
Adolfo Aguilera, MD
Associate Program Director Physician-in-Charge, Moreno Valley Community Health Center Director of Clinical Skills 1 – University of California School of Medicine
Dr. Aguilera serves as the Associate Program Director and Physician in Charge of the teaching clinic in Moreno Valley Community Health Center. Dr. Aguilera graduated from University of Illinois, School of Medicine, and completed family residency training at Riverside University Health Systems. He serves as Clinical Skills 1 Director for UCR School of Medicine. His special interests include Women’s Health, Prenatal, Pediatrics, Procedures, Medical Education, and providing care to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations. He speaks native Spanish, having immigrated from Mexico at a young age, and focuses on culturally and linguistically sensitive patient-centered care. Dr. Aguilera loves knowing that he is impacting people’s lives by serving as a role model to his patients, residents and community. He enjoys working with his colleagues, residents, nursing staff, and patients. Outside of work, Dr. Aguilera enjoys time with his wife and 2 boys - traveling, road trips to National Parks, camping, fishing, hiking, playing sports, and bike riding.

Laura Nader, MD
Faculty
Dr. Nader is core faculty and Director of Women’s Health and of Population Health Management. She is also Advisory Faculty for the Advanced Life Support for Obstetrics (ALSO) program. She attended Indiana University SoM then completed her residency at Community Family Medicine Residency Program in Indianapolis, Indiana. After residency, she worked for five years in a faith-based FQHC, providing outpatient and maternity care in inner-city Indianapolis. She loves being a family physician to medically underserved people and teaching. She finds joy in connecting with patients and building long-term partnerships with them and is passionate about sharing this joy with residents. She enjoys being part of our mission-minded faculty team, who are committed to working together to bring hope and healing to those we serve. When she’s not at work, Dr. Nader can be found spending time with her husband and daughter, baking (mostly chocolate), reading (mostly fiction), enjoying her church community, and working towards her goal of visiting all the national parks.

Moazzum Bajwa, MD, MPH, MSc
Faculty
Dr. Bajwa serves as faculty lead for the Community Health & Social Medicine curriculum at RUHS/UCR Family Medicine Residency Program, including the "Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Promotion" (H.E.L.P.) advocacy collaboration with local high schools. He is the program director of the Longitudinal Ambulatory Care Experience (LACE) at UCR School of Medicine, as well as faculty advisor for UCR Street Medicine. Dr. Bajwa is passionate about promoting health justice and confronting structural violence across the globe through public health advocacy and research. He draws inspiration from learning how people define and shape the health of their communities.

Faheem M. Jukaku, MD
Faculty
Dr. Jukaku serves as a Core Faculty for RUHS Family Medicine Residency Program. He attended medical school at JJM Medical College in Davangere, Karnataka state, India. After which he completed basic Surgical training with focus on Orthopedics in NHS in the UK. He, then completed a general surgery internship at St. Johns Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and family medicine residency through RUHS. He is board certified in Wound care Management and Hospice & Palliative medicine. He has completed mini-fellowship in Geriatrics at UCLA and Primary pain management at UC Davis. Also obtained X waiver certification. His special interests include wound care, primary care procedures and Addiction medicine. He speaks Hindi and Urdu. He loves to work with the underserved population and believes that this program gives unlimited opportunity to grow clinical and leadership skills from the very beginning. Outside of medicine, Dr. Jukaku enjoys traveling, playing tennis, practicing religion/spirituality, and taking care of his many children.

Esther Zarecki, MD
Faculty
Dr. Zarecki is a Core Faculty for RUHS Family Medicine Residency Program. She attended medical school at University of California, Riverside (UCR) and completed Family Medicine residency at Kaiser Fontana. After residency, she worked at Kaiser for 2.5 years before transitioning to RUHS where she trained as a medical student (complete full circle). Her special interests include preventive care, research/scholarly activities in medicine, and healthcare advocacy. Outside of medicine she enjoys exercising, hanging with her family at the beach, and planning Sunday get togethers after church.

Shunling Tsang, MD, MPH
RUHS Family Medicine Department Chair
Dr. Tsang went to St. George’s University School of Medicine and completed residency training at Riverside University Health System. Prior to medicine, she completed her Master’s in Public Health from Boston University in complex humanitarian emergencies and worked at the CDC in Atlanta. Dr. Tsang’s interests include upstream thinking, population health, performance improvement, lean culture, and clinical excellence. She loves how residents and medical students bring energy and new ideas to the program and health system. Outside of medicine, she enjoys spending time with her husband and playing with her 2 children, traveling to new places, and learning about new cultures.

Treva Williams
Assistant Coordinator
