• Patricia Loftus, MD, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• Nadine Pardee, MD, Medicine
• Lisa Pascual, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery
• Neeta Thakur, MD, Medicine
• Evan Walker, MD, Medicine
Staff Service Awards
The Jaclyne Witte Boyden Award
The Jaclyne Witte Boyden Award honors and recognizes exemplary service by staff in support of health professions education.
2025 Recipients:
• Andrea Bordallo, Program Manager, Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care
• Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Sciences
Graduate Medical Education Administrative Team:
• Patrick Canio, Education/Grand Rounds Coordinator; Marybeth Marcelino, GME Coordinator; and Alexis Saepharn, Education Coordinator
• Department of Pediatrics, Education Team:
• ThuyLoan Nguyen, Pediatrics Residency Program Manage; Rex Dacanay, Education Analyst; Cherise Masunaga, Education Program Manager; and Jade Hickman, MPH, Education Program Manager
The Award for Exceptional Service in Medical Education
The Award for Exceptional Service in Medical Education honors and recognizes exemplary service by staff in the Office of Medical Education (OME), School of Medicine.
2025 Recipient:
• Joey Bernal, Program Manager, Continuing Medical Education and Center for Faculty Educators
New Members
Varsha Babu, MD Department of Meddicine
Dr. Babu is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF Fresno and serves as the Division Chief of Endocrinology. Dr. Babu is also the Site Director of the Inspire Health Endocrinology Clinic, the primary faculty practice site for UCSF Fresno’s endocrine services. In addition to her clinical leadership, she serves as Chair of the UCSF Summer Biomedical Internship Program and is the Assistant Career Launch Director for 4th-year medical students in the UCSF SJV PRIME Program. She also leads the Ambulatory Internal Medicine Clerkship for F2 students in the same program. Dr. Babu is a pioneer in expanding subspecialty training in the Central Valley and is the founding leader of the region’s first Endocrinology Fellowship Program, addressing a critical gap in endocrine care and training.
Bryn Boslett, MD Department of Medicine
Dr. Boslett is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of General Infectious Diseases Programs in the ID Division at UCSF Health. Clinically, she focuses on providing HIV treatment and prevention services for vulnerable populations in the UCSF 360 Wellness Center. She teaches medical students, residents, and fellows on the inpatient ID consult services and serves as a longitudinal preceptor in the clinic. As Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency, she led major curriculum innovations in ambulatory education to promote individualized learning, mentorship, and professional development for over 180 residents annually. She also served as a CMC Bridges Coach.
Denise Chang, MD
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Dr. Chang is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and the Program Director for the UCSF Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship. She oversees the program's administration, curriculum, and continuous improvement, focusing on program evaluation, fellow professional development and wellbeing, fellow recruitment, and faculty engagement. As a Bridges Coach, she teaches students patientcentered communication skills for health interviews, hypothesis-driven physical exam skills, and mentors them through career exploration. Her influential work has earned her numerous accolades, including the George A. Gregory Teaching Award (2020) and the Maxine Papadakis Award for Faculty Professionalism and Respect (2023). Dr. Chang completed the year-long Teaching Scholars Program in 2025, where her scholarly project focused on improving the quality and quantity of formative feedback in the perioperative setting, demonstrating her commitment to enhancing the learning experience.
Allyson Chapman, MD
Departments of Medicine and Surgery
Dr. Chapman is an Associate Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, with dual appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Surgery. She primarily cares for patients on the Inpatient Palliative Medicine Services and in the Surgical ICU. She is Co-Director of Primary Palliative Care Education for the Division of Palliative Medicine and her non-clinical interests focus on the intersection of surgery, critical care, and palliative medicine as well as the integration of palliative care principles into the training and practice of surgeons and critical care clinicians. For this work, she was awarded the Cambia Sojourns Scholar Leadership Award and works nationally to formalize palliative care tenets in the care of surgical and critically ill patients.
Luc Fecteau, DPT, FAAOMPT
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Dr. Fecteau is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science. He serves as a course director and instructor in the graduate physical therapy program and also mentors residents in the orthopedic physical therapy residency program. In the graduate program, he teaches courses in anatomy, physical therapy interventions, and interprofessional care. Within the residency program, he provides advanced instruction to postgraduate learners, focusing on clinical areas such as upper cervical spine care, hand and wrist rehabilitation, and neurodynamics. Dr. Fecteau combines academic leadership with hands-on clinical mentoring to support the development of skilled, evidence-based physical therapists across both graduate and residency-level training.
