2024 - 2025 UCSF SOM Teaching Awards Ceremony

University of California, San Francisco Center for Faculty Educators 2024 – 2025 UCSF

School of Medicine

Teaching Awards Ceremony

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 5:00 pm

In-person and Via Zoom

Luís Rubio, MD, MHS, delivers a lecture to first-year medical students, May 12, 2025. Photo credit: Susan Merrill

UCSF School of Medicine

Teaching Awards to be presented this evening

Special Recognition Teaching Awards

Charlotte C. Baer Memorial Award

A life of service and compassion: Honoring Brian W. Lin, MD, FACEP

Maxine Papadakis Awards for Faculty Professionalism and Respect

Henry J. Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching

Bridges Curriculum - Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards

Including acknowledgments for

Teach for UCSF Certificate Program

EVENT PROGRAM

Welcome

Presenter: Erick K. Hung, MD

Associate Dean for Students Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Special

Recognition Teaching Awards

Presenter: Adriana Padilla, MD

Chair, Volunteer Clinical Professors Advisory Board

Clinical Professor - Volunteer Department of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Fresno

Charlotte C. Baer Memorial Award

Presenter: Adriana Padilla, MD

Chair, Volunteer Clinical Professors Advisory Board

Clinical Professor - Volunteer Department of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Fresno

A life of compassion: Honoring Brian W. Lin, MD, FACEP

Presenter: Adriana Padilla, MD

Chair, Volunteer Clinical Professors Advisory Board

Clinical Professor - Volunteer Department of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Fresno

Maxine Papadakis Awards for Faculty Professionalism and Respect

Presenter: Erick K. Hung, MD

Associate Dean for Students Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Henry J. Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching

Presenter: Binh An Phan, MD

Chair, Selection Committee, Henry J. Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Maxine Papadakis Awards For Faculty Professionalism and Respect Professor Department of Medicine

EVENT PROGRAM (Continued)

Bridges Curriculum – Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards

Presenter: Erick K. Hung, MD Associate Dean for Students Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Teach for UCSF Certificate Program – Acknowledgment

Presenter: Sandrijn van Schaik, MD, PhD Director of Faculty Development UCSF School of Medicine, Center for Faculty Educators Baum Family Presidential Chair for Experiential Learning Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics Closing

Presenter: Erick K. Hung, MD Associate Dean for Students Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Special Recognition

Teaching Awards

Volunteer Clinical Professors (VCP) play a significant role in advancing UCSF’s mission to transform health care. The Special Recognition Teaching Awards are presented to volunteer clinical professors that have made significant contributions through excellence in teaching and in the field of medicine.

Presenter: Adriana Padilla, MD

Chair, Volunteer Clinical Professors Advisory Board, Clinical ProfessorVolunteer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Fresno

Special Recognition Teaching Awards Recipients

Adeline L. Goss, MD Department of Neurology

Seth L. Matarasso, MD Department of Dermatology

Susannah M. Rose, MBBS, PhD Department of Surgery

Michael C. Schrader, MD, PhD, FACP Department of Medicine

Charlotte C. Baer

Memorial Award

The Charlotte C. Baer Memorial Award is presented annually to a volunteer clinical professor of the School of Medicine in recognition of distinguished service. This award is named in honor of Dr. Charlotte C. Baer (1908 - 1973), who was a practicing internist in San Francisco and a volunteer clinical professor for almost 30 years.

Dr. Baer was an outstanding clinician with exceptional humanistic qualities who served as a role model and teacher to hundreds of our students and residents. Access biography on Dr. Charlotte C. Baer.

Presenter: Adriana Padilla, MD

Chair, Volunteer Clinical Professors Advisory Board, Clinical ProfessorVolunteer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Fresno

Charlotte C. Baer Memorial Award Recipient

Alger B. Chapman III, MD, PhD Department of Pediatrics

Presenter:

Adriana Padilla, MD

Chair, Volunteer Clinical Professors Advisory Board, Clinical ProfessorVolunteer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Fresno

A life of service and compassion: Honoring

Brian W. Lin, MD, FACEP

As we gather to celebrate excellence in teaching, we also pause to honor the life and legacy of an extraordinary educator, physician, and colleague Dr. Brian Lin, who passed away this summer.

