Residency Life Fall 2019 · 2019. 8. 8. · Residency Life: Internal Medicine Residency Program, Kaiser Oakland | 2019 The 2018-19 academic year ended on a high note with our ceremony

Residency Life: Internal Medicine Residency Program, Kaiser Oakland | 2019

Program Director’s Welcome

Residency Life Fall 2019

The 2018-19 academic year marked the 72nd year of the Internal Medicine Residency— the first Kaiser residency in the country! The academic year ended with a wonderful Graduation night at Oakland’s historic Preservation Park. We said farewell to our grads as they headed off to fellowships, clinical practice, and careers in Community or Public Health (see inside for details). In June, we ushered in the 2019-20 academic year welcoming 19 new interns from 15 different medical schools and 10 different states. The intern class reflects the amazing diversity of the East Bay and the Kaiser Oakland IM Residency’s commitment to recruiting the most diverse group of residents to care for our patients and our community. Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion permeates the medical center and faculty. Assistant Program Director Dr. Nailah Thompson led sessions at the national SNMA conference this past year, and traveled from Hawaii to D.C. (and many places in between) to share our mission. Dr. Thompson was awarded the Innovation Award from the AIAMC for

her leadership of the Health Equities & Disparities track in the residency program, placing residents in various community partner sites such as San Quentin prison, Lifelong Medical, and the Native American Health Center. Read more inside about the many other diversity and inclusion efforts the residency is a part of, including our Community Medicine Fellowship which graduated our first fellow, our own Dr. Shefali Nath, MD. UCSF’s KLIC program began its 9th year based at Kaiser East Bay, and we continue to host students from UCSF/ UC Berkeley Joint Medical Program, Drexel University’s Kaiser Sacramento track, Cal Northstate University, and over 50 students from across the country. This year also saw the launch of the Kaiser Medical School, which includes several of our East Bay faculty on the consulting board. Read more about the residency’s record-setting scholarly productivity inside, led by Dr. Joan Lo, Dr. Nicole Tran and Project Manager Nirmala Ramalingam.

Residents continue to take advantage of Kaiser’s Global Health programs, with rotations in Kenya, Ecuador, Tibet, and Vietnam among others. I count myself extremely fortunate to call the Kaiser Oakland Residency Program my home away from home, and I am deeply grateful to all the faculty and leadership who support our residents. Enjoy this 8th edition of Residency Life, a newsletter chronicling life in the Kaiser

Internal Medicine

Residency

Kaiser

Oakland

I N T H I S I S S U E Graduation 2019

New Interns Community, Diversity, & Inclusion

Research & Scholarly Activity Wellness & Well-being

Sayin’ Goodbye __________________________________

2019 Graduation

Tom Baudendistel, MD

2019-20 Chief Residents

Adam Luxenberg & David Lee


The 2018-19 academic year ended on a high note with our ceremony at Oakland’s Preservation Hall. As you see below, our recent graduates continue to secure plum positions in a variety of careers: Primary Care, Fellowship, or Hospital Medicine.

Recent Graduating Resident Careers

Residency Graduation 2019

Fellowship Bound Paniz Vafaei Cardiology, Kaiser Northern California Jules Vieaux Palliative Care, UCSF Tiffany Nguyen Endocrinology, University of Washington Nhi Tan Nephrology, University of Washington Shefali Nath Community Medicine, Kaiser Oakland Neha Damle Hematology/ Oncology, UC Davis Stephanie Kim Endocrinology, UCSF Lucy Liu Rheumatology, UCSF Tye Elliott Pulmonary/ Critical Care UCSF Pierce Stewart Pulmonary/ Critical Care, UC Davis Bryan Lee Pulmonary/ Critical Care, Cooper/ RWJ Maggie Ford Dept of Public Health, San Francisco Josh Chung Cardiology, Kaiser San Francisco Sowmya Srinivasan Geriatrics, Stanford Erin McCorry Endocrinology, UC Davis Dee Muthulingam Infectious Disease, Yale Maggie Ford California Dept of Public Health Jake Scott Infectious Diseases, Cedars-Sinai Amanda Thornton Infectious Diseases, Boston University John Nanfro Infectious Disease, LSU New Orleans Amatul Hasan Cardiology at University of Minnesota Joanne Vu Cardiology at UCLA Harbor Peter Liebling Pulmonary/Critical Care, UC Irvine Adrienne Topic Cardiology, Christiana Delaware Preet Sandhu Nephrology, Univ of New Mexico Amit Garg Hematology/Oncology, McGill Dayana Carcamo GI, California Pacific Medical Center Deborah Doberne Palliative Care, Stanford

Primary Care Alex Altman Kaiser Oakland Christian Lee-Rodiguez Kaiser Oakland Brooke Erspamer Kaiser Portland Louis Holmes Kaiser Portland Luke Rohlwing Kaiser Denver Brent Scharschmidt Kaiser San Rafael Aisha Franklin Kaiser Inglewood Krystal Leong Kaiser Oakland Maggie Ford Kaiser Oakland Stephanie Chau Kaiser Oakland Geno Genasci Kaiser Oakland Kat Chen Kaiser Oakland Linh Dao Kaiser San Jose Meme Yu Kaiser Santa Clara Ben Maring Kaiser Oakland Ben Chen La Clinica de la Raza

Hospitalist Rami Hosein Kaiser East Bay Trisha Sengupta Kaiser East Bay Jenna Joy Kaiser East Bay Somalee Banerjee Kaiser East Bay Yifan Geng Kaiser Walnut Creek Mala Krishnamoorthy Kaiser San Leandro Stephen Lau Kaiser San Leandro Bhakti Patel St Joseph’s, Orange Co. Sansan Cao Renown, Reno, NV Minal Patel Kaiser Roseville Ken Schwab Kaiser Hawaii Andy Sevier Kaiser San Leandro

The Residency Leadership Team at Graduation

The 2019 Graduating Preliminary Year Interns— already sorely missed


Graduation night was also a time to recognize the many great teachers who have inspired our residents to achieve so much. The residents named Dr. Ben Maring MD (photo on right) as the Lester Hollander Outpatient Teacher of the Year. After completing residency at Kaiser Oakland and obtaining his MPH degree from UC Berkeley, Dr. Maring joined the Primary Care faculty

where he has shined as a clinician, mentor, and teacher. A former sous chef at Thomas Keller’s Per Se, Ben has used his culinary expertise to teach many Kaiser residents and patients techniques for creating healthy meals. Inpatient teaching honors were bestowed upon Dr. Peter Le, MD (left) from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Lee was a former Chief Resident and fellow at UC Irvine prior to joining Kaiser East Bay. He has been recognized for his teaching for several years before winning the Inpatient Teacher of the Year this year. He is a favorite of residents, not only for his mastery of on-the-fly teaching but also for the respect and he has

for residents. Dr, Le never forgets what it was like to be a resident and goes out of his way to involve them in every aspect of patient care, from goals of care discussions to bronchoscopies. In thinking about the countless faculty members who spend time teaching and mentoring residents, two awards never seem like enough. Our hats go off to our additional Distinguished Teachers as voted on by the residents (below).

Distinguished Teachers 2019 Dr. Stephen Sarafian, MD Dr. Emory Fong, MD Dr. Aubrey Ingraham, MD Dr. Lloyd Stockey, MD Dr. Jordan Yoder, MD Dr. Raymond Davis, MD Dr. Leslea Brickner, MD Dr. Julian Villar, MD Dr. Sally Slome, MD Dr. Kevin Blackney, MD

Special Honoree

Assistant Program Director Dr. Mary Patton received the 2019 TPMG Teaching Award for

Excellence in Clinical Education, the top teaching award in Northern California Kaiser. Dr. Patton was the lone awardee, selected from over 8000

physicians.

Congratulations, Mary!!!

Thank you, Teachers!

Dr. Ben Maring, MD— Outpatient Teacher of the Year Dr. Peter Le, MD—Inpatient Teacher of the Year


New Interns Arrive!

First day on the job for the 2019 intern class !!

Above: (Left) Interns and residents celebrate the end of the first month of internship at the annual happy hour Chez Patton. (Right) Boya and Raleigh at the National SNMA Conference in Philadelphia.

Below: The new interns are welcomed at the orientation party at The Plank in Jack London Square.


Learning is fun!

Outgoing Chief Residents (left) dress up as Google Docs on Halloween. Pani is enjoying life as a Cardiology Fellow and Deepa is in pursuit of her MPH at UC Berkeley.

Tio crashes the Women in Medicine evening event

“Yes, Paul, I am aware how ridiculous I look, but it’s all in the name of teaching!” Residents visit the State Capital during the Health Policy elective.

Mnemonic Cookies for Dr. B’s Birthday! Last year’s R2s— plus Shankar— showcase their team “building” at the R2 retreat


Community, Diversity, & Inclusion Kaiser Oakland is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion. Why Kaiser Oakland? Many reasons: first, we serve an incredibly diverse population whether defined by socioeconomic status, social determinants of health, race, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. Secondly, it is in our DNA: Kaiser Oakland was among the first medical centers to offer dedicated clinics in HIV care in the 1980s and in the care of LGBTQ individuals. Third, we have shown that we can eliminate discrepan-cies in healthcare outcomes and provide the same quality of care to all individuals. Led by Dr. Nailah Thompson, the residen-cy’s efforts in this area span the spectrum of education, from high school to post-residency. Read on! In the top photo, Dr. Thompson is joined by several residents and faculty for the Helix mentoring event, part of the MIMS (Mentoring in Medicine and Science) pro-gram between Kaiser and local schools. The second photo includes the recent gradu-ates of the 2019 IIHC (Immersion in Inte-grated Health Care) program founded by Kaiser Oakland’s Dr. Juan Guerra. The IIHC provides scholarships to rising second-year medical students from diverse backgrounds across the country to spend a month at Kaiser. The third photo captures a unique affiliation with neighboring medical school, UC Davis. The students in UC Davis’ ACE-PC track rotate at Kaiser as part of their ambulatory medicine experience. This track is designed for students from underserved areas who are planning careers in primary care. The Kaiser Oakland Internal Medicine Resi-dency Program launched its Health Equity and Disparities track in 2017-2018 for resi-dents who want to be part of our mission. Directed by Dr. Nailah Thompson, this track is part of our larger goal to increase the diversity of our physician workforce to match the incredible diversity of pa-tients we see. Post-residency, Kaiser Oakland launched the Community Health Fellowship in July 2018 and graduat-ed its first fellow in July 2019— our own former resident Dr. Shefali Nath, MD (photo on right)!


Dr. Thompson has been busy!! Clock-wise from Top left: Dr. Thompson with inaugural Health Equities & Dis-parities residents R3s Karina Chavez and Jessica Himmelstein at the AAMC National conference in Austin. Texas. Dr. Thompson receiving the Innovation Award from the AIAMC for the Disparities residency track. Dr. Thompson chosen from over 8000 KP Northern California physicians to be the face of Diversity & Inclusion for the Honolulu conference. R2 Olivia Kizzee and R1 Raleigh Fatoki join Dr. Thompson at the 2019 National SNMA conference in Philadelphia. Dr. Thompson is joined by KP physician colleagues at the Black History Month event. Disparities resident R2 Kristine Gu with mentor Dr. Joan Lo presenting her research on racial disparities in diabetes prevalence at the American Diabetes Association conference in San Francis-co in 2019.


Original Research Under the guidance of Assistant Program Director Dr. Joan Lo, a Harvard med school grad, UCSF-trained Endocrinologist, and faculty researcher at Kaiser Oakland’s Division of Research, resident research continues to soar. In the academic year 2018-19, residents authored manuscripts in 14 peer-reviewed publications and presented 37 posters at numerous regional and national meetings (ACP, American Heart Association, American Geriatric Society, American Women’s Association, Student National Minorities Association, American Thoracic Society, and Innovations in Medical Education) for their original work in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Dallas, Portland, Chicago, Washington D.C., and LA. Below is a sampling from the past year.

Research & Scholarly Activity Flourish

Four Kaiser Oakland residents presented at the 2019 National American Geriatric Society Conference n Portland. From left to right: David Lee won 1st prize in Innovation

& QI and 2nd place in Research; Betsy Yang presented her original research;

Shankar Mundrulu won 2nd prize in Case Studies, and Christina Li won 1st AND 3rd places in Research !!

R3 Eric Sumner presents his sleep apnea research at the national American Thoracic Society conference in Dallas

Dr. Lo and Research Project Manager Nirmala Ramalingam bookend R3s Jessica Himmelstein and Andrea Chai at the International American Women’s Medical Association Conference in New

York in July 2019


R3 Sarah Michael (second from left) receives the

Residency Innovation Award at the KP Scholarly

Symposium

Left: Kaiser Oak;and IM/MPH graduate Dr. Somalee Banerjee poses with her former mentor, Dr. Lo, at the National AMWA Conference. Dr. Banerjee is the current Artist-in-

Residence for National AMWA and Directs of Residency Global Health for

Kaiser Oakland. Right: resident presenters pose with mentors Dr. Tran and Nirmala Ramalingam at the KP Scholarly

Showcase.

Drs. Carter English and Paniz Vafaei presented

their original research at the AHA National Conference in

Chicago

Recent National Presentations

American Heart Association

Dr. Carter English Dr. Paniz Vafaei

American College of Gastroenterology

Dr. Monique Delisser

American Medical Women’s Association Dr. Andrea Chai

Dr. Jessica Himmelstein

American Geriatric Society Dr. David Lee

Dr. Christina Li Dr. Betsy Yang

Dr. Shankar Mundrulu

Innovations in Medical Education Dr. Andrea Chai

Annual Meeting of the

Endocrine Society Dr. Betsy Yang

Dr. Stephanie Wu Dr. Jerry Liu

Dr. Kristine Gu Dr. Christina Li

American Thoracic Society

Dr. Eric Sumner

American Academy of Dermatology Dr. Shankar Mundrulu

Recent graduate Shankar

Mundrulu delivering the

podium presentation at the national

American Academy of Dermatology conference in

Washington DC in his R3 year


Kaiser Oakland residents had another tremendous showing at the Northern California Conference in November 2018. Out of over 180 posters from residents across 11 residency programs in Northern California including UCSF, Stanford, and UC Davis, Shankar Mundrulu won 1st Place and Adam Luxenberg 2nd Place in the QI competition, and Olivia Kizzee was a Finalist in the vignette category. The Jeopardy Team [right] placed second, and PGY3 Christian Lee– Rodriquez was awarded the ACP Northern California’s prestigious Resident Leadership Award— way to go team!!

Northern California ACP 2018

PGY3 Dr. Christian Lee-Rodriguez was the recipient of the 2018 CANO Resident Leadership Recognition

Award, bestowed on a resident who upholds the ACP’s mission “to enhance the quality and effec veness of

health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the prac ce of medicine”— well

deserved, Chris an!

ACP Posters 2018- Research and QI Shankar Mundluru- Skin in the Game: Improving Internal Medicine Residents’ Comfort with Common Skin of Color Der-matologic Issues **Regional Winner** Adam Luxenberg– You’ve Got Mail: A Case Based Curriculum to Teach Patient Email Communication to Internal Medi-

cine Residents **Regional 2nd Place**

Tess Fitzpatrick and Brett Adams- Hospital Discharge: A Quality Moment for Lifecare Planning and Communication

Kristine Gu- Addressing Gaps in Recognition of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Primary Care

Nathan Juergens– Hospitalization and Opioid Use Disorder: a Reachable Moment

Sarah Michael- Snap! Using QR Codes to Improve Timeliness and Quantity of Feedback for Internal Medicine Residents

Christina Li- Association Between Ethnicity, Adiposity, and Low Vitamin D in Women Prior to Osteoporosis Treatment

Jonathan Nguyen– The Modern Day Home Visit: Implementing Video Visit training for post-discharge follow up.

Eric Sumner- Demographic Characteristics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) within a Multiethnic Population

Paul Wada- Back to School: a Report Card to Increase HIV Screening in Primary Care

Stephanie Wu- The Relationship of Obesity Severity and Elevated ALT Levels in Adolescents

Betsy Yang- Secular Trends in BMD among Women initiating Osteoporosis Therapy for Primary Fracture Prevention

Team PSQI!! 2018 Regional ACP QI Winners Dr. Shankar Mundluru and

Adam Luxenberg are flanked by expert PSQI mentors Nirmala Ramalingam and Dr. Nicole Tran (above)


The Kaiser Oakland Jeopardy Team of Jonathan Nguyen, Paul Wada and Tio Thomas won their first round and

finished second place overall

Intern Olivia Kizzee (left) stands next to her vignette poster— a finalist

among over 150 submissions.

ACP Posters 2018– Clinical Vignettes Olivia Kizzee - Have you heard of the other Waldenström? **Regional Finalist**

Nicole Heinl - Rituximab: Breaking Cancers or Hearts?

Jerry Liu – Hips Don’t Lie… about steroid use

Caroline Opene- The Rhize of Disseminated Mucormycosis after Voriconazole Prophylaxis

Zena Salim– Bad to the Bone: A rare case of iatrogenic Pott’s Disease from BCG


Wellness & Well-Being Spearheaded by Asst. Program Director Dr. Gangopadhyay, the IM Residency ushered in a new era of Wellness & Well-Being. Wellness Champ Dr G’s first order of business was creating a resident-led Wellness Committee to help lead stretch breaks and walks around the lake. Ask about any of the numerous other ways we support resident wellness:

Wellness Passport, Wellness half-days, annual retreats, confidential mental health visits, resiliency discussion groups, healthy food options, balanced schedules (weekend day off on wards, no overnight call), stipend for gym memberships, pot lucks, co-ed soccer team, 5K races, indoor rock climbing… you get the picture.

Clockwise from top left: the special Aloha version of

Fresh Fruit Friday (FFF, or F3 to those in the know).

White Elephant gift exchange— “Yes, I got the

Obama Chia pet!”

Pushing down to tone their washboard abs… and raising

the roof at the Wellness Stretch Break

The Teal Man group enjoys Smoothie Day in lounge


Never Too Much Wellness in the East Bay…


Good Luck to our 2019 R3 graduates!!


This past year we bid a happy retirement to several beloved teachers and colleagues. Left: Paki Tsukuyama looks forward to spending more time in Hawaii. Right: Teacher extraordinaire Vic Silvestre “before and after”— his medical school ID from University of Michigan, and his recent KP photo. A perennial top teacher awardee from the Oakland IM Residents, Vic retired at the peek of his career— winning the 2018 Teaching Award for Excellence in Clinical Education, the top teaching award in Northern California Kaiser, selected from over 8000 physicians.

Sayin’ Good-Bye…

Special Tribute

Dr. Stanton Siu re-tired this past year af-ter over 30 years of

service to Kaiser and in particular to Graduate

Medical Education.

Dr. Siu’s many roles included Chief of Pul-monary and Critical

care, IM Residency Pro-gram Director, and Di-rector of Medical Edu-

cation.

He built GME at Kaiser Oakland and his vision, leadership, mentorship, and wine-tasting parties for the residents will be

missed deeply!

Thank you, Stan !!

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Residency Life Fall 2019 · 2019. 8. 8. · Residency Life: Internal Medicine Residency Program, Kaiser Oakland | 2019 The 2018-19 academic year ended on a high note with our ceremony