MERF Scholars, Champions, and Faculty
2012 CSAM Addiction Medicine Review Course
San Francisco, CA
Scholarships awarded by MERF in 2012:
1. Asma Asyyed, MD, Resident, Alameda County Medical Center, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Program Director: Theodore Rose, MD
2. Rehan Attia, MD, Fellow, Loma Linda University, CA
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine
Fellowship Director: Mickey Ask, MD
3. Nicolas Badre, MD, Resident, UC San Diego
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Sidney Zisook, MD
4. Shabnam Balali, MD, Resident, University of Washington
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Andrew J. Saxon, MD
5. Nelson Castro Capera, MD, Resident, Alameda County Medical Center
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Program Director: Katy Hicks, MD
6. James Luzano, MD, Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Fellowship Director: Jeffery Wilkins, MD
7. Atul Munjal, MD, Resident, USC Family Medicine Residency at California Hospital
Specialty: Family Medicine
Program Director: Kelly L. Jones, MD
8. Zachary Plaut, MD, Resident, San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Alan K. Louie, MD
9. Kimberly Shapiro, MD, Resident, LAC+USC Medical Center
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: Isabel T. Lagomasino, MD
10. Joan Striebel, MD, Resident, UCLA Semel Institute for Neurosciences and Human Behavior
Specialty: Psychiatry
Program Director: James E. Spar, MD
11. Karine Tagmazyan, MD, Resident, Loma Linda University Family Medicine
Specialty: Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine
Program Director: Jamie Osborn, MD
12. Serena Wu, MD, Resident, UC Davis
Specialty: Family Medicine and Psychiatry
Program Director: Thomas Balsbaugh, MD
13. Lynn Yen, MD, Resident, UC Davis
Specialty: Family Medicine and Psychiatry
Program Director: Jaesu Han, MD