Junior Faculty Alumni

Since the inception of the National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM) in 1999, 368 junior faculty have graduated from the program. During the program, each junior faculty member develops and completes a Professional Development Contract (PDC) with help from an assigned senior mentor. All Health Sciences faculty are eligible to serve as mentors, and mentor pairings are based on recommendations by the individual NCLAM participant and NCLAM Leadership Council. The list of projects by department below shows the wide diversity of interests among our graduates.

Faculty Mentors Across Health Sciences

Department/Division Mentor Directors (DMDs) help their units shift away from a culture of ad hoc mentorship towards intentional, inclusive, and effective mentorship in all institutional contexts. DMDs guide faculty to use evidence-based best practices for mentoring junior faculty and trainees. DMDs assess the “health” of mentoring in their department/division and act as a liaison with the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA).

School of Medicine Departments

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Anesthesiology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2015	Anne Shapiro, DO	UCSD Labor Epidural Bupivicaine Bolusing: A Cost & Safety Analysis
2014	Sarah Madision, MD	Does treating pain in the perioperative setting improve psychological outcomes for cancer patients?
2012	Erik Kistler, MD	Establishment of an Independent Research Lab
2010	Erin Lawson, MD	Chronic Opioids and Sleep Apnea
2009	Sameh Ali, PhD	Dirunal elevation in NADPH oxidase activity in the brain: a proposal link between brain inflammation and chronobiology
2007	Dalia Banks, MD	Gaining ACGME Accreditation for the UC San Diego Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Program
2005	Shobana Chandraskekhar, MD	Compare and contrast various teaching methods from both faculty and resident perspectives, and gain an understanding of how residents learn best
2004	Wendy Campana, PhD	Resubmitting R01 Grant for PINCH Signaling in PNS
2003	Robin Seaberg, MD	Anesthesiology Resident Curriculum on Substance Use, Abuse, and Physician Impairment
2002	David Luo, MD, PhD	Improvement of My Time Management Skills
2001	Vanna Soonthon-Brant, MD	Develop lecture series on anesthetic management of common pediatric diseases
2000	Sandra Chaplan, MD	Prioritizing Career Goals
2000	Reema Sanghvi, MD	Acute Airway Management Seminar/Workshop
2000	Gerhard Schulteis, PhD	Develop a one-day job fair/symposium on postdoctoral career development

Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2014	Karl Willert, PhD	Investigating the role of WNT-FZD7 signaling in tumorigenesis
2009	Alysson Muotri, PhD	Modeling Autism spectrum disorders with human pluripotent stem cells

Dermatology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	Taraneh Paravar, MD	The Establishment of Collaborative Clinics and Conferences Between Dermatology and Rheumatology

Emergency Medicine

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2015	Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH	Write a foundation grant
2014	Radhika Sundararajan, MD, PhD	Developing a successful staffing model for ED Observation Unit
2008	Leslie Oyama, MD	Better than "Good Job:" Improving Medical Student Evaluations
2002	Kama Guluma, MD	Fundamentals of Grant Writing
1999	Karen Van Hoesen, MD	UC San Diego Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship Development

Family Medicine and Public Health

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	Camille Nebeker, EdD	Building Research Integrity and Capacity Phase 3 – BRIC Implementation and Adoption Strategies
2015	Jose Ricardo Suarez, MD, PhD, MPH	Running an NIH Grant
2015	Yuyan Shi, PhD	Developing a Grant Proposal for Multi-Disciplinary Research
2013	Geneen Gin, DO	Prenatal, Gynecological Ultrasound Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents
2012	Melanie Fiorella, MD	Development of Nutrition Residency Program
2011	Alice Mills, MD, MPH	Applying for a Career Development Award
2008	Dustin Lillie, MD	Shared Decision Making: The Missing Link Between Information and Action
2008	Esmatullah Hatamy, MD	Curriculum Development for Family Medicine's Inpatient Service
2008	Victoria Ojeda, PhD	Graduate Studies in Cultural Perceptions about Health and Disease
2007	Xin Lu, PhD	Designing a Course: Introduction to Computational Biology, Method, and Applications
2006	Dennis Trinidad, PhD, MPH	Improve Data Collection Methodology and Revise a Grant Application to Study Prevention of Smoking in the Filipino Adolescent Population
2006	Lisa Madlensky,PhD	Create a Course Website for FPM243
2006	Matthew Allison, MD, MPH	Develop an Elective Course in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
2005	Rema Raman, PhD	Learn time management and know-how to convert her research ideas into manuscripts in statistics and neurological journals
2005	Susanne May, PhD	Identify a Funding Source for Own Methodological Research and Write First Draft of Application
2004	Loki Natarajan, PhD	Write a methodology grant in biostatistics
2004	Sonia Jain, PhD	Complete two methodological research papers and put together a grant application
2003	Happy Araneta, PhD	Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes-related Complications, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Filipino-American Women
2003	Jennifer Wu, MD	Designing a Model for Primary Care Services for the San Diego Family Justice Center
2002	Reena Deutsch, PhD	Confidence Interval Estimation for Cox Model R2 Prediction
2001	Anthony Gamst, PhD	Developing Grant Writing Skills
2001	Deborah Morton, PhD	Developing an Assessment Tool to be Used for General Research in the Gay and Lesbian Community
2000	Deborah Goodman-Gruen, MD, PhD	Promotion Package
2000	Sherry Emery, PhD	Teaching Research Methods
2000	Cecilia Gutierrez, MD	HRT - Current Controversies - A Multidisciplinary Approach

