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First-Year Course Directors

Anatomy & Embryology
	Jamie Wikenheiser, Ph.D. Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology UC Irvine School of Medicine 306D Med Surge II Irvine, CA 92697-4089 Phone: 949-824-9159 Fax: 949-824-2485 jwikenhe@uci.edu		Mary Paliescheskey course coordinator Office of Curricular Affairs UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Building 836 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 Phone: 949-824-7657 Fax: 949-824-2083 mpaliesc@uci.edu
Biochemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology
	Rob Steele, PhD Department of Biological Chemistry UC Irvine School of Medicine C233, C228 MED SCI I Irvine, CA 92697-1700 Phone: 949-824-7341 Fax: 949-824-2688 resteele@uci.edu		Mary Paliescheskey Course coordinator Office of Curricular Affairs UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Building 836 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 Phone: 949-824-7657 Fax: 949-824-2083 mpaliesc@uci.edu
Clinical Foundations I
	Dawn Elfenbein, MD Course Director 333 City Blvd - West City Tower Suite 1600 Orange, CA 92868 Phone: 714-456-6327 Cell Phone: 410-274-2658 delfenbe@uci.edu Penny Murata, MD Co-Director UC Irvine Family Health Center - Santa Ana 800 North Main Street Santa Ana, Ca 92701 Phone: 714-456-7002 Pager: 714-506-7077 prmurata@uci.edu		Yvette Warner Course coordinator UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Bldg. 836 836 Health Sciences Road Room 1105 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 Office Phone: 949-824-4771 Cell Phone: 949-636-3469 ywarner@uci.edu
Histology
	Xiangmin Xu, Ph.D Course Director Dep't Anatomy & Neurobiology, 362 Med Surge II, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine CA 92697-1275 Phone: 949-824-0040 xianfmin.xu@uci.edu		Mary Paliescheskey Course coordinator Office of Curricular Affairs UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Building 836 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 Phone: 949-824-7657 Fax: 949-824-2083 mpaliesc@uci.edu
Immunology
	Milton L. Greenberg, Ph.D. Course Director Department of Physiology & Biophysics UC Irvine School of Medicine D350 Med Sci I Irvine, CA 92697 Phone: 949-824-6721 Fax: 949-824-8540 greenbem@uci.edu		Angel Meza Course coordinator UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Bldg. 836 836 Health Sciences Road Office # 1105 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 949-824-9805 Phone 949-824-2083 Fax ameza7@uci.edu
Medical Genetics
	Michael Vincent Zaragoza, MD, PhD Course Director Assistant Professor, UCI Cardiogenomics Clinical and Research Program Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics & Genomics, and Department of Biological Chemistry The University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine 2042 Hewitt Hall Irvine, CA 92697-3940 lab office 949-824-8813 clinical office 714-456-5791 mzaragoz@uci.edu		Angel Meza Course coordinator UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Bldg. 836 836 Health Sciences Road Office # 1105 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 949-824-9805 Phone 949-824-2083 Fax ameza7@uci.edu
Neurosciences
	Ana Solodkin, Ph.D Course Director Dept of Anatomy & Neurobiology, 1505 Hewitt Hall, University of California, Irvine Anatomy & Neurobiology Irvine, CA 92697-3975 Phone: 949-824-1480 solodkin@uci.edu		Mary Paliescheskey Course coordinator Office of Curricular Affairs UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Building 836 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 Phone: 949-824-7657 Fax: 949-824-2083 mpaliesc@uci.edu
PACE I
	Bobby Sasson, MD Course Director Patient Centered (PACE) Clerkship Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine Phone: 949.824.8600 bsasson@uci.edu		David Williams Program Coordinator UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Bldg. 836 836 Health Sciences Road Room 1105 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 949-824-2029 Phone 949-824-2083 Fax williad2@uci.edu
Physiology/Pathophysiology
	Milton L. Greenberg, Ph.D. Course Director Department of Physiology & Biophysics UC Irvine School of Medicine D350 Med Sci I Irvine, CA 92697 Phone: 949-824-6721 Fax: 949-824-8540 greenbem@uci.edu		Angel Meza Course coordinator UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education Bldg. 836 836 Health Sciences Road Office # 1105 Irvine, CA 92697-4089 949-824-9805 Phone 949-824-2083 Fax ameza7@uci.edu