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We are open to new patients who live in LA County. We accept patients with Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal managed care through LA Care or Health Net, and regular or “original” Medicare.

Financial Services staff are available to help you apply for Medi-Cal and other LA County No-Cost/Low-Cost programs, answer your questions or assist you with a bill.

Nurse Welcomes Senior Couple in Hospital.

Our Patient Relations teams are available to help you connect to services. We can assist you with choosing or making changes to your preferred provider or clinic. Please contact any of the facilities below or call us at 844-804-0055.

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LGBTQ Friendly and Knowledgeable Providers 150 150 Health Care Centers

LGBTQ Friendly and Knowledgeable Providers

LGBTQ Friendly and Knowledgeable Providers

Thank you for considering Harbor-UCLA Medical Center as your source of healthcare.  Harbor is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate and inclusive healthcare to our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ+) patients and their families.   We understand how important it is to receive healthcare in a setting where you feel comfortable, open and safe with your provider team.

As part of Health Services, we take pride in building a diverse community of workforce members who reflect the spirit of the communities we serve.  Listed below are hospital policies that define our LGBTQ+ practices as well as links to community resources to assist you on your journey to good health.  If we can offer personalized assistance or help answer any questions you may have, please reach out to us at (424)306-7950 or HarborLGBTQ@dhs.lacounty.gov.

We look forward to welcoming you into our community of care, and hope you will consider joining us on your path to health and wellness.

 

LGBTQ Friendly and Knowledgeable Providers

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is dedicated to providing a safe, welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ patients.  The providers below have requested to be on our list of LGBTQ+ Friendly Providers

Emergency Medicine
Clinton Coil, MD, MPH, FACEP
David Burbulys, MD, FACEP

Family Medicine
Gloria Sanchez, MD
MD Karen Olmos, MD

Internal Medicine, General
Anna Morgan, MD, MSc, MPHP
Anish Mahajan, MD, MS, MPH
Anshu Abhat, MD, MPH
Daniel Turner-Lloveras, MD
Elizabeth Goodman, MD

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics
Katherine Ward, MD

Internal Medicine, HIV Medicine
Eric Daar, MD
Kaya Corado, MD
Mallory Witt, MD
Margaret “Janie” Caplan, MD, MS

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Anna Karina Celaya, MD
Joy Brotherton, MD
Taji Yazdany, MD

Ophthalmology
Pradeep Prasad, MD, MBA

Pediatrics, HIV and Infectious Diseases
Michael Bolaris, MD, FAAP, AAHIVS

Surgery
Christine Dauphine, MD, FACS

Policies
Department Health Service LA County Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Mission Statement
Patient’s Rights and Responsibilities
Patient Visiting and Designation of Visitors
Harbor-UCLA Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

External Resources
Los Angeles LGBT Center
The LGBTQ Center Long Beach
South Bay LGBT Center
HEI Dashboard 2019
LGBTQ Related Health Information
CDC LBGT Health
CDC LBGT Youth Resources
National LGBT Health Education Center (A Program of the Fenway Institute)
The Trevor project (LGBT Youth Suicide Prevention)
National LGBT Cancer Network
TransLifeline (Transgender Suicide Prevention)
CA Public Health
American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts for Lesbians and Bisexual Women
American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts for Gay and Bisexual Men
Stay away from Tobacco

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Media Relations 150 150 Health Care Centers

Media Relations

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Welcome to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Media Relations webpage for journalists. We can quickly connect you with medical experts on a range of topics for comment or background. We can also direct you to other credible information sources.

As an academic teaching hospital, we have faculty physician experts in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. Our team can also help coordinate broadcast interviews and photography.

View the Health Services main Media Relations page to view our newsroom, filming, and access guidelines.

