Registered Nurses

Elizabeth Adams, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNL, PHN

Clinical Operations Manager

Elizabeth Adams joined UHS in 2016 as a Registered Nurse in Primary Care and assumed the role of Clinical Operations Manager in 2017. Elizabeth received her BA from Stanford University, MSN from UCLA, and DNP in Executive Leadership from the University of San Francisco. She is board certified as a Nurse Executive, Clinical Nurse Leader, and Public Health Nurse. She has a clinical interest in healthcare leadership, integrated care, primary and secondary prevention, and behavioral health.

Stacey Eddie Allen, RN

Pronoun: She/Her/Hers

Stacey received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at LSU (Louisiana State University). She worked in medical telemetry for 4 years and in the ER for 4 years. Her clinical interests are Emergency Department, IV starts, and urinary and bowel complications.

Angela Bonaventura, RN 

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Angela Bonaventura joined UHS in 2012 as a Registered Nurse in Urgent Care. She received her BA in Humanities from the New College of California and her associate's degree in Nursing from Chabot College. In addition to working at UHS, Angela volunteers on medical missions to support communities impacted by natural disasters.

Generosa Buenaflor-Roth, RN

Generosa Buenaflor-Roth, RN, is a Registered Nurse in the Urgent Care department.

Favian Castro, RN, MSN

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Favian Castro joined UHS in 2017 as a Primary Care Nurse. He previously served as a Case Manager RN at La Clinica in Vallejo and Clinic RN at Ole Heath in Napa. Favian earned his ASN from Solano Community College (2014) and his MSN from Touro University (2016). He has a clinical interest in health promotion/disease prevention, diabetes management, wound care, and sexual health.

Additional languages: Spanish

Janice Chen, RN

A graduate of Cal State East Bay (CSUEB), Janice Chen joined UHS in late 2021 as a clinical nurse on the Urgent Care team. Prior to her arrival at UC Berkeley, Janice lived and worked in San Diego. 

In her  free time, Janice finds herself getting lost in a good book, cooking tasty dishes, and exploring the world through travel.

Laura Dann, RN

Laura Dann is a Registered Nurse in Primary Care Department

Stephanie DeLeon-Valencia, RN

Stephanie Deleon-Valencia joined UHS in 2018 as a Primary Care nurse. She received her BS from Binghamton University (SUNY) and her BSN from Northeastern University. Stephanie has a special clinical interest in health promotion, public health, diabetes management education, and behavioral health. 

Additional languages: Spanish

Amy Fong, RN, MSN

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Amy Fong, RN, MSN, joined UHS in 2019 as a nurse in Allergy/Travel and the Mandatory TB & Immunizations Program. Amy received her BA in Public Health from UC Berkeley and her BSN and MSN from the University of Pennsylvania. She’s also a certified FNP through the ANCC.

Joanne Fritch, RN

Monica Garcia, RN

Pronouns: She/Hers

Monica Garcia joined UHS in 2019 as a Registered Nurse in Primary Care. She received her BA from UC Berkeley and her MSN from UC San Francisco. Monica has a special clinical interest in reproductive rights.

Additional languages: Spanish

Diane Goldman, RN, PNP, MSN

Diane Goldman joined UHS in 2017 in the Allergy/Travel Clinic. She received her BS from the University of Bridgeport (1972) and her MSN from NY Medical College/Pace University Graduate School of Nursing (1975). 

Mary Anne Hammond, RN, BSN, AE-C

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Mary Anne Hammond joined UHS as a Registered Nurse in the Allergy/Travel department. She received her BSN from San Jose State University and has a special clinical interest in health promotion and asthma education (she’s a certified asthma educator).

Additional Languages: Tagalog and Ilocano

Kathryn Haught, RN

Kathryn Haught joined UHS in 2016 as a Nurse in Urgent Care. She attended nursing school at Cal State University, Chico (2011). Kathryn has a special clinical interest in health promotion, wellness, and diabetes management education.

Joan Hauser, RN, MPH

Specialty Nurse Manager

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Joan Hauser joined UHS in 2015, assumed the role of RN Collaborative Care Manager in 2017, and transitioned into the Specialty Nurse Manager position in 2019. She received her BSN from Samuel Merritt University (2008) and her MPH from the University of San Francisco (2014). Joan has a special clinical interest in providing whole-person care and behavioral/ mental health.

