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Julia Hutchison, DO
Program Director

Amanda Perez, MD
Department Chair

Nur-Ain Nadir, MD, MEHP
Vice Chair of Education and Professional Development & Director of Simulation and Medical Education Fellowships

Nathan Stuempfig, DO
Associate Program Director

Ravi Sumer, MD
Associate Program Director

Edward Durant, MD
Co-Director of Research and Co-Director of Ultrasound Fellowship

Garrett Yee, MD
Director of Pediatric Education

Gerin River, MD
Ultrasound Director

Christopher Branham, DO
Clerkship Director

Gurvijay Bains, MD
Director of Emergency Medical Services & Disaster Medicine

Raul Easton-Carr, MD
EMS Faculty with Dual Training in EM and IM

Kyle Davis, MD
Director of Wilderness Medicine

Pik Mukherji, MD
Core Faculty, Director of Quality

Kassandra Cooper, DO
Assistant Chief

James Chiang, MD
Director of Curriculum Development

Haris Ashraf, DO
Director of Social Emergency Medicine

Valerie Lew, MD
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

Chia-Yuan Michael Lee, DO
Director of Sports Medicine

Anton (Tony) Zitek, MD
Co-Director of Research

Kyle Herout, DO
Director of Rural Medicine

Rodolfo Macias, MD
Ultrasound Faculty

Kristin Kobayashi, DO
Ultrasound Faculty

Andrew Melendez, DO
Simulation Faculty

Li Ding, MD
Medical Education and Simulation Faculty

Junior Faculty Fellowship Program

KPCVEM Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

The Kaiser Permanente Central Valley Emergency Medicine (KPCVEM) Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship is a comprehensive one-year advanced training program designed to develop future leaders in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) education, clinical integration, quality assurance, and scholarship. Fellows gain expertise in the performance and interpretation of core and advanced emergency ultrasound applications, including resuscitative, procedural, cardiac, pulmonary, abdominal, vascular, and musculoskeletal imaging. In addition to clinical mastery, fellows receive formal training in ultrasound curriculum development, faculty and resident education, quality improvement, program administration, and research methodology. Working closely with residency and health system leadership, fellows participate in regional ultrasound initiatives and develop the leadership skills necessary to direct ultrasound programs, advance POCUS integration, and contribute to the growing body of emergency ultrasound scholarship.

Reza Aghaei, MD
Ultrasound Fellow

KPCVEM Junior Faculty Medical Education and Simulation Fellowship

The Kaiser Permanente Central Valley Emergency Medicine (KPCVEM) Junior Faculty Medical Education and Simulation Fellowship is a one-year faculty development program designed to prepare early-career emergency medicine physicians for leadership roles in medical education, simulation, and academic scholarship. Fellows receive mentored training in curriculum design, learner assessment, simulation-based education, debriefing methodologies, educational research, faculty development, and graduate medical education leadership. Through active participation in residency education, simulation center operations, and scholarly projects, fellows develop the skills necessary to design innovative educational programs, lead simulation initiatives, and contribute to the advancement of emergency medicine education. The fellowship emphasizes experiential learning, mentorship, and the development of a sustainable academic portfolio supporting future educational leadership positions.

Elias Makhoul, MD
Medical Education/Simulation Fellow

Catherine Nguyen, MD
Medical Education/Global Health Fellow

Emergency Medicine Central Valley
More Information

For more information regarding
our program, please contact:

Sherry Sandoval
Program Administrator

sherry.a.sandoval@kp.org

209-735-6092

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