 

Contact:

LaVasha Floyd
424-306-6580
LFloyd@dhs.lacounty.gov

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Patient and Family Advisory Council 150 150 Health Care Centers

Patient and Family Advisory Council

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Patient and Family Advisory Council

Join our Patient and Family Advisory Council.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has established a Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC). We are currently accepting applications for Patient Advisors. Patient Advisors provide valuable feedback and insight to the hospital regarding operational issues, performance improvement initiatives and how to improve patient experience. If you are interested in joining the Harbor-UCLA Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC) as an Advisor, please complete a referral form and an application will be sent to the email address that you provide. Referral forms are available at the 1st Floor Information Desk in the Hospital Main Lobby, Inpatient Nurses Station and in various Outpatient Registration Locations.

Click here for a copy of Referral form

Provider Directory 150 150 Health Care Centers

Provider Directory

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Provider Directory

Department of Anesthesiology

  • Jeanette Derdemezi, M.D., MSc, FRCPC, Interim Chair; Program Director, Residency Training Program; Director, Perioperative Anesthesia
  • Biing-Jaw Chen, M.D., Faculty
  • Rex Lee Cheng, M.D., Faculty
  • David Cho, M.D., Director, Regional Fellowship and Rotating Interns
  • Kevin DeWalt, M.D., Faculty
  • Dora Hsu, M.D., Faculty
  • Inderjeet Julka, M.D., Director, Pain Management
  • Clinton Kakazu, M.D., Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia; Director, Rotating Medical Students
  • Wing-Fai Kwan, M.D., Director, OB Anesthesia
  • Chris Lee, M.D., Faculty
  • Jichang Li, M.D., Director, Research
  • Kuo-Tong Liao, M.D., Faculty
  • Zohreh Steffens, M.D., Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesia; Director, Quality Assurance/Improvement
  • Vadim Tokhner, M.D., Director, Regional Anesthesia
  • Phil Tsai, M.D., Director, Pediatric Anesthesia
  • Yaw Wu, M.D., Faculty

Regional Anesthesiology

    • David Cho, M.D., Program Director
    • Rex Lee Cheng, M.D., Faculty
    • Inderjeet Julka, M.D., Faculty
    • Vadim Tokhner, M.D., Faculty

Department of Emergency Medicine

  • Roger J. Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., Chair
  • Diane Birnbaumer, M.D., Faculty
  • David Burbulys, M.D., Associate Director, Residency Training Program
  • Jennifer Chen, M.D., Director, Adult Emergency Department
  • Wendy Coates, M.D., Director, Medical Education
  • Clinton Coil, M.D., MPH, Patient Safety Officer
  • Ross Donaldson, M.D., MPH, Director, Global Health Program Fellowship
  • Madonna Fernandez-Frackelton, M.D., Director, Residency Training Program
  • Ross Fleischman, M.D., MCR, Director of Emergency Informatics
  • Marianne Gausche-Hill, M.D., Vice-Chair Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine
  • Stanley Inkelis, M.D., Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
  • Timothy Jang, M.D., Director, Emergency Ultrasound Program
  • Amy Kaji, M.D., Ph.D., Director, South Bay Disaster Resource Center
  • Ravi Morchi, M.D., Director, Medical Screening Exam Program
  • James Niemann, M.D., Faculty
  • Patricia Padlipsky, M.D., Faculty
  • Michael Peterson, M.D., Vice-Chair, Clinical Operations
  • Carl Stevens, M.D., MPH, Director, Process and Quality Improvement
  • David Tanen, M.D., Associate Director, Residency
  • Kelly Young, M.D., MS, Director, Pain Management Program

Department of Family Medicine

  • Daniel B. Castro, M.D., Chairman
  • John Cheng, M.D., Medical Director, Family Health Center
  • Gilberto Granados, M.D., M.P.H., Co-Director, Medical Student Education
  • Jesus Gutierrez, M.D., Assistant Director, Faculty Development Fellowship
  • James Huang, M.D., M.P.H., Faculty
  • Diana Jochai, Ph.D., Behavioral Psychologist
  • Dennis F. Levin, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Medical Director, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  • Ingrid Liu, M.D., M.P.H., Research Coordinator; Co-Director, Geriatrics
  • Robyn Mitchell, M.D., Family Health Center
  • Nahid Molaie, M.D., Director, Inpatient Services
  • Theresa Nevarez, M.D., M.B.A., Program Director; Assistant Clinic Director, FHC; Co-Director, OB Services;
  • Karen Olmos, M.D., MPH, Faculty
  • Bernadette Pendergraph, M.D., Program Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship
  • Jyoti Puvvula, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Community Medicine
  • Gloria Sanchez, M.D., Assistant Program Director
  • Susan Snyder, M.D., Director, Faculty Development Fellowship; Co-Director, OB Services
  • Raquel Soto, M.D., Director, Community Development

