Administrative Staff

Katherine MacFarlane, Esq.
Interim Administrative Vice Chair
(619) 543-5776

• Operations oversight
• Strategic planning
• Fiscal affairs and faculty compensation
  

Daniel Barowski
Financial Analyst
(619) 471-0469

• Fiscal affairs
  
• Faculty compensation
  
• Funding management across academic, clinical and research missions
  

Daisy Cruz
Staff Research Associate
(619) 471-9187

• Main contact for PRIMIER, PCORI and CMMI projects 
• Coordinator for various research projects, participant recruitment, manuscript preparation, IRB applications and data management

Shuxiang Liu
Programmer Analyst
(619) 543-8204

• Epic clarity data with multiple clarity data model certifications 
• Division scheduling website and practice-based research programs

Christian Ruiz
Clinical Coordinator
(619) 543-8349 

• Family Medicine Faculty/MSP/staff onboarding & separations 
• Clinical Orientation schedules (ID, lab coats, pagers, EPIC, DFM, shadowing, ARC, benefits, etc.) 
• Med Staff privileging Clinical billing packets and Department forms 
• Leaves (in coordination with ARC) 
• Clinical reporting 
• Residency schedules

Renu Sugathan
Clinical Informatics Specialist
(619) 543-8348

• Epic reporting Analyst
• Business Intelligence reporting to support operational functions
• Research data analyst, responsible for Epic data extracts and data submissions
  

Nova Barkley
Administrative Support (Preventive Medicine)
(858) 822-7678

• Faculty administrative support  
• Division administrative support  
• Department special events and support
• Training grant coordinator
  

Melissa Wahl, MPH
Family Medicine Residency Program Coordinator
(619) 543-2165

• Program Manager for Family Medicine Residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship Liaison for Combined Family Medicine and Psychiatry Residency and Affiliated Scripps Chula Vista Family Medicine Residency Programs