Dr. Lin was more than a gifted emergency physician at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco. He was a mentor, a builder of programs, and above all, a teacher in the deepest sense of the word. His passion for education and his devotion to his students shaped not only how they practiced medicine, but how they understood what it truly means to care for others.

From the earliest days of his career, Dr. Lin saw teaching as an act of respect. He believed that every learner deserved patience, presence, and kindness the same qualities he extended to his patients. He embodied the principle that how we teach is as important as what we teach.

In 2019, Dr. Lin helped create the KP Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship – San Francisco (KLIC-SF), a visionary program that allows third-year medical students to follow patients through multiple specialties, developing continuity, empathy, and accountability along the way.

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This program stands as a living example of his belief that medicine is learned best through relationships relationships with patients, with mentors, and with one another.

In October 2020, during the COVID pandemic, Dr. Lin received the Charlotte C. Baer Memorial Award.

Beyond the classroom and the hospital, Dr. Lin’s generosity of spirit touched everyone who crossed his path. He was known for following up with students long after their rotations, for his humility, and for his unwavering commitment to helping others grow.

Dr. Lin reminded us that great teaching isn’t only about passing on knowledge it’s about modeling integrity, compassion, and curiosity. And in that sense, his lessons will continue to echo through every patient cared for, every student inspired, and every colleague reminded of the deeper purpose in what we do.

May we continue to teach and to serve with the same grace, humility, and dedication that Dr. Brian Lin so beautifully embodied.

Maxine Papadakis Awards for Faculty Professionalism and Respect

The Maxine Papadakis Awards for Faculty Professionalism and Respect advance UCSF values in medical education. These awards recognize faculty who are exemplars in treating students and all others in the clinical environment with professionalism, courtesy and respect.

Dr. Papadakis is Professor Emerita who retired in 2016 as Associate Dean for Students at UCSF School of Medicine. It was Dr. Papadakis’ work that led to the “respect” questions on the student evaluations of faculty.

We celebrate the faculty teachers in the core clinical rotations who are honored with these awards, as they significantly impact the clinical learning climate for our students.

Presenter: Erick K. Hung, MD

Associate Dean for Students, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Maxine Papadakis Awards for Faculty Professionalism and Respect Recipients

Dae Hyoan Jeong, MD, FAAFP

Department

of Family and Community Medicine

Mia Williams-Hom, MD, MS

Department of Medicine

Henry J. Kaiser Awards for

Excellence in Teaching

The Henry J. Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching were established in 1969 with funds provided by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. They bestow significant academic distinction, as well as a monetary award for the recipients. Faculty members who teach medical students or residents are eligible for nomination, and only medical students and residents can make nominations.

We celebrate the recipients of the Kaiser awards in five categories, including the award recipient from UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program.

Presenter: Binh An Phan, MD Chair, Selection Committee, Henry J. Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Maxine Papadakis Awards for Faculty Professionalism and Respect, Professor, Department of Medicine

Henry J. Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching Recipients

Excellence in Classroom Setting: Lundy Campbell, MD Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Excellence for Inpatient Care Setting: Nancy Choi, MD Department of Medicine

Excellence in Ambulatory Care Setting: Mimi Lu, MD Department of Emergency Medicine

Excellence in Teaching at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program: Liana Milanés, MD

Department of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Fresno

Excellence for Volunteer Clinical Professor (Posthumous):

Brian W. Lin, MD, FACEP Department of Emergency Medicine

Bridges Curriculum –

Foundations 1 and 2

Teaching Awards

The Bridges Curriculum - Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards recognize excellence in medical student teaching during the Foundations 1 (F1) and Foundations 2 (F2) phases of the Bridges Curriculum.

A selection committee comprised of first- and second-year medical students select the award recipients from the pool of instructors nominated by medical students in F1 and F2.

