UCSF Fresno | Psychiatry

FACULTY

Core Faculty

Craig C. Campbell, MD, Program Director of Psychiatry Residency
Dr. Campbell currently serves as Director of the Residency Training Program and Director of the Psychiatry Clinic at Community Regional Medical Center. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF. A graduate of Stanford University and The George Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Campbell completed his residency training and served as Chief Resident at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. After spending two years on the teaching faculty at the University of Colorado, Dr. Campbell returned home to Fresno in 1994. He is Board Certified in General Psychiatry, and was the 2004 recipient of the Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Scott R. Ahles, MD
Dr. Ahles is Chief of Psychiatry at Community Regional Medical Center and a Clinical Professor at UCSF. He received his medical training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then completed an Internship at the University of Southern California-LA County Hospital, Psychiatric Residency at UC San Diego, and a Research Fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Ahles has been on the UCSF Fresno faculty since 1983 and has been actively involved in teaching on the Consultation-Liaison Service at CRMC and in the didactic curriculum. Dr. Ahles is Board Certified in Psychiatry with added qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry, and was the 1996 recipient of the Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching.

B.J. Bonilla, MD
Dr. Bonilla is a primary teaching attending for the inpatient teaching service at the VA Medical Center. A graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Dr. Bonilla completed his residency in psychiatry at UCSF Fresno. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the department and is board certified in general psychiatry.

David A. Fox, MD
Dr. Fox is a board certified child/adolescent psychiatrist in private practice and an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF. A graduate of Harvard University and Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Fox completed his Psychiatry Residency and Child/Adolescent Fellowship at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and a NIMH Research Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Fox is also an accomplished classical musician and composer.

Tirath S. Gill, MD
Dr. Gill is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF and is currently on staff at the VA Central California Health Care System. Dr. Gill obtained his medical degree in India, before completing his residency at the Austin Psychiatric Residency Program. Dr. Gill went on to complete fellowship training in alcohol and substance abuse at Yale, and is now board certified in General Psychiatry with added qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry.

Trevor D. Glenn, MD
Dr. Glenn is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF and formerly served as Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at UCSF Fresno and as Secretary General of the American College of Psychiatrists. He has taught Psychiatric residents for 20 years, including courses in Ethics/Forensics, Psychopharmacology and Psychiatric Interviewing. In 1998, Dr. Glenn was the recipient of the Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Glenn is also an oral examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Robert W. Hierholzer, MD
The former Chief of Psychiatry, Dr. Hierholzer is now the Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Education at the VA Central California Health Care System and a Clinical Professor at UCSF Fresno. Dr. Hierholzer also directs the UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s Center, a multidisciplinary evaluation, referral and clinical research center. A graduate of Baylor College of Medicine, he completed his Psychiatric Residency at UCLA. Dr. Hierholzer is a dynamic teacher with particular interests in cross-cultural and geriatric psychiatry. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry, with added qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry.

Avak “Al” Howsepian, MD, PhD
Dr. Howsepian is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF, a Staff Psychiatrist in the VA Mental Health Clinic, and Director of the UCSF Fresno Center for the Study of Consciousness, Spirituality and Culture. Dr. Howsepian graduated from the UC Davis School of Medicine and from the University of Notre Dame, where he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy. He completed his Psychiatric Residency at UCSF Fresno. He teaches Psychopharmacology and leads a Psychoanalytic Study Group. His interests include bioethics, electroconvulsive therapy, geriatric neuropsychiatry and psychodynamic psychotherapy. He is board certified in Psychiatry.

Barbara Howsepian, PhD
Dr. Howsepian contributes to the coordination of research activities for UCSF Fresno and the VA Central California Health Care System. Dr. Howsepian graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where she received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. She completed postdoctoral clinical training at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fresno. Dr. Howsepian teaches didactic courses in psychotherapy and psychometric assessment, and mentors residents in developing and carrying out their senior research projects. Dr. Howsepian is a licensed psychologists in California.

Hani Khouzam, MD
Dr. Khouzam is a staff psychiatrist at the Fresno VA Central California Health Care System and an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Khouzam received his medical training at the Cairo University Faculty of Medicine and an MPH degree from Tulane University, where he was also an International Fellow of Cross-Cultural Psychiatry and International Health. He completed residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and is Board Certified in General Psychiatry, with added qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry.

Karen J. Kraus, MD
Dr. Kraus is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Coordinator of Child & Adolescent Training for UCSF Fresno. She is based at Community Regional Medical Center. She received her undergraduate education at Stanford University, her medical training at the University of Washington, and completed her Psychiatric Residency and a Child/Adolescent Fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She is Board Certified in both General and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry.