Deborah Franzon, MD, MHA
Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Franzon is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care and the Executive Medical Director of Quality and Safety for Benioff Children's Hospitals. She serves as the faculty lead and content developer for Pediatrics Annual Fellows' College in Quality Improvement and in 2024 assumed the course co-director role for the UCSF Teach for Quality Certificate. She recently developed innovative curriculum for pediatric residents to acquire skills in event review and causal analysis. She enjoys mentoring faculty and trainees and students in improvement and empowering colleagues with tools for meaningful problem solving on efforts ranging from delirium prevention in the ICU, to top harm reduction, enhanced interprofessional rounds, and more. Dr. Franzon was honored to receive the 2025 GME Award for Excellence and Innovation in Quality and Safety.
Lianne Gensler, MD
Department of Medicine
Dr. Gensler is Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Program Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship, and Director of the UCSF Spondyloarthritis Clinic & Research Program. As Fellowship Director, she has developed a comprehensive didactic curriculum, strengthened mentorship across all training levels, and implemented holistic recruitment strategies that have increased diversity among fellows. She co-directs the UCSF Rheumatology Board Review Course and teaches extensively across the continuum of medical education. Her contributions have been recognized with the Ira M. Goldstein Award for Outstanding Teaching in Rheumatology, the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Research Mentor of the Year, and the UCSF Graduate Medical Education Achievement in Excellence and Innovation Award. Internationally recognized for her expertise in spondyloarthritis, she has led numerous studies and integrated trainees whose work has launched successful academic careers.
Jessica Gosnell, MD
Department of Surgery
Dr. Gosnell is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. She is one of the founding members of the Acute Surgical Case Service at Parnassus. In her role as the Director of the Endocrine Surgery Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation Lab, she studies new treatments for thyroid cancer through translational work and clinical trials, with a particular focus on multiple endocrine neoplasia and medullary thyroid cancer. Dr. Gosnell is also Associate Surgery Clerkship Director to which she brings a wealth of experience in mentorship and surgical education. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Haile T Debas Academy of Medical Educators teaching award. She was a longtime PISCES preceptor before becoming a UCSF School of Medicine Bridges Coach in 2016.
Rebecca Graff, ScD
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Dr. Graff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. In addition to her research in cancer epidemiology, her career is deeply rooted in advancing education. In the undergraduate medical education curriculum, she directs “Designing and Conducting Research,” a course she developed to equip students with skills to undertake rigorous, equitable scholarship. She also co-directs “Epidemiologic Methods II” for graduate learners and trainees at the master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels. As Co-Lead of her department’s Education Strategy, Dr. Graff is shaping the future of epidemiology and biostatistics training, with a strong commitment to inclusive pedagogy, curricular innovation, and mentorship that prepares learners for impactful scholarly careers.
Katelyn Hasse, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology
Dr. Hasse is an Assistant Professor in the Physics Division of Radiation Oncology at UCSF. She is the Program Director for the Medical Physics Residency program, and an instructor in the joint UCSF-UC Berkeley Medical Physics graduate program. Dr. Hasse is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment and encouraging a growth mindset in her learners. Her initiatives include gamifying didactic knowledge and casebased scenarios to enhance clinical decision making skills.
Tonya Kaltenbach, MD MS MEd Department of Medicine
Dr. Kaltenbach is Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and an internationally recognized leader in endoscopic education, innovation, and quality. She co-leads UCSF’s SimulationBased Mastery Learning Program for GI trainees. With master’s degrees in Medical Education (Johns Hopkins) and Clinical Research–Epidemiology/Biostatistics (UCSF), Dr. Kaltenbach integrates adult learning theory, simulation, and evidence-based pedagogy into endoscopy training; and studies of its implementation and outcomes. She leads national initiatives to improve colonoscopy quality, and is a frequent invited speaker and trainer at global conferences. Her contributions have been recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy as both a Master Endoscopist and Distinguished Educator, reflecting her excellence in both endoscopic performance and its training.