Medicine

See divisions below.

Neurosciences

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2015	David Piccioni, MD, PhD	Developing a Neurological Oncology Conference
2015	Royya Modir, MD	The UCSD Inpatient Stroke Service
2014	Leena Kansal, MD	Epilepsy and EMR Databases: Dilatin dosing in patient with epilepsy and history of alcoholism
2014	Shauna Yuan, MD	Dissecting Tau Aggregation Mediated Neurodegeneration and Prion-like Propagation
2013	Sonya Wang, MD	Case Series of Acupuncture Effectiveness in Pediatrics Epilepsy
2012	Mary J. Harbert, MD	Real-time Noninvasive Multimodal Assessment of Newborn Brain Function
2010	John Crawford, MD, MS	Neuroimmunology of Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors
2009	Jonathan Bui, MD, PhD	NMR imaging in a focal stroke model
2008	Stephanie Lessig, MD	UC San Diego Parkinson's Disease Center
2006	Sean Evans, MD	Prepare a patient's guide to understanding neurological diseases, treatment and their doctor's actions
2004	Christopher Kenney, MD	Work on establishing a movement disorders clinic with emphasis on deep brain stimulation
2004	Nayan Desai, MD	Learn the process of grant writing to further interest in electrodiagnostic research
2003	Brett Meyer, MD	Develop a Timeline and Plan for the Implementation of a Remote Video Consultation System at Four Remote Hospital Sites
2002	Joseph Gleeson, MD
2000	Ronald Ellis, MD, PhD	Create a Clinical Service and Research Fellowship in NeuroAIDS at UC San Diego
1999	Carla Grosmann, MD	Complexities of Building a Community Practice

Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2018	Sarah Averbach, MD	The Timing of IUD Perforation After Interval Postpartum IUD Placement
2016	Heidi Cook-Anderson, MD, PhD	Thinking Outside the NIH Box
2015	Kellie Breen Church, PhD	Develop a Publication Record Worthy of NIH Early Stage Investigator Funding
2015	Marianna Alperin, PhD	Pregnancy Induced Adaptations in Pelvic Floor Muscles: In Vivo Examinations
2014	David Natale, BSc, PhD	The Role of AMPK Signaling in Placental Development
2014	Sheila Mody, MD, MPH	Understanding Barriers to Long Acting Reversible Contraception Use Among Postpartum Women With Medical Conditions
2011	Djurdjica Coss, PhD	Feasibility/Preliminary Data for a Second R01
2010	Louise Laurent, MD, PhD	Writing an NIH Grant
2010	Sasha Kaufmann, PhD	Hormone Action: Graduate School Curriculum and Endocrinology Course Design
2009	Yvette LaCoursiere, MD, MPH	Importing Evidence-Based Practice in the Care of the Obese Pregnant Woman: An Assessment of Two Practice Models
2008	Edwin Alvarez, MD	Identification and Characterization of Human Ovarian Cancer Initiating Cells
2007	Jessica Kingston, MD	Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Curriculum for OBGYN Residents
2007	Maryam Tarsa, MD	Less Work Hours and More Opportunity to Attend Weekly Scheduled Conferences. Do Reproductive Medicine Residents Perform Better Now Compared to Years Before?
2006	Emily Lukacz, MD	A Comprehensive Analysis of the Short and Intermediate Term Impacts of Normal Vaginal Delivery vs. Elective Cesarean Section
2003	Douglas Woelkers, MD	Establishing the Standing Obstetrical Research Core (20STORC)
2002	Kathryn Pruzinsky, MD	Starting a Specialty Menopause Clinic
2001	Cheryl Saenz, MD	Gynecologic Oncology Group Research Protocol: Surveillance in Early Ovarian Immature Teratoma
2000	Paula Amato, MD	Submit Application to Change Visa Status and Complete and Submit Several Research Manuscripts
2000	Pamela Deak, MD	Survival Guide for Oral Board Exams in Ob/Gyn
1999	Andrew Hull, MD	Learn Develop Spanish for Perinatal Practice
1999	Christine Miller, MD	Write a Good Quality Case Report

