Chair

Brief Bio

Michael B. Fallon, MD, FACP
Michael B. Fallon, MD, FACP​

Chair, Department of Medicine
Executive Director for Clinical Research and Professor

A national expert in transplant hepatology and other disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, Dr. Fallon is a strong advocate and outstanding leader of the department in advancing our educational, research and clinical missions. He has significant academic medicine experience, over more than 25 years in extensive patient care, education, leadership and clinical investigation in internal medicine. Dr. Fallon has received numerous awards recognizing his accomplishments in academic medicine — including teaching, research and innovation. Additionally, he has held a number of leadership positions in professional organizations — including the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and the editorial boards of many prominent journals in gastroenterology and hepatology.

Faculty

Brief Bio

Donna L. Holland, MD
Donna L. Holland, MD

Program Director, Internal Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Program

Medical School: The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Residency: The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix/Phoenix Children's Hospital Med-Peds Program
Areas of Academic Interest: Primary care, resident wellness, integrative medicine, hospital medicine

Emily Mallin

Emily Mallin, MD

Associate Program Director, Inpatient Medicine
Director of Education, Department of Medicine
Chair, UA UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Graduate Medical Education Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Subcommittee.  

Residency: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of Academic Interest: Hospital medicine, transitions of care and medication safety, quality improvement/patient safety, mentoring, faculty development

Heather Bartz, DO
Heather Bartz, DO

Associate Program Director, Med-Peds

Medical School: UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Residency: The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix/Phoenix Children's Hospital Med-Peds Program
Academic Areas of interest: Transitions of care, safe patient handoffs, transition from pediatric to adult care, adolescent medicine

Christina Bergin, MD
Christina Bergin, MD

Associate Program Director, Recruitment

Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of Academic Interest: Physician wellness, health care advocacy and enhancing physician-patient communication

Allysia Houser, DO
Allysia Houser, DO

Associate Program Director

Medical School: Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of Academic Interest: Hospital medicine, leadership and faculty development, clinical reasoning, POCUS, social determinants of health

Naomi Newman, MD
Naomi Newman, MD

Associate Program Director, Primary Care Track

Medical School: Jefferson Medicial College of Thomas Jefferson
Residency: UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of Academic Interest: Ambulatory internal medicine, social determinants of health, equity and inclusion, sickle cell disease

Julie Crawford, MD

Julie Crawford, MD

VA Associate Program Director 

Medical School: The Ohio State University
Residency: Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix/Phoenix Children’s hospital
Areas of Academic Interest: Quality Improvement, patient safety and faculty development

Jayne Peterson, MD

Jayne Peterson, MD

Associate Program Director, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Ambulatory Education

Medical School: UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Residency: Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Areas of Academic Interest: Mentoring, ambulatory internal medicine, shared medical visits, ambulatory diabetes management, care of the underserved, interprofessional collaboration

Shinar

Brenda Shinar, MD

Associate Program Director, Preliminary​

Medical School: UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Residency: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of Academic Interest: Medical knowledge acquisition and assessment, faculty development

Ruth Franks Snedecor

Ruth Franks Snedecor, MD

Associate Program Director, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Medical School: UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Residency: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix 
Areas of Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine, quality improvement/patient safety, scholarly activity and mentorship

A. Gibson Wong, MD

A. Gibson Wong, MD

Associate Program Director, Primary Care

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Internal Medicine, Indiana University and University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of Academic Interest: Patient safety, health system quality improvement, medical education curriculum design, system design for chronic disease management and transition of care, health analytics, global health, population health

Junior Faculty

Personal Bio

Tara Lanzendorf
Tara Lanzendorf

Undergraduate: Montana State University
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Career Interests: Pulmonology and critical care
Best Thing About Our Program: The people and the culture of the program

Kaelin Bernier
Kaelin Bernier
 

Undergraduate: Saint Louis University
Medical School: Midwestern University Arizona College of Medicine
Career Interests: Hospitalist
Best Thing About Our Program: The genuine support and care from all of the attendings and my amazing co-residents!

Ahsan Kamal
Ahsan Kamal
 

Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Career Interests: Hematology/oncology
Best Thing About Our Program: The friendships I've developed with my co-residents!

Pierce Lewien
Pierce Lewien

Undergraduate: University of Colorado
Medical School: University of Colorado, Boulder
Career Interests: Academic hospitalist
Best Thing About Our Program: The people! The attendings are all passionate about doing what’s best for the residents and providing enough autonomy and guidance to grow. Also, my co-residents are supportive and have become like a second family on our journey to becoming independent practicing physicians.

Aishwarya Puri
Aishwarya Puri

Medical School: Punjab Institute of Medicine Sciences
Career Interests: Pulmonary/critical care 
Best Thing About Our Program: The sense of support that one experiences from the faculty physicians is admirable. Our program has such a positive learning/teaching environment with an exceptional sense of camaraderie among the residents.