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Program Directors

  • Simerjot K. Jassal, MD, MAS

    Simerjot K. Jassal, MD, MAS

    Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
    Clinical Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
    VA San Diego

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  • Lori Wan, MD

    Lori Wan, MD

    Director, Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program 
    Academic Community Director, UCSD School of Medicine  
    Associate Program Director, Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) 
    Clinical Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics
    Division of General Internal Medicine 
  • Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD

    Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD

    Director, Physician-Scientist Training Program
    Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Stacy Charat, MD

    Stacy Charat, MD

    Primary Care Program Director
    Clinical Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, VA San Diego

Associate Program Directors

  • Anne Cowell, MD, MPH

    Anne Cowell, MD, MPH

    Director, Global Medicine Pathway
    Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
    Vice Chief of Clinical Operations, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

     
  • Ali Farkhondehpour, MD

    Ali Farkhondehpour, MD

    Director, Hospital Medicine Pathway
    Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
    CMR 2016-2017
  • Sean Kenmore, MD, MS

    Sean Kenmore, MD, MS

    Co-Director, Resident as Clinician Educator (RACE) track
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, VA San Diego
    CMR 2019-2022
  • Perrie Pardee, MD

    Perrie Pardee, MD

    Associate Program Director, Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, VA San Diego
  • Tyler Woodell, MD MCR

    Tyler Woodell, MD MCR

    Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
  • EB Sladek, MD

    EB Sladek, MD

    Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Geriatrics
    Chief, VA Geriatrics Section
    CMR 2012-2013

Core Faculty

  • Joseph Abdelmalek, MD

    Joseph Abdelmalek, MD

    Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
    Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
  • Unna McPherson Albers, MD

    Unna McPherson Albers, MD

    Clinical Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
  • Luis Castellanos, MD, MPH

    Luis Castellanos, MD, MPH

    Director, Diversity in Medicine and Faculty Outreach
    Executive Director, Program in Medical Education - Health Equity
    Clinical Professor, Division of Cardiology
  • Constance Chace, MD, MPH

    Constance Chace, MD, MPH

    Co-Director, Resident as Clinician Educator (RACE) track
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
  • DJ Gaines, MD

    DJ Gaines, MD

    Associate Director, Diversity in Medicine and Faculty Outreach
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, VA San Diego
    CMR 2020-2021
  • Charles Ginsberg, MD, MAS

    Charles Ginsberg, MD, MAS

    Co-Director, Internal Medicine Resident Research Program 
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
  • Eric Mendez, MD

    Eric Mendez, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
  • Lori Daniels, MD, MAS, FACC

    Lori Daniels, MD, MAS, FACC

    Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
    Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
    CMR 2002-2003
  • Scott Mullaney, MD, MBA

    Scott Mullaney, MD, MBA

    Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education
    Clinical Professor, Division of Nephrology
  • Dena Rifkin, MD, MS

    Dena Rifkin, MD, MS

    Professor of Clinical Medicine,  Division of Nephrology & Hypertension 
    Associate Chief of Medicine, VA San Diego
  • Tricia Santos Cavaiola, MD

    Tricia Santos Cavaiola, MD

    Clinical Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Program Director, UC San Diego Endocrinology Fellowship
    CMR 2010-2011
  • Ashley Scanlon, MD

    Ashley Scanlon, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, VA San Diego
    CMR 2021-2022
  • Meghan Sebasky, MD

    Meghan Sebasky, MD

    Co-Director, Internal Medicine Clerkship
    Associate Vice Chief of Medical Education and Mentoring, Division of Hospital Medicine 
    Health Sciences Clinical Professor
  • Gregory Seymann, MD

    Gregory Seymann, MD

    Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
    Vice Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
  • Samantha Spilman, MD, MS

    Samantha Spilman, MD, MS

    Co-Director, Integrative Medicine Pathway
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, VA San Diego
    CMR 2020-2021
  • Daniel Sweeney, MD

    Daniel Sweeney, MD

    Medical ICU Director, Hillcrest Hospital
    Director of Ultrasound Education, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 
    Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
  • Jack Temple, MD

    Jack Temple, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, VA San Diego
    Mentor and Site Director, Chief Residents in Quality and Safety, VA San Diego
    CMR 2018-2019

     

     
  • Colin Thomas, MD, MPH

    Colin Thomas, MD, MPH

    Vice Chair of Veterans Affairs
    Chief, Medicine Service, VA San Diego
    Clinical Professor, Divisions of Hospital Medicine and Geriatrics
  • Supraja Thota, MD

    Supraja Thota, MD

    Associate Director, Resident as Clinician Educator (RACE) track
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
    CMR 2016-2017
  • Ida Wong-Sefidan, MD

    Ida Wong-Sefidan, MD

    Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UCSD and VA San Diego
    Associate Program Director, UC San Diego Hematology and Oncology Fellowship
    CMR 2010-2011

Department Leaders

  • Zea Borok, MD

    Zea Borok, MD

    Chair, Department of Medicine
    Helen M. Ranney Professor, Department of Medicine
  • Francis Gabbai, MD

    Francis Gabbai, MD

    Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, VA San Diego
    Clinical Professor, Division of Nephrology, VA San Diego
  • Jess Mandel, MD

    Jess Mandel, MD

    Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
    Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
    Professor of Medicine