Medical Director
Hometown: Arcadia
Undergraduate Education: BS Neuroscience Claremont McKenna College

Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences

Residency Program: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Passions in life: Family, Surfing, Soccer, Coaching, the Ocean, Drumming and Pearl Jam

Passions in Medicine: Leadership and Operations improvement; Critical Care; Public Health and Wellness; Correctional Health.

Awarded Emerging Leadership Award from the RUHS Medical Staff, June 2020

Assistant Medical Director
Lead for Sepsis and Patient Satisfaction

Hometown: Portuguesa, Venezuela

Undergraduate Education: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Passions in Life: Family, Food, Traveling, All things wellness

Passions in Medicine: Site Operations and Throughput

Program Director
Hometown: Bellflower, California

Undergraduate Education: UC Riverside, BS Biochemistry

Medical school: Western University of Health Sciences

Residency Program: Midwestern University

Current research: Utility of Instant EEG ability in the ER

Passions in Life: Family, Family, Family

Passions in Medicine: All things Epilepsy related

Assistant Program Director
Hometown: Dubai, U. A. E.

Undergraduate Education: Pacific Union College

Medical school: Western University of Health Sciences

Residency Program: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Current Research: How to deliver the perfect dad-joke every time: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, meta-analysis... of sorts.

Passions in Life: Family, Soccer, Music

Passions in Medicine: Education, Personal Growth and Development

Director of Global Health and Community Outreach

Hometown: Cypress, CA

Undergraduate Education: UCLA B.S. Biology

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine (Detroit, MI)

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Passions in Life: Pets, Family, Travel, Challenges

Passions in Medicine: Global Health, Disaster Medicine , Community Outreach

Ultrasound Program Director
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ

Undergraduate Education: La Sierra University, Riverside CA

Medical School: Loma Linda University

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Current Research: VExUS, Sepsis, Intrarenal Doppler in resuscitation, Pulmonary ultrasound in CHF. Pulmonary ultrasound in COVID, Hemodynamics in shock

Passions in Life: Celtic Football Club, Motorcycles

Passions in Medicine: Resuscitation, Echocardiography, POCUS

Medical Student Director
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA

Undergraduate Education: UC San Diego

Medical school: Lewis Katz SOM at Temple University

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Passions in life: Friends/family, beach going, board sports, dogs

Passions in Medicine: Shock resuscitation and Medical Education

Wellness Director
Hometown: Anaheim, CA

Undergraduate Education: California State University, Fullerton

Medical School: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Passions in life: Surfing, Singing, Travel, Running

Passions in Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine, Physician Wellness

EMS Program Director

Hometown: Long Beach, CA

Undergrad: UC Berkeley

Residency: Loma Linda University

Fellowship: EMS

Passions in Life: Family, Food, Football, and jamming on the Bass guitar

Passions in Medicine: EMS, Disaster, Tactical Medicine, Trauma, Cardiology

Assistant EMS Program Director
Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, California

Undergraduate Education: Claremont McKenna College, BA Psychology

Graduate Education: USC, Masters of Public Administration

Medical school: U of I at Chicago

Residency: Loma Linda University

Fellowship: USC EMS

Passions in Life: Family, Woodworking, Cake Decorating

Passions in Medicine: Resuscitation, Teaching, Prehospital and disaster medicine

Assistant Medical Director

Research/QI Director

Hometown: Loma Linda

Undergrad Degree: BS Stanford University

Medical School Degree: Loma Linda University

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Loma Linda University

Current Research: Pancreatitis in children

Passions in Medicine include Congenital Cardiac Disease

Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Undergraduate Education: Rice University, Houston, Tx

Med school: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Resident Projects: Spiked Helmet Sign, Bilateral Tonsillitis Abscess, Bilateral, Asymmetrical Hip Dislocation

Passions in Life: Being a dad, Baking

Hometown: East Lansing, Michigan

Undergrad Degree: UC Irvine Biology

Medical School Degree: UC Irvine

Residency Program: UC Irvine 1997

Passions in Life: Animals and having many pets

Passions in Medicine: Teaching

​Hometown: San Clemente, CA

Undergrad Degree: UCSB Bio Science

Medical School Degree: Keck School of Medicine, USC

Residency Program: LAC/USC 1986

Passions in Life: Family, Faith, and Friendship

Passions in Medicine: Team Work, Teaching, Patient Wellness

Hometown- none really, grew up in the military and have lived in various states & overseas

Undergraduate Education: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, B.S. in Zoology

Medical school: Touro University, California

Residency Program: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Passion in Life: Finding humor in everything

Passion in Medicine: Continuous challenges and learning

Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA

Undergraduate Education: University of California, Santa Barbara

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine - Temple University

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Passions in Life: Singing, hiking, surfing, and traveling

Passions in Medicine: Resident wellness, airway management, and teaching

Hometown: Cenotillo, Mexico; Later moved to San Bernardino

Undergraduate Education: University of California, Riverside

Medical School: University of Utah, Medical School

Residency Program: IM Internship: U of Las Vegas (83-84) ; Kern Medical Center (84-86)

Passions in Medicine: Teaching, Sharing clinical experience, Patient compassion

Passions in Life: Golf, Soccer, Military History, Cooking, Foodie, Hot-tubbing with the family

Hometown: Simi Valley, CA

Undergraduate Education: UCLA

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Residency Program: Loma Linda University

Current Research: Obstructive Infectious Urolithiasis, IM vs IV Migraine Treatments

Passions in Life: Family, Cooking, Traveling

Passions in Medicine: Medical Education, FOAMed, EM in Geriatric Populations

Hometown: Garden Grove, CA

Undergrad: UCLA

Med School: OUWB School of Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine at Loma Linda University

Fellowship: Interventional Spine/Pain Medicine at Loma Linda University

Current Research: Survey of Trauma Centers Regarding Repeat CT Head Scans in Patients on Antiplatelet/Anticoagulation Therapy

Passions in Life: Hiking at National Parks, Weightlifting, Traveling Across Asia and Europe, Anime, Cultural Learning

Passions in Medicine: Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for Lumbar Spinal Decompression, Chronic Pain Management in the ED, Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy For Neuropathic Pain

Hometown: West Covina

Undergrad: UCSB

Med School: WesternU COMP

Residency: RUHS EM class of 2024

Current Research: organizational leadership, medical education, value based care  

Passions in Life: family, coaching, beach/outdoor sports  

Passions in Medicine: teaching, med-sim, harm reduction, performance science, MAT

Hometown: Small town in Ontario, Canada

Undergrad: Andrew’s University

Med School: Loma Linda University

Residency: Loma Linda University

Fellowship: Critical Care Anesthesiology at Loma Linda University

Passions in Life: Rock climbing, hiking, ice skating 

Passions in Medicine: Anything critical care, post-operative care, trauma

Wilderness Medicine Program Director

Hometown: Ontonagon, MI

Undergrad: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

Med School: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

Residency: Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI

Fellowship: Wayne State University Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, Detroit, MI

Passions in Life: Family, travel, music, software development

Passions in Medicine: Ultrasound, austere medicine, improving medical education through technology

Hometown: Bakersfield, CA

Undergraduate: Cal State San Bernardino

Medical School: Loma Linda University

Residency: UC Irvine

Passions in Life: Travel, Cooking/Baking, Sleep

Passions in Medicine: Women’s Health, Underserved populations, Inclusive care