The teaching faculty at UCSF Fresno includes both a core faculty at Community Regional Medical Center and the VA Hospital and a community-based volunteer faculty. The community-based volunteer faculty provides the residents with a number of specialty experiences including geriatrics, office orthopedics, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology in addition to primary care experiences in the community. We have created an additional page for you to view some information about featured volunteer faculty. The following is a list with links to information about the core teaching faculty in the program:
Vice Chief of Medicine

Vipul V. Jain, MD, MS
Executive Vice Chair
Division Chief for Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Smoking Cessation Program, UCSF Fresno
Cardiology

John A. Ambrose, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Interventional Cardiologist, Community Regional Medical Center

Ryan Berg, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Interventional Cardiologist, VACCHCS

Teresa Daniele, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Chief of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno

Prakash Deedwania , MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Chandra K. Katikireddy, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Director, Cardiac Imaging Section, VACCHCS

Richard Kiel, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Heart Failure Services

Siri Kunchakarra, MD

Felice Lin, MD

Mouatou Mouanoutoua, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Interventional Cardiologist, Community Regional Medical Center
Program Director, UCSF Fresno Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Henning Rasmussen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Interventional Cardiologist, Community Regional Medical Center

Ankit Rathod, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
Director of Cardiac Imaging

Arang Samim, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Brandon Woodbury, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Jaya Krishna Chintanaboina, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor

Devang N. Prajapati, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Gastroenterologist, VA-VACCHCS

Helen Wong, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine. UCSF
Chief, Gastroenterology. VA – VACCHCS, Fresno
Director, Fellowship Program. UCSF Fresno

Marina Roytman, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Director, Liver Program, UCSF Fresno
Hepatologist

Juliana Yang, MD
Division Director, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Assistant Clinical Professor
General Medicine (Ambulatory)

Belayneh A. Abejie, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
UCSF
Medical Director, Employee Health Services,
Community Medical Centers

Alan Kelton, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Chief of General Medicine Division
Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs

Stutee Khandelwal, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF

Tin-Tin Kyaw, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF

Wessel Meyer, MBChB
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Chief of Staff, Veteran’s Administration

Hau (Ken) Nguyen, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Seema Policepatil, MD, MBA, FACP
Assistant Clinical Professor

Ivance Pugoy, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Michael Tom, DO
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Associate Program Director

Elbert Tun, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
General Medicine (Emergency)
General Medicine (Hospitalist)

Kam Lun Au Yeung, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Gail Ajanaku, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Hiral Patel, DO
Clinical Instructor
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

Manjit Singh, MD
Associate Clinical Professor

Steven Ray Stoltz, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF

Antonio Toribio, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Hospitalist

Steven Tringali, DO
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Geriatrics
Paulette Ginier, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF
Hematology/Oncology

Haifaa Abdulhaq, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Hem/Onc Program Director, UCSF Fresno

Mohammed Sani Bukari, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Hematology/Oncology

Uzair B. Chaudhary, MD
Chief of Medicine, UCSF Fresno
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF
Chief, Hematology/Oncology

Sanjay Hinduja, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Omer Ilyas, MD

Constance Stoehr, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Infectious Diseases

Hebah Ghanem, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Erica Kasper, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Specialty: Infectious Disease/Internal Medicine

Robert Libke, MD
Director, Infection Control
Chair, Human Investigation Review
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF

Michele Maison-Fomotar, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Naiel N. Nassar, MD, FACP
Antibiotic Stewardship Director
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF

Almira Opardija, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Infectious Disease

Geetha Sivasubramanian, MD
Interim Division Director and Program Director
FIDSA Asst. Clinical Professor
Nephrology

Cho-Cho Khine, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Eyad Almasri, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

Peter Baylor, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF

Kathryn L. Bilello, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Co-Medical Director for Respiratory Care
Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Vijai Daniel, MD, MPH

Timothy Evans, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director of Intensive Care Units

Mohamed A Fayed, MD
ECMO medical director
Assistant clinical professor
Pulmonary critical care division
UCSF Fresno

Anil Ghimire, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical Director, Chronic Lung Disease Program

Pravachan Hegde, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Vipul V. Jain, MD, MS
Executive Vice Chair
Division Chief for Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Smoking Cessation Program, UCSF Fresno

J. Joseph Vempilly, MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), FCCP
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chief of Pulmonary Medicine for VACCHCS

Lynn Keenan, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Program Director of Sleep Medicine Fellowship

Michael W. Peterson, MD
Associate Dean, UCSF Fresno
Valley Medical Foundation Endowed Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Vice Chair of Medicine, UCSF
Steven Ratcliff, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary VA

Crystal Ives Tallman, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCSF
Education Director for EM Critical Care

Karl Van Gundy, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
UCSF Fresno
Rheumatology
Women’s Health

Jeanette Rylander, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
* indicates the Division Director