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Internal Medicine Residency Program Faculty

Ralph
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

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Kasey Fox, DO

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

Sabitha

Sabitha Eppanapally, MD Associate Program Director
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chief of Nephrology, Kern Medical
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Kern Medical

Leila

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

Petersen
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

Ayham
Ayham Aboeed, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division, Pulmonary Critical Care, Kern Medical
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Kern Medical

Samie
Kulwant S. Bath, M.D.

Division, Nephrology

Alaleh

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

Sangeeta
Sangeeta Chandramahanti, MD

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

Samie
Matthew Clarke, MD

Division, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kern Medical

Samie
Carlos D’Assumpcao, M.D.

Division, Infectious Disease

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Samie
Sean Fink, MD

Division, Addiction Medicine

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Igor Garcia-Pacheco, MD

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

Academic Hospitalist / Procedurelist

Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Kern Medical
ICU Intensivist

Aslan
Aslan GhandForoush, DO

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

Norka
Sarah Gonzales, MD, FASAM

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

Bao Quynh Huynh
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
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
Fowrooz Joolhar, MD, FACC

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

Samie
Jason Kahlon, MD

Academic Hospitalist / Procedurelist
Division of Hospital Medicine, Kern Medical

Ishaan
Ishaan Kalha, MD

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

Rasha Kuran
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
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

Samie
Tarun Rustagi, M.D.

Visiting Associate Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division, Gastroenterology, Kern Medical

Katayoun
Katayoun Sabetian, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine,David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chief, Neurology, Kern Medical

Samie
Samir Salameh, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Division, General Internal Medicine, Kern Medical

Janpreet
Marah Sukkar, MD

Division, General Internal Medicine, Kern Medical

Sukhmani Singh, MD

Division, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kern Medical

Samie
Alessandro Testori, M.D., Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division, General Internal Medicine, Kern Medical

Samie
Warren Wisnoff, DO

Division Palliative Care, internal Medicine