Committee Membership • 2023-2024

Program Leadership and Administrative Voting Members

• Rajesh Gulati, MD (chair), associate dean of Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official
• Asma Jafri, MD, chair and program director of Family Medicine Residency 
• Roberto Castanos, MD, program director of Psychiatry Residency (Interim)
• Zeid Kayali, MD, fellowship director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
• Richard Lee, MD, fellowship director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Ashis Mukherjee, MD, fellowship director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiology fellowship
• Hari K. Reddy, MD, fellowship director, Critical Care Fellowship
• Prabhdeep Sethi, MD, program director, Internal Medicine at St. Bernardine Medical Center
• Samar Nahas, MD, fellowship director, Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery
• Lisa Fortuna, MD, chair, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
• Daniel Teraguchi, EdD, executive associate dean, Student Affairs
• Pablo Joo, MD, senior associate dean, Medical Education
• Helen Lau, RN, director, Quality, Patient Safety, Risk, and Population Health

Resident Voting Members

• Haresh Gandhi, MD PGY 5, cardiology fellowship 
• Sarah Lee, DO PGY 5, child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship
• Amanda Palmire, MD PGY 3, family medicine residency 
• Michael Seigler, MD PGY 4, psychiatry residency 
• Ammar Qureshi, MD PGY 5, gastroenterology fellowship
• Patrick Baghdasaryan, MD PGY 7, interventional cardiology fellowship
• Mahtab Naji, MD PGY 3, internal medicine residency at SBMC
• John Carvalho, MD PGY 5, critical care fellowship

Support Staff

• Lauren Hook, institutional coordinator (GME Office)
• Priscilla Verales, psychiatry coordinator
• Roberta Cole, child & adolescent psychiatry coordinator
• Brianna Poston, family medicine coordinator, administrative assistant (GME Office)
• Adrienne Bawcum, gastroenterology and cardiology coordinator
• Maria Fernandez Guerrero, interventional cardiology and critical care
• Tammy Gonzalez, internal medicine (SBMC) coordinator
• Jessica Reyna, minimally invasive gynecological surgical coordinator
• Naveena Rai, support and wellness specialist

Members

• Paul Hackman, JD, chief compliance officer/safety officer
• Charles Abraham, MD or designee, chief medical officer/chief learning officer, St. Bernardine Medical Center
• Thomas Edell, MD or designee, associate chief of staff for education: VA Loma Linda
• Anna Medina, MD, deputy associate chief of staff for education, VA Loma Lina
• Arnold Tabuenca, MD or designee, chief medical officer: Riverside University Health System
• Michael A. Neri Jr., MD or designee, chief medical officer, Kaiser Riverside
• Kirk McNagny, MD or designee, associate chief of staff for education: VA Long Beach