Emergency Medicine Residency, UCSF Fresno

Program Leadership:
Danielle Campagne, MD Program Chief
Rawnica Ruegner, MD Program Director

Program Administrative Staff:
Virginia Coningsby, Department Administrator

Program Physical Address:
155 N Fresno Street
Fresno, CA. 93701

Program Phone:
559-499-6400

Program Email:
fresno-info@ucsf.edu

Program Description:

Founded in 1974 at Valley Medical Center in Fresno County, the Emergency Medicine residency is one of the first EM programs in the country. We offer a four-year program (PGY 1-4) with 10 residents per year, featuring a strong emphasis on clinical teaching and hands-on training. Our giant, new, state-of-the-art ED at Community Regional Medical Center serves as the only Level 1 trauma center and Burn center for Central California, and handles an annual ED volume of 110,000.

We are committed to provide high-quality, timely emergency care via the educational paradigm and to advance the specialty of Emergency Medicine nationally through educational innovations, scholarship and the dissemination of state-of-the-art Emergency Medicine care.

Program Aims

Empower residents to develop expertise beyond the fundamentals.
Create an environment that encourages achievement, success and leadership beyond residency.
Cultivate a culture of clinical excellence, professionalism and patient advocacy.
Recruit medical students and physicians who respect the rights and dignity of patients and conduct themselves with professional and personal integrity.

Instructors:

Stacy Sawtelle Vohra, MD Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
Janak Acharya, MD Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Hagop Afarian, MD Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
James Andrews, MD Volunteer Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Patil Armenian, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Kenny Banh, MD Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Leah Bauer, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Jordan L. Beshore, DO Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Nicholas D. Black, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Charney A. Burk, MD Health Sciences Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Danielle Campagne, MD Interim Chief of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Brandon Chalfin, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Brian Chinnock, MD Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Carolyn Chooljian, MD Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
James Comes, MD Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Michael Darracq, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Daniel C. Delgado, MD Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Scott DeShields, MD Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Sukhjit K. Dhillon, MD Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
Ryan Ernst, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Jessica K. Fujimoto, MD Assistant Program Director, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Gregory L. Gaskin, MD Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Eric J. Graham, MD Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Stephen Haight, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Joseph Hamera, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Robert H. Hashemzadeh-Gargari, MD Health Sciences Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Lily Hitchner, MD Assistant Program Director, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Kimon L. Ioannides, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Crystal Ives Tallman, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Miranda M. Lewis, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harold E. Lowder, MD Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Fernando Macias, MD Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Jeffrey Nahn, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Courtenay E. Pettigrew, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Gilbert Ramirez, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Rene Ramirez, MD Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Scott N. Reichelderfer, MD Volunteer Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Rawnica Ruegner, MD Program Director, Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Eric Schmitt, MD Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Susanne Spano, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Michelle Storkan, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Geoff Stroh, MD Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Caleb D. Sunde, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Christopher N. Sweat, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Fernando Teixeira, MD Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Jeffrey K. Uller, MD Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Rais Vohra, MD Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Katherine M. Vuchkov, MD Health Sciences Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Maura Walsh, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Jessie Werner, MD Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

Details:

Entrance Requirements: https://fresno.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra7616/f/wysiwyg/Eligibilityselectionrecruit_0.pdf

Policies: https://fresno.ucsf.edu/resident-portal/policies-and-procedures

Trainee Responsibilities: https://fresno.ucsf.edu/resident-portal#Housestaff-Handbook

Benefits/Leave: UC Resident Benefits | Health and Insurance Coverage for Residents and Fellows

UCSF Hospital System Responsibilities: Major Affiliates: Community Regional Medical Center, Valley Children’s Hospital, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (Fresno), Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (Fresno), Clovis Community Medical Center, Family Health Care Network (Fresno), California Pacific Medical Center (Mission Bernal Campus)

Salaries: https://fresno.ucsf.edu/Salary-and-benefits

Accreditation:

The Fresno Emergency Medicine Residency is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). For more information regarding our accreditation, please contact fresno-info@ucsf.edu.