Ophthalmology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2005	Shira Robbins, MD	Work on establishing a medical/surgical clinic for pediatric glaucoma
2003	Christopher Bowd, PhD	Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Glaucoma
1999	Linda Zangwill, PhD	Expanding Research Activities in Eye Epidemiology

Orthopaedic Surgery

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2013	Sameer Shah, PhD	Pitch and Proposal Development for Industry Research Collaboration
2011	Simon Schenk, PhD	SIRT 1 and Muscle Insulin Action: R01 Resubmission
2010	Eric Hentzen, MD, PhD	Residents' International Orthopedic Experience
2008	Robert Afra, MD	Orthopedic Surgery Sports Medicine Development
2007	Douglas Chang, MD, PhD	Grant Proposal: Non-invasive Ultrasonic Measurement of Intracranial Pressure Waveforms in Athletes Participating in Head-contact Sports
2006	Daniel Lee, DPM	Develop a UC San Diego Diabetic Limb Preservation Program
2003	Matthew Meunier, MD	A Regional Referral System for Hand Trauma
2002	Scott Meyer, MD	Genetic Determination of Spinal Anatomy and Muscle Strength in Identical Twins

Pathology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	Xiangdong Xu, MD, PhD	How to Run a Journal from Your Garage
2014	Gerald P. Morris, MD, PhD	T Cell Development in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
2010	Jonathan Lin, MD, PhD	Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
2009	Christina Sigurdson, PhD, DVM	Pew Scholar Application for Prion Disease
2006	Dianne Langford, PhD	Design and Implement a Multifaceted Project to Study HIV in the Ethiopian Population
2003	Steve Goodison, PhD	Turn a Backlog of Research Data into Submitted Scientific Articles
2000	Steffan Ho, MD, PhD	Research Program Development and Evaluation
1999	Cynthia Behling, MD, PhD	Design a Short Course for the American Society of Clinical Pathology
1999	Jessica Wang-Rodriguez, MD	To Be an Effective Administrator

