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Faculty: leaders developing leaders.

Each member of  our Family Medicine program faculty was chosen for his or her energy and experience in mentoring  residents, supporting innovative didactics and garnering quality patient outcomes in their own practices. Our caring faculty will help guide our incoming, first-year residents in the transition from medical student to physician. 

By supporting your research and answering your every question, faculty will help you develop a holistic skill set, from clinical skills to practical techniques and bedside manner.  Our interactions will also equip you with skills you will need to maintain a healthy balance in your lives. Faculty will engage with you and with our patient population with the humankindness you would only find from Dignity Health.

Program Administration

  • Richard P. Kratche MD, FAAFP – Family Medicine Residency Program Director
  • Jacqueline Huynh, MD – Family Medicine Associate Program Director
  • Marlene Ashton, Program Coordinator

Faculty

  • Lauren Geyer, DO - Family Medicine
  • Jacqueline Huynh, MD - Family Medicine
  • Banjamin Ihms, DO - Family Medicine
  • Umar Iqbal, MD - Family Medicine
  • Dana "Dane" Kelin, DO - Family Medicine
  • Samuel Tytler, MD - Family Medicine

Rotation Directors

Required Rotations

  • Dan Belen, DO – Critical Care Medicine
  • Bill Halmi, MD – Dermatology
  • Ryan Adkins, DO – Emergency Medicine
  • Clarence E. Clark, MD - General Surgery
  • Shawn Abreu, MD – Geriatrics  / Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Yonas Geda, MD - Geriatric Neurology
  • Mahmood Shahlapour, MD - Inpatient Medicine
  • Shannon Kearl, MD - Neonatology
  • Charles Boag, DO - Obstetrics (Outpatient OB/GYN and Inpatient L&D)
  • Cliff Jones, MD – Orthopedics
  • Yash J. Bhatt, MD –Pediatrics (Inpatient)
  • Lanre Ijaola, MD - Pediatrics (Outpatient)
  • Kaleena Patel, MD - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Stephanie Horton, DO - Radiology
  • Afzal Khan, MD - Sports Medicine
  • Anthony Nuara, MD - Dermatology
  • Wael Youssef, MD - Gastroenterology

Elective Rotations

  • Rachel Bond, MD– Cardiology
  • Shabeena Shaik, MD – Endocrinology
  • Onyemaechi Okolo-Taku, MD - Hematology/Oncology
  • Sujatha Nott, MD – Infectious Disease
  • Curtis Cook, MD - Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Jonathan Hodgson, DO – Neurology
  • Michael Campion, MD – Ophthalmology
  • James Reidy, DO - Otolaryngology
  • Daniel Merrill, MD – Psychiatric Consults
  • Sankalp Choudhri, MD – Pulmonology
  • Pratik Patel, MD – Urology
  • Dan Inder S. Sraow, MD – Cardiology
  • John Anwar, MD - St. Vincent de Paul
  • Hiral Thakrar, MD - Allergy & Immunology
  • Timothy Sanford, MD - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Amer Al-Khoudari, MD - Rheumatology