Carmen Arriola MD

Prior to her residency in Occupational Medicine, Dr. Arriola began practicing medicine as a Family Physician for nearly twenty years working in college student health centers, and as a locum for a wide range of practices in Southern California. Her experience with patient populations is varied, ranging from the affluent, the middle income, the working poor, farm workers and the homeless. She received her undergraduate degree from UC Irvine and her medical school and internship from UC Davis.

John E Cross MD

Dr. Cross is an active duty Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy  (Medical Officer). He served as a General Medical officer (GMO) for 7 years, which included being stationed in Japan and deployment to Iraq.  He also completed two sea duty tours in the Persian Gulf onboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64). Dr. Cross attended the Occupational & Environmental Medicine Residency Program at University of California, Irvine on a Full-Time Outservice (FTOS) Navy Scholarship.  He completed his undergraduate and Medical School at East Tennessee State (ETSU) and his transitional internship at Naval Medical Center San Diego. He is married and has three daughters.  His hobbies include most outdoor activities, spending quality time with family, and exploring new locations.

Ann Donohue MD

Dr. Donohue completed her Occupational Medicine at the University of Utah Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Salt Lake City. She was born and raised in Anchorage, AK and attended Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Family Medicine in 2002 at the University of Utah and was a practicing family physician in Salt Lake City prior to beginning her Occupational Medicine residency. She is a certified medical review officer and is interested in drug and alcohol use in the work place. She is interested in acute work-related injury care, causation issues, and employee wellness programs. She enjoys the diverse professional opportunities that a career in Occupational Medicine provides. In her spare time, she takes advantage of the numerous outdoor recreational opportunities in Utah.

Sandeep Guntur MD

Dr. Guntur is in his second year of Occupational and Environmental Medicine fellowship at UCSF. He completed his medical school at Chengalpattu Medical College in India and hopes to pursue higher education to broaden his medical knowledge and skills.  He developed an interest in occupational medicine during his internal medicine training at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. Dr. Guntur is board certified in internal medicine and received his MPH in Environmental Health and Sciences from University of California, Berkeley.  His ambition is to develop a good surveillance and bio-monitoring methods for workers exposed to toxic chemicals in the developing countries.

Sherman Jew DO

Dr. Jew graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Biochemistry.  After graduation, he worked for a number of years conducting research in peptide chemistry, neurologic diseases, and immunology at both private and public institutions.  He then decided to go back to school and earned his DO degree from Kansas City, MO in 2005.  Following that. he completed his preliminary year in internal medicine at Worcester, MA, and finished his preventive medicine residency (along with an MPH) from Florida in June 2008.  Currently, he is an OEM fellow at UC San Francisco.     

Nita Kohli MD MPH

Dr. Kohli is currently a resident in UCLA’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine program.  Prior to starting residency, she practiced Occupational, Preventive, and Primary Care medicine in various operational and international settings as a Medical Officer in the U.S. Navy.  Last year alone, she traveled to nine different countries and had the opportunity to learn and practice combat medicine, tropical medicine, humanitarian aid, and disaster relief skills.  Her various experiences have led to her interests in environmental and preventive medicine, national and international health.   

Stephen Kumar MD

Dr. Stephen Kumar is currently a second year resident in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. He graduated from Ross University School of Medicine and then completed his internship at The Christ Hospital – University of Cincinnati, Ohio. He finished his residency in Preventive Medicine at Loma Linda University where he also served as Chief Resident. During his residency program he developed a model for the teaching and practice of ‘whole-person care’ to preventive medicine residents. After completing residency, Dr. Kumar joined the clinical faculty of Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where he worked for a year as a staff physician in the Department of Preventive Medicine. He is an adjunct clinical faculty member in the Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine. His interest in treating and preventing workplace injuries has led him to pursue a career in Occupational Medicine.

Simone Tramma MD

Dr. Simone Tramma grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She attended medical school at the Universidade Federal Fluminense. Marriage brought her to the U.S. where she sought a chance to continue her education. Dr. Tramma completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Maricopa Medical Center, in Phoenix, AZ, and one-year residency in Radiology at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Her past research experience with pneumoconiosis back in Brazil led her to pursue a career in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She is currently a first year Occupational and Environmental Medicine resident at the University of California, Irvine."

WOHC 2007 - San Diego, CA

Shelley Arredondo, MD, MPH
Carmen Arriola, MD
Gurinder S. Dhindsa, MBBS
Julie Fuller, MD
Michael P. Gallagher, MD, MBA, MPH
Sandeep Guntur, MD
Dabi J Gurmu, MD
Roger S. Hinkson, MD
Thieuha Hoang, MD

WOHC 2006 - Lake Tahoe, NV

Effiem Abbah, MD, MPH
Marc Arnush, MD
Shelley Arredondo, MD, MPH
Siva Ayyar, MD, MPH
Julie Fuller, MD
Michael Gallagher, MD, MBA
Philip Jiricko, MD, MHA, MS
Kachoy Saechao, MD, MPH
Matthew Sies, MD MPH
Elaine Tonel, DO
Gerald West, MD