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Department of Family Medicine Department of Family Medicine

UC San Diego Department of Family Medicine Administration

Leadership

Business Office

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    Rick Salomon

    Director of Finance

    Email: risalomon@health.ucsd.edu

    • Fiscal program oversight, supervisor for Finance staff 
    • All Funds budget development, forecasting, and execution
    • Faculty Salary Administration
    • Service Agreements and MOUs
    • Space Planning and Department Safety Officer (DSO) 

     

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    Austin Kirkpatrick

    Financial Services Analyst

    Email: ajkirkpatrick@health.ucsd.edu

    • CIH Financial Lead and Fiscal Core Support
    • Financial administration, forecasting, and reporting
    • Oversight for Aventri fiscal operations
    • CIH procurement, payments and invoicing
    • Staff Funding 
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    Jennifer Mathews

    Financial Analyst

    Email: fammed@health.ucsd.edu

    • Financial analysis, administration and reporting
    • Oversight for Concur, including Continuing Medical Education (CME), travel, and hospitality
    • Work lead for fiscal systems, compliance reporting and reconciliation
    • Department Systems Administrator (DSA) including Business Systems security and Business Office database manager

     

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    Nick Ralph

    Financial Analyst

    Email: niralph@health.ucsd.edu

    • Fiscal Core Support
    • Reimbursements, payments and invoicing
    • Procurement and purchase requisition support
    • Staff Funding 
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    Christian Velasco Ruiz

    Academic HR Analyst

    Email: cvr006@health.ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 543-8349

    • Academic Affairs, ARC, HHR Liaison
    • Conflict of commitment and outside professional activities
    • Faculty benefits and timekeeping, policy and implementation
    • Onboarding, Offboarding, cFTE analyst, IBH administrator
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    Amanda Tafoya

    Contracts and Grants Supervisor

    Email: amtafoya@health.ucsd.edu 

    • Research Service Core (RSC shared services) Sponsored Projects supervision
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    Aram Fregoso

    Research Administrator

    Email: ajfregoso@health.ucsd.edu

    • Research Service Core (RSC shared services) Sponsored Project fund management

Chair's Office

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    Lauren Hazewski

    Executive Assistant

    Email: lhazewski@health.ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 543-5475

    • Administrative support
    • Event Planning
    • Office space management
    • Website
    • Wellness

Centers

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    Lauray MacElhern

    Managing Director
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    Alejandra Bobadilla

    Clinical Operations and Revenue Manager / CIM Patient Navigator
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    Angela Castro

    CIM Patient Navigator
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    Angela Guevara

    Research Coordinator and Phlebotomist
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    Noriko Morita Harth

    Mindfulness Administrative Director
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    Helen Kim

    Mindfulness Project Manager
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    Renee Lewis

    Educational Programs Coordinator
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    Jessica Matthews

    Director of Health and Wellness Coaching
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    Diana Olloni

    Marketing Specialist
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    Vanessa Ordonez

    CIM Patient Navigator and Medical Assistant 
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    Philayne Pribnow

    Mindfulness Administrative Coordinator
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    Susie Samano

    Patient Navigation Team Manager / CIM Patient Navigator
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    Austin Kirkpatrick

    Financial Services Analyst
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    Leslie Sebastian

    Fundraiser/Strategy Officer
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    Phoebe Senowitz

    Research Coordinator
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    Tatyana Shekhtman

    Biomedical Research Project Manager
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    Evelyn Hernandez-Zuniga

    CIM Patient Navigator

Education & Training Programs

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    Melissa Wahl, MPH

    Training Programs Administrative Director

    Email: mmwahl@health.ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 543-2165

    • Family Medicine Residency Program Coordinator
    • Combined Family Medicine and Psychiatry Program Coordinator
    • Sports Medicine Fellowship Coordinator
    • Supervision of educational programs staff
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    Nova Barkley

    Training Grant Administrator

    Email: nsbarkley@health.ucsd.edu
    Phone: (858) 822-7678

    • Administrative support and coordination for T32 programs
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    Daisy Cruz

    Assistant Program Coordinator

    Email: dacruz@health.ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 471-9187

    • Administrative support and program coordination for Residency Programs
    • Residency Schedules
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    Lisa Deferville

    Student-Run Free Clinic Program Assistant

    Email: ldeferville@health.ucsd.edu
    Phone: (858) 534-6160

    • Administrative support and course coordination for UGME courses and Student Run Free Clinic

PACE

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    Peter Boal

    Associate Director

    Email: pboal@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 543-5478
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    Stacey Carrillo

    Marketing Specialist

    Email: smcarrillo@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 543-5492
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    Adrienne Diggs

    Assistant Case Manager

    Email: adiggs@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 471-9126
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    Staci Hurst

    Administrative Director, PEP Program

    Email: smhurst@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 471-0212
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    Ines Mellah

    Assistant CME Course Coordinator

    Email: imellah@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 471-9119
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    Junemy Pantig

    Assistant Case Manager

    Email: jpantig@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 471-9325
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    Kaden Segren

    Administrative Director, Assessment Program

    Email: ksegren@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 471-0424
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    Patricia Smith

    Administrative Director, Fitness for Duty

    Email: prsmith@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 471-0569
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    Monique Velde

    Case Manager

    Email: mvelde@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 471-0633
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    Chris Woodard

    Information Technology

    Email: rcwoodard@ucsd.edu
    Phone: (619) 598-5466

Research