Faculty and Staff - Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Division Chief

Professor, Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, University of Arizona Center on Aging
The Anne and Alden Hart Endowed Chair in Medicine
Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Associate Professor, Nursing

(520) 626-5800

mfain@aging.arizona.edu

Faculty

Rosemary Browne, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, (Clinical Series Track)

(520) 792-1450

rsbrowne@email.arizona.edu

Joy E. Bulger Beck, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)

(520) 626-5663

Joy.BulgerBeck@bannerhealth.com

Claudia C. Capurro, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)

(520) 792-1450 x6693

ccapurro@arizona.edu

Vijaya Chada, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)

(520) 792-1450

chada@arizona.edu

Shaun Chatelain, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)

(520) 694-8888

schatelain@deptofmed.arizona.edu

Meenakshi Dagar, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)

(520) 694-4000

mdagar@arizona.edu

Mindy J. Fain, MD

(520) 626-5800

mfain@aging.arizona.edu

Paul Gee, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Faculty, UA Reynolds Program in Applied Geriatrics

paulgee@email.arizona.edu

Melvin G. Hector, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)

(520) 621-5658

Melvin.Hector@bannerhealth.com

Ayesha Javed, MBBS

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine

ajaved@deptofmed.arizona.edu

Julia B. Jernberg, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, (Clinical Series Track)
Director, Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship, Department of Medicine
Director, Health & Societies Thread, Department of Medicine

(520) 626-9660

jbj1@arizona.edu

C. Bree Johnston, MD, MPH

Professor, Medicine - (Educator Scholar Track)
Program Director, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship

(520) 626-5800

cbjohnston@arizona.edu

Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Member, UA Sarver Heart Center
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South

(520) 626-9512

ejuneman@arizona.edu

Saher Khalid

Clinical Assistant Professor

saherkhalid@arizona.edu

Amy Klein, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)
Program Director, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship

kleina@arizona.edu

Joshua Lee

Physician Executive, Banner Health
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine

joshua.lee@bannerhealth.com

Kevin Moynahan, MD, FACP

Vice Dean, Education
Professor, Medicine

(520) 626-6505

moynahan@arizona.edu

Babak Michael Nayeri

Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine

bnayeri@arizona.edu

Karen Parker, MD, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)

karen.parker2@bannerhealth.com

Indu Partha, MD

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program - Tucson Campus

(520) 694-4000

ipartha@arizona.edu

Stacie T. Pinderhughes, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Internal Medicine/Geriatrics
Medical Director, Optumcare, Complex Management

staciep@arizona.edu

Serena Scott, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Subinternship Director, Department of Medicine

Carlos A. Tafich-Rios, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinical

(520) 694-4000

carlostafich@arizona.edu

Monica R. Vandivort, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinical Scholar
Medical Director, Home Care
Faculty, UA Reynolds Program in Applied Geriatrics

(520) 694-4000

mrv1@email.arizona.edu

Christopher S. Wendel

Researcher/Scientist III

(520) 629-1824

cwendel@arizona.edu

Lorraine Yentzer, MSN, AG-ACNP-BC, CHPN

Palliative Medicine Nurse Practitioner

lorraine.yentzer@bannerhealth.com

Tiffany Ynosencio, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine

(520) 694-4000

tiffany.ynosencio@bannerhealth.com

Research Staff

Nima Toosizadeh, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Research Scholar Track)
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Staff, University of Arizona Center on Aging
Co-Investigator, Healthy Brain Research Network, UA Center on Aging

(520) 626-5809

ntoosizadeh@aging.arizona.edu