Mercy / Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Family Practice Residency Program
Family Practice Residency Program
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Mercy / Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Family Practice Residency Program |
The graduates of the program, where they came from and where they went.
Graduates, Class of 2010
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Brad Auwinger, DO |
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
He joined Sutter Medical Group in Roseville California |
| Roselle Branch, MD | University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas
City, KS She joined the Department of Corrections California |
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Catherine Ho, DO |
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Vallejo, CA
She joined Kaiser South Sacramento California |
Andrew Park, MD |
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA He joined Kaiser North Sacramento California |
| Marina Rasnow-Hill, MD | University of California, Davis, CA Continued her fellowship training in Obstetrics at Swedish Hospital in Seattle Washington |
| Mel Roca, MD | Creighton University, Omaha, NE He joined a primary care group in Omaha Nebraska |
| Thomas Valdez, MD | University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA He joined Mercy Medical Group in south Sacramento California |
Graduates, Class of 2009
| Luanne Carlson, DO | Touro University
College of Osteopathic Medicine She joined North Bay Medical Group in Fairfield California |
| Robert Duncan, D.O. | Touro University
College of Osteopathic Medicine He opened a solo practice in Sacramento California |
| G. R. Nafes, M.D. | Universitatklinikum Hamburg- Eppendorf, Germany He joined a primary care group in San Diego California |
| James Ngo, D.O. | Touro University
College of Osteopathic Medicine He Joined Sutter Medical Group in Stockton California |
| Sujata Pawar, M.D. | Byramjee
Jeejeebhoy Medical College, Pune, India She joined a solo practice in Folsom California |
| Jacky Yuen, MD | St. George University, Grenada. Completed PGY-1 at
the University of Southern California He joined Kaiser Permanente in Pleasanton California |
Graduates, Class of 2008
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Andrew Bozdech, MD |
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago
Medical School He joined the Mercy Medical Group Hospitalists at Mercy Hospitals (CHW) in Sacramento |
| Ronald Chambers, MD | George Washington School of Medicine He joined the faculty of the Mercy/Methodist FP residency program |
| Luong Huynh, MD | University of California Davis She joined Kaiser South Sacramento |
| Long Nguyen, MD | Oregon Health Science University School of Medicine He joined Kaiser South Sacramento |
| Kimberly Owens, MD | University of California Davis She joined the CHW Foundation/Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz |
| Tarnveer Singh, MD | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago
Medical School He joined the Mercy Medical Group Hospitalists at Mercy Hospitals (CHW) in Sacramento |
| Jeanine Walter, MD | Loma Linda University She joined Kaiser Roseville |
Graduates, Class of 2007
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Jonathan Chan, DO |
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of NY Institute of
Technology, NY He joined the Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of California San Diego |
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Jean Kim, MD |
Loma Linda University, CA She joined Kaiser Roseville in North Sacramento |
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Joy Liu, DO |
Western University of Health sciences/College of Osteopathic
Medicine of the Pacific, CA She opened a solo practice in Folsom, California |
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Tariq Rafiq, MD |
Dow Medical College, Pakistan He joined the Mercy Medical Group Hospitalists at Mercy Hospitals (CHW) in Sacramento |
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Camille Santos, MD |
Far Eastern University, Philippines She joined a primary care group in San Diego, California |
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Kelly Sharrar, MD |
University of California, Davis, CA He joined Woodland Healthcare, a multispecialty group affiliated with CHW, in Woodland, California |
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Gina Tobalina, MD |
University of California, Davis, CA She joined Sutter Medical Group in South Sacramento |
Graduates, Class of 2006
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Sharnjit Grewal, MD |
Finch University, Chicago, IL He joined the Mercy Medical Group Hospitalists at Mercy Hospitals (CHW) in Sacramento |
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Jeffrey Haddock, MD |
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT He joined a primary care group in Vermont |
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Maria Lewis, MD |
University of California Davis, CA
She joined the Woodland Clinic (CHW) |
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Sandhya Prabhakar, MD |
Christian Medical College, India She joined a primary care group in the Bay Area |
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Animesh Sinha, MD |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC He joined community clinics in Sacramento |
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Joanna Nguyen, MD |
American University of the Caribbean,
Montserrat She joined the Mercy Medical Group in Sacramento (CHW) |
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Thai Vo, MD |
University of California Davis, CA He joined the Hospitalist in Tracy, CA |
Graduates, Class of 2005
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Mirella Hothan, M.D. |
Mirella earned her MD degree from the Universite Paul Sabatier,
France
She moved to Texas |
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Pavani, Kuruma, MD |
Pavani earned her MD degree from Ghandi Medical College, India and finished her PGY-1 at St. Joseph's Regional Med Ctr, Clifton, NJ She joined a small group of family physicians in Livermore, California |
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Frank Lin, M.D. |
Frank earned his MD degree from Finch University of Health
Sciences Chicago Medical School He joined a small group in the Bay Area. |
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Scarlett Lu, D.O. |
Scarlett earned her DO degree from
Tuoro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo CA She joined the Sacramento County Clinics. |
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Albert Owens, M.D. |
Albert earned his MD degree from the American University of the
Caribbean, Montserrat He opened a solo practice in downtown Sacramento |
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Jason Spears, D.O. |
Jason earned his DO degree from Touro University College
of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo CA
He joined the Mercy Medical Group Hospitalists at Mercy Hospitals (CHW) in Sacramento |
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Christina Wu, MD
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Christina earned her MD degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
and completed her PGY-1 at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
She joined a small group (5 FPs) in San Francisco |
Graduates, Class of 2004
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Jared Garrison, D.O.
