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

Reyna Gonzalez, MD MS
Emergency General Surgery Medical Director
Division of Acute Care Surgery

Stephanie Downing, MD
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

Linda Yala, MD
Attending Physician
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

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

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Assistant Trauma Program Director – Pediatric Program Administrator

Daniel Sitar, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN

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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 

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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

 

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
• Nohemy Giron, 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

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

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

Office Assistant

• Sarai Rivas