School of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education

UME Contact Information

Pre-Clerkship Medical Curriculum Team

Name Position Email Phone
Sherif Hassan, MD, PhD Executive Associate Dean, Pre-Clerkship Medical Education sherif.hassan@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7850
Maurizio Pellecchia, PhD Associate Dean, Pre-Clerkship Medical Education Maurizio.Pellecchia@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7829
Monica Carson, PhD Block 1 Director Monica.Carson@ucr.edu (951) 827-6089
David Lo, PhD Block 1 Director David.Lo@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-4553
Changcheng Zhou, PhD Block 2 Director Changcheng.Zhou@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-9139
Valentina Amaral, MD Block 2 Director Valentina.Amaral@medsch.ucr.edu  
Stephanie Handler, MD Block 3 Director Stephanie.Handler@medsch.ucr.edu  
Declan McCole, PhD Block 3 Director Declan.McCole@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7785
Mo Entezampour, PhD Block 4 Director, Anatomy Director Mo.Entezampour@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7301
Iryna Ethell, PhD Block 5 Director Iryna.Ethell@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2186
Meera Nair, PhD Block 6 Director Meera.Nair@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7734
Nandini Gowda, MD Block 6 Director Nandini.Gowda@medsch.ucr.edu  
Paul Kellerman, MD Block 7 Director Paul.Kellerman@medsch.ucr.edu  
Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD Block 7 Director Abhishek.Bhjardwaj@medsch.ucr.edu  
Nicholas DiPatrizio, PhD Block 8 Director Nicholas.Dipatrizio@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7252
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD Block 9 Director Seema.Tiwari-Woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7819
David Franklin, PsyD Block 9 Director David.Franklin@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-4605
Rosanna Jhawar, MD Case-Based Learning Director Rosanna.Jhawar@medsch.ucr.edu  
Pamela Hunter Director of Medical Education Pamela.Hunter@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-4703
Tracy Bereal Associate Director, Educational Instruction Tracy.Bereal@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7596
Olivia Doyle Medical Education Coordinator Olivia.Doyle@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-6251

Program in Medical Education (PRIME) Team

Name Position Email Phone
Adwoa Osei, MD, FAAP PRIME Director adwoa.osei@medsch.ucr.edu (844) 827-1562
Vielka Patterson PRIME Coordinator velika.patterson@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-1562

Longitudinal Ambulatory Care Experience (LACE) Team

Name Position Email Phone
Moazzum Bajwa, MD LACE Co-Director Moazzum.Bajwa@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7413
Esther Caroline McGowan, MD LACE Co-Director esther.mcgowan@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7413
Patty Walker Associate Director, LACE patricia.walker@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7413
Karina Ruiz LACE Coordinator karina.ruiz@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0739

Clinical Curriculum Team

Name Position Email Phone
Anne VanGarsse, MD Associate Dean, Clinical Medical Education Anne.VanGarsse@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0395
Sam Zidovetzki, MD Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director Samuel.Zidovetzki@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2094
Kenneth Ballou, MD Family Medicine Clerkship Director Kenneth.Ballou@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2766
Remus Popa, MD Internal Medicine Clerkship Director Remus.Popa@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 788-3636
Lama Al-Khoury, MD Neurology Clerkship Director Lama.Al-Khoury@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7963
Mallory Stuparich, MD MS3 and MS4 Clerkship Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology mallory.stuparich@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2766
Stephanie Handler, MD Co Clerkship Director, OB/GYN Stephanie.Handler@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2766
Adwoa Osei, MD Pediatrics Clerkship Director adwoa.osei@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2094
Jean Russell, MD Pediatrics Co-Clerkship Director Jean.Russell@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2094
David Franklin, PsyD Psychiatry Clerkship Director david.franklin@medsch.ucr.edu  
Nicholas Sheets, MD Surgery Clerkship Director nicholas.sheets@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7585
John Nevin, MD Year 4 Director john.nevin@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7575
Nikki Mittal, MD Critical Care Medicine Director Aarti.Mittal@medsch.ucr.edu  
Pamela Hunter Director of Medical Education pamela.hunter@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-4703
Lauren Valko Associate Director of Clerkship lauren.valko@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7574
Venus Leal Family Medicine & OB/GYN Clerkship Coordinator venus.leal@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2766
Sonia Polk Internal Medicine & Surgery Clerkship Coordinator sonia.polk@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7585
Tim Gorny Pediatrics & Emergency Medicine Clerkship Coordinator timothy.gorny@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2094
Phalla Tolon Psychiatry & Neurology Clerkship Coordinator phalla.long-tolon@medsch.ucr.edu  
Stephanie Horn Year 4 Coordinator stephanie.horn@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7575
Lizbeth Bonilla Year 4 Coordinator lizbeth.bonilla@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-4703
Stephanie Franco Clerkship Coordinator Assistant stephanie.franco@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7653

Center for Simulated Patient Care Team

Name Position Email Phone
Khiet Ngo, DO, MS Associate Dean, Clinical Skills Education and Innovation khiet.ngo@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0395
Adolfo Aguilera, MD Director, Clinical Skills I adolfo.aguilera@medsch.ucr.edu  
Rosanna Jhawar, MD Director, Doctoring I rosanna.jhawar@medsch.ucr.edu  
Michael Basch, MD Director, Clinical Skills II michael.basch@medsch.ucr.edu  
Jose Aguilar, MD Director, Doctoring II josel.aguilar@medsch.ucr.edu  
Kerensa Peterson Director, Standardized Patient Program kerensa.peterson@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-8014
Christopher Gatpandan Director, Simulation Operations christopher.gatpandan@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7752

Medical Student Research Team

Name Position Email Phone
Daniel Novak, PhD Director of Scholarly Activity daniel.novak@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7675
Omar Casteneda Scholarly Activity Coordinator omar.castaneda@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2109

Office of Faculty Development Team

Name Position Email Phone
Rosemary Tyrrell, PhD Director of Faculty Development rosemary.tyrrell@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2381
Marleen Mendoza, MS Academic Technologies Project Manager marleen.mendoze@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7894
Kay Monteith Instructional Designer kay.monteith@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-6184
Guy Stoil Instructional Technologist/Video Production Specialist guy.stoil@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7416
Nnenna Akabogu Administrative Fellow nnennaya.akabogu@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-9041
Lisa Amaro Administrative Assistant lisa.amaro@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7896

Medical Education Quality and Evaluation Team

Name Position Email Phone
Elizabeth Morrison-Bank, MD, MSEd Associate Dean, Medical Education Quality elizabeth.morrison-banks@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7963
Joel Purkiss, PhD Associate Dean, Assessment and Evaluation joel.purkiss@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0329
Shawn Sampson, MBA Associate Director of Medical Education Quality shawn.sampson@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7848
Arpy Barsemian MS, MHA Medical Education Quality Coordinator arpyb@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2381