Family Medicine Residency Program
Faculty
All WMMC residencies are responsible to Leroy Reese, M.D., Associate Dean for the White Memorial Medical Center campus of the Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
All Family Medicine faculty teach in the Family Health Center and attend on the Family Medicine Service.
Full-time Faculty
| Luis Samaniego, M.D., Program Director | |
| Medical School: | University of Southern California
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| Residency: | Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1984; Recertification, 2004 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | As the program director, in coordination with the co-director, he is responsible for the overall design and administration of the residency program, as well as teaching in hospital clinical and conference settings |
| Hector Flores, M.D., Co-Director | |
| Medical School: | University of California, Davis |
| Residency: | Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1985; Recertification, 2007 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Designs, coordinates, teaches and administers special teaching elements in quality improvement, utilization management, risk management, practice management, research, and fellowship activities |
| Stephanie Gates, M.E., Program Manager | |
| Graduate School: | University of Southern California |
| Responsibilities: | Overall administrative management and coordination of the residency program, providing the opportunity for faculty to concentrate on clinical activities and teaching of housestaff |
| Edward Castro, M.D., Director, Ambulatory Care | |
| Medical School: | University of California, San Diego |
| Residency: | Cook County Hospital |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1986; Recertification, 2006 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Directs the ambulatory care training for residents in the Family Health Center |
| Mauricio Bueno, M.D., Director, Inpatient Training | |
| Medical School: | University of Southern California |
| Residency: | USC/Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1986; Recertification, 2007 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Coordinates and evaluates inpatient training, including ascertaining that the experiences of family medicine residents on other specialty inpatient services are appropriate for family physicians. Primary responsibility for coordination and teaching on the Family Medicine Service |
| Claire Koga, M.D., Director, Geriatrics | |
| Medical School: | University of Southern California |
| Residency: | Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles |
| Fellowship: | Geriatric Medicine, USC 1988-1990 |
| Graduate School: | M.S.Ed., Family Medicine Faculty Development, USC |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1983; Recertification, 2002; Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Geriatrics, 1990 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Coordination of the comprehensive geriatric curriculum and medical student clerkship program |
| Jo Marie Reilly, M.D., Director, Womens, Child and Adolescent Health | |
| Medical School: | Georgetown University |
| Residency: | Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles |
| Fellowship: | Family Medicine in Woman's Health, 1995 |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1994; Recertification, 2001 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Coordination of the care of the childbearing Family Curriculum, the Womens Health components, all aspects of training in Pediatrics and the Hospice/End of Life Curriculum |
| Sergio Villegas, M.D., Director, Community Medicine | |
| Medical School: | University of California, Davis |
| Residency: | White Memorial Medical Center |
| Fellowship: | Family Medicine in Community Medicine, 1991 |
| Graduate School: | UCLA School of Public Health |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1991; Recertification, 1998 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Coordination of the extensive community medicine curriculum including Occupational Medicine, Adopt-a-School Program, activities at the Roosevelt High School Based Clinic and Community Outreach |
| Armando Pacheco, M.D., Faculty, Family Medicine Service | |
| Medical School: | University of California, San Diego |
| Residency: | White Memorial Medical Center |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1995; Recertification, 2002 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Teaching faculty for the inpatient Family Medicine Service and coordination of the sports medicine rotation |
| Daniel Maldonado, M.D., Faculty, Family Medicine Service | |
| Medical School: | DREW/University of California, Los Angeles |
| Residency: | White Memorial Medical Center |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 2002 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Teaching faculty for the inpatient Family Medicine Service |
| Rosina Franco, M.D., Faculty, Family Medicine | |
| Medical School: | University of California, Davis |
| Residency: | White Memorial Medical Center |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1997 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Coordination of the adolescent medicine curriculum including the Adolescent Assessment Clinic |
| Cynthia Lopez, M.D., Faculty, Women's Health | |
| Medical School: | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Residency: | White Memorial Medical Center |
| Certification: | American Board of Family Medicine, 1995; Recertification, 2002 |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Coordination of the gynecology curriculum, including the Colposcopy training |
| Jeffrey Ring, Ph.D., Director, Behavioral Science | |
| Graduate School: | University of California, Berkeley |
| Post Doctoral Fellowship: | Minority/Community Psychology, UCSF |
| Faculty: | Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine |
| Responsibilities: | Design and implementation of all behavioral science consultation in Family Health Center and inpatient service, and the coordination of resident/faculty stress management programs |
| Marina Compean, LCSW, Social Worker | |
| Graduate School: | UCLA School of Social Work |
| Responsibilities: | Serves as a resource person to the Family Medicine Residency Program residents, faculty, and Family Health Center staff in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups including crisis assessment and intervention |
| Catalina Martinez, M.P.H., Director, Patient Education | |
| Graduate School: | California State University, Northridge |
| Responsibilities: | Coordinates the health promotion curriculum for the residency. |
| Erasmo "Tony" Cortez, J.D., Special Projects Administrator | |
| Graduate School: | Ventura College of Law |
| Responsibilities: | Overall responsibility for the administration and management of the education grants, curriculum enhancement, and special projects of the residency |
Part-time Faculty
A select cadre of Family Medicine Residency trained physicians who practice in the trade area of the hospital volunteer to precept in the Family Health Center.
