Program Overview

Emergency Medicine Residency, UCSF Fresno

Program Leadership

• Danielle Campagne, MD: Program Chief
• Rawnica Ruegner, MD: Program Director

Program Administrative Staff

• Virginia Coningsby: Department Administrator

Program Physical Address

• 155 N Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93701

Program Description

The Emergency Medicine residency program at UCSF Fresno was founded in 1974 at Valley Medical Center in Fresno County. It is one of the first EM programs in the country, offering a four-year program (PGY 1-4) with 10 residents per year. The program features a strong emphasis on clinical teaching and hands-on training. The state-of-the-art ED at Community Regional Medical Center serves as the only Level 1 trauma center and Burn center for Central California, handling an annual ED volume of 110,000.

The program aims to provide high-quality, timely emergency care via the educational paradigm and to advance the specialty of Emergency Medicine nationally through educational innovations, scholarship, and the dissemination of state-of-the-art Emergency Medicine care.

Program Aims

• Empower residents to develop expertise beyond the fundamentals.
• Create an environment that encourages achievement, success, and leadership beyond residency.
• Cultivate a culture of clinical excellence, professionalism, and patient advocacy.
• Recruit medical students and physicians who respect the rights and dignity of patients and conduct themselves with professional and personal integrity.

Instructors

• Stacy Sawtelle Vohra, MD: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
• Janak Acharya, MD: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Hagop Afarian, MD: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• James Andrews, MD: Volunteer Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Patil Armenian, MD: Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
• Kenny Banh, MD: Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
• Leah Bauer, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Jordan L. Beshore, DO: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Nicholas D. Black, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Charney A. Burk, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
• Danielle Campagne, MD: Interim Chief of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
• Brandon Chalfin, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Brian Chinnock, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Carolyn Chooljian, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• James Comes, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Michael Darracq, MD: Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
• Daniel C. Delgado, MD: Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Scott DeShields, MD: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Sukhjit K. Dhillon, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
• Ryan Ernst, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Jessica K. Fujimoto, MD: Assistant Program Director, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Gregory L. Gaskin, MD: Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Eric J. Graham, MD: Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Stephen Haight, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Joseph Hamera, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Robert H. Hashemzadeh-Gargari, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
• Lily Hitchner, MD: Assistant Program Director, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Kimon L. Ioannides, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Crystal Ives Tallman, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Miranda M. Lewis, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Harold E. Lowder, MD: Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Fernando Macias, MD: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Jeffrey Nahn, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Courtenay E. Pettigrew, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Gilbert Ramirez, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Rene Ramirez, MD: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Scott N. Reichelderfer, MD: Volunteer Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
• Rawnica Ruegner, MD: Program Director, Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Eric Schmitt, MD: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Susanne Spano, MD: Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
• Michelle Storkan, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Geoff Stroh, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Caleb D. Sunde, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Christopher N. Sweat, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Fernando Teixeira, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Jeffrey K. Uller, MD: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Rais Vohra, MD: Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
• Katherine M. Vuchkov, MD: Health Sciences Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
• Maura Walsh, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Jessie Werner, MD: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

Details

Entrance Requirements

Policies

Trainee Responsibilities

Accreditation

The Fresno Emergency Medicine Residency is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Benefits/Leave

UC Resident Benefits | Health and Insurance Coverage for Residents and Fellows

UCSF Hospital System Responsibilities

Major Affiliates:

• Community Regional Medical Center
• Valley Children’s Hospital
• Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (Fresno)
• Clovis Community Medical Center
• Family Health Care Network (Fresno)
• California Pacific Medical Center (Mission Bernal Campus)

Salaries

Not specified in the provided information.