Pediatrics

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	Farhad Imam, MD, PhD	You know his/her name
2016	Leah Kern, MD, MPH	Collaboration in Pediatric HIV Care at Tijuana General Hospital
2016	Nathan Lewis, PhD	How I Spent My Summer Vacation
2015	Stephanie Leonard, MD	Business Plan for Food Allergy Cente
2014	Johanna Chang, MD	Development of Pediatric Rheumatology Ultrasound Clinic
2013	Andrew Skalsky, MD	Business plan and proposal for acute inpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation service at UC San Diego Health Sciences and the UC San Diego School of Medicine
2013	Michelle Leff, MD, PhD	The Use of Supplementary Feedings in Newborn Nursery
2012	Chris Davis, PhD	Evaluation of Exercise limitations in Fontan Patients
2012	Kyung Rhee, MD	Next Steps in Childhood Obesity Treatment
2011	Chris Cannavino, MD	Pediatric Clerkship Curriculum: Subspecialty Modules
2011	Rebecca Cherry, MD	The Use of EPIC to Identify Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome
2011	Wynnis Tom, MD	Systematic Therapies for Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: A Multicenter Approach
2010	Daniel Lesser, MD	Development of expertise in pediatric sleep apnea
2010	Lars Bode, PhD	Developing a funding strategy for a solid and sustainable research program
2009	Adriana Tremoulet, MD	Differences in Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics between Filipino Americans and non-Filipinos with Kawasaki Disease
2008	Jin Xue, PhD	Building Scientific Writing Skills
2007	Kelly Doran, PhD	Imaging Blood-brain Barrier Permeability in a Mouse Model of Bacerial Meningitis
2007	Robert Douglas, PhD	Unbiased Stereological Assessment of Apoptosis in Hypoxic Mouse Brain
2007	Tina Leone, MD	Bedside Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care
2006	Aki Saitoh, MD	Study the Mitochondrial Toxicity in HIV-Exposed and Infected Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy
2006	Jane Kim, MD	Develop a Strategic Plan to Acquire Research Funding
2005	Amy Geddis, MD	Write a grant proposal for the formation of a registry and shared resource for inherited disorders of platelet numbers
2004	Jeannine Huang, MD	Develop curriculum and evaluation methods for two of the core competencies of the Pediatric GI Fellowship
2003	Rolando Viani, MD	Rapid HIV Testing During Pregnancy: The First Step for a Comprehensive Family Oriented HIV Clinic at Tijuana General Hospital
2002	Garry Crummer, MD	California Indian Health
2002	Maria Luisa Zuniga, PhD	Scholarly Growth through Development of Manuscripts and an Academic Portfolio
2002	Sherry Huang, MD	Hamartomatous Polyposis Clinical Research
2001	Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD	Childhood Obesity Career Road Map
2001	Laurel Leslie, MD	Determining Who I Am and Where I Am Going
2000	Nancy Graff, MD	Interpersonal Violence Curriculum
1999	Karen Loper, MD, MPH	Introduction to Scholarly Activities

Pharmacology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	David Gonzalez, PhD	Constructing a R01 Research Proposal for Submission in 2016
1999	Lisa Conti, PhD	Writing a Grant (Or Getting Some of My Own Salary)

Psychiatry

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	Matthew Panizzon, PhD	Development of an R01 Grant Proposal
2016	Pei-An Shih, PhD	What I Learned in 2016 NCLAM Leadership Training Program
2015	Jared W. Young, PhD	Writing a Manuscript for High Impact Journal
2015	Katherine Nguyen Williams, PhD	Developing a Pediatrics Anxiety & OCD Clinic
2014	Laura Redwine, PhD	Developing a plan to publish multiple endocrinology and aging manuscripts
2014	Lavinia Fiorentino, PhD	The Development of a New Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia: the ABC's of Insomnia
2013	Veronica Cardenas, PhD	SALUD Program: Design and Implementation of a Culturally Tailored, Primary Health Clinic Strategy for Depression Prevention and Early Intervention Among Elderly Latinos with Diabetes
2012	Monica Ulibarri, PhD	Prevalence and Characteristics of Abuse Experiences and Depression Symptoms among Injection Drug-using Femal Sex Workers in Mexico
2011	Carolyn Allard, PhD	Betrayal Trauma and Trauma Related Guilt
2011	Wesley Thomson, PhD	Psychiatry Biostatistics Uni
2010	Trey Meeks, MD	Creating a learning module on aging for medical students
2009	Amy Lansing, PhD	Developing a collaborative interdisciplinary research program
2009	Irina Strigo, PhD	The interaction between mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mBTI) and Major Depression on the neural correlates of pain
2008	Colin Depp, PhD	Day Reconstruction Method in Older Adults
2008	Lauren Brookman-Frazee, PhD	Applying Models of Collaboration to Mental Health Services Research
2007	Denise Chavira, PhD	Improving Care for Anxiety in Pediatric Settings
2006	Stephen Glatt, PhD	Establish Research Independence
2005	Andres Sciolla, MD	Submit a grant proposal to study trauma-based behavioral interventions to improve medical outcomes among adult survivors of childhood trauma
2005	Maria-Julia Montejo, MD	Study the connection between hypertension and neurobiologic dysregulation
2004	Mariana Cherner, PhD	Complete and submit for publication two scientific manuscripts
2004	Laura Dunn, MD	Write and submit several manuscripts
2003	Gabrielle Cerda, MD	Integrated Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Mothers
2003	Marc Norman, PhD	The Effects of Disease Modifying Medications on Depression and Anxiety in Multiple Sclerosis
2002	Penelope Jones, PhD	Formula for Success in NIH Grant Application Process
2002	Laurie Lindamer, PhD	Use of Psychiatric and Medical Services in Older Women with Psychosis
2001	Gregory Aarons, PhD	Development of a Feedback Protocol for Clinical Services Organizations

Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2015	Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD	Transitioning from K to R Level Grant Application
2014	James Murphy, MD, MS	Creation of a Novel Claims-based Palliative Prognostic Tool
2013	Laura Cervino, PhD	Directing and improving the departmental Medical Physics course for physics and medical residents
2010	Loren Mell, MD	Radiation effects on bone marrow assessed by functional imagining

Radiology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	Chi-Hua Chen, PhD	R01 Resubmission Proposal: Finding Genes for Regional Brain Size
2015	Julie Marek Bykowski, MD	Image Sharing
2013	Won Bae, PhD	R01 Proposal on Osteoarthritis: Imaging & Epidemiology
2013	Steven Kikolski, MD	Establish an Academic Identity in Interventional Oncology
2012	Rebecca Theilmann, PhD	Create Curriculum for Pulmonary Fellows on State-of-the-Art Pulmonary Functional Imaging Techniques and Their Applicability to the Clinical Setting
2010	Cynthia Santillan, MD	Develop a Website for Body Imaging Section
2008	Jacopo Annese, PhD	A New Curriculum Designed to Prepare the Next Generation of Researchers and Clinicians for the Challenges and Technological Opportunities in the Field of Neuroscience
2008	Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD	Creation of a Core Radiology Clerkship for UC San Diego Medical Students
2007	Miriam Scadeng, MD	Writing an R01
2006	David Dubowitz, MD, PhD	Translate finished or nearly finished research projects into three papers
2006	Thomas Liu, PhD	Critically assess current state of academic career and define strategic directions to pursue over the next five years
2005	Claude Sirlin, MD	Learn to write and submit a patient-oriented research R01 dealing with MRI of liver fibrosis
2003	Michele Brown, MD	Submitting Papers
1999	Matthew Spear, MD	Grant Writing

Surgery

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	Samuel Eisenstein, MD	How I learned to stop worrying and love academic medicine
2015	Tung-Chin Hsieh, MD	Developing a Male Oncofertility Program
2015	Jacob Husseman, MD	Updating the UCSD HHT Center of Excellence
2014	Thomas Alexander, MD, MHSc	Initiate a program to study sudden sensorineural hearing loss
2014	Kaitlyn Kelly, MD	Writing a Phase I Clinical Trial: Oncolytic Vaccina Virus for the Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
2013	Victor Pretorius, MBchB	Develop a 1-day CME course on lead extraction
2012	Justin Brown, MD	Development of Subspecialty Practice
2011	Elisabeth McLemore, MD	Enhanced Recovery Program Implementation
2010	Alain Dabdoub, PhD	Writing a R01 on the Development of Neurons
2009	Vishal Bansal, MD	Elucidating the Neuro-enteric Axis
2009	Amanda Gosman, MD	Prospective Cleft Palate Study
2007	Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS	Writing a Grant Proposal
2006	Michelle Savu, MD	Development of a Bariatric Surgery Program as Part of an Integrated Weight Control Program at UC San Diego
2005	Tracy Downs, MD	Develop a Robotic Surgery Program
2003	Sarah Blair, MD	Cytokine Levels and Emotional Distress in Breast Cancer Patients: Writing a K Award
2002	Carol Salem, MD	Redefining Lymphadenectomy Dissections for Genitourinary Cancers Using a Sentinel Node Detection Technique
2001	Mayer Tenenhaus, MD, FACS	A Career Redefined Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2000	Bard Cosman, MD	San Diego/UC San Diego Colorectal Surgery Residency Program
2000	Ajai Khanna, MD, FRCS	Abdominal Transplant Program at University Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2000	Erik Owens, MD	Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Program at UC San Diego Medical Center
2000	Mahadevan Rajasekaran, PhD	Improvements to My NIH R01 Grant Proposal
1999	Manoj Monga, MD	Acupuncture in Male Infertility
1999	Steven Sparks, MD	UC San Diego Regents Vascular Surgery Foundation

