Faculty

Program Directors

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

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

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

Associate Program Directors

Charlie Goldberg, MD, MS
Vice Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Clinical Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VA San Diego

Ali Farkhondehpour, MD
Director, Hospital Medicine Pathway
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
CMR 2016-2017

Perrie Pardee, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine

Rebecca Sell, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
CMR 2006-2007

EB Sladek, MD
Director, Integrative Medicine Pathway
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Geriatrics
CMR 2012-2013

Core Faculty

Joseph Abdelmalek, MD
Associate 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
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
VA San Diego

Anne Cowell, MD, MPH
Director, Global Medicine Pathway
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases

Lori Daniels, MD, MAS, FACC
Associate Director, Coronary Care Unit
Clinical Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
CMR 2002-2003

William Frederick, MD, PhD
Director, Medicine Acting Internship
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine

Sean Kenmore, MD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VA San Diego
CMR 2019-2020

Scott Mullaney, MD, MBA
Dean, Continuing Medical Education
Clinical Professor
Division of Nephrology

Nivedita Restaino, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
VA San Diego

Tricia Santos-Cavaiola, MD
Associate Clinical Professor

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Fellowship Program Director
CMR 2010-2011

Meghan Sebasky, MD
Co-Director, Medicine Core Clerkship
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine

Gregory Seymann, MD
Clinical Professor
Vice Chief
Division of Hospital Medicine

Jack Temple, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VA San Diego
CMR 2018-2019

Colin Thomas, MD, MPH
Chief, Medicine Service, VA San Diego
Clinical Professor
Hospital Medicine and Geriatrics

Supraja Thota, MD
Director, Resident as Clinician Educator (RACE) track
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
CMR 2016-2017

Ida Wong-Sefidan, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Associate Fellowship Program Director
Division of Hematology and Oncology
VA San Diego
CMR 2010-2011

Department Leaders

Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Interim Chair, Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology

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

Jess Mandel, MD
Vice Chair for Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Professor of Medicine

Alison Moore, MD, MPH
Vice Chair for Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Chief, Division of Geriatrics, Gerontoloy, and Palliative Care
Professor of Medicine

Davey Smith, MD, MS
Vice Chair for Research
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
Co-Chair, San Diego Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Professor of Medicine
CMR 1999-2000