Pediatrics Residency, UCSF Fresno

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Program Leadership:
Christine Nelson, MD Interim Program Chief
Steven Foster, DO Program Director

Program Administrative Staff:
Joshua Kamimoto, Program Administrator

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

Program Phone:
559-499-6569

Program Email:
fresno-peds@ucsf.edu

Program Description:

The UCSF Fresno Pediatric Residency Program emphasizes academic excellence and affords trainees a high degree of autonomy and encourages personal growth. We emphasize a hands-on approach to training that engenders mature decision-making yet is coupled with supportive faculty and staff.

Our residents learn to become excellent clinicians with a strong knowledge base in general pediatrics, the tools needed to continue lifelong learning using evidence-based medicine, and the confidence to execute these skills in an effective manner. 

Our program provides you with the opportunity to work closely with a committed and talented faculty, who are both well-trained clinicians and dedicated teachers. Our faculty members participate in clinical research activities at UCSF Fresno and all of our residents participate in one or more scholarly research projects geared toward each individual’s academic interests.

After three years of residency, you will be well prepared for practice as a general pediatrician, pediatric hospitalist, or entry into any pediatric subspecialty fellowship. The options available are as varied as where your career interests lie.

Help us run an active urban general pediatric clinic in a federally qualified health center and learn inpatient medicine in a regional medical center and children’s hospital with depth and breadth of patients and pathology. You will have numerous experiences, both clinically and culturally, that will be life changing and are second to none. Your patients will very soon identify you as their doctor, and with them, you will build a therapeutic alliance and make a difference.

Instructors:

  • Steven A. Foster, DO Program Director
  • Aimee Abu Shamsieh, MD Clinical Professor
  • Amy Parks, LCSW, DSW LCSW
  • Jennifer Nolt, CRNP Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
  • Christian Faulkenberry Miranda, MD Associate Program Director/Associate Clinical Professor
  • Renee Kinman, MD, MAEd, PhD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Krishna Rajani, MD Clinical Professor
  • Thianchai Bunnalai, MD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Ana Coll, MD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Paul Do, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Timothy Foster, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Erica Gastelum, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Kali R. Hockett, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Moua John, MD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Allie E. Johnston, DO Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Hakim N. Kebir, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Eyup Keles, MD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Tamiko Kido, MD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Jambunathan Krishnan, MD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Vinay Kumar, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Christine Nelson, MD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Richard Quan, MD Clinical Professor
  • Ivett Renteria (Garcia), MD Clinical Instructor
  • Chokechai Rongkavilit, MD Clinical Professor
  • Krishna Siruguppa, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Emi Suzuki, DO Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Victor Vargas, MD Assistant Clinical Professor – UCSF
  • Jacqueline M. Wagoner, DO Assistant Clinical Professor
  • David H. Yi, DO Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Shelley Aggarwal, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Tamara J. Battle, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Philip Cheng, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Linda E. Copeland, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Cynthia Curry, MD Professor Emeritis
  • Michael Haight, MD Clinical Professor
  • Terry Hutchison, MD Clinical Professor
  • Robert H. Kezirian, MD Clinical Professor
  • Alok Kumar, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Anand Rajani, MD Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Eric Schmitt, MD Associate Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
  • Greg Simpson, MD Associate Clinical Professor
  • Nikol Fuller, CRNP Certified Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner
  • Arisa Moua, CRNP Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

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, VA Central California Health Care System, Family Health Care Network (Fresno)

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

Accreditation: 

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