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Jared earned his DO degree from Oklahoma State
University, Oklahoma.
He joined a community clinic in Willows, CA |
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Steve Hwang, D.O. |
Steve earned his DO degree from Touro
University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo CA
He opened a practice with his classmate Dr. Lau in Sacramento, CA |
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Patrick Lau, M.D. |
Pat earned his MD degree from New York Medical
College.
He opened a practice with his classmate Dr. Hwang in Sacramento, CA |
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Jon Malan, D.O. |
Jon earned his DO degree from Kirksville
College of Osteopathic Medicine
He joined a community clinic in Red Bluff, CA |
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Mark Ratley, M.D. |
Mark earned his MD degree from University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
He joined the Mercy Medical Group Hospitalists at Mercy Hospitals (CHW) in Sacramento |
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Jana Tomsky, M.D.
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Jana earned her MD degree from 3rd Medical
Faculty of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic She joined a solo practice in Walnut Creek, CA |
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Randall Winslow, D.O. |
Randy earned his DO degree from Western
University of Health Sciences / College of Osteopathic
Medicine of the Pacific
He joined a primary care group in Sacramento, CA |
Graduates, Class of 2003
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Joe Le, MD
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Joe earned his MD degree from Finch University, The
Chicago Medical School
He opened a solo practice in south Sacramento, California |
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Drew Maris, M.D. |
Drew earned his MD degree from University of California
Irvine
He opened a solo practice in Scotts Valley, California |
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Melissa McKinney, D.O. |
Melissa earned her DO degree from Western University
of Health Sciences in Pomona
She joined Sacramento Community Health Center, Sacramento, CA |
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Kaveri Patel, D.O. |
Kaveri earned her DO degree from Western University of Health
Sciences in Pomona
She joined Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a multispecialty medical group, California |
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Raje Ponnuswamy, MD |
Raje earned her MD degree from Kilpauk Medical College, India
She joined Santa Cruz Medical Group, California |
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Rita Schultz, D.O. |
Rita earned her DO degree from University of North Texas
HSC College of Osteopathic Medicine
She opened a solo practice in Austin, Texas |
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Eric Tepper, M.D.
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Eric earned his MD degree from MCP Hahnamann
University in Philadelphia
He opened a solo practice in Sacramento, California |
Graduates, Class of 2002
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Don Corpus, M.D. |
Don earned his B.S. in Physiological Science from
UCLA and his M.D. from MCP Hahnemann University.
He joined a multispecialty group in Los Angeles, California |
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Christi Ober, M.D. |
Christi earned her MD degree from UC Irvine.
She joined a small primary care group in Fairfield, California |
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Roy Sweeny, M.D. |
Roy
attended Medical School at the University of Buenos Aires then did
research in Neurology and Neurosurgery at UCLA. He did
his internship at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
He opened a solo practice in Los Angeles, California |
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Julie Wei-Shatzel, D.O. |
Julie graduated from University of Osteopathic
Medicine and Health Science, Des Moines, Iowa and did her internship
at Mercy Redding.
She joined Sutter group in Roseville, north Sacramento, California |
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Reed Vuong, D.O. |
Reed graduated from University of Osteopathic
Medicine and Health Science, Des Moines, Iowa.
He joined a solo practitioner in Sacramento, California |
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Dolores Policicchio, M.D. |
Dolores attended UC Davis for undergrad and earned
her MD degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School.
She joined a small primary care group (the graduates of class 2000) in Elk Grove, south Sacramento, California |
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Craig Letner, MD |
Craig earned his MD degree from University of
California, Davis.
After completing his second year with the program in Family Practice he pursued his career in the specialty of Radiology. |
Graduates, Class of 2001
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Kiana Cox, M.D. |
Dr. Cox attended UC Davis for undergraduate
studies, and completed medical school at Albany Medical College.
Kiana joined a multispecialty medical group in Lodi, California |
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James Garrett, M.D. |
Dr. Garrett attended UC Irvine, and
then went on to U.S.C. for medical school.
James joined Sutter Healthcare in Sacramento, California. |
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Donald Kalman, M.D. |
Dr. Kalman completed his undergraduate
studies at the University of Michigan, then came West to attend
medical school at UC Davis.
Don joined Woodland Healthcare (Mercy Healthcare Sacramento) in Woodland, California |
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Paris Kharbat, D.O. |
Dr. Kharbat went to Texas A&M University
for her undergraduate studies. She then went on to medical school
at the University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas
College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Paris joined the Indian Health Service in Auburn, California |
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Michael Kim, M.D. |
Dr. Kim attended U.C.L.A. for his
undergraduate studies. He then moved on to UC Irvine for medical
school.
