Program Leadership, Faculty, and Staff
SJV PRIME Leadership
Kenny Banh, MD
UCSF Fresno Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education
Loren Alving, MD
SJV PRIME Director
Yolanda Tinajero, MD
Associate Director – San Francisco
Lin Li, MD
Associate Director – Fresno
Varsha Babu, MD
Assistant Director, Career Launch
Joe Sanford, MD
Assistant Director, Program Evaluation and Student Assessment
SJV PRIME Faculty
Brian Chinnock, MD
Director for SJV PRIME PI Weeks
Tim Nguyen, DO, MBA
ASPIRE Director
Laalasa Varanasi, MD
Student Coach - San Francisco
Arthur Wood, MD
Student Coach - San Francisco
Meghan O’Brien, MD
Student Coach - San Francisco
Sri Padmanabhan, MD
Student Coach - San Francisco
Hovig Artinian, MD
Student Coach – Fresno
Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD
Student Coach – Fresno
Anthony Toribio, MD
Student Coach – Fresno
Lily Hitchner, MD
Student Coach – Fresno
Rob Rodriguez, MD
Director for SJV PRIME Inquiry
Jessie Werner, MD
Career Advisor, SJV PRIME
SJV PRIME Staff
Grace Carlson, BA
SJV PRIME Manager
Fresno SJV PRIME+ Project Lead Manager
grace.carlson@ucsf.edu
Allyson Khau, MPH
SJV PRIME F1 Coordinator, San Francisco
allyson.khau@ucsf.edu
Marie Martinez
SJV PRIME F2 Coordinator, Fresno
marie.martinez@ucsf.edu
Trina Hughes
SJV PRIME Career Launch Coordinator, Fresno
trina.hughes@ucsf.edu
Stephanie Covacevich, MS
SJV PRIME+ Project Coordinator, Fresno
stephanie.covacevich@ucsf.edu
Kasan Jones, MBA
Health Professions Education Program Manager
Undergraduate Medical Education, Fresno
kasan.jones@ucsf.edu
