Internal Medicine Residency
Jose Penaherrera, MD
Internal Medicine Program Director
Medical School: National University of San Marcos
Residency: Southern Illinois University
Pranav Barve, MD
Internal Medicine Associate Program Director
Medical School: Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals
Residency: Griffin Hospital/Yale New Haven Health
Favorite Hobby: Playing chess
About Me: My basic training in medicine was completed at a top tier medical college in India folIowed by Masters in Public Health at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2014, I moved to Southern California to provide compassionate and high quality care to local residents. My areas of focus include complicated Internal Medicine problems in Cardiology, GI, Oncology, Geriatric Health, and Women’s Health. I also enjoy doing and aiding residents in research in the aforementioned areas. Besides chess, I enjoy playing table tennis, lawn tennis, roller skating, traveling and studying history.
Chukwuemeka Umeh, MD
Internal Medicine Chief Resident
Medical School: University of Nigeria
Residency: Hemet Global Medical Center
Favorite hobby: Writing
Chief Residency: Internal Medicine at Hemet Global Medical Center
About Me: I completed my residency here and stayed on as Chief Resident and Internal Medicine Hospitalist. I am interested in teaching, research, and working with underserved communities. Working at Hemet Global Medical Center provides me with an opportunity to fulfill these desires. Training and working at HGMC enables me to take care of a great mix of cases in a diverse patient population. One strength of the program is that it offers a collegial environment where everyone is treated with respect and people are eager to learn from each other. Being part of the team helping to train the next generation of doctors have been the most rewarding part of my experience as an academic hospitalist.
Sumanta Chaudhuri, MD
Designated Institutional Official
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Northwestern in Chicago
About Me: Dr. Chaudhuri Saini was born in Pennsylvania, and her family moved to Hemet when she was three years old. Sumanta attended Hemet Public Schools K-12, and she now serves as a School Board Member in Hemet. Dr. Chaudhuri Saini attended UCLA where she majored in History while also studying in Pre-Medical courses. Directly after college, Sumanta attended Northwestern University to earn her medical degree. She subsequently completed her internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and at Northwestern in Chicago. After completing training, Sumanta moved with her husband, an ophthalmologist and native of Wisconsin, to Milwaukee, where she worked for Medical College of Wisconsin as an Internist and Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine residency. In 2013, Sumanta and her husband moved back to Southern California and she worked at UCR School of Medicine. After becoming a mother to identical twin boys, Sumanta focused her work in Hemet, developing hospitalist, residency and fellowship programs in the local community hospital. She currently serves as Chief Academic Officer for KPC Health and Designated Institutional Official (DIO) for the residency and fellowship programs in Hemet Global Medical Center.
Dr. Chaudhuri Saini cares deeply about working in the community she grew up in to improve access to health, wellness, and education. She currently serves on the board of directors for Healthy Valley Foundation and Western Science Center, and has been elected to local public office as a Board Trustee of Hemet Unified School District since 2020.
Administrative Staff
Ann Allen
Internal Medicine Program Coordinator
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship Coordinator
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