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Chairman:
Michael Jakoby, M.D., M.A., Clinical Associate Professor
Program Director:
Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Assistant Professor
Associate Program Directors:
Michael Nasiak, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Aditi Singh, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Chief Residents:
Deepa Mocherla, M.D.
Hesham Mohamed, M.D.
Roja Mulamalla, M.D.
Addiction Medicine:
Larry Ashley, Ed.S., Clinical Assistant Professor
Allergy and Immunology:
Jim Christensen, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Joram Seggev, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
David Tottori, M.D., Clincal Associate Professor
Anesthesiology:
Samson Otuwa,M.D.
Cardiology:
Ramon E. Acevedo, M.D. Clinical Assitant Professor
Chowdhury Ahsan, MBBS, M.D., MRCP, PhD, Clinical Professor
Tali Arik, M.D., FACP, FACC, FACA, FACCP, Clinical Assitant Professor
Noah Greene, M.D., Clinical Assitant Professor
Shahab Khan, M.D., Clinical Assitant Professor
Theodore Pope, Clinical Assitant Professor
William H. Resh, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Raynaldo Sandoval, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Alfonso Tiu, M.D., Clinical Assitant Professor
Robert Wesley, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Endocrinology:
Michael Jakoby, M.D., M.A., Clinical Associate Professor
Samer Nakhle, Clinical Assistant Professor
Otolaryngologist:
Matt Ng, M.D., Assistant Professor
Robert Wang, M.D., Assistant Professor
Dermatology:
Reuel Aspacio, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Mirian Bettencourt, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Lucius Blanchard, D.O., Clinical Assitant Professor
Michael G. Bryan, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
James DelRosso, D.O., Clinical Associate Professor
Michael Jacobs, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
H. L. Greenberg, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Narciss Mobini, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Curt Samlaska, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Guieseppe Pizzorno, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Gastroenterology:
Robert Gish, M.D., Clinical Professor
General Internal Medicine:
John Varras, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Misti Song, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Nazia Khan, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Chima Osuoha,M.D., Assistant Professor
Cynthia Herrick,M.D., Assistant Professor
Seth Adjovu, M.D., Assistant Professor
Sheikh Saghir, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Loretta Metzger, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Shailish Patel, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Tracy Wakefield, M.D., Clinical Assitant Professor
Maria Diaz,M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Syed Saquib Ahmad,M.D., Assistant Professor
Nita Kaul,M.D., Assistant Professor
Lyons,Lisa,M.D., Assistant Professor
Pope Theodore,M.D., Assistant Professor
Dominic Riccardi,M.D., Assistant Professor
David Rosenstein,M.D., Assistant Professor
Robert Sarazen, M.D., Assistant Professor
Alfonso Tiu, M.D., Assistant Professor
Bassam Al-Owir, M.D., Clinical Assitant Professor
Mahfoud Beajow, M.D., Clinical Assitant Professor
Jeffrey Brookman, D.O., Clinical Assistant Professor
Joe Chinn, M.D., Clinical Professor
James Craner, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Assistant Professor
Erin Ellis, FNP, Clinical Assistant Professor
Constantine George, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Pablo Joya, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Wendy Cantrell, Pharm. D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Geriatrics:
Vincent Chu, M.D. , Clinical Assistant Professor
Aurelio Muyot, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Upinder Singh, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Bruno Borenstein, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Hematology and Oncology:
Lin-Chi Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Ayse Dincer, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Ronald Fiscus, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Louis Fink, M.D., Clinical Professor
Burgess Freeman III, Pharm.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Michael Gach, Ph. D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Oscar Goodman, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Assitant Professor
Yupo Ma, M.D., M.S., Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Philip Manno, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Raul Meoz, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Karen Milligan, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Giuseppe Pizzorno, Ph.D., Pharm. D., Clinical Profesor
Tarmo Roosild, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Wolfram Samlowski, M.D., Clinical Professor
Ann Wierman, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Hui Zhang, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Danny Curtis, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Farzin Farzaneh, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Sheri Holmen, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Gollard Russell,M.D., Assistant Professor
Sandra Murdock,M.D., Assistant Professor
Stephen Norris,M.D., Assistant Professor
Matthew Scwartz, M.D., Assistant Professor
Hong Sun, M.D., Assistant Professor
Hui Zhang, M.D., Assistant Professor
Hospital Medicine:
Abdulsalam Alburki, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Irfana Razzaq, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Julian Almeyda-Perez, M.D., Clnicial Assistant Professor
Swati Wadhwani, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Randy Calegari, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine:
Jerry Cade, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Dino Gonzalez, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Alan Greenberg, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Jerome Hruska, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Brian Onbirbak, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Elmer Palitang, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Gary Skankey, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Eugene Speck, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Jason K Cronin, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Nephrology:
Lawrence Lehrner, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Marc Leiserowitz, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Robert Merrell, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Zvi Sela, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
David,Makil M.D., Clinical Professor
Robert,Merrell, M.D., Assistant Professor
Michael Gross, M.D.
William King, M.D.
Stephen Norris, M.D.
Sujatha Raju, M.D.,
Benjamin Rudnitsky, M.D.
Jeffrey Ryu, M.d.
