Committees
This page contains a list of standing committees outlined in SOM faculty bylaws, additional committees that report to the dean, subcommittees that operate under the auspices of the standing committees as codified in the faculty bylaws, and ad-hoc committees, including the LCME Institutional Self-Study Task Force.
When appropriate for privacy reasons committee membership is not listed.
School of Medicine Bylaw-Approved Standing Committees
Listed below are the standing committees of the UC Riverside School of Medicine as outlined in the SOM faculty bylaws.
Faculty Executive Committee
Marcus Kaul, PhD (Chair)
Scott Pegan, PhD (Vice Chair)
Kenneth Ballou, MD
Djurdjica Coss, PhD
Iryna Ethell, PhD
Lisa Fortuna, MD
Rajesh "Robby" Gulati, MD
Pablo Joo, MD (Ex-officio)
Kimberly Lakes, PhD
Andrew Subica, PhD
Emma Wilson, PhD
Administrative Contact: Monique Tessier
Medical Education Committee
Sherif Hassan, MD, PhD (vice chair, ex officio non-voting)
Anne VanGarsse, MD (vice chair, ex officio non-voting)
Voting Members
MS1 Student (not until November)
MS1 Student Rep (not until November)
Rose Bishay (MS2 student)
Jasmine Sran (MS2 student)
Isuru Karunatillaka (MS3 student)
Andre-Philippe Sam (MS3 student)
Mahfoud Saddi (MS4 student)
Xaida Wright (MS4 student)
Block Directors/Faculty
Andre Obenaus PhD
Martin Garcia-Castro, PhD
Nicholas Sheets, MD
Walter Klein, MD
Nathan McLaughlin, MD
Esther Caroline McGowan, MD
Samuel Zidovetzki, MD
Ahmed Alassal, MD
Toshia Yamaguchi, MD
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Tejal Khandar, DO
Ex Officio, Non-Voting
Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education
Executive Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Associate Dean, Medical Education Quality
Associate Dean, Assessment & Evaluation
Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Associate Dean, Clinical Skills Education and Innovation
Associate Dean, Pre-clerkship Medical Education
Director, Academic Success
Course/Clerkship/Thread directors
Four additional medical students
Administrative Contact: Mary Voss
Medical School Admissions Committee
Evita Limon-Rocha, MD, MPH (Chair)
Committee membership is anonymous to prevent bias.
Administrative Contact: Michelle Fulbright
Progress and Promotions Committee
William Hunt, MD (Chair)
Meera Nair, PhD (Vice Chair)
Elaine Nguyen, MD
Mario Sims, PhD
Esther McGowan, MD
Afshin Molkara, MD
Jose Alfaro Quezada, MD
Pablo Joo, MD (ex-officio)
Administrative Contact: Shawn Christianson
Graduate Advisory Committee
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD (Chair)
Martin Garcia-Castro, PhD (Graduate Advisor Recruitment and Admissions)
Sika Zheng, PhD (Graduate Advisor of Enrolled Students)
Ansel Hsiao, PhD
Sean O’Leary, PhD
Viji Santhakumar, PhD
Administrative Contact: Hermila Torres
Clinical Appointments and Advancements Committee
Rajesh Gulati, MD (Chair)
Afshin Molkara, MD (Vice-Chair)
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Dalia Balsamo, MD
Roberto Castanos, MD
Marc Debay, MD
Ali Motabar, MD
Adwoa Osei, MD
Administrative Contacts: Brenda Carrion, Eric Chong, Wydette Morales
Volunteer Clinical Appointments and Advancements Committee
Kenneth Ballou, MD (Chair)
Roberto Castaños, MD
Janet Cruz, MD
William Hunt, MD
Larry Loo, MD
Sharon Lum, MD
Laura Nader, MD
Jon Persichino, DO
Alina Popa, MD
Brenda Ross-Shelton, MD
Joanne Witkowski, MD
Administrative Contacts: Andrea Morales,
Miguel Guerrero, Monique Tessier
Additional SOM Committees that Report to the Dean
Compliance Committee
Deborah Deas, MD, MPH