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2016	Jair Lage De Siqueira Neto, PhD	Drug Discovery for Zika Virus
2015	Jeremiah Momper, PhD, PharmD	Establish a Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) Lab at UC San Diego
2014	Jonathan Watanbe, PhD, PharmD	Pharmaceutical Care Clinical Service in a Public Health System
2013	Felix Yam, PharmD	Association of Medication Regimen Complexity on Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Veterans with Heart Failure
2012	Sarah McBane, PharmD	Development and Implementation of a Community Pharmacy Residency
2011	Nathan Painter, PharmD	Prescription Drug Abuse
2010	Linda Awdishu, PharmD, MAS	Implementation of OSCE in the 3rd Year Pharmacy
2010	Eduardo Fricovsky, PharmD	Apply for a CTRI Postdoctoral Grant
2009	Rabia Atayee, PharmD	Impact of a Pharmacist on a Palliative Care Service in an Ambulatory Care Setting
2008	Kelly Lee, PharmD	Genetic Predictors of Valproic Acid Response in Patients with Bipolar Disorder
2008	Joseph Ma, PharmD	Experience in Grant Writing
2007	Shirley Tsunoda, PharmD	Decreasing Hepatotoxicity of Acetaminophen through Modulation of the Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) by St. John's Wort
2006	Brookie Best, PharmD	Identify appropriate projects and mentors and draft a K23 Award Proposal
2005	Candis Morello, PharmD	Gain better skills in writing for peer reviewed journals and improve time management skills
2005	Renu Singh, PharmD	Develop a new service/program to improve patient care by finding/working with a department interested in funding a clinical pharmacist

Department of Medicine Divisions

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Biomedical Informatics

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2013	Robert El-Kareh	Improving Feedback that Physicians Receive Regarding Diagnostic Decisions

Blood and Marrow Transplant

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2012	Matthew Wieduwilt, MD, PhD	Develop a Curriculum in Hematology/Oncology for Fellows Rotating in the Inpatient Bone Marrow Transplantation Services at Jacobs Medical Center

Cardiovascular Medicine

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2019	Paul Kim, MD
2019	Emma Farley, PhD
2016	Jonathan Hsu, MD	Collaborative Research Involving UCSD Cardiac Electrophysiology and Engineering Departments for Treatment of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
2015	Jorge Silva Enciso, MD	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program
2013	Luis R. Castellanos, MD, MPH	Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in Patients with Cornoary Disease
1999	Denise Bernard

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2020	Philip Gordts
2018	Francesca Telese
2010	Deborah Oh, MD, PhD	Guidelines for Pre-operative Diabetes Management
2009	Charles Choe, MD	Developing a model for a clinical endocrinologist at UC San Diego and develop a Fellowship Training Program for Thyroid Ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration
2005	Dorothy Sears, PhD	Learn skills for written presentations by working on 2+ manuscripts and outlining a rough draft for an R01 grant

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2018	Amir Zarrinpar
2005	Derek Patel, MD	Design, implement and evaluate mechanisms for measuring ACGME core competencies in the Gastroenterology Fellowship
2004	Martina Buck, PhD	Write and submit two research articles to appropriate journals

General Internal Medicine

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2014	Kelley Hagerich, MD, MPH	Measuring the supply and demand of the VSDHA Weight Control Clinic in order to improve patient access
2012	Amy Zheng, MD	When "See One, Do One, Teach One" is Not Enough: Performance Assessment Using a Simulation Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
2011	Darren Casteel, PhD	Working toward an AAF Knock-out Mouse
2009	Heather Hofflich, DO	Effectiveness of Web-Based Osteoporosis Screening Reminders in a Senior Population Compared to Mailed Reminders or Usual Care
2008	Edward Cachay, MD	Designing and Implementing a Hepatitis C Co-Infection Clinic for HIV Infected Patients at UC San Diego
2004	Kristin Bell, MD	Develop a curriculum for medical student to learn behavior change counseling
2002	Adrian Dollarhide, MD	Preventative Services in Psychiatry-Primary Care Clinic
2002	Eduardo Grunvald, MD	Enhancing Academic Activities at the Internal Medicine Group - Perlman

Geriatrics

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2019	Christopher Kauffmann

Global Public Health

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2019	Kiyomi Tsuyuki
2019	Laramie Smith
2019	Rebecca Fielding-Miller
2018	Jennifer Wagman
2017	Tommi Gaines
2015	Peter Davidson, PhD	Changing but staying the same: continuing through the R01 application
2013	Jose Luis Burgos, MD, MPH	Proposal for a CFAR pilot study to explore optimal delivery strategies for an evidence based HIV/STI prevention behavioral interview for female sex workers who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico
2013	Karla Wagner, PhD	Grand Rounds presentation for Psychiatry residents and VA clinicians on overdose precention and opioid safety
2012	Jamila Stockman, MD	Gendered and Sociocultural Risks for HIV in Ethnic Minority Drug-using Women with Histories of Partner Violence

