2011 MERF Scholars
CSAM State of the Art in Addiction Medicine
October 13, 2011 | Long Beach, CA

Scholarships awarded by MERF in 2011:

1. Marianne Aldridge, MD, Resident, Loma Linda University, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Mihran Ask, MD

2. Asma Asyyed, MD, Resident, Alameda County Medical Center, CA 
Specialty: Primary Care
Program Director: Theodore Rose, MD

3. Steven Balt, MD, Resident, UCLA - Kern Medical Center, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Conrado Sevilla, MD

4. Angella Barr, MD, Resident, VA Medical Center / UCSF, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Peter Banys, MD

5. Daniel Brockett, MD, Resident, University California San Diego, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry 
Program Director: Sidney Zisook, MD

6. Carlos Durate, MD, Resident, University of Maryland, MD
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Yvette Rooks, MD

7. David Epstein, MD, Resident, University of California Los Angeles, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Program Director: Mina Ma, MD

8. Robert Gorney, MD, Resident, University of California San Diego, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry 
Program Director: Sidney Zisook, MD

9. Marism Hasan, MD, Resident, Alameda County Medical Center, CA
Specialty: Primary Care
Program Director: Theodore Rose, MD

10. Laura Kenkel, MD, Resident, University of California Davis, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Jessica Ferranti, MD

11. Arta Lahiji, MD, Resident, UCLA Olive View Internal Medicine Program, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Program Director: Soma Wali, MD

12. Atul Munjal, MD, Resident, University of Southern California, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Kelly Jones, MD

13. Long Nguyen, MD, Resident, San Francisco Veterans Affair, CA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Peter Banys, MD

14. La Donna Porter, MD, Faculty, San Joaquin General Family Medicine Residency Program
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Ramiro Zuniga, MD

15. Michelle Rowe, DO, Faculty San Joaquin General Family Medicine Residency Program, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Ramiro Zuniga, MD

16. Ingeborg Schafhalter-Zoppoth, MD, Resident, Alameda County Medical Center, CA
Specialty: Primary Care
Program Director: Theodore Rose, MD

17. Brian Smart, MD, Resident, University of Washington, WA
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Andy Saxon, MD

18. Mohsen Tahani, MD, Resident, New York Medical College, NY
Specialty: Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation
Program Director: Mohammad Islam, MD

19. Shabana Tariq, MD, Resident, University of California Los Angeles, CA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Steven Shoptaw, MD

20. 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

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