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Chief Residents 2012-13
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Minal Patel , MD"Welcome to Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara. Residency is both an exciting and nerve racking time in a physician’s career, but I can say with complete confidence that I could not have asked for a better experience. At Kaiser Santa Clara I was able to grow and develop clinical skills with the perfect balance of autonomy and support from my attendings. The friendly, collegial environment fostered in our hospital between medical students, residents and attendings is ideal for residency. Whether you are looking to go into primary care, hospital-based medicine or pursue fellowship, the program directors and chiefs will help you achieve your goal. In addition to excelling in resident education, our residents are also able, and encouraged, to maintain their lives outside of residency. I would be more than happy to share more information about my experience at Kaiser Santa Clara and strongly encourage you to visit us here to see and experience for yourself the multitude of opportunities we have to offer. Hope to see you soon!" |
Amna Khan , MD"Hello and welcome to Kaiser Santa Clara Residency Program, where we learn, share, grow and have fun together. We as an institution nurture an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity, professional excellence and work life balance. A 100% fellowship and employment rate speaks for the top quality physicians that we train. Over the years Our residents have had outstanding careers in primary care, hospital medicine and various subspecialties. As a Chief Resident, I look forward to maintain excellence in this training program. I encourage you to check out our new bedside ultrasound training program, global health elective, Medical information technology elective, CHOICE track and our unique 2 week inpatient and 2 week outpatient schedule for the residents. I am always available for questions or suggestions. We would love to have you come and visit us." |
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Residents 2012-13
| Level | Name | Medical School |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Resident | Amna Khan, MD | King Edward Medical College |
| Chief Resident | Minal Patel, MD | Creighton University School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Parisa Azizad, MD | University of California, Davis, School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Laura Reichter Bernet, MD | University of California, Los Angeles, Geffen School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Michael Garcia, MD | Harvard Medical School |
| PGY 1 | Vinita Gidvani, MD | New York Medical College |
| PGY 1 | Imran Hasan, MD | University of Arkansas College of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Hadie Khodabakhsh, MD | George Washington University School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Gary Kuo, MD, MPH | New York Medical College |
| PGY 1 | Michelle Levy, MD | Emory University School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Timothy Liu, MD, MS | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Sonya Melodyev, MD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| PGY 1 | Neftali Nevarez, MD | Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University |
| PGY 1 | Jonathan Nucum, MD | University of Vermont College of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Neha Prakash, MD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| PGY 1 | David Raleigh, MD, PhD | University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Mark Sellmyer, MD, PhD | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Hoa Tran, MD | New York Medical College |
| PGY 1 | Jacqueline Trudeau, MD | University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | Vanja Varenika, MD | University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine |
| PGY 1 | John Woolfrey, MD, PhD | University of Iowa RJ & L Carver College of Medicine |
| Level | Name | Medical School |
| PGY 2 | Jillian Aherns | Drexel University |
| PGY 2 | Preethi Balakrishnan | Albany Medical College |
| PGY 2 | Marita Bautista | Medical College of Wisconson |
| PGY 2 | Emily Greenberg | Michigan State University |
| PGY 2 | Kenneth Leong | Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| PGY 2 | Mina Nikanjam | University of California, San Diego School of Medicine |
| PGY 2 | Jennifer Nissly | Jefferson Medical College |
| PGY 2 | Maribeth Ruiz | University of Illinois |
| PGY 2 | Roopa Sirohi | St. George's University School of Medicine |
| PGY 2 | Dan Skully | Ohio State University College of Medicine |
| PGY 2 | Tiffany Tran | New York Medical College |
| PGY 2 | Emily Yen | Drexel University |
| Level | Name | Medical School |
| PGY 3 | Noam Greenman, MD | University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine |
| PGY 3 | Michael Hubbard | Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| PGY 3 | Dustin Lopes | Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| PGY 3 | Cole McGeshick | University of Washington School of Medicine |
| PGY 3 | Joyce Orndorff | University of California, Davis School of Medicine |
| PGY 3 | Mariya Pelvitski | Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| PGY 3 | Heather Romine | American University of the Caribbean |
| PGY 3 | Benjamin Rosner | University of Minnesota Medical School |
| PGY 3 | Leah Ruslen | Keck School of Medicine |
| PGY 3 | Sean Sha | Loma Linda University School of Medicine |
| PGY 3 | John Wong | St. George's University |

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