Program Overview

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Program Overview

The UCSF Fresno Family Medicine Residency is a dynamic program that has graduated more than 400 residents since its inception in 1970. It is a model for community-based training, balancing service and education needs for a large multi-cultural underserved population.

Program Description

UCSF Fresno offers a well-balanced curriculum to its residents who are trained at a wide variety of clinical sites encompassing a breadth of inpatient training as well as ambulatory training in both urban and rural settings. Additionally, our program offers regularly scheduled didactic sessions.

Program Leadership

• Ivan Gomez, MD: Program Chief
• Sireesha Reddy, MD: Program Director

Program Administrative Staff

• Joshua Kamimoto: Program Administrator

Program Physical Address

155 N Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93701

Program Description Continued

Our department has a strong administrative infrastructure which allows residents and faculty to concentrate on learning and caring for patients. Clinical and administrative personnel are dedicated to assisting with residency scheduling, coordination, research and grants, practice management issues and providing key quality assurance and utilization feedback to residents.

Program Outcomes

UCSF Fresno graduates are physicians who are confident in their knowledge and skills in all areas of family medicine and practice in a variety of rural and urban settings and as health care advocates for the populations they serve.

Instructors

• Sireesha Reddy, MD: Program Director, HS Associate Clinical Professor
• Kulraj S. Dhah, DO: HS Assistant Clinical Professor
• Jasmine K. Garcha, MD: HS Associate Clinical Professor
• Ivan Gomez, MD: Chair, HS Clinical Professor
• Muhammad S. Khan, MD: HS Assistant Clinical Professor
• Liana Milanes, MD: Associate Program Director, HS Assistant Clinical Professor
• Roger Mortimer, MD: HS Clinical Professor
• Ila P. Naeni, DO: Associate Program Director, HS Associate Clinical Professor
• Juan Carlos Ruvalcaba, MD: HS Clinical Professor
• Arlin Venturina, MD: HS Clinical Professor
• Kirsten A. Winnie, MD: Associate Clinical Professor
• Daa M. Xiao, MD: HS Associate Clinical Professor
• Banujan Balachandran, MD: Assistant Clinical Professor
• Alex Sherriffs, MD: HS Clinical Professor - Older Patient Curriculum
• Susan M. Hughes, MS: Associate Adjunct Professor-Research Director
• Lola Aguiniga, LCSW: Adjunct Instructor
• Iris Price, MA: Assistant Adjunct Professor

Details

Entrance Requirements

Refer to the portal for Housestaff Handbook.

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, VA Central California Health Care System, Family Health Care Network (Fresno).

Salaries

Not specified.

Accreditation

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