Presenter: Erick K. Hung, MD

Associate Dean for Students, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Bridges Curriculum – Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards Recipients

Outstanding Coach (tie):

Vishal Kumar, MD Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Outstanding Teacher in Core Clinical Preceptorship: Andrew Orr, MD, MSEd Department of Medicine

Inspirational Teaching:

Binh An P. Phan, MD Department of Medicine

Outstanding Coach (tie):

Erika Price, MD, MPH Department of Medicine

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Bridges Curriculum –

Foundations 1 and 2

Teaching Awards (continued)

Presenter: Erick K. Hung, MD

Associate Dean for Students, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Bridges Curriculum – Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards Recipients

Outstanding Lecture:

Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc Department of Medicine

Commitment to Teaching: Dana Rohde, PhD Department of Anatomy

Excellence in Small Group Instruction by Faculty Member: Luís Alberto Rubio, MD, MHS Department of Medicine

Excellence in Small Group Instruction by Student Instructor: Alexander Weickhardt, MD Department of Pathology

Teach for UCSF Certificate

Program – Acknowledgment

Teach for UCSF is a program of the Center for Faculty Educators that requires a significant time investment on behalf of the participants, a testament to their commitment to their professional development as educators. Through day-long inperson sessions, participants experience a structured curriculum while networking with other educators. The program primarily targets UCSF faculty and volunteer clinical professors, with select certificates also open to staff and trainees. In 2024-25, we offered Certificates around 6 major themes: Educators Essentials, Clinical Teaching, Education Leadership, Interprofessional Teaching, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, and Simulation Teaching. In addition to Teach for UCSF, the Center for Faculty Educators offers a number of other faculty development activities and resources to support all who teach and supervise UCSF learners. Learn more at: https://meded.ucsf.edu/faculty-development

Presenter: Sandrijn van Schaik, MD, PhD

Director of Faculty Development, UCSF School of Medicine, Center for Faculty Educators, Baum Family Presidential Chair for Experiential Learning, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Teaching

Adrian Hernandez Lopez, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Ainsley Faraday, DPT, Physical Therapy

Ali Starling, CNM, MPH, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Anthonia Chimezie, PharmD, Medicine

Brittany Dingler, PA, MHS, Medicine

Carmen Kilpatrick, MD, Psychiatry

Courtney Minor, MSN, CNM, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Courtney Sagar, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery

Daniel Hernandez, Physical Therapy

Daniele Gusland, MD, Pediatrics

Denise Yeung, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy

Elizabeth Seashore, MD, Pediatrics

Erin Hallett, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Hong Vuong, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy

Hsiao Ting Chen, DDS, Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences

Irum Khan, MBBS, PhD, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Jackeline Vajta Gomez, MD, Medicine

Jimmy Kim, Physical Therapy

Julia Vu, DDS, Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences

Karin Clifton, COO

Kayla Katzman, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Kreshnik Zejahu, MD, Medicine

Laura Weil, RN,CNM, MPH, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Lina Huang, Clinical Pharmacy

Maggie Chen, MD, Family and Community Medicine

Maria Amada Apacible, RN, MS, PNP, COO

Maryn Kanter, MD, MPH, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Matthew Beutner, MD, Medicine

Max Kazer, MD, Neurology

Melinda Fowler, MSN, CNM, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Noopur Jain, MD, MS, FAAP, Emergency Medicine

Omid Shah, MD, Medicine

Othman Aljohani, MBBS, MPH, Pediatrics

Paul Jhun, MD, Emergency Medicine

Rebecca Amirault, CNM, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Rebecca Leon, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy

Rubi Hickson, COO

Sarah French, MD, Medicine

Sasha Yamnik, CNM, RN, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Sharon Ashong, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy

Shedrick Martin, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy

Sheri Foote, CNM, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Suzanne Seger, MSN, BSN, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Syed Salman Ali, MD, Medicine

Tammy Brunk, DNP, CNM, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Tyler Crosby, Otolaryngology

Education Leadership

Albert Yen, MD, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Anil Ghimire, MD, Medicine

Arthur Chyan, DO, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Brandon Sessler, COO

Camila Cribb Fabersunne, MD, MPH, Pediatrics

Carmen Kilpatrick, MD, Psychiatry

Caterina Mosti, PhD, Psychiatry

Cathy Hoang, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

D'Anne Duncan, Graduate Division

Denise Chang, MD, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Dylan Masters, MD, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Elizabeth Black, MD, Pediatrics

Erica Pitsch, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Evie Kalmar, MD, MS, Medicine

Harini Sarathy, MD, Medicine

Irum Khan, MBBS, PhD, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Jackeline Vajta Gomez, MD, Medicine

