kenneth Rouillard, MD
Valeriano Simbre, II, MD

Chronically Ill & Medically Complex Children's Clinic (Charlie Mitchell Clinic)
James Horspool, DO
With nearly 20 years medical experience, Dr. Horspool serves as the Medical Director for the Charlie Mitchell Clinic at Children’s Hospital Central California.  He is board certified in pediatrics and completed a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.  Dr. Horspool has had a distinguished naval career and is published in the area of nucleic acid vaccine induced immune responses.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Hengameh Akhtar, MD
James Horspool, DO
Peter Nakaguchi, MD
Neepa Ved, MD

Emergency Medicine
Robert H. Kezirian, MD
A native Fresnan, Dr. Kezirian is the Program Director of the UCSF Fresno Pediatric Residency as well as the Medical Student Site Director for UCSF Fresno at Children's Hospital Central California. From 2004 to 2006, Dr. Kezirian served Chief of Staff at Children's Hospital.  He is Board Certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. A graduate of the UCSF Fresno Residency program and former Chief Resident, Dr. Kezirian is an outstanding faculty member of the teaching program and is involved in several pediatric outreach programs to underserved patients of Children’s Hospital.  He has also won awards for his involvement in a rural clinic in Mexico.  Dr. Kezirian, along with Dr. Steven Foster, was presented with the Children's Hospital Central California Board of Director’s Teaching Award in 2008.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Claudine Aguilar, MD
Aaron Baker, MD
Menouchehr Bazyani, MD
Sylvester Bryan, MD
Badrinath Kulkarni, MD
Henry Pollack, MD
Soledad Socorro Raroque, MD
Guillermo Sandoval, MD
Lawrence Satkowiak, MD
Gregory Watts, MD

Endocrinology
Renee Kinman, MD, PhD
Dr. Kinman is a graduate of Case Western Reserve Medical School where she completed a dual residency in pediatrics and internal medicine.  While completing her fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, she earned a PhD in Physiology and Biophysics.  She is an extremely enthusiastic teacher who has won recent teaching awards.  She is published primarily in the area of diabetes but has other interests in basic research areas also.  She is currently the Co-Director of Pediatric Residency Research Program. 

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Swati Banerjee, MD
“Jil” Huong Nguyen, MD
Lawrence Wetterau, MD

Gastroenterology
Roberto Gugig, MD
Dr. Gugig completed his Pediatric Residency at Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, New York and went on to do his clinical fellowship at UCSF in the Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition.  Dr. Gugig has given multiple presentations and is published in a variety of areas from Hepatology to Pancreatitis, often as a first author.  

 
Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Judy Davis, MD
Muslim Jami, MD
Jose Martinez, MD

Genetics
Susan Winter, MD
Dr. Winter, a full clinical professor, is Board Certified in Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Cytogenetics and Clinical Biochemical Genetics.  She has had an unarguable impact in the medical field.  An expert in metabolism, she has given over 100 presentations and lectures to professionals and healthcare organizations.  She is published regularly in professional journals such as the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Pediatric Research and the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease.  The American Red Cross Fresno Chapter recognized her with the Real Hero Award, for her service to the tsunami victims in Sri Lanka.

Joseph Shen, MD, PhD
Dr. Shen is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics.  He also obtained a PhD from the Department of Genetics at Case Western Reserve University.  He is published in journals such as the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Human Molecular Genetics and Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 

Berkley Powell, MD
Dr. Powell is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics.  Dr. Powell earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia and completed his Pediatric residency and fellowship in Metabolism/Biochemical Genetics at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon.  Dr. Powell has published numerous articles, medical chapters and abstracts and has been an invited speaker for over 100 presentations.  He has collaborated with Dr. Susan Winter on her nationally recognized research on carnitine deficiency. 

