Introducing your newest DOM faculty, postdocs, and staff colleagues hired or appointed Sep 2 through Dec 1, 2024.

Faculty

Metin Aytekin, MD // Research Assistant Professor // Cardiology

Tanya Chandra, MD // Clinical Assistant Professor // Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Brooke Decker, MD // Assistant Professor // Infectious Diseases

Shannon Hamilton, DO // Clinical Assistant Professor // Infectious Diseases

Charu Rajput, PhD // Research Instructor // Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Bhavna Seth, MD // Assistant Professor // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Paul Wallach, MD // UCR Visiting Professor, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Education, Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs School of Medicine // General Internal Medicine

Postdocs

Ali Abdelhady, MD // Postdoctoral Associate // Renal-Electrolyte

Hong Cao, PhD // Postdoctoral Associate // Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology

Fabliha Chowdhury, PhD // Postdoctoral Scholar // Renal-Electrolyte

Edna Evington, PhD // Postdoctoral Scholar // General Internal Medicine

Noriko Kitano, MD, PhD // Postdoctoral Associate // Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Mengzhi Li, PhD // Postdoctoral Associate // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Atsushi Miyamoto, MD, PhD // Postdoctoral Associate // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Hamda Siddiqui, PhD // Postdoctoral Associate // Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Staff

Rabina Baiju // Laboratory Technician // Infectious Diseases

Bre Bishop // Project Manager // Infectious Diseases

Jequetta Bledsoe // Medical Assistant // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Marilyn Brach // Clinical Research Coordinator // Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Zachary Brooks // Patient Services Representative // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Maryjane Brown // Financial Analyst II // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Tara Byrne // Project Manager // Project Manager

Nicholas Caggiano // Graduate Student Research Assistant // Geriatric Medicine

Kentin Codispot // Research Specialist // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Alexandra Eubank // Clinical Research Coordinator // General Internal Medicine

Christina Evans // Nurse Coordinator I // Classical Hematology

Noah German // Medical Assistant // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Ashtyn Grant, PA-C // Physician Assistant // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Venkata Gundala, PhD // Research Scientist // Aging Institute

Dylan Hamilton // Administrative Project Manager // Chair’s Office

John Hansen // Clinical Research Coordinator // Infectious Diseases

Mika Hara // Laboratory Technician // Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Sarah Harouse // Project Coordinator // General Internal Medicine

Alyssa Hart // Patient Services Representative // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Patrick Henderson // Laboratory Specialist // Infectious Diseases

Jaidyn Jiles // Medical Assistant // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Jooyoung Kim, PhD // Research Scientist // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Mary Kruth, RN // Clinical Research Coordinator // Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Anjali Kumar // Clinical Research Coordinator // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Kaitlyn Lersch PA-C // Physician Assistant // General Internal Medicine

Pamela Li // Graduate Student Research Assistant // Geriatric Medicine

Lorin Marshall // Patient Services Representative // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Joshua Martinek // Laboratory Technician // Infectious Diseases

Polly McCracken // Clinical Research Coordinator // Geriatric Medicine

Melissa McFadden, CRNP // Nurse Practitioner // General Internal Medicine

Niloofar Momen Zadeh // Laboratory Research Technician // Renal-Electrolyte

Tauseef Nadeem // Clinical Research Assistant // Infectious Diseases

Abigail Nixon, PA-C // Physician Assistant // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Ezinwanne Okorafor // Research Specialist // Geriatric Medicine

Jennifer Petrie-Wyman, EdD // Clinical Trials Manager // General Internal Medicine

Anja Popey // Laboratory Research Technician // Cardiology

Hannah Ramey // Nurse Coordinator I // Classical Hematology

Diamond Rogers // Medical Assistant // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Barbara Sanchez-Neri // Laboratory Specialist // Infectious Diseases

Amanda Schaeffer // Laboratory Specialist // Infectious Diseases

Oscar Shaver // Clinical Research Coordinator // Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Julia Sherman // Clinical Research Coordinator II // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Kathleen Shutt // Biostatistician // Infectious Diseases

Shatia Smith // Patient Services Representative // Classical Hematology

Jillian Stephey PA-C // Physician Assistant // General Internal Medicine

Brent Stover // Interventionist // General Internal Medicine

Danielle Thomas // Nurse // Endocrinology and Metabolism

Radha Uppala // Laboratory Technician III // Cardiology

Anthony Weakland // Exercise Physiologist // Geriatric Medicine

Shaquania Whitehead // Research Assistant // General Internal Medicine

Tara (Jacobs) Whitico // Nurse Coordinator I // Classical Hematology

Emily Yang // Medical Data Scientist II // General Internal Medicine