Manjiree Karandikar, MD, MBS Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Karandikar is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Disease and Global Health. In her role as the Program Director for the Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Program, she strives to create a clinical learning environment that prepares fellows for careers across the spectrum of pediatric infectious diseases, from basic science to clinical research. She focuses on curriculum development, and most recently developed the Immunocompromised Host Infectious Disease track. She holds national positions as the Vice-chair and Chair of the Transplant ID Education Sub-committee within the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. In addition, she is the co-director of the Pathogen Host Defense Block for the UCSF School of Medicine Foundational Sciences curriculum.
Sara LaHue, MD
Department of Neurology
Dr. LaHue is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Neurohospitalist Division. She is a preceptor on the inpatient neurology services at both UCSF Parnassus and ZSFG Hospitals where she teaches medical students, neurology residents, and neurohospitalist fellows. Inspired by inpatient neurology, she developed the Neurological Emergencies Simulation curriculum for rising neurology residents. Dr. LaHue serves as Director of Education and Co-Investigator for the NIH-funded UCSF Sex And Gender Enriched (SAGE) Neurology program, the first national curriculum integrating sex and gender aspects across the lifespan into neurology training. In parallel, she leads an NIH-supported translational delirium research group and is passionate about mentoring. Dr. LaHue is a recipient of the UCSF Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Medical Education Award and the Maxine Papadakis Award for Faculty Professionalism and Respect
Lin Li, MD
Department of Medicine
Dr. Li is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, based at UCSF Fresno where she serves as the Division Chief for Hospital Medicine. She teaches medical students and residents on the wards and in the classroom. She is the Associate Director of the San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (SJV PRIME), primarily overseeing F2 at UCSF Fresno, as well as the site clerkship director for the Medicine clerkship at UCSF Fresno. She focuses on creating a positive learning environment for learners by collaborating across clerkships and with faculty, staff and students to continually improve clinical rotations in Fresno.
Jennifer Ly, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Ly is an Associate Professor and Attending Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF. She serves as the department’s Health Equity Champion and co-chairs its Health Equity Subcommittee. Dr. Ly supports interdisciplinary education across psychiatry, psychology, pediatrics, and nursing, and has a strong record of mentoring learners from backgrounds historically underrepresented in medicine. She developed a five-part Interpreter Services Training series that significantly improved providers’ knowledge and confidence in partnering with interpreters, expanding access to linguistically responsive and equitable mental health care for patients with limited English proficiency. Dr. Ly is the recipient of the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award (2023) and the UCSF Patient Experience Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award (2025).
Liana Milanes, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Milanes is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF Fresno. She works with medical students and residents delivering primary care and addiction medicine to underserved populations in California's Central Valley. She chairs the Behavioral Science curriculum and developed an integrated lecture series which emphasizes a culturally reflective framework. She is passionate about faculty development and has been involved in developing the new Educators Essentials Certificate program. She enjoys being a part of a community of learners and providing mentoring for learners at all levels. She is described by learners as outstanding mentor and physician who embodies the best of family medicine; knowledge, advocacy and pursuit of social justice.
Kendra Moore, MD, MBE
Department of Medicine
Dr. Moore is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM) at UCSF. She is a faculty primary care physician and supervises internal medicine residents learning to care for patients longitudinally, while serving as the Educational Site Director for the residency program. Dr. Moore is passionate about transforming the culture of medicine to be more supportive of physicians as human beings. She is a founder of the UCSF GME Peer Support Ambassador Program and trains residents in peer support skills across multiple specialties at UCSF. She is a certified coach and specializes in facilitating growth in well-being, self-care and career satisfaction for residents and faculty. Dr. Moore also serves on the leadership team for the UCSF Health eConsult Program.
Christine Nelson, MD Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Nelson is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF Fresno. She was trained in general pediatrics and neonatology and joined UCSF Fresno in 2017 after a long career practicing general and hospital pediatrics, both clinically and academically. In Fresno, she started as a pediatric hospitalist and Medical Director of the Inpatient Service at Community Regional Medical Center, with interests in complex care, pediatric mental health, quality improvement, history of pediatrics, child abuse and newborn care. She was appointed Interim Chief of the Department of Pediatrics in 2024. She loves teaching and mentoring medical students and residents and especially enjoys her time on the newborn service, teaching the nuances of the evaluation and care of term and late preterm newborns.