Cynthia Curry, MD
Dr. Curry is a Full Tenured UCSF Professor.  She is active in both clinical and academic genetics.  Dr. Curry is a graduate from Yale University and is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Genetics. Her research interests include thrombophilia, syndrome delineation in the fetus and newborn, and causes of mental retardation.  She has held many national positions in both genetics and pediatrics and speaks nationally and internationally. Dr. Curry is the new genetics editor for Rudolph's Pediatrics On-Line.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Dawn Delozier, PhD
Maries Joseph, MD

Hematology/Oncology
Robert Mignacca, MD
Dr. Mignacca came to Children's Hospital from UCLA Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship.  He is active in the extremely busy Oncology service which is engaged in numerous national cancer trials but his particular focus on teaching residents in the complexities of hematology.  He has particular expertise in treating patients with sickle cell disease, thalassemia, hemophilia, thromobophilia, and rare hematologic disorders.

J. Daniel Ozeran, MD, PhD
Dr. Ozeran completed his medical school training at the University of Chicago, Prizker School of Medicine.  While at the University of Chicago, he also obtained a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.  He then came to UCLA for his internship/residency and also completed a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.  Dr. Ozeran is Board Certified in Pediatrics and in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.  He has also published numerous articles and with others in the department is engaged in the numerous research trials.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Vonda Crouse, MD
John Gates, MD
Wendy Tcheng, MD
Ruetima Titapiwatanakun, MD

Hospitalists
Steven Foster, DO, FAAP
Dr. Foster is the Associate Program Director for the UCSF Fresno Pediatric Training Program.  He is a Pediatric Hospitalist at Children's Hospital Central California and serves as the Associate Medical Director of the Hospitalist Group.  Dr. Foster is a graduate of the Program and served as a fourth year Chief Resident.  He is very involved in the resident didactic curriculum, which focuses on a different specialty focus in pediatric medicine each month.  Dr. Foster, along with Dr. Robert Kezirian, was presented with the Children’s Hospital Central California Board of Directors Teaching Award in 2008.

Jolie Limon, MD
A graduate of University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Dr. Limon completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of California, Davis Medical Center.  She has been with Children’s Hospital for more than eight years.  Her interests and areas of expertise include resident leadership, medically complex children and clinical pathways. 

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Mark Barrett, MD
Jaime Bohlman, MD
Linne Curtis, MD
Ralph Diaz, MD
Richard Insco, MD
Rhonda Keosheyan, MD
Jolie Limon, MD
Paul Parker, MD
John Sanchez, MD
Sarah Smith, DO
James Trietsch, DO

Infectious Disease
David Pugatch, MD
Assuming the position of Medical Director of Infectious Disease at Children's Hospital Central California, Dr. David Pugatch bring with him 18 years of experience, most recently from Brown University and Hasbro Children’s Hospital.  He is board certified in infectious diseases and is widely published and serves in an editorial capacity for several medical journals.  Dr. Pugatch received the American Academy of Pediatric Special Achievement Award for Distinguished Service in recognition of international health work and was given the Award of Recognition by the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Ministry of Health for efforts that include his works with the William J. Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative. 

James McCarty, MD
Board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease, Dr. McCarty is a graduate from this residency program.  He completed his fellowship at Tulane. Prior to returning to Children’s Hospital, Dr. McCarty spent several years performing research at Genetech in the area of antibiotics effectiveness.


International Medicine
Bjorn Nilson, MD, MPH
Until his recent retirement, Dr. Nilson served as Chief of the UCSF Fresno Pediatric Residency Program. Dr. Nilson graduated of Ohio State University College of Medicine and did his pediatric training and Masters of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. He also served in the Peace Corps as Director of Medical Services for Africa. Dr. Nilson is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Critical Care Medicine. He was the recipient of the 2003 UCSF Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Nilson continues his work in Pediatric HIV/AIDS through education programs in Zimbabwe and Uganda.

Neonatology
Krishnakumar B. Rajani, MD
Following his initial medical education training in London, Dr. Rajani served as Chief Resident at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia prior to completing his Neonatal Fellowship at U.C. Davis. He is currently the Medical Director of the NICU at Children’s Hospital Central California.  He and other local neonatologists have done extensive research and are published, particularly in the areas of assisted ventilation in neonates. 

