Faculty

Associate Program Directors

Seth Adjovu, MD
Associate Program Director
Undergradate Education: University of Ghana
Graduate School: University of Ghana Medical School
Residency and Chief Residency: Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Career Interests: Medical education, cardiac care, tropical travel medicine, right diagnosis driven, patient-centered care

Ifesinachi Ndukwu, MD

 

 

 

Jeff Olsen, DO
Associate Program Director
Undergradate Education: Arizona State University
Medical School: Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine – AZ
Residency: Internal Medicine, Canyon Vista Medical Center

 

 

Chief Resident/Junior Faculty

Courtney Saenz, MD
Undergradate Education: Buffalo State College
Graduate School: PhD in Biophysics, University at Buffalo
Medical School:  Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine 
Residency: Internal Medicine, Valley Hospital Medical Center
Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity Medicine, Preventive Medicine 

 

 

Core Faculty

Elizabeth González, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Undergradate Education: University of California, Irvine
Graduate School: Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice Residency: University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
Career Interests: Support the development and integration of residency programs across the different fields of healthcare to provide optimal patient care.

Hidenobu Shigemitsu, MD, FCCP
Medical School: Tokai University School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine


David Shih, MD, PhD
Undergradate Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Residency: Internal Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, University of California, Los Angeles
Career Interests: General gastroenterology, medical education, providing culturally compassionate and competent care to the underserved and underrepresented community, and advocate for better access to quality healthcare and education in all communities.

Raji Venkat, MD
Medical School: University of Madras
Residency: Internal Medicine, University Medical Center, Las Vegas
Career Interests:  To do the best I can to make a difference in my patient's lives.

 

Parker Woody, DO
Undergradate Education: Brigham Young University
Graduate School: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University
Residency: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Career Interests: Medical education, point of care ultrasound, shared patient decision making, hospital medicine, evidence based medicine, residency program curriculum development 

 

Mai Vi Hoang, MD
Medical School: Seattle University
Residency: UC Davis Mercy Medical Center, Family Medicine Residency Program, Redding, California
Career Interests: I love global medicine and providing humanitarian work in developing nations, providing culturally compassionate care and narrowing the gap for affordable care to everyone, and teaching the next generation of competent physicians. 

 

 

Academic Hospitalists

Sogol "Sara" Amjadi, DO

 

 

 

Brian Chang, DO

 

 

 

Zhi Cheng, MD

 

 

 

Trent Richardson, MD

 

 

 

Jason Zeizel, MD