Jeanne A. Noble, MD, MA
Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Noble is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and has served as the Residency Director of Emergency Medicine Simulation for more than a decade, designing and implementing a comprehensive, high-fidelity simulation curriculum providing residents with more than 20 hours of simulation-based learning each year. She integrates just-in-time procedural coaching into busy clinical settings, supporting residents in mastering invasive skills with confidence. She has mentored faculty across specialties in simulation facilitation and developed large-scale mass casualty preparedness training in collaboration with nursing, pharmacy, and ancillary teams. Dr. Noble’s work has earned multiple accolades, including UCSF’s Outstanding Medical Student Educator Award and the ACEP National Excellence in Bedside Teaching Award. Her innovative simulation practices have been shared locally and nationally, inspiring educational innovation across institutions.
Tiffany Pon, PharmD Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Dr. Pon is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy. She serves as an Experiential Education Program Director and precepts pharmacy students and residents in internal medicine, academic leadership, and clinical research. She is passionate about fostering not only professional development and growth in learners, but also a sense of belonging and community into the health professions environment. She strives to model successful work-life integration strategies while providing a tailored approach to mentoring that results in learners and mentees achieving their individual professional goals. "Dr. Pon is not only an educator of excellence, but a role model who embodies the values of service, scholarship, and inclusivity," remarks Dr. Valerie Clinard, Associate Dean of Experiential Education.
Alejandra Rincón, PhD
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Rincón is a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and serves a dual role at UCSF. She is the inaugural Executive Director for the Benioff Children’s Hospitals Inclusive Access to Health Programming and, for the past decade, she has served as Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Chief of Staff for UCSF’s Office of Opportunity and Outreach. Dr. Rincón was the 2006 recipient of the Human Relations Award of the National Association of College Admissions Counseling. She is also part of the Teaching and Learning in Medicine’s editorial internship, a program that recognizes promising scholars who could foster structural change in health professions education and scholarship, and has served on a National Technical Expert Panel for the Racial Equity in Healthcare project of the Commonwealth Fund.
Jessica (Jesse) Ristau, MD
Department of Medicine
Dr. Ristau is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and practices Primary Care and Addiction Medicine at UCSF Health. She is a dedicated educator with a focus on addiction across UME, GME, and CME, and serves as Co-Medical Director of the embedded addiction medicine clinic. Her additional medical education work centers on supporting struggling learners through structured, compassionate remediation—developing systems that foster accountability, growth, and long-term success. As Chair of the Internal Medicine Clinical Competency Committee, she codeveloped and implemented protocols to identify and support trainees at risk, including enhanced board preparation strategies. She now codirects PILLAR, a Step 1 & 2 preparation and remediation course, and serves as Co-Director of the UCPC Behavioral Medicine Curriculum for internal medicine residents.
Maggie Robinson, MD, MAEd
Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Robinson is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Critical Care. She currently does clinical teaching of residents and fellows rotating through the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Benioff Children's Hospital Mission Bay and Oakland. She serves as the director for the MB PICU Sub-I and SOM Clinical Immersion Experience as well as an Associate Program Director in the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, an assistant director of the BCH Mock Code program, and director of the Pediatric Residency Simulation Program. She enjoys being a small group facilitator for Designing Clinical Research in the SOM. She continues to work on obtaining her doctoral degree in health professions education and looks forward to ongoing scholarly projects related to the intersection of the clinical learning environment and resident motivation.
Sujatha Sankaran, MD Department of Medicine
Dr. Sankaran is a Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health. She joined UCSF in 2011 and has an interest in health systems improvement, health equity, and medical education. She has extensive experience in global health, and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 2015 to study non-communicable diseases in India. She is the program director for the UCSF M.S. Program in Global Health. She spent several years as the medical director for inpatient substance use at UCSF Health. Sujatha directed the quality and safety program for the Department of Neurosurgery for many years. She also was the Chief Medical Officer of one of the UCSF-affiliated hospitals, Sonoma Valley Hospital, in Sonoma County for two years. She has mentored and taught countless students, residents, and fellows.
Harini Sarathy, MBBS, MHS
Department of Medicine
Dr. Sarathy is an Associate Professor of Medicine in Nephrology at UCSF, specializing in care of patients with advanced chronic (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and home dialysis at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG). She teaches and mentors medical students, residents, fellows, and interprofessional learners, to advance education scholarship focused on medical education, health equity, and innovative team-based care. She is the Director of the Renal Plus Clinic for advanced CKD, leads the UCSF Nephrology ESKD elective track and serves on the organizing committee of the Home Dialysis Academy of Excellence, promoting advanced home dialysis training for fellows from UCSF and other institutions.
