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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Medical Education Research Leadership​​

Our Kaiser Permanente Northern California Medical Education research program is primarily supported by our regional Division of Research (DOR) Biostatistical Consulting Unit (BSCU) and medical center-based research project managers, along with physicians research leads and faculty who provide excellent scholarly mentorship to our residents and fellows.​​​

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​Biostatistical Consulting Unit​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​

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Lue-Yen Tucker, BA

Senior Manager, Analytical Programming Team
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Ann-Marie Surmava, MBA

Manager, Scientific Research Management Team
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Giulia Chillemi, M.Sc.

Manager, Strategic Program Operations Team

See Our Team for additional BSCU managers and staff

​​​​​Research Proj​ect Managers​​​​​ ​​

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​​​​​Physician Research Leads​​​​​​ ​​

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Cynthia Campbell, PhD, MPH

Addiction Medicine
Greater Southern Alameda Area
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Edward Yap, MD

Anesthesia
UCSF
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Gary Grinberg, MD

Bariatric Surgery
Sacramento
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Andrew Ambrosy, MD

Cardiovascular Disease
San Francisco
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Cynthia Mendez-Kohlieber, MD

Community Medicine & Public Health
Sacramento
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Edward Durant, MD, MPH

Emergency Medicine
Central Valley
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Vira Fomenko, MD

Family Medicine
San Jose
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Kathryn Erickson-Ridout, MD, PhD

Family Medicine
San Jose
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Julia Shaver, MD

Family Medicine
Santa Rosa
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Kirsten Winnie, MD

Family Medicine
Santa Rosa
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Jeffrey Lee, MD, MPH

Gastroenterology
San Francisco
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Leslie Wong, MD

General Surgery
Oakland/UCSF
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Lisa Yang, MD

General Surgery
Oakland/UCSF
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Christine Garcia, MD

Gynecologic Oncology
San Francisco
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Raymond Liu, MD

Hematology Oncology
San Francisco
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Jacek Skarbinski, MD

HIV Medicine
Oakland
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Joan Lo, MD

Internal Medicine
Oakland
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Choon Hwa (Anne) Goh, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine
San Francisco
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Seema Pursnani, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine
Santa Clara
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Ali Poyan Mehr, MD

Nephrology
San Francisco
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Eve Zaritsky, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Oakland
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Maryl Sackeim, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology
San Francisco
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Nikhil Joshi, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Santa Clara
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Ehsan Tabaraee, MD

Orthopedic Spine Surgery
Oakland
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Jonathan Liang, MD, MPH

Otolaryngology Head & Neck
Oakland
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Nardine Riegels, MD

Patient Safety
Oakland
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Naomi Adler, MD

Patient Safety
Oakland
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Kristie Manning, MD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Oakland
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Peter Cooch, MD

Pediatrics
Oakland
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Daniel Lee, DPM

Podiatric Surgery
Sacramento
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Jason Pollard, DPM

Podiatric Surgery
Oakland
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Melinda Bowlby, DPM

Podiatric Surgery
Santa Clara
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Ingrid Chen, MD

Psychiatry
Oakland
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Samuel Ridout, MD, PhD

Psychiatry
San Jose
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Nareg Roubinian, MD, MPH

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Oakland
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Amy Alagh, MD

Urogynecology
Oakland
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Robert Chang, MD

Vascular Surgery
UCSF
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Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH

Program Advisor
Regional

Regional Medical Education Sponsors​​​​​ ​​

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Ted O’Connell, MD, FAAFP

Director of Medical Education
Kaiser Permanente Northern California
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Theresa Azevedo-Rousso, MPA

Sr. Director & Designated Institutional Official
Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education