Hospitalist Division Faculty

Jennifer R. Butler, MD

Director, OB-GYN Hospitalist Division
Director, OB-GYN Hospitalist Fellowship Program
Associate Director, OB-GYN Residency Program
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Dr. Jennifer Butler is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She is the director of the OB-GYN Hospitalist Fellowship Program for the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She also serves as a clinical professor in obstetrics and gynecology at UC Irvine School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include labor and delivery medicine, obstetric emergencies, patient safety and quality improvement.

Education

Cornell University, 1993 — BS, biological sciences
University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1997 — MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2001 — Residency, obstetrics and gynecology

Laura Fitzmaurice, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, OB-GYN
Residency Director

Dr. Laura Fitzmaurice is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at UC Irvine School of Medicine. She is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology. Her research insterests include obstetric hospitalists and laborists.

Education

Princeton University, 1998 — BS, aerospace engineering
UCLA, 2006 — MD
UC Irvine, 2010 — Residency, obstetrics and gynecology

Christine Kim, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, OB-GYN
Clerkship Director, OB-GYN

Dr. Christine Kim is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at UC Irvine School of Medicine, as well as the OB-GYN clerkship director.

Education

UC San Diego, 1998 — BS, Biochemistry and Cellular Biology
Saint Lous University School of Medicine, 2002 — MD, Medicine
UC Davis Medical Center, 2006 — Residency, OB-GYN

Education

CSU Fullerton, 1998 — BA, biology and chemistry
Columbia University, 1999 — MS, human nutrition
UC San Diego, 2003 — MD
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 2007 — Residency, obstetrics and gynecology

Dariush H. Tonkaboni, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, OB-GYN

Dr. Dariush Tonkaboni is an assistant clinical professor with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at UC Irvine School of Medicine.

Education

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, 1996, MD
State University of New York College at Buffalo, 2008, Residency, obestetrics and gynecology