Physicians & Specialists
Faculty
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- 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 Program Director
Stephen Kernop, MSN-Ed, RN, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, CFRN
Injury Prevention Coordinator
- John Agapian, MD FACS
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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
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
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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
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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
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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