NCSCG Committees
Education and Trainee Committee
To promote engagement and advocacy for trainee members in Northern California through the NCSCG
Fellows
Max Goldman, MD
Kaiser Permanente
San Francisco, CA
Matthew Bell, MD
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Abhishek (Shake) Dimopoulos-Verma, MD
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Humzah Iqbal, MD
University of Calfironia, San Francisco - Fresno
Fresno, CA
Joseph Toth, MD
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Cath Xu, MD
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Grace Zhang, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
If you are interested in joining the NCSCG Education and Trainee Committee please contact ncscg@pacemedcomm.com
Communications Committee
To promote education and engagement of NCSCG membership through different forms of communication methods
Communication Committee Chair

Robert Wong, MD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Staff Physician
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
Christina Chou, MD
Director of GI Education
Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital
Allison Kwong, MD
Transplant Hepatologist
Stanford University
Jennifer Pan, MD, MS
Gastroenterologist
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
Susie Quan, MD
Gastroenterologist
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
Mike Wei, MD
Gastroenterologist
Stanford University
If you are interested in joining the NCSCG Communication Committee please contact ncscg@pacemedcomm.com
APP Committee
Mikhail Alper, MD, PA-C
Board Member
California Gastroenterology Associates
Shraddha Batra, MMS, PA-C
Committee Co-Chair
Kaiser Permanente, South San Francisco
Reena Gupta, RN, MSN, ANP-BC
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland
Deepa Mani, MPAS, PA-C
Stanford Health Care
Antonia "Nia" Teresita A. Maninang, RN, MS, ACNP-BC
Committee Co-Chair
Stanford Health Care
Sara Miller, NP, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
Maribel Torres, MSN, FNP-C, BSN, RN
Adventist Health Central Valley
Sharon Torres, M.S, PA-C
Highland Hospital
Gina Valente-Moor, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, FNP-C, PNP-C
Adventist Health Sonora
Melissa Vepa, MS, PA-C, RD
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland
CLICK HERE to learn more about the APP Committee.
Women in GI: GI Janes
Marina Roytman, MD, FACP
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
University of California San Francisco, Fresno
If you are interested in joining the NCSCG GI Janes please contact ncscg@pacemedcomm.com
Allison Kwong, MD
Hepatologist
Stanford University
Kidist Yimam, MD
Transplant Hematologist and Medical Director
California Pacific Medical Center