Elizabeth Seashore, MD Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Seashore is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatric Palliative Care and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, based at BCH in Oakland and San Francisco, and serves as GME Wellbeing Director for the Department of Pediatrics. She strives to meet the diverse educational needs of medical and nursing trainees by teaching high-stakes communication skills and end-of-life care at the bedside, in Life Stages, ICL, as a SPAN preceptor and Deep Explore mentor, in the resident Kravitt Seminar, and Fellows Forum. In her wellbeing role, Dr. Seashore leads a comprehensive program centered on teaching residents and fellows how to care for seriously ill children, supporting them in coping with what it means to do this work, and helping them cultivate a sense of meaning and belonging to sustain them throughout their training and career.
Jordan Virbalas, MD
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Virbalas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He has a longstanding interest in education and earned a Masters in the Science of Teaching prior to beginning a career in medicine. At UCSF, Dr. Virbalas completed the Teaching Scholars Program and assumed multiple leadership roles, including Program Director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship and Site Director for the OHNS residency at BCH Oakland. In this capacity, he has developed multiple surgical simulation models and created the UCSF Open Airway Dissection Lab. Dr. Virbalas is passionate about enhancing the quality of our education programs and is honored to have been selected by the UCSF Otolaryngology residents for the departmental Excellence in Teaching Award.
Michael Waul, MD, FAAD Department of Dermatology
Dr. Waul is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology, where he serves as the Associate Residency Program Director and Medical Student Specialty Advisor. He received the John A. Watson scholarship, an award from the UCSF School of Medicine for faculty whose academic work focuses on improving healthcare disparities. His research centers on innovation in trainee recruitment and retention, optimizing learner wellbeing, curriculum development, and restorative justice. He serves on the American Academy of Dermatology’s Leadership Development Steering Committee, designing programs that equip dermatologists with the knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership. As co-chair of the Skin of Color Society’s Global Council and Collaborations Committee, he oversees an international group of leaders who promote global engagement in education, research, and clinical care for patients with skin of color.
Michi Yukawa, MD, MPH Department of Medicine
Dr. Yukawa is a Clinical Professor in Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine. Her clinical work and medical education are focused on the care of older adults in skilled nursing facility and transitions of care. She is the Medical Director of the Short Stay Rehabilitation Unit of the San Francisco Campus of Jewish Living, a CMC coach and director of Geriatric Medicine electives for MS3 and MS4. In addition, she is the site director for rehabilitation rotation and medical directorship rotation for the UCSF Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program. She has been a question writer for the USMLE Step exams and is a former President of the Southwest regional Society of General Internal Medicine where she led a team of planning committee members to organize two regional meetings.
Boyden Staff Awards
Andrea
Bordallo, Program Manager
Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care
Andrea Bordallo serves the program manager in the division of palliative care, department of medicne. In addition to innumerable one-off education projects, Andrea has been stunning in the accuracy, timeliness, and creativity in what I see as the 3 core activities supporting DPM Education. This includes her work help to develop the concept of core and non-core educational activities for the department. Given the inevitable need to prioritize our focus, Andrea is thoughtful and compassionate. Andrea runs the annual review process for Core content, including soliciting new activities so that department's education program is complete and upto-date. Andrea also spearheaded the development of an Educational Repository, collecting, organizing, and reviewing submitted content for relevance, alignment with non-oppressive approaches and language. See Commitment section below. Andrea juggles a huge number of learners, flawlessly structuring sessions, allowing learners the best chance to learn, and working tirelessly to accommodate learners who apply late, apply to already full rotations, and, generally, who need extra help and a personal touch to get what they need to meet their education goal.
