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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE LAS VEGAS: FACULTY


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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