Internal Medicine Residency Program

IM REACH Committee

Welcome to the UCLA Internal Medicine Residents Engaged in Advocacy, Community, and Healing (IM REACH) committee. Learn more about IM REACH through the links below.

Who We Are

IM REACH is comprised of current internal medicine residents elected each year to serve as subcommittee leaders. The committee is supported by faculty advisors, the associate program director and chief resident for inclusive excellence, and the spectrum liaison chief resident.

Faculty Leadership

Nupur Agrawal, MD, MPH
Nupur Agrawal, MD, MPH
Faculty Advisor
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Shatara (Tara) Townes, MD
Associate Program Director for Inclusive Excellence
Hijab S. Zubairi, MD, MPH
Hijab S. Zubairi, MD, MPH
Faculty Advisor

Chief Resident for Inclusive Excellence

Sneha Sharma, MD
Sneha Sharma, MD

Co-Presidents

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Mohammad Keykhaei, MD, MPH
Joshua Rivera
Joshua Rivera, MD
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Hannah Ship, MD, MPH

Spectrum

Ghattas Malki, MD
Ghattas Malki, MD
Colby Parsons
Colby Parsons, MD
Monica E. Raiss
Monica Raiss, MD

Medical School Liaisons

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Enat Arega, MD, MS
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Bethlehem Michael, MD, MPH
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Sara Peña Carmona, MD

Recruitment Chairs

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Hannah Chute, MD, MA
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Simrat Gill, MD
Aarohi Mahableshwarker, MD
Aarohi Mahableshwarker, MD

Social Committee

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Ashley Huynh, MD
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Michala Patterson, MD
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Liz Timple, MD

Community Outreach

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Meghna Gaddam, MD, MBA
Benjamin Goldstein
Benjamin Goldstein, MD
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Ji Hae Lee, MD
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Mikayla Mefford, MD, MPH

Mission Statement

The IM REACH committee is a group of residents, faculty, and staff that aims to advance extraordinary patient-centered health outcomes for all patients by offering curricular innovation for residency training; developing physician leaders that respect and embrace the communities we serve; advance mentorship within our field; and support outreach into communities across the greater Los Angeles area.

Learn more about the IM REACH Mission

What We Do

The committee works diligently to maintain a dynamic curriculum that upholds inclusive excellence, hosts events to build community amongst residents, and works in collaboration with the Minority Housestaff Organization to offer mentorship to medical students.

Explore what IM REACH is doing