Jean Star, DDS, MPH, OFS

Joanna Tu, MD, Dermatology

Jonathan Li, MD, Ophthalmology

Josh Campbell, CIO

Josiah Cox, MD, PhD, Psychiatry

Kwame Adjepong, MD, Neurology

Laurel Carr, Dean's Office

Leanna Lewis, MSW, LCSW, Dean's Office

Lydia Zablotska, MD, PhD, MPA, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Manjiree Karandikar, MD, Pediatrics

Mariam Taleb, MD, Pediatrics

Maryn Kanter, MD, MPH, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Nilika Singhal, MD, Neurology

Ra Adcock, COO Children Services

Rahmat Balogun, DO, MS, MPH, Medicine

Rawnica Ruegner, MD, Emergency Medicine

Sara Clemons, MEd, Dean's Office

Stacey Yamamoto, Neurology

Tami Cowell, Dean's Office

Yuika Goto, MD, Medicine

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Educator Essentials

Alexander Dien, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Alexander Newman, MD, Pediatrics

Alexandria Meyers, MD, Family and Community Medicine

Alexis Mielke, DPT,BS, Physical Therapy

Alia McKean, DO, Pediatrics

Alice Fok, MD, PhD, Psychiatry

Alicia Punsalan, DNP, RN,FNP, Family Health Care Nursing

Aline Zorian, MD, Medicine

Alison Mcgough-Maduena, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Almira Opardija, MD, Medicine

Amber Leckie, PhD, MS, Psychiatry

Ammar Joudeh, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Amy Law, PhD, MS,CNM, Family Health Care Nursing

Anil Ghimire, MD, Medicine

Anita Oh, MD, Medicine

Ashley Moon, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Bethlehem Churnet, MD, Medicine

Brandon Sessler, COO

Briauna Taylor, DNP, BSN, Community Health Systems

Brittany Dingler, Medicine

Carol Bowden, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy

Cathy Hoang, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Charney Burk, MD, Emergency Medicine

Christine Nelson, MD, Pediatrics

Christopher Crogan, MD, Emergency Medicine

Christopher Ortiz, MD, PhD, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Claire Gibson, MD, Pediatrics

Claudia Cuevas, COO

Colbey Ricklefs, MD, Pediatrics

Desiree Carmen, MD, MPH, Medicine

Diana Howard, MD, Family and Community Medicine Continues next page…

Dumindra Gurusinghe, MD, Medicine

Elizabeth Black, MD, Pediatrics

Elizabeth Eve, DMD, MS, OFS

Elizabeth Holt, DPT, Physical Therapy

Elizabeth Seashore, MD, Pediatrics

Elizaveta Ignatova, MD, Pediatrics

Emily Eng, OD, Ophthalmology

Erin Hallett, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Eva Glenn Lecea, MD, Pediatrics

Eyup Keles, MD, Pediatrics

Garrett Roll, MD, Surgery

Geetha Sivasubramanian, MD, Medicine

Geethu Nair, MD, FACP, Medicine

Harini Sarathy, MD, Medicine

Heather Cigas-Mazur, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Hebah Ghanem, MD, Medicine

Hythem Nawaytou, MD, Pediatrics

Janice Kezirian, MD, Dean's Office

Jennifer Lee, DO, Pediatrics

Joe Sanford, MD, Neurology

Julia Alvarez, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology

Katie Nguyen, MD, Family and Community Medicine

Katie Vuchkov, MD, Emergency Medicine

Kristen Favel, MD, Pediatrics

Kristen Kiroff, MBBS, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Kristina Lin, OD, Ophthalmology

Landon Toma, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Lara Senekjian, MD, Surgery

Laura Allaire, RN, EVP-Clinical Integrated Network

Laura Deering, MD, Neurology

Leah McIntyre, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Leah Wormack, MD, MS, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

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Leni Popova, MD, Medicine

Lev Malevanchik, MD, Medicine

Lin Li, Medicine

Lucy Lotz, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Lydia Zablotska, MD, PhD, MPA, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Manjiree Karandikar, MD, Pediatrics