Marwan Takieddine, M.D
Neurology:
Eric Farbman, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
David Ginsburg, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Steven Glyman, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Murray Flaster, M.D., Ph. D., Clinical Associate Professor
Orthopedic surgery:
James Manning, M.D., Associate Professor
Edward Ashman, M.D.
Occupational & Environmental Medicine:
James Craner, M.D., MPH, FACOEM, FACP, Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology:
Marietta Nelson, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor (Ophthalmology)
Helga Pizio, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor (Ophthalmology)
Kenneth Westfield, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor (Opthalmology)
Mark Doubrava, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor (Ophthalmology)
Palliative Care:
Lisa Lyons, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation:
Trevor Noguira, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Edmund Pasimio, M.D., Clnical Assistant Professor
Firooz,Mashhood, M.D., Assistant Professor
Pulmonary and Critical Care:
Jonathan Baktari, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
H. Erhan Dincer, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Angela Honsberg, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Rachakonda Prabhu, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Naresh Singh, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Suresh Tawney, M.D., FACP,. FCCP, Clinical Assistant Professor
Pathology & Hematologist:
Yupo Ma,MD., MS., Ph.D.,Assistant Professor
Narciss Mobini, M.D., Assistant Professor
Psychiatry :
Grgory Brown,M.D., Assistant Professor
Wellness HIV Clinic:
Jerry Cade, M.D.
Administration Staff:
Jodi Greene, Residency Coordinator
Elizabeth Gutierrez, Residency Coordinator
Brian M. Walsh, Administrator
Mary Farmer, Administrative Assistant
Joy Doble, Clerkship Coordinator
Dr. Michael Jakoby
Dr. Jakoby attended the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine in Missouri, completing a dual medical degree and master’s in biochemistry and molecular biophysics in 1995.
Dr. Jakoby is board-certified in both internal medicine and endocrinology.
He has held faculty positions in the Lipid Research Division at Washington University and the Divisions of Endocrinology and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prior to coming to the University of Nevada. He served as academic section head of endocrinology at the University of Illinois and division chief of endocrinology at Carle Clinic Association while in Champaign-Urbana.
Dr. Jakoby’s primary clinical interest is diabetes management, and his primary research interest is hospital diabetology. His clinical research has focused on the impact of hyperglycemia and benefits of tight glycemic control for diabetic patients admitted to non-critical care hospital units. He has also collaborated with investigators at the Army Construction Engineers Research Laboratory to develop a thyroid follicular cell-based assay for rapid and accurate detection of perchlorate in water samples.
Dr. Jakoby has served on the editorial board of Carle Selected Papers, and he continues to edit Clinicopathological Conference cases for the journal. Jakoby holds professional memberships in the American Diabetes Association, Endocrine Society, and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. (More on Las Vegas endocrinologist, Dr. Michael Jakoby)
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Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj
Dr. Wahi-Gururaj graduated from medical school at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in 1995. After completing her Internal Medicine residency, chief residency, and General Internal Medicine fellowship at the Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Wahi-Gururaj was a staff physician at the VA Boston Healthcare System and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. She was an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine residency program and VA site Internal Medicine medical student Clerkship Director for the Boston University School of Medicine.
Dr. Wahi-Gururaj joined the faculty at the University of Nevada School of Medicine as the Program Director for the Internal Medicine residency in 2008. In addition to medical education, Dr. Wahi-Gururaj’s academic interests include teaching evidence-based medicine and cultural aspects of providing medical care.
Dr. Wahi-Gururaj is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a member of the American College of Physicians and Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. (More on Las Vegas internist, Dr. Sandhya Wahi Gururaj)
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Dr. Michael Nasiak
Dr. Nasiak is an assistant professor of medicine and an associate program director at the University of Nevada School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine in Las Vegas.
He practices general internal medicine. He went to medical school in the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, and did his residency at Buffalo General Hospital. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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Dr. Aditi Singh
Dr. Singh is an assistant professor of medicine and an associate program director at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas practicing Internal Medicine. She went to medicical school at University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno. She did her residency and was a former chief resident at University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas. She is a diplomate of the Americal Board of Internal Medicine.
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Dr. Nazia Khan
Dr. Khan is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas and practices general internal medicine. She went to medical school in Pakistan at Dow Medical College, and did her residency at University of Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas.
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Dr. Misti Song
Dr. Song went to medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, and completed her residency at University of Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas. She is an assistant professor of medicine and practices general internal medicine. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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Dr. John Varras
Following his residency at Creighton University, Dr. Varras joined the University of Nevada School of Medicine in 2000.
Dr. Varras' clinical interests include management and prevention of heart disease and diabetes. Dr. Varras is specifically interested in managing patients with difficult to control blood pressure and heart failure. He is also interested in primary and secondary prevention of heart disease by risk factor modification, especially lipid management.
He provides care for diabetic patients and is interested in all aspects of this care including preventing and treating complications.
Dr. Varras is assistant professor of medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas.
He is board-certified in internal medicine. (More on Las Vegas internist, Dr. John Varras)
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Dr. Murry S. Flaster
Dr. Flaster graduated from University of Miami and did a residency in Neurology at University of Miami, Florida. Following his residency, he became a fellow in Neuromuscular Disease and Electromyography. Dr. Flaster also has a special interest in acute stroke. He is an Clinical Associate Professor at University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas. Dr. Flaster is board certified with National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Vascular Neurology).
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