Hematology & Oncology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2020	Heather Bruner
2019	Erin Roesch
2018	Kira Skavinski
2017	Ida Wong-Sefidan
2016	Sandip Patel, MD	Development of Novel Personalized Immunotherapeutic Regimens for the Treatment of Rare Tumors
2016	Kyle Edmonds, MD	Evidence-based adaptation of an existing pharmacy elective in palliative care to involve medical students
2013	Eric Roeland, MD	A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Prevalence and Contributions of Cytochrome P40 (CYP) 2BG Genotype on Methadone and EDDP Urine Concentrations in Cancer Patients
2009	Gregory Daniels, MD, PhD	Clinical outcome and translational correlates in patients undergoing interleukin 2 therapy
2009	Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD	An investigation of Circulating Tumor Cells in Early stage Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma
2007	Erin Reid, MD	Developing a Pilot Clinical Protocol with Laboratory Correlates for AIDS-KS
2007	Richard Schwab, MD	R-Etodolac Affects Wnt Signaling in a Murine Breast Cancer Model

Hospital Medicine

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2019	Joseph Avalos
2010	Madhu Singh, MBBS	Physician empathy and its relation to burnout
1999	Gregory Seymann, MD	Development of a Hospitalist Program

Infectious Diseases

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2020	Aaron Carlin
2020	Jennifer Dan
2020	Nadejda Beliakova-Bethell
2019	Antoine Chaillon
2018	Ankita Kadakia
2018	Anne Cowell
2017	Mary Lewinski
2016	Sara Gianella Weibel, MD	Prepare the Re-Submission of my R01
2015	Cathy Logan, MD, MS	NIH K23 Mentored Career Development Award Application
2014	Rose Mercedes Andrade, MD	Modulation of Autophagy in Host-Parasite Interactions
2014	Sanjay Mehta, MD	Modifying the Microbiology Laboratory Workflow to Incorporate Mass Spectromentry Technology
2012	Ajay Bharti, MD	Study the effects of malaria and HIV co-infection on the brain which will provide preliminary data for an R01 award
2010	David Wyles, MD	Investigator initiated study of HCV direct-acting therapy to prevent liver graft reinfection post transplantation
2005	Davey Smith, MD, MS	Learn how to manage laboratory staff and organize projects
2004	Jennifer Blanchard, MD	Develop a handbook for house staff on the inpatient management of HIV
2001	Scott Letendre, MD	Improving Submission of Manuscripts for Publication

Medical Genetics

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2020	Lukas Chavez
2017	Hannah Carter
2006	Lisa Madlensky

Nephrology & Hypertension

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2013	Timo Rieg, MD, PhD	The successful transition from mentee to an independent extramurally funded faculty member
2013	Sucheta Vaingankar, PhD	Hemodynamic studies in "humanized" chromogranin: A mouse model
2009	Satish Rao, PhD	Mitochondrial control of epigenetic determinants in the developing embryonic kidney
2008	Mita Shah, MD	Creating a Path to an Independent Research Career
2003	Robyn Cunard, MD	Acquisition of the Tools Necessary for Development of an Independent Investigator

Physiology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2017	Tatum Simonson
2000	Susan Hopkins

Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2020	Jeremy Orr
2016	Ni-Cheng Liang, MD	The Impact of Mindfulness Based Physician Well-Bring Program on Burnout in Internal Medicine Residents
2014	Kathleen Sarmiento, MD, MPH	Evaluation of an ambulatory model of sleep apnea evaluation and management
2013	Kevin Shaw, MD	Transition Clinic for Cystic Fibrosis Teens
2013	Laura Crotty Alexander, MD	Design and begin two novel research projects to generate pilot data for VA Meric and R01 applications
2012	Philippe Montgrain, MD	Transcriptome-Wide Analysis of Alternative mRNA Splicing Isoforms in Lung Cancer
2012	Xavier Soler, MD	Phenotyping Sleep Disordered Breathing in COPD Patients Using CT Scans and Genetic Analysis
2011	Cortney Henderson, PhD	Preparation of an R01 Proposal

Regenerative Medicine

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2018	Leslie Crews

Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2019	Miguel Lopez Ramirez
2015	Alexandre Gingras, PhD	Everyone is in the same boat

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