Meet Kern Medical's Valley Fever Experts

To make an appointment, please contact us at
(661) 862-8157.
The Valley Fever Institute is located in Bakersfield, CA.

• Royce H. Johnson, MD, FACP Medical Director
  Chief of Infectious Disease,
  Department of Medicine Kern Medical
  Adjunct Professor of Medicine,
  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• Rasha Kuran, MD
  Associate Medical Director

  Division of Infectious Diseases
  Department of Medicine, Kern Medical
  Assistant Professor of Health Sciences,
  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

• Augustine Muñoz, MD
  Associate Medical Director

  Vice Chair, Department of
  Medicine Director,
  Pulmonary Services, Kern Medical
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

• Carlos D’Assumpcao, MD
  Associate Medical Director

  Division of Infectious Diseases
  Department of Medicine, Kern Medical
  Assistant Professor of Health Sciences,
  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

• Dana Brucker, RN Research Manager
• Jeff Joliff, Pharm.D.,
  BCPS, BCACP, AAHIVP, CDE
  Clinical Pharmacist

  Program Director, Clinical Pharmacy Residency

• Danna Mejia, CLS (ASCP)CM
  Associate Medical Director
  Clinical Pharmacist

  Supervising Clinical Laboratory Scientist
  Microbiology, Kern Medical

• Michelle Fang, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP

• Bianca Torres Research Coordinator