Graduate Medical Education Administrative Team
Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Sciences
Patrick, Alexis, and Marybeth truly excel in their roles and their collective impact is much greater than ensuring adherence to core requirements and meeting administrative requirements. Their educational programs are characterized by change; each year the implement new policies, new initiatives, and new clinical experiences, all with the intention of enhancing the training, experience, and well-being o trainees. With each change, Patrick, Marybeth, and Alexis played a significant role in bringing the change to fruition. The GME staff team identified ways to facilitate community partnership ivolvement and streamline their compensation so that such individuals and organizations received their payment in a timely fashion. Additionally, faculty state, "because of their diligence and willingness willingness to find creative solutions, we have successfully implemented short-staffed, but they have continued to work hard with grace and professionalism to ensure that the residents, are able to focus on the patient care and learning that brought us to UCSF.”
Pediatric Education Team
Department of Pediatrics
he Pediatric Residency administrative team, ThuyLoan Nguyen, Pediatrics Residency Program Manager; Rex Dacanay, Education Analyst; Cherise Masunaga, Education Program Manager; and Jade Hickman, MPH, Education Program Manager has been an essential partner in providing residents with their current educational experiences and redesigning the curriculum for the coming academic year. The administrative team played a critical role in our recruitment of a diverse group of interns. There are many behind the scenes activities that keep the recruitmen program running, such as on a given applicant day, the administrative team is responsible for coordinating interviews for up to 24 applicants, which includes filling holes when there are last minute interview cancellations, coordinating resident participation in virtual social activities, and manning the "applicant hotline” when there is any issue with the applicant day. As well as the day of event. During this, they not only coordinate the operations of hosting a 40+ person meeting, but also manage the rank list itself (updating it in real time in response to faculty, fellow, and resident feedback). This is a gargantuan effort that could not occur without their support.
administrative team’s work has been integral in keeping our program in compliance with ACGME requirements.
Exceptional ServiceAward in Medical Education
Joey Bernal, Program Manager
Continuing Medical Education and Center For Faculty Educators
Joey Bernal serves as the program manager in two OME units, the Continuing Medical Education and the Center for Faculty Educators (CFE).Joey’s responsibilities in OCME include managing UCSF’s Continuous Certification (also known as Maintenance of Certification, MOC) Portfolio program, including maintaining our approval licenses from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), reviewing and approving quality improvement projects within UCSF Health for MOC points, and managing the Learner Experience team for OCME. His work in the CFE focuses on exploration and implementation of new learning platforms and modalities, to help optimize operations and reach a larger number of faculty through asynchronous learning modalities. His actual efforts span a much greater scope of work, as he has also been instrumental in developing and implementing the UCSF Developing Medical Educators of the 21st Century Course, the design and piloting of a dashboard for Clinical Learning Environments, and the organization of a UCSF-wide AI and Education Symposium. Joey's contribution across education and support of colleagues has made him an inspriation for this award.
Keynote Speakers
Danielle Heitmuller, Kai Lukoff, Lee Panich, Madison Nguyen, Tiffany Nguyen, and Isabella Gomez
