Program Directors and Core Faculty

Program Directors

Simerjot K. Jassal, MD
Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Clinical Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
VA San Diego

Simerjot Jassal.pdf

Lori Wan, MD
Program Director
Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Training Program
Clinical Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics
Division of General Internal Medicine

Renate Pilz, MD
Program Director
Physician-Scientist Training Program
Chief, VA Hematology/Oncology Section

Associate Program Directors

Charlie Goldberg, MD Associate Program Director Clinical Professor Division of Hospital Medicine	Perrie Pardee, MD Associate Program Director Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Training Program Assistant Clinical Professor Division of Hospital Medicine	Tricia Santos-Cavaiola, MD Associate Program Director Associate Clinical Professor Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism CMR 2010-2011
Rebecca Sell, MD Associate Program Director Associate Clinical Professor Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine	EB Sladek, MD Associate Program Director Associate Clinical Professor Division of Geriatrics CMR 2012-2013

Core Faculty

Joseph Abdelmalek, MD Assistant Clinical Professor Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Division of Hospital Medicine	Luis Castellanos, MD, MPH Director of Diversity in Medicine and Faculty Outreach Associate Professor Division of Cardiology	Stacy Charat, MD Director, Primary Care Pathway Assistant Clinical Professor Division of General Internal Medicine VA San Diego
Lori Daniels, MD, MAS, FACC Associate Director Coronary Care Unit Clinical Professor Division of Cardiovascular Medicine CMR 2002-2003	Ali Farkhondehpour, MD Assistant Clinical Professor CMR 2016-2017 Division of Hospital Medicine	Scott Mullaney, MD Dean of Continuing Medical Education Clinical Professor Division of Nephrology
Nivedita Restaino, MD Assistant Clinical Professor Division of General Internal Medicine VA San Diego	Meghan Sebasky, MD Site Director for the Medicine Core Clerkship Associate Clinical Professor Division of Hospital Medicine	Gregory Seymann, MD Clinical Professor Division of Hospital Medicine
Colin Thomas, MD, MPH Chief, Hospital Medicine and Associate Chief, Medicine Service VA San Diego Clinical Professor Hospital Medicine and Geriatrics	Supraja Thota, MD Assistant Clinical Professor Division of Hospital Medicine Director of the Resident as Clinician Educator (RACE) track CMR 2016-2017	Ida Wong-Sefidan, MD Assistant Clinical Professor Division of Hematology-Oncology VA San Diego CMR 2010-2011

Departmental Leaders

Wolfgang H. Dillmann, MD
Helen M. Ranney Distinguished Professor and Chair,
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Francis Gabbai, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Chief, Medicine Service
VA San Diego
Professor, Division of Nephrology

Robert T. "Chip" Schooley, MD

Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

Dr. Jess Mandel, MD

Vice Chair of Education,

Department of Medicine

Vice Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Dr. Elaine Muchmore, MD
Associate Vice Chief of Education for the Department of Medicine,
Chief of Staff for Education
at VA San Diego
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology

Dr. Davey Smith, MD

Vice Chair of Faculty, Department of Medicine

Director of CFAR Translational Virology Core, Division of Infectious Diseases

Professor of Medicine

CMR 1999-2000