Stephen Elliott, MD
Dr. Elliott completed medical school in Australia, at the University of Western Australia.  Upon immigrating to the US, Dr. Elliot completed a residency at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, followed by a neonatal fellowship at Baylor. He has been involved in grants and over 25 publications in the neonatology area.  Dr. Elliott is a favorite teacher among the residents and he focuses almost all of his teaching at Community Regional Medical Center. 

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Vinod Bansal, MD
Indira Chandrasekar, MD
Isabel Escalante, MD
Virginia Meade, DO
Chetan Patel, MD
Kajori Thusu, MD

Nephrology
Jerome Murphy, MD
Dr. Murphy completed his pediatric residency at Rainbow Children's finishing at UC San Diego where he did his fellowship.  Dr. Murphy is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology.  His work has been published in numerous publications including the International Journal of Pediatric Nephrology, the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and the Journal of Pediatrics.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Sahar Barayan, MD
Syed Kamal, MD

Neurology
Steven Ehrreich, MD
Dr. Ehrreich completed his residency at Duke and his fellowship in Child Neurology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburg. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Neurology & Psychiatry.  He treats and manages complicated neurological problems from intractable epilepsies to spasticity and headaches.  His areas of interest include neural behavioral aspects of ADHD and similar conditions.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Amanda Fernandez, MD

Neurology - Outpatient at Children's Health Center
H.T. Hutchison, MD, PhD
Dr. Hutchison graduated from the University of Texas and is Board Certified in Pediatrics, Child Neurology, Clinical Genetics and Neuro Rehabilitation. An outstanding clinician and dedicated patient care advocate, Dr. Hutchison also obtained a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. Recently Dr. Hutchison joined the Neurology team at UCSF, but continues to provide monthly neurology clinics at the Children's Health Center in Fresno.

Neurosurgery
Gary Magram, MD
Board Certified in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Dr. Magram has 20 years of surgical experience.  He completed his internship and residency in surgery and neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.  He completed a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Meredith Woodward, MD

Ophthalmology
Jane Kelly, MD
Dr. Kelly, in addition to doing a residency in Ophthalmology, completed a fellowship at Johns Hopkins in Ophthalmic Genetics.  She is one of the favorite lecturers for the residents.  She is published regularly in Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man – having authored and appended over 400 entries.  She has also been published in the Journal of AAPOS (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) and International Ophthalmology Clinics.

Orthopaedics
Joseph Gerardi, DO
A graduate of the University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Gerardi completed an internship in the Department of Surgery and a residency in the Department of Orthopaedics at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego.  He is fellowship trained in pediatric orthopaedic and scoliosis surgery by Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Dallas, Texas.  His expertise is in pediatric orthopaedics, scoliosis, fracture care, clubfoot, cerebral palsy and athletic injuries.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Michael Elliott, MD
Monthakan Ratnarathorn, MD

Pediatrics
Amy Evans, MD
Dr. Evans graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and its associated Pediatric Residency Program.  While there she also did a Bradford research fellowship in antifungal therapies and a pathology fellowship as well.  She returned to formal academic after 12 years in private practice.  At UCSF Fresno, she created the grant funded Department of Breastfeeding Medicine. She has published articles on breastfeeding medicine topics and recently was awarded Fellowship status by the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. 

Pediatric Intensive Care
Ana Graciano, MD
Dr. Graciano is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care.  She completed her medical degree at Children’s Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina and then became a visiting fellow at Harvard Medical School in the Respiratory and Surgical Intensive Unit. She is actively involved in clinical research and education, has published in peer review journals and has collaborated in pediatric critical care textbooks.  She has been awarded several awards, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Scientific Award.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Adam Birek, MD
Adam Holmes, MD
Matthew Gollub, MD
Alicia Herrera, MD
Harry Kallas, MD
Samuel Lehman, MD
David Merzel, MD
Jorge Montes, MD
Kathleen Murphy, MD
Newton Seiden, MD
Sivasai Voora, MD

Plastic Surgery
Peter Witt, MD
Dr. Witt, an expert in cleft palate treatment and other plastic surgery techniques came to Fresno in 2002.  He is the Medical Director of Plastic Surgery at Children's Hospital Central California.  Dr. Witt is Board Certified in Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and General Surgery.  He has had an unarguable impact on the children of Central California as his team performs over 500 procedures per year.  His Craniofacial Clinic has 1,600 visits a year and uses a team-based approach in accordance with the American Cleft Palate Association (ACPA).  Dr. Witt publishes regularly in many journals, including the Journal of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and the Annals of Plastic Surgery.