Presenters Danielle Heitmuller, Kai Lukoff, Lee Panich, Madison Nguyen, Tiffany Nguyen, and Isabella GomezAn offer an in-depth look at co-designing a community-based project with the Ohlone people, the Thámien Ohlone AR Tour of Santa Clara University. After sharing an overview of the tour, we will explore the process of co-design, challenges faced, and lessons learned. For more information, please go to https://scuhci.com/ ohlone-ar/
Members 2024 - 2025
Shelley Adler, PhD
Nima Afshar, MD
Manish Aghi, MD, PhD
Sarah Alba-Nguyen, MD, MPH
Celeste Allen, MD
Adnan Alseidi, MD, EdM
Loren Alving, MD*
Allan Basbaum, PhD
Noriko Tei Boyd Anderson, MD, MPH
Bianca Argueza, MD, MPH
Meg Autry, MD
Amin Azzam, MD, MA
Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD
Mona Bajestan, DDS, MS
Kenny Banh, MD
Robert Baron, MD, MS
Rebecca Berman, MD
Martin Bogetz, MD
Sharya Vaughan Bourdet, PharmD, BCPS
Steve Braunstein, MD, PhD
Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS
Kristine Breyer, MD*
Erica Brode, MD, MPH*
Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd
Katherine Brooks, MD
E. Alexandra Brown, MD
Marek Brzezinski, MD, PhD
Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH
Danielle Campagne, MD
Andre Campbell, MD
Lundy J. Campbell, MD
Annette Carley DNP MS
Anna Chang, MD
Jolie Chang, MD, MEng
Jack Chase, MD
Lee-may Chen, MD
Pei Chen, MD
David Chia, MD, MSc
Rachel Chin, MD
Peter Chin-Hong, MD, MAS
Lei Choi, MD, MPH
Nancy Choi, MD
Calvin Chou, MD, PhD
Daniel Ciccarone, MD, MPH
Valerie Clinard, PharmD, Aph
Carmen Cobb, MD
Denise Connor, MD
Miles Conrad, MD, MPH*
Molly Cooke, MD
Kelly M. Cordero, MD
Susannah Cornes, MD
Patricia Cornett, MD
Nicole M. Cresalia, MD
Eddie Cruz-Romero, MD, MPH
Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH
Denise Davis, MD
Mansi Desai, MD
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
Anand Dhruva, MD
Anthony Ding, MD
Vanja Douglas, MD
Jacque Duncan, MD
David Duong, MD, MS
Tammy Duong, MD
April Edwell, MD, MAEd
Odinakachukwu Ann Ehie, MD, FASA
David Elkin, MD
Martha Elster, MD
Archna Eniasivam, MD
Christopher Fee, MD
Mitchell Feldman, MD, MPhil
Alicia Fernandez, MD
Sabrina Fernandez, MD
Marla Ferschl, MD
Darren Fiore, MD
Amber Fitzsimmons, PT, MS, DPTSc
Lynn A. Flint, MD
Leslie Floren, PharmD, PhD, MAEd
Audrey Foster-Barber, MD, PhD
James Frank, MD, MA
Tracy Fulton, PhD
Meghana Gadgil, MD, MPH
Megha Garg, MD, MPH, FACP
Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CNE
Alan Gelb, MD
Jeffrey Gelfand, MD, MAS, FAAN
Sarah Goglin, MD
Andrew Goldberg, MD, MSCE, FACS
Robin S. Goldman, MD, MPH
Ivan Gomez, MD
David Gordon, MD, MPH
Sally Graglia, MD, MPH , FACEP
Beth Griffiths, MD, MPH*
Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, MAEd
Michelle Guy, MD
Monica Hahn, MD, MPH, MS*
Elizabeth Harleman, MD
Michael Harper, MD
Aaron Harries, MD
Natalie Buu Hastings, DMD, Karen Hauer, MD, PhD
Duncan Henry, MD
Kenzo Hirose, MD
Lily Hitchner, MD
Claire Horton, MD, MPH
Stephanie Lynn Hsia, PharmD
Gerald Hsu, MD
Marianne Hultgren, DNP, RN, CNE
Erick Hung, MD
Katherine Hyland, PhD
Corina Iacopetti, MD
David Irby, PhD
Rebecca Jackson, MD
S Andrew Josephson, MD
Elizabeth Joyce, PhD
Mindy Ju, MD, MAEd*
Marianne Juarez, MD
Katherine Julian, MD
Shruti Kant, MD*
Priya Kathpalia, MD
Shieva Khayam-Bashi, MD
Edward Kim, MD
Renee Kinman, MD, PhD
Barbie Klein, PhD, MS
Abner Korn, MD
Marieke Kruidering-Hall, PhD*
Irina (Era) V. Kryzhanovskaya, MD
Vishal Kumar, MD, FSIR
Anda Kuo, MD
Angel Kuo, RN, MSN, PNP
Jeannette Lager, MD, MPH
Cindy Lai, MD
Harry Lampiris, MD
Ryan Laponis, MD, MSci
Catherine Lau, MD
Ellen Laves, MD
Erica Lawson, MD
Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Lorriana Leard, MD
Isabel D. Lee, MD
Kewchang Lee, MD*
Sara Lewin, MD
Ben C. Li, MD
Descartes Li, MD
Matthew Lin, MD*
Margaret Lin-Martore, MD
Daphne Lo, MD, MAEd
Helen Loeser, MD, MSc
Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, MD, PhD
Andrea Long, MD
Michele Long, MD
Daniel Lowenstein, MD
Catherine Lucey, MD
Andrew Lui, DPT
Katherine Lupton, MD, FACP
Conan MacDougall, PharmD, MAS
Jennifer Mandal, MD
Solmaz Manuel, MD
Jyothi Marbin, MD
Mary E. Margaretten, MD, MAS
Marta Margeta, MD, PhD
Andrea Marmor, MD, MSEd
Erin Mathes, MD
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