Marcos Garcia-Ojeda, Medicine

Maria Amada Apacible, RN, MS, PNP, COO

Matthew Beutner, MD, Medicine

Matthew Mayeda, CIO

Matthew Warren, Physiology

Maura Walsh, MD, Emergency Medicine

Max Birger, MD, Medicine

Maya Vella, MD, Radiology

Michele Maison-Fomotar, MD, Medicine

Monika Patel, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Nancy Parks, MD, Surgery

Nickisa Hodgson, MD, MAS, Ophthalmology

Nripendra Dhillon, MBBS, MS, Dean's Office

Paul Do, MD, Pediatrics

Paul Jhun, MD, Emergency Medicine

Pooja Prasad, MD, Medicine

Ra Adcock, COO, Children Services

Rachael Nevsimal, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Roger Mortimer, MD, Family and Community Medicine

Rosa Manzo, PhD, Family Community Medicine

Rubi Hickson, COO

Sarah Coates, MD, Dermatology

Shana Ballow, DO, Surgery

Sherry Liou, MD, MBA, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Shreela Mishra, Medicine

Solange Madriz Silva, Pandemic Prep and Response

Sophia Wiggins, CIO

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Stacy Han, MD, Medicine

Stephanie Melchor, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Sukhjit Dhillon, MD, Emergency Medicine

Sumaya Hammami, MD, MPH, Medicine

Susan DeRiemer, Physiology

Swathy Chandrashekhar, MBBS, Neurology

Tanya Lagrimas, MD, MPH, Family and Community Medicine

Theresia Oklan, PhD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Tristan Storm, PharmD, Bioengineering

Tulsi Sharma, MD, Medicine

Varsha Babu, MD, Medicine

Yessica Gomez, PhD, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Zaher Fanari, MD, Dean's Office

Interprofessional Teaching

Alexis Mielke, DPT,BS, Physical Therapy

Andrew Lui, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Cathy Hoang, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Jennifer Mandal, MD, Medicine

Josette Rivera, MD, Medicine

Karoly Dyer, COO

Monika Patel, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Natalie Anzures, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Ra Adcock, COO Children Services

Stephanie Claudatos, PhD, Psychiatry

Todd James, MD, Medicine

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Abigail Wilson, Medicine

Alexander Bazazi, MD, PhD, Psychiatry

Cathy Hoang, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Emily Kelly, MSN,NP, COO

Erin Hallett, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

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Hyesoo Chae, COO

Ian Soriano, MD, FACS, Surgery

Johanna Folk, PhD, Psychiatry

Lizzie Cole, MBBS, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Meghan O'brien, MD, Medicine

Monica Charpentier, MD, BCH Clinical Operations

Morgan Crow, EVP – EVP Physician Services

Namrata Patel-Sanchez, MD, MPH, Pediatrics

Rahmat Balogun, DO, MS, MPH, Medicine

Rodrigo Mojica Castillo, MD, Medicine

Sarah Flynn, MD, MPhil, Medicine

Syed Salman Ali, MD, Medicine

Simulation Teaching

Alyssa Murillo, MD, MSc, Surgery

Amanda Ling, NP, RN, MS, Psychiatry

Calvin Hwang, RPh, COO

Carlin Senter, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery

Chelsey Johnson, DO, MPH, Pediatrics

Christopher Lee, MD, Medicine

Christopher Ortiz, MD, PhD, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Daniel Bui, MD, Medicine

Dean Libet, MD, Pediatrics

Hannah Gu, MD, Pediatrics

Inder Narula, RN, COO Children Services

Jeanne Noble, MD, Emergency Medicine

Jera Lewis, MD, Medicine

Jessica Santos-Parker, MD, MS, PhD, Surgery

Jillian Olsen, MD, Pediatrics

Joshua Natbony, MD, Pediatrics

Karin Clifton, COO

Kathryn Jackson, COO Children Services

Kristen Favel, MD, Pediatrics

Kristen Kiroff, MBBS, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

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Maggie Beers, Education, Info Tech Services

Maria Amada Apacible, RN, MS, PNP, COO

Maryn Kanter, MD, MPH, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Meghan Duck, RN, MS, CNS, COO Children Services

Millie Arora, DO, Medicine

Natalie Anzures, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Ra Adcock, COO Children Services

Reed Hausser, MD, Pediatrics

Rubi Hickson, COO

Stacy Young, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences