Meet the Faculty at UCSF Fresno Pediatrics

To provide a comprehensive and diverse training experience, our residents learn alongside dedicated faculty and advanced practice providers (APPs) across our clinical training sites. Through hands-on clinical teaching, mentorship, and didactic education, our faculty and APPs support residents in developing the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to provide high-quality pediatric care. Our faculty bring extensive expertise across a broad range of pediatrics, including general pediatrics, pediatric hospital medicine, pediatric cardiology, pediatric endocrinology, neonatology, pediatric hematology-oncology, pediatric emergency medicine, sleep medicine, and genetics.

Leadership
Christine Nelson, MD

Department Chief

Steven Foster, DO

Program Director

Christian Faulkenberry-Miranda, MD

Associate Program Director

David Yi, MD

Assistant Program Director

 

Pediatric Generalist

Reem Aboushaar, MD

Aimee Abu-Shamsieh, MD

Denise DeWhitt, MD

Christian Faulkenberry-Miranda, MD

Nikol Fuller, FNP-C

Claire Gibson, MD

Janice Kezirian, MD

Alia McKean, MD

Amanda Miller, MD

Jennifer Nolt, CPNP

Jacquelynn Wagoner, DO

Pediatric Hospitalist

Pratisha Chhabra, DO

Steven Foster, DO (VCH)

Eyup Keles, MD

Lynette Lorch, CPNP

Christine Nelson, MD

Ivett Renteria, MD

Victor Vargas, MD

Sophia Walters, NNP

David Yi, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Ana Coll, MD

Laxmi Ghimire, MD (NMP)

Manish Malkar, MD (NMP)

Pediatric Nephrology

Elizabeth Black, MD (VCH)

Pediatric Endocrinology

Rene Kinman, MD

Pediatric Neonatology

Alok Kumar, MD 

Katy Ruch, MD 

Kultar Singh, MD

Brandon Worth, DO

Genetics

Cynthia Curry, MD

Alan Lu, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Richard Quan, MD

Sleep Medicine

Mary Anne Tablizo, MD 

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 

Duncan Henry, MD (Mission Bay)

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Sara Leibovich, MD (BCHO)

Karim Mansour, MD (BCHO)

Eric Schmitt, MD (CRMC)

Pediatric Dermatology

Greg Simpson, MD

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

James Ozeran, MD (VCH)

Faculty

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Reem Aboushaar, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Aimee Abu-Shamsieh
HS Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Elizabeth Black, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Prof
Pediatrics - Fresno
Pratishtha Chhabra, DO, MS
HS Assistant Clinical Prof
Pediatrics - Fresno
Ana Carolina Coll, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatrics
Cynthia Curry, MD
Professor Emeritus
Pediatrics - Fresno
Denise DeWhitt, MD
Denise DeWhitt, MD
HS Asst Clinical Professor
Christian Faulkenberry-Miranda, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Associate Residency Program Director
Pediatrics - Fresno
Steven Foster, DO
Residency Program Director , Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Nikol Fuller
Nikol Fuller, FNP-C
Laxmi Ghimire, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Claire Gibson, MD
HS Assoc Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Eyup Keles, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Renee Kinman, MD
Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Alok Kumar, MD
Associate Clin Prof Volunteer
Pediatrics - Fresno
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Manish Malkar, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Alia McKean
Alia McKean, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Christine Nelson, MD
Christine Nelson, MD
Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Jennifer Nolt, CPNP
Richard Quan, MD
Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Ivett Renteria, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Katy Ruch
Katy Ruch, MD
Assistant Clinical Prof - Vol
Pediatrics - Fresno
Kultar Singh, MD, FAAP
Assistant Clin Prof Volunteer
Pediatrics - Fresno
Mary Anne Tablizo, MD
Associate Clinical Prof - Vol
Pediatrics - Fresno
Victor Vargas, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno
Sophia Walters, NP
David Yi, DO
Associate Clinical Professor, Assistant Residency Program Director
Pediatrics - Fresno