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
Scott Pegan, PhD Associate Dean, Pre-Clerkship Medical Education scott.pegan@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7907
Monica Carson, PhD Block 1 Director monica.carson@ucr.edu (951) 827-6089
Tejal Khandhar, PhD Block 1 Director tejal.khandhar@medsch.ucr.edu  
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  
Janet Cruz Block 3 Director janet.cruz1@ucr.edu  (951)-827-9016
Declan McCole, PhD Block 3 Director declan.mcCole@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7785
Ahmed Alassal, MD Block 4 Director   ahmed.alassal@medsch.ucr.edu (714) 683-3935
Sika Zheng Block 4 Director sika.zheng@ucr.edu (951) 827-7670
Iryna Ethell, PhD Block 5 Director iryna.ethell@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2186
Lama Al-Khoury Block 5 Director lama.al-khoury@medsch.ucr.edu  
Meera Nair, PhD Block 6 Director meera.nair@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7734
Samia Faiz Block 6 Director samia.faiz@ucr.edu  (951) 827-5775
Andre Obenaus, PhD Block 7 Director andre.obenaus@medsch.ucr.edu  (951) 827-0735
Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD Block 7 Director abhishek.bhjardwaj@medsch.ucr.edu  (267) 648-9213
Nicholas DiPatrizio, PhD Block 8 Director nicholas.dipatrizio@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7252
Roopa Viraraghavan Block 8 Director roopa.viraraghavan@medsch.ucr.edu  
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD Block 9 Director seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7819
Toshia Yamaguichi, MD Block 9 Director  toshia.yamaguchi@ucr.edu (951) 827-8000
Rosanna Jhawar, MD Case-Based Learning Director rosanna.Jhawar@medsch.ucr.edu  
Pamela Hunter Director of Medical Education pamela.hunter@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0215
Tracy Bereal Associate Director, Educational Instruction tracy.bereal@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7596
Leticia Miscavish Medical Education Coordinator leticia.miscavish@medsch.ucr.edu  
Adam Kukic Senior Standardized Patient Educator adam.kukic@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0608
Kendrick Davis, Jr. Simulation Operations Specialist kendrick.davis2@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7606
Shane Antolak Standardized Patient Educator shane.antolak@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7606

Program in Medical Education (PRIME) Team

Name Position Email Phone
Adwoa Osei, MD, FAAP PRIME Director adwoa.osei@medsch.ucr.edu (844) 827-1562
Velika 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
E. 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
E. Caroline McGowan, MD Interim Associate Dean, Clinical Medical Education Esther.McGowan@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0395
Sam Zidovetzki, MD Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director samuel.zidovetzki@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7585
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) 788-2094
Lama Al-Khoury, MD Neurology Clerkship Director lama.al-khoury@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2086
Ivan Rybkin, MD Interim MS3 and MS4 Clerkship Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Ivan.rybkin@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2766
Roopa Viraraghavan, MD Pediatrics Clerkship Director roopa.viraraghavan@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2094
Tejal Khandhar, MD Pediatrics Co-Clerkship Director tejal.khandhar@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2094
David Franklin, PsyD Psychiatry Clerkship Director david.franklin@medsch.ucr.edu  (951) 827-2086
Nicholas Sheets, MD Surgery Clerkship Director nicholas.sheets@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7585
Nikki Mittal, MD Critical Care Medicine Director, Year 4 Director aarti.mittal@medsch.ucr.edu  (951) 827-7575
Pamela Hunter Director of Medical Education pamela.hunter@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-4703
Lauren Valko, MBA Associate Director of Clerkship lauren.valko@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0875
Venus Leal Family Medicine & OB/GYN Clerkship Coordinator venus.leal@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2766

Tim Gorny

 Internal Medicine & Surgery Clerkship Coordinator

timothy.gorny@medsch.ucr.edu

 (951) 827-7585

Sonia Polk

 Pediatrics & Emergency Medicine Clerkship Coordinator

sonia.polk@medsch.ucr.edu

 (951) 827-2094
Phalla Tolon Psychiatry & Neurology Clerkship Coordinator phalla.long-tolon@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-2086
Lizbeth Bonilla Senior MS4 Clerkship Coordinator lizbeth.bonilla@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-4703
Jasmine Salazar Year 4 Coordinator Jasmin.SalazarQuintanilla@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
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
Angel Pruneda Project Policy Analyst angel.pruneda@ucr.edu (951) 827-8062
Alejandra Guzman-Bracamontes Project Policy Analysis 1 alejandra.guzmanbracamontes1@ucr.edu (951) 827 8189
Lisa Amaro Administrative Assistant lisa.amaro@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7896

Office of Assessment and Evaluation (OAE)

Name Position Email Phone
Joel Purkiss, PhD Associate Dean, Assessment and Evaluation joel.purkiss@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0729
Shawn Sampson, MBA Associate Director of Medical Education Quality shawn.sampson@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7848
Bradley Daniels, MBA Exam & Curriculum Mapping Specialist radley.Daniels@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-7894
Melanie Flandes Medical Education Data Analyst melanie.flandes@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-3399
Shawn Christianson Executive Assistant Specialist shawn.christianson@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0329

Office of Medical Education Quality and Compliance (OMEQC)

Name Position Email Phone
Adwoa Osei, MD Associate Dean, Medical Education Quality adwoa.osei@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0884
Laura Cantrell Medical Education Quality Coordinator laura.cantrell@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0740
Shawn Christianson Executive Assistant Specialist shawn.christianson@medsch.ucr.edu (951) 827-0329