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
  • Raul Coimbra, MD MS FACS
    RUHS Medical Center Director for Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center (CECORC)
    Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California Riverside
    Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda
  • Stephanie Downing
    Assistant Professor of Surgery, LLU
    Director of Surgical Critical Care
    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
  • Andrew Nguyen, MD MS FACS
    Assistant Professor of Surgery, LLU
    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

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_Team"

 

Trauma Program Director

"Stephen_Kernop"

Stephen Kernop, MSN-Ed, RN, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, CFRN


 

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"

Kelly Smith, RN, CEN 


 

"Performances_Nurses"

Performance Improvement Nurses

Are responsible for monitoring and evaluating performance within the Trauma Center

  • Kimberly Buchanan, MSN, PHN, RN
  • Oscar Garcia Renteria, RN
  • Greg McCain, BSN, RN

 

"Registrars"

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
  • Maria Rowena M. Canare, BSN, RN
  • Christina Domine, RN
  • Suzanne Havlick, BSN, RN
  • Gabriela Hernandez, RN
  • Nancy Norton, RN
  • Mark Price, BSN, RN, CAISS, CSTR
  • 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 to become a leader in clinical trials, national and international multi-institutional research studies, and Trauma

  • Edgar Fiol, CIA
  • Krit Thammakit, MSCS, CSM

 

"Trauma_Nurses"

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. 

  • Dakota Amparan, RN, BSN 
  • Jodi Arnold, RN, BSN 
  • Danny Balles, RN, TCRN 
  • Kelsey Best, RN, BSN 
  • Missy Blenkarn, RN, TCRN 
  • Keith Chrisman, RN, TCRN 
  • Kara Cohen, RN, TCRN, CEN 
  • Lucky Copeland, RN 
  • Travis Hopkins, RN, CEN  
  • Candice Mackie, RN, BSN 
  • Lisa Otteson, RN, TCRN 
  • Martine Roth, RN, TCRN 
  • Brennen Torres, RN, BSN 

Office Assistant

  • Sarai Rivas