Maria Aldana, MBA
Kiersten Boyce, JD
Timothy Collins, EdD
Christine Davis, CHC
Armando Gauna
Matthew Gunkel
Paul Hackman, JD
Eileen Kahaner, JD
Dwight Kramer
Helen Lau, RN
Irene Levintov
Gregory Moore
Victor Ortiz, JD
Naveen Raja, MD
Krystal Rivas
Juanita Segura
Sylvia Vasquez
Noelle Vidal, JD
Daphne Zamora
Administrative Contact: Daphne Zamora
Health Sciences Compensation Plan Advisory Committee
Scott Pegan, PhD (Chair)
Darren Freeman, DO (Vice chair)
Maria Aldana (Ex-officio)
Tim Collins, EdD (Ex-officio)
Iryna Ethell, PhD, (Ex-officio)
Rajesh "Robby" Gulati, MD
Paul Hackman, JD (Ex-officio)
Jin Seon Kim-Paglingayen, MD
Victor Ortiz (Ex-officio)
Michelle Porche, EdD
Naveen Raja, DO, MBA
Administrative Contact: Miguel Guerrero
Faculty Mentoring Program Committee
Iryna Ethell, PhD (Chair)
Rosemary Tyrrell, EdD (Co-chair)
Marc Debay, MD
Erica Heinrich, MD
Marcus Kaul, PhD
Adwoa Osei, MD
Administrative contact: Monique Tessier
Research Committee
Meera Nair, PhD (Co-Chair)
Michelle Porche EdD (Co-Chair)
Lisa R. Fortuna, MD, MPH, MDiv
Rajesh "Robby" Gulati, MD
Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD MPP
Daniel Novak, PhD
Naveen Raja, MD
Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD
Mark Wolfson, PhD
Administrative contact: Jacquelin Seybert
Subcommittees
These subcommittees operate under the auspices of the standing committees as codified in the faculty bylaws.
Clinical Curriculum Subcommittee
Anne VanGarsse, MD (Chair)
Voting Members
Kashmaila Ali (MS3)
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Moazzum Bajwa, MD, MPH
Kenneth Ballou, MD
David Franklin, PsyD, MHA
Stephanie Handler, MD
Tejal Khandhar, DO
Walter Klein, MD
Jeanne Lammering, MD
E. Caroline McGowan, MD, MS
Aarti "Nikki" Mittal, DO
Adwoa Osei, MD
Remus Popa, MD
Jean Russell, MD
Brian Sangalang (MS4)
Jonathan Scott, MD
Nicholas Sheets, MD
Mallory Stuparich, MD
Samuel Zidovetzki, MD
Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
Jason An, MD
Oghenemano Evero, EdD, MS
Lucas Friedman, MD
Rajesh "Robby" Gulati, MD
Pamela Hunter
Pablo Joo, MD
Kamal Kejriwal, MD
Tarek Mahdi, MD
Afshin Molkara, MD
Michael Nduati, MD, MBA, MPH
Khiet Ngo, DO, MS
Michael Provenghi, MD
Joel Purkiss, PhD
Sunil Ramaswamy, MD
Emma Simmons, MD, MPH
Karan Singh, MD
Andrew Subica, PhD
Daniel Teraguchi, EdD
Joanne Witkowski, MD
Jennifer Zamora, DHSc, PA-C
Administrative contact: Lorelei Cress
Pre-Clerkship Curriculum Subcommittee
Sherif Hassan, MD, PhD, MSc (Co-Chair).
Jose Aguilar, MD
Adolfo Aguilera, MD
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Valentina Amaral, MD
Moazzum Bajwa, MD, MPH, MSc
Michael Basch, MD
Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD
Devin Binder, MD/PhD
Monica Carson, PhD
Nick DiPatrizio, PhD
Mo Entezampour, PhD
Michael Erickson, PhD
Iryna Ethell, PhD
Samia Faiz, MD
David Franklin, PsyD
Christina Granillo, PhD
Stephanie Handler, MD
Rosanna Jhawar, MD
Tejal Khandhar, MD
Declan McCole, PhD
Meera Nair, PhD
Daniel Novak, PhD
Andre Obenaus, PhD
Adwoa Osei, MD
Maurizio Pellecchia, PhD
Remus Popa, MD
Mallory Stuparich, MD
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD
Rosemary Tyrrell, EdD
Padmini Vadarajan, MD
Sika Zheng, PhD
Changcheng Zhou, PhD
Administrative contact: Tracy Bereal
Professional Development Committee
Daniel Teraguchi, EdD
Kenneth Ballou, MD
TBD, Clinical Member
TBD, BioMed Member
Administrative contact: Dominic Gonzalez
Professional Remediation Committee
Elizabeth Morrison-Banks, MD, MSEd
Remus Popa, MD
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD