Meet Our Team

  • Thomas Peitz, M.D.

    President

    Medical Education: University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Diego Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 1998

  • Christopher Rooke, M.D.

    Treasurer

    Medical Education: University of Virginia School of Medicine

    Residency: Loma Linda University Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 1998

  • John Stein, M.D.

    Secretary

    Medical Education: Dartmouth Medical School

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2012

  • Sherry Bird, M.D.

    Medical Education: Georgetown University School of Medicine

    Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania

    Joined SFEMA: 2001

    Additional Roles: Quality Assurance Director & ED Sepsis Lead Physician

  • Ritik Chandra, M.D.

    Medical Education: Washington University School of Medicine

    Residency: University of Louisville

    Joined SFEMA: 2011

    Additional Role: Mission Bernal Site Director

  • John Loewen, M.D.

    Medical Education: Loma Linda University School of Medicine

    Residency: Maricopa Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2016

    Additional Role: Assistant Medical Director Santa Rosa

  • Ryan Miglis, D.O.

    Medical Education: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

    Residency: New York Methodist Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2012

    Additional Role: Davies Site Director

  • Abigail Pease, M.D.

    Medical Education: Columbia University- College of Physicians & Surgeons

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2011

    Additional Roles: Van Ness Site Director, Physician Champion- ED Flow and Outbreak Preparedness

  • Natalie Snyder, M.D.

    Medical Education: East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2014

    Additional Role: Assurance Quality Director

  • Vincent Tamariz, M.D.

    Medical Education: Weill Cornell Medical College

    Residency: University of California Medical Center LAC/Harbor

    Joined SFEMA: 2010

    Additional Role: Van Ness Pediatrics Site Director

  • Aravind Addepalli, M.D.

    Medical Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Kendall Allred, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Arizona College of Medicine and College of Public Health

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Henry Ashworth, M.D.

    Medical Education: Harvard School of Medicine

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFMEA: 2025

  • Chad Barylski, NP

    Medical Education: Vanderbilt University

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Rio Beardsley, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Vermont College of Medicine

    Residency: Stanford University School of Medicine

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Lilly Bellman, M.D.

    Medical Education: Indiana University School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2020

  • Brittney Berkey, PA

    Medical Education: Samuel Merritt University

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Tucker Bierbaum, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: Valley Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2022

  • Kristy Blackwood, M.D.

    Medical Education: Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Russell Braun, M.D.

    Medical Education: Albany Medical College

    Residency: Maricopa Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2015

  • Daniel Brownstein, M.D

    Medical Education: University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Diego

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Stephen Cady, M.D.

    Medical Education: Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical School

    Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2014

  • David Cain, PA

    Medical Education: Idaho State University

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • David Carbonell, M.D.

    Medical Education: Columbia University- College of Physicians & Surgeons

    Residency: University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill

    Joined SFEMA: 2014

  • Michael Ching, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

    Residency: William Beaumont Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2012

  • Patrick Clarke, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Vermont College of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Craig Cohen, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    Residency: University of Michigan

    Joined SFEMA: 2015

  • Genny Copenhagen, PA

    Medical Education: Samuel Merritt University

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Crystal Cox, PA

    Medical Education: Stanford University

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Thomas Dalton, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Colorado School of Medicine

    Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2019

  • Danielle Delvo, PA

    Medical Education: Samuel Merritt University

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Katie DeWilde, M.D.

    Medical Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Tabitha Doniach, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California Davis School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco Santa Rosa Family Practice

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Timothy Duncan, M.D.

    Medical Education: Dartmouth Medical School

    Residency: Albany Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2004

  • William Eddy, M.D.

    Medical Education: New York Medical College

    Residency: University of California Davis Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Suzy Fitzgerald, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Adrian Flores, M.D.

    Medical Education: Louisiana State University School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2016

  • Shawn Franklin, M.D.

    Medical Education: Harvard Medical School

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Erick French, M.D.

    Medical Education: Cornell University Medical College

    Residency: Stanislaus Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Steven Friese, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

    Residency: Kern Country Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2020

  • Jotham Gikuhi, FNP

    Medical Education: Sonoma State University

    Joined SFEMA: 2017

  • Diego Gonzales y Tucker, M.D.

    Medical School: Cornell University Medical College

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Jared Greenholz, M.D.

    Medical Education: New York Medical College

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2011

  • Greg Hadfield, PA

    Medical Education: Stanford/Foothill College

    Joined SFEMA: 2016

  • Julie Heger, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco Fresno

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Genell Hilton, NP

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco, University of Maryland, Adelphi University

    Joined SFEMA: 2016

  • Doug Hofstetter, M.D.

    Medical Education: Saint Louis University School of Medicine

    Residency: Naval Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Elaine Hsiang, M.D

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Andrea Ibbison, NP

    Medical Education: Boston College

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Jennifer Jackson, M.D.

    Medical Education: Temple University School of Medicine

    Residency: Temple University Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2012

  • Joe Jacober, M.D.

    Medical Education: Tufts University School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco Fresno

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Matthew Karp, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California Davis School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco Fresno

    Joined SFEMA: 2015

  • Sofia Kenneally, PA

    Medical Education: Samuel Merritt University

    Joined SFEMA: 2022

  • Frederick Kronen, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Diego School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco Santa Rosa Family Practice

    Joined SFEMA: 2014

  • Kenneth Kumamoto, M.D.

    Medical Education: Saint Louis University School of Medicine

    Residency: University of Florida HSC- Jacksonville

    Joined SFEMA: 2004

  • Kristin Kuzma, M.D.

    Medical Education: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2022

  • Isis LaLand, PA

    Medical Education: Stanford University

    Joined SFEMA: 2014

  • Greg Larsen, D.O.

    Medical Education: Touro University California, College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Residency: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Jennifer Lee, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California Davis School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco Santa Rosa Family Practice

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Markus Leong, M.D.

    Medical Education: George Washington School of Medicine

    Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2016

  • David Martin, M.D.

    Medical Education: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Patrick McAlpin, FNP

    Medical Education: Vanderbilt University

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Sam McMillan, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

    Residency: Saint Louis University Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Nicole Moore Rayan, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2022

  • Marcy Morrow, FNP

    Medical Education: University of Nebraska Omaha

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Anthony Nardone, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco - University of California Berkeley Joint Medical Program

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Dennis O'Connell, PA

    Medical Education: Touro University

    Joined SFEMA: 2016

  • Julie Oliva, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2017

  • Carolina Ornelas-Dorian, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Margaret Peacock, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Western Ontario School of Medicine

    Residency: University of Western Ontario Victoria Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Nicholas Peairs, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Louisville School of Medicine

    Residency: Desert Regional Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2022

  • Derrick Pelton, NP

    Medical Education: University of Arizona

    Joined SFEMA: 2019

  • Drew Pham, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Vermont College of Medicine

    Residency: University of California Medical Center LAC/Harbor

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Amelia Randolph, M.D.

    Medical Education: McGill University Faculty of Medicine

    Residency: University of California Davis Mercy-Redding Family Practice

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Carli Reisdorf, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Michael Rokeach, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

    Residency: US Public Health Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 1998

  • Jillian Rosenblum, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Arizona

    Residency: Cook County Health & Hospitals System

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Alejandro Ruiz, MD

    Medical Education: New York University Grossman School of Medicine

    Residency: Cook County Health and Hospitals System

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Noah Sanders, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Minnesota Medical School

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Timothy Saunders, M.D.

    Medical Education: Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School

    Residency: University of Texas at Southwestern

    Joined SFEMA: 2015

  • Sarah Schaaf, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2013

  • Austin Schoeffler, M.D.

    Medical Education: The Ohio State University School of Medicine

    Residency: Case Western Reserve Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Leah Schraga, M.D.

    Medical Education: Technion Institute of Technology Medical School

    Residency: University of New Mexico

    Joined SFEMA: 2017

  • Cyrus Sedagatnia, NP

    Medical Education: Sonoma State University

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Shradha Shah, M.D.

    Medical Education: Wayne State University School of Medicine

    Residency: Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2014

  • Michael Shelendich, M.D.

    Medical Education: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2020

  • Dawa Sherpa, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2020

  • Sneha Shrestha, M.D.

    Medical Education: Stanford University

    Residency: University of California Los Angeles Olive View

    Joined SFMEA: 2024

  • Cecily Sotomayor, M.D.

    Medical Education: Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

    Residency: Maimonides Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Mary Starrs, M.D.

    Medical Education: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

    Residency: Stanford University

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Eric Sterling, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California Irvine College of Medicine

    Residency: King Drew Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2012

  • Katie Stromsland, M.D.

    Medical Education: Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

    Residency: Wayne State University School of Medicine

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Jennifer Stone, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of North Carolina School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Diego

    Joined SFEMA: 2022

  • Katherine Sutherland Loewen, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    Residency: Maricopa Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2016

  • Ben Tanaka, PA

    Medical Education: Samuel Merritt University

    Joined SFEMA: 2023

  • Pierre-Carole Tchouapi, M.D.

    Medical Education: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine

    Residency: University Hospital of Brooklyn

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Nathan Teismann, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2021

  • Jan Vobecky, M.D.

    Medical Education: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

    Residency: Stanford University

    Joined SFEMA: 2019

  • Samuel Wagner, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

    Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2022

  • Will White, M.D.

    Medical Education: Stanford University School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California San Francisco

    Joined SFEMA: 2021

  • Blair Woodbury, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Colorado School of Medicine

    Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2024

  • Carter Wystrach, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

    Residency: University of California Los Angeles Olive View

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Robin Yu, M.D.

    Medical Education: University of Michigan Medical

    Residency: Highland Hospital

    Joined SFEMA: 2025

  • Mitch Zekhtser, D.O.

    Medical Education: Western University of Health Sciences

    Residency: Albany Medical Center

    Joined SFEMA: 2023