Program Leadership

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Hanadi Abou Dargham, MD

Residency Program Director
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine 

Hometown: Mountain House, California 

Medical School:  Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences (2010)

Residency: American University of Beirut Medical Center (2013), St. Luke's University Health Network-Sacred Heart (2018)

Professional Goals: Hospital Medicine, Medical Education, Patient Education, Preventative Medicine, Scholarship.

Hobbies: Hiking, listening to music, traveling with her husband and son, and spending time with her family and friends.

About: Dr. Abou Dargham grew up in Beirut, Lebanon. She finished her first residency in Family Medicine at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon in 2013. She completed a second residency in Family Medicine at St. Luke's University Health Network (Sacred Heart), Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2018. Dr. Abou Dargham joined the St. Joseph’s Family Medicine Residency Program as a core faculty in 2019 before being appointed as an Associate Program Director in 2020. Dr. Abou Dargham was appointed as the Residency Program Director in 2022. She began her tenure as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Touro University of California in October 2019. She is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine since 2018.

Dr. Abou Dargham is passionate about hospital medicine. She leads the Family Medicine inpatient service and enjoys her teaching responsibilities with medical students and family medicine residents. She has a special interest in hospital medicine, medical education, patient education and preventative medicine. Dr. Abou Dargham received the Paul L. Harmony Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award in 2018.

Dr. Abou Dargham is a published author with over six peer-reviewed journal publications in highly reputable journals. She published a multi-edition book chapter in the 5-Minutes Clinical Consult. In addition to multiple poster and oral presentations at local and national conferences. 

To keep herself in great health, Dr. Abou Dargham enjoys hiking, listening to music, traveling with her husband and son, and spending time with her family and friends.

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Shiraz Buhari, MD

Associate Program Director

Hometown:  Stockton, CA

Medical School:  University of The East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine

Residency:  University of Alabama Hospital/ Selma Family Medicine

Professional Goals: Provide high quality compassionate care to his patients. He is passionate about inpatient medical care both in the hospital and skilled nursing settings. He enjoys serving on committees at SJMC with the desire to help maintain the high quality care that patients receive.

Hobbies: Enjoys traveling with his wife and spending time with his family. He also enjoys reading, movies, exercising and target shooting. 

 

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Christen Mercado

Family Medicine Residency Coordinator
Family Medicine Residency Program
St. Joseph’s Medical Center of Stockton
1800 North California Street
Stockton, CA  95204
209-547-7143
[email protected]

Aaminah Bhula

Family Medicine Program Administrator
Family Medicine Residency Program
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
1800 North California Street
Stockton, CA 95204
209-547-8692
[email protected]