Dr. John Fisher
Chief Medical Officer
Designated Institutional Official
Dr. Jason Prasso
Program Director Internal Medicine Residency
Meet the Faculty
Faculty for the MLKCH Internal Medicine Residency Program are drawn from the
nation’s leading academic centers and share a common passion for health equity.
The intimate program offers exceptional opportunities for mentorship with MLKCH faculty and leadership.
Anthony Arredondo, MD
Subspecialty Education Coordinator for Medical Intensive Care Unit
Medical School at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine 2008
Residency
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Residency 2011
Fellowship
David Geffen School of Medicine
2015
Shing Cheng, MD
Core Faculty & Ambulatory Director
MD Drexel University College of Medicine 2016
Residency
Stony Brook University Hospital
Internal Medicine Residency 2019
Rami Horani, MD
Core Faculty (Internal Medicine) and Co-Director of Inpatient Medicine
MD University of Virginia School of Medicine 2010
Residency
Prisma Health/University of South Carolina
Megan Jacobs, MD
Subspecialty Coordinator for Endocrinology
University of Michigan Medical School 2000
Residency
McGraw Medical Center/Northwestern University
Residency 2003
Fellowship
UCLA Greater LA VA Program
Residency 2005
Maita Kuvhenguhwa, MD
Assistant Program Director
Core Faculty
Subspecialty Coordinator for Infectious Disease
MD David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 2013
Residency
UCLA-Olive View
Internal Medicine Residency 2016
Fellowship
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Infectious Disease Fellowship 2018
James Pinney, MD
Core Faculty (Subspecialty Education Coordinator Cardiology)
MD University of California, San Francisco, 2016
Residency
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2016 – 2019
Fellowship
UCLA Medical Center, Cardiology Fellowship, 2022
Our mission is part of a broader societal conversation about how we tear down the obstacles, personal, political, institutional, that stand in the way of health equity. – Dr. John Fisher, DIO