Joni Hayes, RN

Joni Hayes joined UHS in 2020 as a Registered Nurse in Urgent Care. She received her BSN from the University of San Francisco and has a special clinical interest in cardiovascular health, CHF management, and cardiac stress testing.

Melody Heller, RN

Urgent Care Nursing Supervisor + Operations Manager

Melody Heller is a Registered Nurse and serves as the Urgent Care Nursing Supervisor as well as the Operations Manager.

Colleen Hoehn, RN, MPH

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Pronouns: She

Colleen Hoehn joined UHS in 2017 as a Registered Nurse in the Allergy/Travel Clinic. She received her BSN from Indiana University (2001) and her MPH from the University of Washington (2008). Colleen previously worked in ERs and community clinics in Indianapolis, San Francisco, and Seattle and served as a Public Health Nurse in rural Alaska.

She has a special clinical interest in tuberculosis, communicable diseases, and anything public health.

Additional languages: Conversational Spanish and Swahili 

Ismail Jazbhay, RN

Pronouns: He/Him

Ismail Jazbhay was previously working as a contact tracer at the Contra Costa County Department of Public Health. He also has experience working as a health screener/health coach and within orthopedic and surgical nursing in hospital settings. Ismail received his diploma in Environmental Health from the Durban Institute of Technology and his BSN from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He was also trained as an Integrative Health Coach at Duke University.  In 2021, Ismail received his License as a Registered Nurse.

More recently, Ismail received contact tracing training from John’s Hopkins Bloomsberg School of Public Health and participated in a COVID case investigation from UCLA. He has a clinical interest in communicable disease, holistic health promotion/disease prevention, and LGBTQ sexual health. Ismail loves to travel - he’s visited 13 countries thus far and has lived on three different continents.

Carmen Lee, RN

Carmen Lee joined UHS in 2016 as a Registered Nurse in Primary Care. She received her BS in Nursing from San Francisco State University. Carmen previously worked at Asian Health Services, a community clinic in Oakland. She's especially interested in learning more about women's health. 

Additional languages: Cantonese

Michele McLaverty, RN

Michele McLaverty, RN, joined UHS in 2016 as a Registered Nurse in the Urgent Care department.

Allyson Ochsner, RN, MSN

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Allyson joined UHS  in 2018 as a Clinical Nurse in the Allergy/Travel clinic. She received her BA from Washington University and her BSN and MSN from the University of Washington. Allyson has a special clinical interest in infectious disease, reproductive health, and public health and is a member of Medical Teams International’s Humanitarian Response Team.

Anna Rappaport, RN

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Anna Rappaport, RN joined Primary Care as a Clinic Nurse. She received her BA in History from University of Michigan, MPH from Emory University (Atlanta), BSN from Johns Hopkins University and taking Family Nurse Practitioner program (MSN) at Emory University. Anna has a background/special interest in health education, women's/pelvic health, sexual health, contraception, and she is a Certified Public Health Nurse.

Anna is a proud colorectal cancer survivor and has lived in 7 different countries. In her spare time she loves doing advocacy work for reproductive justice and early-onset cancer, hiking with her dog daughter Sophie and she is a sucker for spin and dance fitness classes.

Vicki Schumb, RN

Sara Sloan, RN

Jenny Stockford, RN, PHN

Jenny Stockford joined UHS in 2003 as a Registered Nurse. She received her BSN and MSN from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Jenny has a special clinical interest in gynecology and sexually transmitted diseases. She is certified as a public health nurse.

Additional languages: Spanish

Chrissy Suhua Huang, RN

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Chrissy Suhua Huang joined UHS in 2017 as a Registered Nurse in the Allergy & Travel Clinic. She received her RN from City College of San Francisco (2009) and her BSN from San Francisco State University (2013).

Additional languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, and Toishanese

Saylom Swensen, RN

Connie Thomas, RN

Amy Wheeler, RN

Occupational Health Clinic

Sara Wright, RN, WHNP-BC, ANP-C

Allergy/Travel Clinic

COVID-19 Team Lead

Sara Wright joined UHS in 2020 in the role of COVID-19 Team Lead for the Allergy/Travel Clinic. She was previously a nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood in Oakland. Sara received her BA in Anthropology from Yale, her MA in Anthropology from Harvard, and her BSN and MSN from MGH Institute of Health Professionals. She is interested in reproductive health, reproductive justice, infectious disease, and addressing health inequities. Sara loves to travel to new places (near and far), spend time outside, and hang out with her husband and kiddo.

Sara is board-certified as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) from NCC and an Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) from AANP.