Committee Membership • 2025-2026

Program Leadership and Administrative Voting Members

• Rajesh Gulati, MD (chair), associate dean of Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official
• Kenneth Ballou, MD, chair and program director of Family Medicine Residency 
• Peter Ureste, MD, program director of Psychiatry Residency
• Zeid Kayali, MD, fellowship director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
• Richard Lee, MD, fellowship director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Prabhdeep Sethi, MD, fellowship director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiology fellowship
• Ben Tabibian, MD, fellowship director, Critical Care Fellowship
• Rajesh Gulati, MD, program director, Internal Medicine at St. Bernardine Medical Center
• Samar Nahas, MD, fellowship director, Complex Benign Gynecology (CBG)
• Lisa Fortuna, MD, chair, Psychiatry 
• Elizabeth Jacobs, MD, chair of Internal Medicine
• 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

• Preetham Kumar, MD PGY 5, Cardiology Fellowship 
• Daniel Ward, DO PGY 5, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
• Alex Thomas, MD PGY 4, Psychiatry Residency 
• Samuel Phen, MD PGY 5, Gastroenterology Fellowship
• N/A, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
• Sandy Hanna, MD PGY 3, Internal Medicine Residency at SBMC
• Jonathan Scheel, MD PGY 5, Critical Care Fellowship
• Sarah Simko, MD PGY 6, Complex Benign Gynecology (CBG)

Support Staff

• Lauren Hook, director (GME Office)
• Barbara Bryant, institutional coordinator (GME Office)
• TBD, psychiatry coordinator
• Roberta Cole, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry coordinator
• Brianna Poston, executive administrative specialist (GME Office)
• Adrienne Bawcum, Gastroenterology and Cardiology coordinator
• Maria Fernandez Guerrero, Interventional Cardiology and Critical Care
• Tammy Gonzalez, Internal Medicine (SBMC) coordinator
• Jessica Reyna, Complex Benign Gynecology (CBG)
• TBD, 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