Internal Medicine Residency Program Faculty

Ralph Garcia-Pacheco, MD

Chair Department of Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Chief, Division Pulmonary Critical Care, Kern Medical

Director, ICU

Director, Pulmonary Ambulatory Care, Kern Medical

Kasey Fox, DO

Program Director
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Academic Hospitalist/Proceduralist, Division of Medicine, Kern Medical

Sabitha Eppanapally, MD

Associate Program DirectorClinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chief of Nephrology, Kern Medical
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Kern Medical

Hobart Lai, MD

Associate Program Director
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Academic Hospitalist / Proceduralist
Division, Hospital Medicine, Kern Medical

Matthew Clarke, MD

Associate Program Director
Division, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kern Medical

Ayham Aboeed, MD
Core Faculty

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Division, Pulmonary Critical Care, Kern Medical

Internal Medicine, Kern Medical

Carlos D’Assumpcao, MD

Core Faculty
Division, Infectious DiseaseKern Medical

Igor Garcia-Pacheco, MD

Core Faculty
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Academic hospitalist/proceduralist, chief, division of Hospital medicine, Kern Medical

Aslan GhandForoush, DO

Core Faculty
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Chief of Cardiology
Director of Interventional Cardiology

Shikha Mishra, MD

Core Faculty
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division of Infectious Disease, Kern Medical

Kulwant S. Bath, M.D.

Division, Nephrology

Alaleh Bazmi, MD, FACP Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division of General Internal Medicine, Kern Medical

Sangeeta Chandramahanti, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kern Medical

Sarah Gonzales, MD, FASAM

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division, Addiction Medicine

Bao Quynh Huynh, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Rheumatology Infusion Clinic, Kern Medical
Chief, Rheumatology, Kern Medical

Royce H. Johnson, MD, FACP

Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Medicine, Kern Medical
Chief, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical
Director, Valley Fever Institute

Fowrooz Joolhar, MD, FACC

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine,David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division, Cardiology, Kern Medical

Ishaan Kalha, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine,David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chief, Gastroenterology, Kern Medical

Rasha Kuran, MD

Fellowship Director, Infectious Disease
Assistant Professor Clinical Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical
Associate Medical Director, Valley Fever Institute

Augustine D. Munoz, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Kern Medical
Director, Pulmonary Services
Associate Medical Director, Valley Fever Institute