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
• Arash Heidari, MD
  Associate Medical Director

  Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship, Director, Medicine Sub Specialty Clinics Department of Medicine, Kern Medical
  Professor of Medicine
  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCL

• Rasha Kuran, MD
  Associate Medical Director

  Division of Infectious Diseases
  Department of Medicine, Kern Medical
  Clinical Instructor of Medicine
  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

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

  Program Director, Clinical Pharmacy Residency

• Isabel Fong, Pharm.D.,
  BCIDP, AAHIVP
  Clinical Pharmacist

  Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Disease

• ​ Danna Mejia, CLS (ASCP)CM
  Clinical Pharmacist

  Supervising Clinical Laboratory Scientist,
  Microbiology, Kern Medical