PGY Level: PGY III

UC Davis Health System
Department Of Otolaryngology
2521 Stockton Blvd., Suite 7200
Sacramento, CA 95817

Contact:
Email: jamie.funamura@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

EDUCATION

• UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 6/10 – present
  Resident Physician, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA8/06 – 5/10
  Doctor of Medicine
• Stanford University, Stanford, CA9/01 – 6/05
  Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology, with Honors

HONORS/AWARDS

• UC Davis Department of Neurological Surgery “Best Rotating Intern”2011
• Howard House Otolaryngology Scholarship2010
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society2009
• Dean’s Recognition 2006 – 2008
• American Heart Association Medical Student Research Award 2007

PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

• “Hyoid movement as a predictor of aspiration in patients with dysphagia”9/11
• Siamak Yasmeh; Hamid Arjomandi, Jamie L Funamura, MD; Uttam K Sinha MD
• AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting, 2011 (SP 153)

WORK/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• J. David Gladstone Institutes 6/07 – 8/07
  UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
  Medical student researcher, Bruneau Lab
  Conducted basic science research in cardiac development through use of transgenic mouse models of congenital heart diseases, supported by the American Heart Association medical student research program
• Program in Human Biology9/05 – 6/06
  Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  Course associate
  Instructor for a core undergraduate course in genetics, physiology, molecular, cellular, and developmental biology
• Falk Cardiovascular Research Center2/04 – 6/06
  Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
  Research assistant, Tsao Lab
  Conducted basic science research in cardiovascular disease and diabetes, with a focus on regulatory mechanisms of calcification in vascular smooth muscle cells

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery 2010 - present