- Sofia Palacios, M.D.
- Lucy Tarin, M.D.
- David Sulam, M.D.
- Hector Gonzalez, M.D.
- Irma Warnecke-Hurtado, M.D.
Ramesh Manchanda, M.D., an internist and nephrologist, is a member of our teaching faculty. Dr. Manchanda plays a major role in the teaching of residents on the Family Medicine Service.
Residency behavioral science faculty are aided by supervisory personnel appointed by the Roybal Mental Health facility. They develop, coordinate and evaluate training experiences in behavioral science and community medicine based at the Roybal facility. A large faculty of behavioralists is drawn upon to teach family medicine residents in areas which range from substance abuse and adolescent medicine to family counseling and independent living for the aged and for those with chronic mental illness.
Institutional Faculty
All coordinators provide consultants from their respective specialties and appropriate subspecialties to provide round-the-clock back-up for the Family Medicine Service, as well as consultants for specialty clinics, didactic conferences, and special workshops and other learning experiences.
Coordinator of General Surgical Training
Faisal Khan, M.D., Department of Surgery, coordinates
all aspects of surgical training for family medicine
residents with the Family Medicine Director of Inpatient
Training. This includes ambulatory and office surgery,
the hospital and operating room experience, didactic
instruction, and developing the full role of the family
physician in the surgical process, including the primary
care physician-consultant relationship.
Coordinator of Obstetrics Training
Cinna Wohlmuth, M.D., Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Residency Program, in conjunction with the Family Medicine
Director of Woman's Health, assures that the goals and
objectives of the Family Medicine Residency curriculum
in OB/GYN are fully met. Instruction is provided by
both obstetricians and family physicians. This busy
service quickly provides the basic skills that family
medicine residents require to care for obstetrical patients
in the Family Health Center. Specialty consultation
in OB/GYN is available, in-house, 24 hours a day.
Coordinator of Adult Medicine Training
Juan Barrio, M.D., Director of Internal Medicine Residency
Program, coordinating with the Family Medicine Director
of Inpatient Training, ensures rigorous medical subspecialty
educational experience with case selection appropriate
for family medicine training. This intensive experience
largely occurs on the teaching floors, the special
units, and consultation services, augmented by appropriate
clinics and didactic presentations, many of which
coordinate with the Family Medicine curriculum.
Coordinator of Pediatric Training
Ernie Guzman, M.D., Chairman, Pediatric Department,
coordinates with family medicine faculty in providing
and evaluating an intensive training program in pediatrics
appropriate for Family Medicine residents. A large segment
of this program is outpatient-based with instruction
and supervision provided by pediatric faculty. Inpatient
experiences are supervised by regular pediatric faculty
and senior house officers. The didactic and behavioral
aspects of pediatric training coordinate with Family
Medicine curriculum components.
Coordinator of Emergency Medicine Training
Brian Johnston, M.D., Chief of Emergency Services, coordinates
the emergency room training of Family Medicine residents.
Dr. Johnston has had a long experience in training Family
Medicine residents and in designing and evaluating training
experiences. His entire staff participate in this training
experience which is coordinated through the Family Medicine
Residency.
