Physicians & Specialists

Faculty

John Agapian, MD FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of California Riverside
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Paul Albini, MD FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of California Riverside
Associate Trauma Medical Director
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Sara B. Edwards, MD MS FACS

Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
Program Director, UC Riverside Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of California Riverside
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Nathaniel Fung, MD

Attending Physician
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Reyna Gonzalez, MD MS

Emergency General Surgery Medical Director
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Akihiro Sugiyama, MD

Attending Physician
Division of Acute Care Surgery

George Ventro, MD

Attending Physician
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Linda Yala, MD

Attending Physician
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Raul Coimbra, MD MS FACS

RUHS Medical Center Director for Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center (CECORC) (opens in new window)
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California Riverside
Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda

Andrew Nguyen, MD MS FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, LLU
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Nurse Practitioner Roster

Cynthia Castillo, FNP

Division of ACS

Kristen Chaves, AGACNP-BC

Division of ACS

Christina Lewis, AGACNP-BC

Division of ACS

Kaylin Mitchikoff, AGACNP-BC

Division of ACS

Jason Noda, AGACNP-BC

Division of ACS

Ashley Pappalardo, AGACNP-BC

Division of ACS

Shana Rogers, AGACNP-BC

Lead Nurse Practitioner for the Division of ACS

Administrative Assistant

Heather Rousseau, BSN

Administrative Assistant to Division of Acute Care Surgery
Program Coordinator, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Trauma Program Director

Stephen Kernop

MSN-Ed, RN, TCRN, CEN, CAISS

Assistant Trauma Program Director – Pediatric Program Administrator

Daniel Sitar

MSN, MBA, RN, CEN

Injury Prevention Coordinator

Responsible for partnering with community agencies to provide outreach education on safety and preventing injuries through fall prevention, driver safety and Stop the Bleed classes, programs and education

Kelly Smith

RN, CEN, TCRN, CPST

Performance Improvement Nurses

Responsible for monitoring and evaluating performance within the Trauma Center

Oscar Garcia Renteria

Greg McCain

BSN, RN

Paola Valenzuela

Trauma Nurse Registrars

Maintain the trauma registry data, integrity, and make programming changes along ensuring that data quality meets current department data analysis standards, county, state, and national database requirements

Barbara Brechtel, RN

Jaclyn Bond, MSN-LM, MBA-HM, RN

Kimberly Buchanan, MSN, PHN, RN

Maria Rowena M. Canare, BSN, RN

Christina Domine, RN

Nohemy Giron, RN

Suzanne Havlick, BSN, RN, CAISS

Gabriela Hernandez, RN

Martine Roth, RN, TCRN

Dennis Stewart, RN

Clinical Integration Analysts

Develop, deploy, and sustain a process to abstract/retrieve and consolidate data from several data sets, including but not limited to Epic and Trauma data to support Trauma Center verification and RUHS research efforts

Edgar Fiol

CIA

Krit Thammakit

MSCS, CSM

Trauma Nurses

Specialize in the comprehensive resuscitation and care of traumatically injured patients, ensuring best practice standard of care throughout the stay of the patient