Announcements

For information about the Resident Council Travel Grant, click here: 
Travel Grant Application

Upcoming Resident Council Events and Activities:

2022-2023 Events and Activities

• Soccer: TBD
• Basketball: Held every Wednesday from 8pm to 10pm at the Clovis Recreation Center at 3495 Clovis Avenue, Clovis, CA 93612. House staff who are interested in participating in the activity must complete and signed a Basketball Waiver Form and email the form to [email protected].

For more information, please email [email protected]

Confidential Reporting

• UCSF Fresno SAFE Reporting

Global Health Travel Grant

Residents and fellows interested in attending international conferences or completing an academic elective abroad may apply for a grant of up to $1000 through the UCSF Fresno Global Health Curriculum.

The application has a rolling deadline and approvals are typically granted at quarterly meetings of the GMEC Subcommittee on Global Health. Recipients will be notified by email.
Each recipient must attend at least one council meeting or event in the quarter in which the grant application is received. To be eligible for UCSF Fresno Global Health grant funding, the applicant must:

1. Be in good standing with his/her training program
2. Register for Travel Insurance provided free of charge by University of California. (https://www.ucop.edu/risk-services/loss-prevention-control/travel-assistance/enrolling-in-uc-trip-insurance.html)
3. Check with your coordinator to make sure a PLA has been completed if needed
4. Provide itemized receipts in order to be reimbursed
5. Incorporate what was learned (at the conference or during the elective) into an educational presentation to benefit other residents in their program and at UCSF Fresno. This can be accomplished with a live presentation (15-30 minutes in length) on the UCSF Fresno campus, or a 1-page narrative describing the experience, activities, and lessons learned after the trip is completed.

Resident Council Co-chairs 2023-2024

Sujana Balla, MD – PGY3 Internal Medicine
Nathan Dreyfus, MD – PGY4 Emergency Medicine
Dashmeet Maharaj, MD – PGY2 Internal Medicine

GMEC Representation 2023-2024

Nelli Ghazaryan, DO 
Cecilia Rangel-Garcia, MD
Robin Draper, MD
Nicole Palmer, MD
Caitlin Roake, MD
Jessica McFarland, MD

Chief Resident Assignments 2023-2024

For changes/updates, email [email protected]

Internal Medicine  
Rameen Atefi, DO
Sujana Balla, MD
Hunza Chaudhry, MD
Joshua Wilkinson, DO

Pediatrics
Denise DeWhitt, MD
Alia McKean, DO
Omar Hanafy, MD

Emergency Medicine
Madeline Giegold, MD
Sarah Koser, MD
Matthew Lippi, MD
Miles McDonough, MD

OMFS
Dominique Chagniot, DDS
Amir Nojoumi, DMD
Andrew Cook, DMD
Eric Grant, DMD

Surgery
Amna Ali, MD
Tyler Collins, MD
Jose Covarrubias, MD
Airi Katoh, MD
Justin Van Hoorebeke, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery
Jefferson Li, MD
Soudabeh Sedghi, MD
Torre Soderlund, MD
Jacob Zipperstein, MD

Family Medicine
Jessica Wang, DO
Chase Lancaster, MD
Melody Adesuyan, MD

Psychiatry
Kelsey Buehler, DO
Roman C. Roque, DO

Ob/Gyn
Shabnam Shahrestani, DO

Resident Council

Mission Statement

The resident council comprises a group of members selected from the UCSF Fresno residency programs. We provide residents an active voice with regard to the decisions of the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC).

Our aim is to offer a confidential forum where residents can discuss and resolve issues affecting their education and welfare in a secure arena without fear of retribution. As a council, we seek out new possibilities to improve resident learning and well being as well as caring for our under-served community.

Our  goal is to give residents a voice in their education, to foster camaraderie and promote resident well being while serving our community.

This program is funded through a gift from the Leon S. Peters Foundation

Resident Council Members

Meet members of the UCSF Fresno Resident Council. Coming Soon

Interested in Resident Council? Join the Resident Council Email List

2023-2024 Events and Activities

All individuals interested in the listed activites must sign and complete the appropriate Activity Waiver Forms prior to any participation.
Completed waiver forms can be sent to, [email protected].

Awards, Grants and More

Questions?
Please contact [email protected]

Resources/Forms

• Attestation, Continuing Housestaff
• Badge Request Form (new/replacement)
• Sample Contract Medical Housestaff
• Medical Board Address Change Form
• Osteopathic Board Address Change Form
• NPI  Address Change (Must log into individual account to make the change)
• DEA Address Change
• Health Statement, Continuing Housestaff
• House Staff Listing (4/1/24)
• House Staff Photo Roster (9/1/23)
• Professional Liability Insurance Certificate (Sample)
• UCSF Fresno Trainee Salary Scales and Benefits
• Well-Being & Fatigue Mitigation Policy
• Workers Compensation Guidelines for Residents & Fellows
• Workers Compensation – Employee Incident Report
• KAISER ON-THE-JOB (Fresno Medical Center)
  Oak 1 Building | 7300 N. Fresno St.
  Fresno, CA 93720
  Phone: (559) 448-4886
  Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  OSHA Notification Fact Sheet
  OSHA 24-hour hotline
  1-800-321-OSHA (6742).

Training and Employment Related Links

• AAMC Financial Aid/Student Loan Resources
• ABMS
• ACGME
• AMA
• AMION
• AT YOUR SERVICE
• BENEFITS-MEDICAL,DENTAL, VISION, LIFE AND AD&D
• CA Medical Board (DO)
• CA Medical Board (MD)
• CHCC Remote Access
• Collaborative Learning Environment (Moodle)
• Confidential CARE Advocacy Resources & Education
• DEA Number
• DEA Registration
• Discounts & Campus Life Services
• ECFMG
• EpicCare
• ERAS
• E*Value
• Fidelity Retirement Services
• Fresno-Madera Medical Society
• FSMB (USMLE)
• GALEN
• INSIGHT EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
• NBOME (COMLEX)
• NPI Registry
• NRMP
• Office for Prevention of Harassment & Discrimination
• OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN
• RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM (Monthly 7.5% Mandatory Contribution)
• UC NET
• UC Training
• UCSF Fresno Connections
• Up To Date
• VPN (UCSF)

Travel Grant Application

Residents and fellows interested in attending academic in-person, virtual conferences or off-campus electives may apply for a grant of up to $750 for domestic travel-related expenses and $1,000 for international travel-related expenses through the UCSF Fresno Resident Council. Grant funds CANNOT be used for education or training activity that is a part of an applicant’s clinical training requirement (e.g., required away rotations).

Grant applications are reviewed at the bi-monthly Resident Council meetings and recipients will be notified by email of the grant decision. Grant recipients must attend at least one Council meeting in the quarter in which the grant application is received in order to be eligible for grant funding.

If an application is approved, itemized receipts must be provided in order to be reimbursed. When traveling on business, it is the responsibility of the traveler to understand UCSF travel and entertainment policies in order to be reimbursed in a timely manner and understand which expenses will and will not be covered by the University. Click the link to review the UCSF Travel Policies.

Additionally, grant recipients must incorporate what was learned (at the conference or during the activity) into an educational presentation to benefit other house staff in their program or at UCSF Fresno.

To apply for a Resident Council Travel Grant, click here:

apply for travel grants 

2023 UCSF Fresno Housestaff Handbook