Internal Medicine Residency Faculty

The faculty members in our program have created such a strong, positive culture that they never want to leave. The fact that all our core faculty are residents of our training program speaks to the tight-knit, collaborative culture. Our faculty also have undergraduate and fellowship training from some of the top academic institutions in the country.

General Internal Medicine

• Juan Barrio, MD - Program Director
• Robert Arieli, MD, MPH - Associate Program Director; Director, Resident Continuity Clinic
• Maximiliano Hyon, DO, MPH - Associate Program Director; Director, Curriculum; Endocrinologist
• Shaw Chen, MD – President, White Memorial Medical Group
• Zahid Abdou, MD
• David Lam, DO
• Alan Lau, MD
• Julie Lee, MD
• Arvind Ravinutala, MD
• Vasthi Silva, MD

Anesthesia

• Taell Kim, MD – Chair
• Samuel Loh, MD

Cardiology

• Rainier Manzanilla, MD – Subspecialty Coordinator
• Eric Bansal, MD
• Prash Jayaraj, MD
• Sarkis Kiramijyan, MD
• George Lin, MD
• John McKenzie, MD
• Schubert Palmer, MD – Chair
• Martha Preciado, MD
• Suresh Rao, MD
• Armand Rostamian, MD
• Miguel Salazar, MD
• Nicky Wadiwala, DO

Endocrinology

• Maximiliano Hyon, MD – Subspecialty Coordinator
• Nilem Patel, MD

Gastroenterology

• Ethelred Carter, MD – Chair of Internal Medicine
• Ariel Malamud, MD
• Alireza Tabesh, MD – Subspecialty Coordinator

Geriatrics

• Andrew Chan, MD

Hematology/Oncology

• Arati Chand, MD – Subspecialty Coordinator
• Raymond Romero, MD
• Hao-wei Zhang, MD

Infectious Disease

• Jamie Lin, MD – Subspecialty Coordinator
• Byron Williams, MD

Neurology

• Antonio Liu, MD – Subspecialty Coordinator
• Jessica Meir, MD

Nocturnists

• Eric Lu, MD
• Mina Ragheb, MD

Psychiatry

• Michael Hernandez, MD – Section Chief

Pulmonary/ICU

• Lawrence Brooks, MD – Subspecialty Coordinator, Medical Director of ICU
• Neema Oroomchi, MD
• Arturo Vega, MD
• Mark Talavera, MD

Renal

• Luon Peng, DO – Subspecialty Coordinator
• Ramesh Manchanda, MD

Rheumatology

• Thomas Romano, MD – Subspecialty Coordinator
• Sheila Lezcano, MD