FACULTY
The UCSF Fresno Department of Pediatrics has more than 160 faculty members.
LEADERSHIP
Steven Foster, DO, FAAP
Residency Program Director
Associate Clinical Professor
Christian Faulkenberry-Miranda, MD
Associate Residency Program Director
Medical Director of Ambulatory Resident Education
Associate Clinical Professor
Renee Kinman, MD, PhD
Associate Residency Program Director
Associate Clinical Professor
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY
A.M. Aminian, MD
Clinical Instructor
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL & BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
CHILD NEUROLOGY
CHILD PSYCHIATRY
Karen Kraus, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE
Thianchai Bunnalai, MD
Interim Division Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
PICU Medical Director, Community Regional Medical Center
Associate Clinical Professor
Eyup Keles, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Jambunathan Krishnan, MD, MBBS
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Krishna Siruguppa, MD, MBBS, FAAP
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
Victor Vargas, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
DERMATOLOGY
Gregory L. Simpson, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Dermatology Division Director
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Robert H. Kezirian, MD
Clinical Professor
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY
Nahal Lalefar, MD
Assistant Professor
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chokechai Rongkavilit, MD, FAAP
Division Director
Clinical Professor
GENERAL PEDIATRICS
Aimee Abu-Shamsieh, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor
Christian Faulkenberry-Miranda, MD
Associate Residency Program Director
Medical Director of Ambulatory Resident Education
Associate Clinical Professor
John Scholefield, MD
Co-Medical Director, Children’s Health Center
Clinical Professor
Erica Gastelum, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Medical Student Site Director
Hakim Kebir, MD
Clinical Instructor, UCSF
Tamiko Kido, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Soe Maw, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
Monica Daniels, CPNP
Lead Nurse Practitioner, Children’s Health Center
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Kelly Hamel, CPNP
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Jennifer Nolt, CPNP
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Nikol Fuller, NP
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Jacquelynn Wagoner, DO
HS Clinical Instructor, UCSF
Arsia Moua, PNP
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COMMUNITY BASED GENERAL PEDIATRICIANS
GENETICS
NEONATOLOGY
Krishnakumbar B. Rajani, MD
Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Neonatal Programs-CRMC
Anand Rajani, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Stephen J. Elliott, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
David Aguilar, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Alok Kumar, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Shahriar Mokrian, MD, FAAP
Assistant Clinical Professor
Angela Flores, MD
Assistant Professor
NEPHROLOGY
Paul Brakeman, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program
PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY
PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY
Emily Von Scheven, MD, MAS
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
Co-Director for Residency Research Training, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI)
Susan Kim, MD MMSc
Pediatrics, Babies and Children’s, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York
PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST MEDICINE
Additional UCSF Volunteer Faculty:
Shelley Aggarwal, MD
Raymund David, MD
Steven Ehrreich, MD
Melissa Aguirre, MD
Marina Alper, MD
Victoria Acharya, MD
Edsel Arce-Hernandez, MD
Horig Artinian, MD
Mark Barrett, MD
Jaime Bohlman, MD
Sylvester Bryan, MD
Mercedes Chapa, MD
Linne Curtis, MD
Lindsey Demetral, DO
Sindhura Gandham, MD
James Horspool, DO
Philip Hyden, MD
Rhonda Keosheyan, MD
Nahal Lalefar, MD
Jolie Limon, MD
Peter Nakaguchi, MD
Tiffany Osburn, MD
Mitul Patel, MD
Veronica Ramirez, MD
John Sanchez, MD
Jennifer Snider, MD
Neepa Ved, MD
Malik Baz, MD
PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA
Virgil Airola, MD
Igor Bulatov, MD
Marty Clayman, MD
Marino Fernandez, MD
David Fischer, MD
Theodore Greaves, MD
Timothy Hansen, MD
Kamran Husain, MD
Randall Morton, MD
Yash Patel, MD
Harpreet Sandhu, MD
Newton Seiden, MD
Edward Tang, MD
Sivasai Voora, MD
John Caton, MD
Paul Francis, MD
Narakesari Heragu, MD
Carl Owada, MD
James Prochazka, MD
Kenneth Rouillard, MD
Valeriano Simbre, MD
Azadeh Fayazi, MD
Samuel Lehman, MD
Tara Lemoine, MD
David Merzel, MD
Janice Kezirian, MD
Shehma Khan, MD
Henry Pollack, MD
Soledad Raroque, MD
Lawrence Satkowiak, MD
Gregory Watts, MD
Swati Banerjee, MD
Nedim Cakan, MD
Animesh Sharma, MD
Philip McDonald, MD
Roberto Gugig, MD
Anita Sicolo, MD
Joshua Warolin, DO
Susan Winter, MD
Aaina Kochhar, MD
Vinod Balasa, MD
Vonda Crouse, MD
John Gates, MD
J. Daniel Ozeran, MD, PhD
Faisal Razzaqi, MD
David Samuel, MD
Karen Dahl, MD
Sahar Barayan, MD
Syed Kamal, MD
PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Michael Elliott, MD
Joseph Gerardi, MD
ThuBu Leba, MD
Jon Oda, MD
Jennifer Crocker, MD
Mimi Chao, MD
Angela Rodriguez, MD
Peter Witt, MD
Sudhakar Reddivalam, MD
Mary Anne Tablizo, MD
Mark Alson, MD
Elisa Foster, MD
William Hastrup, MD
Fred Laningham, MD
Michael Myracle, MD
Edward Nagel, MD
Bonna Rogers-Neufeld, MD
Felix Wang, MD
Michael Allshouse, MD
David Hodge, MD
Douglas Tamura, MD
Devonna Kaji, MD