MERF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 2011
MERF encourages all residents and physicians in training to attend the annual California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) conference. MERF offers scholarships to residents and faculty members interested in attending the conference. Below are the 20 scholarship recipients for this year.
Marianne Aldridge, MD, Resident, Loma Linda University, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Mihran Ask, MD
Asma Asyyed, MD, Resident, Alameda County Medical Center, CA
Specialty: Primary Care
Program Director: Theodore Rose, MD
Steven Balt, MD, Resident, UCLA - Kern Medical Center, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Conrado Sevilla, MD
Angella Barr, MD, Resident, VA Medical Center / UCSF, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Peter Banys, MD
Daniel Brockett, MD, Resident, University California San Diego, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Sidney Zisook, MD
Carlos Durate, MD, Resident, University of Maryland, MD
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Yvette Rooks, MD
David Epstein, MD, Resident, University of California Los Angeles, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Program Director: Mina Ma, MD
Robert Gorney, MD, Resident, University of California San Diego, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Sidney Zisook, MD
Marism Hasan, MD, Resident, Alameda County Medical Center, CA
Specialty: Primary Care
Program Director: Theodore Rose, MD
Laura Kenkel, MD, Resident, University of California Davis, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Jessica Ferranti, MD
Arta Lahiji, MD, Resident, UCLA Olive View Internal Medicine Program, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Program Director: Soma Wali, MD
Atul Munjal, MD, Resident, University of Southern California, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Kelly Jones, MD
Long Nguyen, MD, Resident, San Francisco Veterans Affair, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Peter Banys, MD
La Donna Porter, MD, Faculty, San Joaquin General Family Medicine Residency Program
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Ramiro Zuniga, MD
Michelle Rowe, DO, Faculty San Joaquin General Family Medicine Residency Program, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Ramiro Zuniga, MD
Ingeborg Schafhalter-Zoppoth, MD, Resident, Alameda County Medical Center, CA
Specialty: Primary Care
Program Director: Theodore Rose, MD
Brian Smart, MD, Resident, University of Washington, WA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Andy Saxon, MD
Mohsen Tahani, MD, Resident, New York Medical College, NY
Specialty: Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation
Program Director: Mohammad Islam, MD
Shabana Tariq, MD, Resident, University of California Los Angeles, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Steven Shoptaw, MD
Baotran Vo, MD, Resident, University of California Davis, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Thomas Balsbaugh, MD
MERF Scholars Asma Assyed, MD & La Donna Porter, MD with MERF Mentors Sean Koon, MD & Ken Saffier, MD
CSAM Communications Committee Chair, Itai Danovitch, MD & MERF Scholar Daniel Brockett, MD
MERF Scholars David Epstein, MD & Laura Kenkel, MD
MERF Scholars La Donna Porter, MD & Michelle Rowe, DO