Hoyle Leigh, MD
Dr. Leigh is Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, and formerly served as director of residency training. He is currently the director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Community Regional Medical Center. A graduate of Yonsei University Medical School who also trained at the Albert Einstein Medical School, Dr. Leigh was Professor Psychiatry at Yale University before joining the UCSF-Fresno faculty. He is the author of numerous publications, including the textbook The Patient: Biological, Psychological, and Social Dimensions of Medical Practice, now in its third edition. Dr. Leigh is Board Certified and a former Vice President of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine.

Lawrence E. Levy, MD
Dr. Levy is an Associate Clinical Professor and the medical director of the Fresno County Adult Services Department. Within the residency program, he coordinates and supervises the core rotation in emergency psychiatry at the county’s Psychiatric Assessment Center for Treatment. Dr. Levy received his BS from the University of Pittsburgh and his M.D. from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatric residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in preparation for a 20-year career in academic, clinical and administrative psychiatry at New York Medical College and the Westchester Medical Center.

Nestor Manzano, MD
Dr. Manzano is Chief of the Psychiatry Service at the VA Central California Health Care System and an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. After receiving his undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz, Dr. Manzano attended the Medical College of Wisconsin and obtained a MPH degree from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center. He completed residency training at UCSF Fresno and is Board Certified in Psychiatry.

Jan Munson, DO
Dr. Munson is a psychiatrist with Fresno County’s Crisis Management Response Team (CMRT). She graduated from North Texas State University Health Science Center - Texas State College of Osteopathic Medicine prior to completing her psychiatry residency training at UCSF Fresno. Dr. Munson supervises residents and teaches a course in Emergency Psychiatry.

Beena Nair, MD
Dr. Nair is a teaching attending on the Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service at Community Regional Medical Center and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Nair completed both medical school and a residency in Internal Medicine at the Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal, India, before training in Psychiatry at UCSF Fresno. As a psychiatry resident, Dr. Nair served as Chief Resident and received the Morton Weinstein Award for Outstanding Resident. She is an active teacher of residents and medical students, and is Board Certified in Psychiatry.

Harjot Singh, MD
Dr. Singh is a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist on the teaching faculty at Community Regional Medical Center and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Singh completed medical school at the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He then completed his psychiatry residency and a fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at New York Medical College. Dr. Singh has additional training certifications in psychodynamic therapy from the Westchester Psychoanalytic Institute and in cognitive therapy from the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Singh is a dynamic teacher in both clinical and didactic settings. He is Board Certified in both General and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry.

Doris Tan, DO
Dr. Tan is a teaching attending for the inpatient service at the VA Medical Center and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF. She completed medical school at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine before training in Family Practice. After ten years of clinical family practice and academic teaching, Dr. Tan completed a second residency in psychiatry at UCSF Fresno. Dr. Tan is Board Certified by both the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and the American Osteopathic Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Geoffrey R. Twitchell, PhD
Dr. Twitchell is a staff psychologist in the Chemical Dependency Treatment Program at the VA Central California Health Care System, where he also coordinates residency training in the treatment of substance abuse. Dr. Twitchell earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University before completing a Post Doctoral Fellowship with the National Institute of Drug abuse at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. Dr. Twitchell is an established NIDA-funded researcher in the area of substance abuse.

Affiliated Faculty and Instructional Staff

Mayur Amin, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Fresno County Mental Health

Mathew Battista, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief , Psychology Service
VA Central California Health Care System

Edgar Castillo, MD
Kaweah-Delta Hospital, Visalia, CA

Michael DeLollis, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Private Practice

Mateo DeSoto, MD
Bio-Behavioral Medical Clinics

Alan Drucker, MD
Assistant Clinical Instructor
Private Practice

Petros Ghermay, MD
Assistant Clinical Instructor
Fresno County Mental Health

Matthew House, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor
Private Practice

Lena Huang, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Fresno County Jail

Edmund F. Kal, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Private Practice

Vincenta M. Leigh, RN
Assistant Clinical Professor
Kaiser Permanente of Fresno

Dennis Lewis, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor

John A. Middleton, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Community Behavioral Health Center

Sarah Morgan , MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Sequoia Community Health Centers

Lynn M. Nile, MD
Clinical Instructor
VA Central California Health Care System

Marta Obler, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Kaiser Permanente of Fresno

James Osborne, MD
Clinical Professor

Jack Papazian, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
VA Central California Health Care System

Audrey F. Punnett, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Private Practice

Frederick Reinfurt, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Kenneth Steinbach, MD
Community Behavioral Health Center

Howard B. Terrell, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Private Practice (Forensic)

Rao Triuraneni, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Kaiser Permanente of Fresno

Aleksandr Vydro, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Community Behavioral Health Center

Robert D. Wells, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor

Robert P. Withrow, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Private Practice