 

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Mimi Chao Mills, MD
Angela Rodriguez, MD

Psychiatry and Child Development
Karen Kraus, MD
Dr. Kraus, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, completed her residency and fellowship training at the University of Colorado.  She is Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  Dr. Kraus’ academic interests include severely mentally ill children, children with pervasive development disorders and/or development disabilities, trans-cultural psychiatry, rural health care and psychiatry in primary care.

David Snyder, MD
Dr. Snyder is the Medical Director at the Assessment Center for Children at Exceptional Parents Unlimited in Fresno. Dr. Snyder is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and has presented and published on a variety of issues, including a presentation to the School Psychologists Association on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Prematurity and more recently contributing to the “Challenging Case” section of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics on temperament and breastfeeding with toddlers.  He works with the resident’s continuity clinics and the resident’s Developmental & Behavior rotation.

Pulmonology
Reddi Sudhakar, MD
Dr. Sudhakar completed his pulmonary medicine fellowship at Children's Hospital Washington, DC.  He is Board Certified in Pediatric Pulmonology.  An active researcher, he participates in coccidiomycosis, cystic fibrosis and asthmas studies. 

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Lauro Roberto, MD
Mary Ann Tablizo, MD

Radiology
Michael Myracle, MD
Dr. Myracle completed his fellowship at Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.  He is Board Certified in Diagnostic Radiology.  He has won the teacher of the year award on more than one occasion. A superb teaching radiologist, he has experience in many aspects of pediatric radiology, including ultrasound, body CT, neonatology, cardiology radiology and general pediatric radiology.

Other Faculty:
Mark Alson, MD
Glenn Hananouchi, MD
William Hastrup, MD
Fred Laningham, MD
John Miller, MD
John Charles Smith, MD
Felix Wang, MD

Rehabilitation Medicine
Jennifer Crocker, MD
Dr. Crocker received her medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia.  She completed an internship in pediatrics at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, and a residency in physical medical and rehabilitation at the University of California, Davis.  She completed a fellowship in pediatric physical medical and rehabilitation at Shriners Hospital for Children in Sacramento.  She is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and rehabilitation.  Her special interests include adaptive sports and spinal cord injury.

Rheumatology/Immunology
Dowain Wright, MD, PhD
Dr. Wright received his BS Degree in Biochemistry from University of California, Riverside.  He went on to obtain his PhD in Molecular Virology and MD from University of California, San Diego.  He did his Pediatric Residency at Children’s Hospital, Boston.  He has also won multiple teaching awards due to his ability to take the complex doctorate type material and make it understandable for clinician.  He publishes regularly and his works have been in the “Journal of Virology,” “Molecular Immunology” and the” Journal of Pediatrics.”  His special interests include persistent viral infection in autoimmune disease, childhood vasculitides and Kawasaki disease resistant to conventional therapy.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Edsel Arce-Hernandez, MD

Surgery
Douglas Y. Tamura, MD
Dr. Tamura is Board Certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and Pediatric Surgery.  He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and obtained his Medical Degree from Tulane University School of Medicine.  Dr. Tamura completed his General Surgery Residency at the University of Colorado and his Critical Care Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine.  He has been published in numerous journals including The Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection & Critical care and The Journal of Surgical Research.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Michael Allshouse, DO
Karen Cartwright, MD
David Hodge, MD

Urology
Devonna Kaji, MD
Dr. Kaji completed her residency at University of Southern California Medical Center and a fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.  She has done research in a variety of pediatric urological issues. She has expertise in the surgical repair of hernias, undescended testes, vesicoureteral reflux, hypospadias and neurogenic bladder, as well as performing bladder augmentation and other complex genitourinary reconstruction.

Other UCSF Fresno Faculty:
Irene McAleer, MD