Mike joined MedClinic (Mercy Affiliated Multispecialty Medical Group) in Sacramento, California |
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Abigail Koenig, M.D. |
Dr. Koenig went to Williams College in
Williamstown, MA and on to UC San Diego for medical school.
Abby took time off after residency to enjoy family and life |
Graduates, Class of 2000
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Amanda Ho, M.D. |
Dr. Ho pursued her undergraduate degree
at UCLA in physiological sciences and attended medical
school at the University of Hawaii.
Amanda joined a family practice group in Maui, Hawaii. |
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Alice Mills, M.D. |
Dr. Mills went to UC Berkeley for undergraduate
then UC Irvine for medical school.
Alice joined Kaiser in Napa, California. |
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Manuel Sabin, M.D. |
Dr. Sabin attended UC Davis as an
undergraduate where he received a BA in Chicano Studies. From
there, he relocated to Omaha where he attended Creighton University
and earned his M.D. degree.
Manuel joined Keith and Janet in opening a group practice in Elk Grove, south Sacramento, California. |
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Keith Shillito, M.D. |
Dr. Shillito went to UCLA for his
undergraduate education, during which he spent a year at University
of Leeds, England. He went to medical school at the College of
Human Medicine, Michigan State University.
Keith joined Manuel and Janet in opening a group practice in Elk Grove, south Sacramento, California. |
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Masaki Takai, M.D. |
Dr. Takai attended Cornell University for
his undergraduate and graduate studies in engineering and
went to the University of Hawaii for medical school.
Masaki joined a family practice group in Maui, Hawaii. |
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Janet Yu, M.D. |
Dr. Yu attended Washington University
in St Louis, MI where she earned a bachelor of arts degree
in Biology and Economics. She went on to obtain her medical doctorate degree
from Washington University School of Medicine.
Janet joined Keith and Manuel in opening a group practice in Elk Grove, south Sacramento, California. |
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Nezhat Arabi, M.D. |
Dr. Arabi went to medical school
at Imperial Medical Center in Tehran, Iran (an accredited branch
of Johns Hopkins University). Before residency, she spent a few
years at UCLA doing research.
Nezhat joined MedClinic (Mercy Medical Group) in Sacramento, California. |
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Gabriel Borges, D.O. |
Dr. Borges did his undergraduate work at
UC Davis, majoring in Biological Sciences. He completed medical
school at Western University Health Sciences in Pomona, CA.
Gabe joined the Sacramento County Clinic and the VA hospital in Sacramento, California. |
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Fernanda Da Silva, M.D. |
Dr. Da Silva received her BS
in Biological Sciences at UC Davis. She received her MD from Eastern
Virginia Medical School in Norfolk.
Fern joined Riverbend Medical Group of family doctors in Sacramento, California. |
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Alan Grove, M.D. |
Dr. Grove went to college and medical school
at the University of Kansas.
Alan has moved back to Kansas and is working in a multi-specialty group. |
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Gerard Issvoran, D.O. |
After finishing his undergraduate work
at St. Mary's College of CA, Dr. Issvoran completed medical school at
Nova Southeastern University of the Health Sciences in South
Florida.
Gerard joined a family practice group in Monterey, California. |
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Wendy Lin, M.D. |
Dr. Lin went to UC Berkeley for her undergraduate
education. She got her MD degree from the Medical College
of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Wendy joined Med Clinic (Mercy Medical Group) in Sacramento, California. |
| Kelly Hunt, MD | Dr Hunt earned his MD degree from University of
California Davis.
After completing his first year with the program in Family Practice Kelly left to pursue his career in the specialty of Anesthesia. |
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Terry Arikawa, D.O. |
He completed his undergraduate
work at California State University, Los Angeles, and went to
medical school at the Western University Health Sciences in Pomona,
CA.
Terry opened a solo practice office in Granite Bay, north Sacramento, California. |
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John Benson, M.D. |
Dr. Benson completed his undergraduate
work at St. Johns University in Collegeville, MN. He went to medical
school at the University of Minnesota- Duluth/Minneapolis.
John moved his family back to Minnesota where he joined a family practice group. |
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John Gisla, M.D. |
He completed his undergraduate
work at Thomas Aquinas College, majoring in Liberal Arts--a Great
Books program. He got his MD at the University of California
Davis School of Medicine.
John joined MedClinic (Mercy Medical Group) in Sacramento, California |
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Andrew Nangalama, M.D., Ph.D. |
After obtaining his BS, MS in Animal Sciences
at Cal State Fresno, he obtained his PhD in Endocrinology
and Biochemistry at UC Davis. He did a postdoctoral fellowship
in Reproductive Endocrinology at UC San Francisco and then completed
medical school at UC Davis.
Andrew joined Norwood Clinic (Mercy Community Clinic) in Sacramento, California. |
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John W., D.O. |
He received his undergraduate and
Masters degrees from UCLA. He went to medical school at Western
University in Southern California.
John opened a solo practice office in Granite Bay, California. |
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