Sports Medicine

    • Bernadette Pendergraph, M.D., Program Director
    • John Cheng, M.D., Faculty
    • Evan Bass, M.D., Faculty

Department of Internal Medicine

  • William W. Stringer, M.D., Chairman
  • Sharon G. Adler, M.D., Chief; Program Director, Nephrology Hypertension Fellowship Program; Director, Ambulatory Dialysis, Nephrology Hypertension
  • Joel Alpern, M.D., Gastroenterology
  • Lilly Barba, M.D., Medical Director, Renal Transplant Program, Nephrology Hypertension
  • Peter Barrett, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Arnold S. Bayer, M.D., Associate Chief, Infectious Disease
  • Gildon N. Beall, M.D., HIV Medicine (Emeritus)
  • C. Keith Beck, M.D., HIV Medicine
  • Ron Birnbaum, M.D., Interim Chief, Associate Program Director, Dermatology
  • Eric P. Brass, M.D., Ph.D., Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition
  • Matthew J. Budoff, M.D., Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program; Cardiology
  • Quang T. Bui, M.D., Cardiology
  • Katya Calvo, M.D., HIV Medicine
  • Richard Casaburi, Ph.D., M.D., Director, Pulmonary Function, Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine
  • Dong Chang, M.D., Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine
  • Bahman Chavoshan, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Rowan Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D., Chief; Medical Oncology/Hematology
  • Dilrukshie Cooray Cornelio, M.D., Rheumatology
  • Jina Chung, M.D., Director, Echocardiography Laboratory Cardiology
  • J. Michael Criley, M.D., Cardiology (Emeritus)
  • Eric Daar, M.D., Chief, HIV Medicine
  • Ramanath Dukkipati, M.D., Medical Director, Interventional Nephrology Program, Nephrology and Hypertension
  • Maria Dungo, M.D., Program Director, Medical Oncology/Hematology Fellowship Program
  • John E. Edwards, Jr., M.D., Chief; Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program; Infectious Disease
  • Viktor Eysselein, M.D., Chief, Gastroenterology
  • Scott G. Filler, M.D., Infectious Disease
  • William J. French, M.D., Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Cardiology, Director, Anticoagulation Clinic
  • Andrew Gianoukakis, M.D., Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program, Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition
  • Marc Girsky, M.D., Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory, Cardiology
  • Kathleen Glaspy, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • James E. Hansen, M.D., Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine (Emeritus)
  • Darrell W. Harrington, M.D., Associate Medical Director; Chief, General Internal Medicine; Program Director, Raimund Hirschberg, M.D., Director for Research, Director, Inpatient Dialysis and Hypertension Clinic, Nephrology Hypertension
  • Ivan Ho, M.D., Cardiology
  • David Hsia, MD, Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine
  • Susan Hsieh, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Eli Ipp, M.D., Associate Chief; Director, Diabetes Clinic, Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition
  • George Karpouzas, M.D., Chief, Rheumatology
  • Joel D. Kopple, M.D., Faculty, Nephrology Hypertension
  • Peter Liu, MBBS, Ph.D., Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition
  • Lou Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Molecular Medicine
  • YanHe Lue, M.D., Ph.D., Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition
  • Gregory Mason, M.D., Director, Respiratory Services, Director, Sleep Laboratory, Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine
  • Charles McKay, M.D., Faculty, Cardiology
  • James A. McKinnell, MD, Infectious Disease
  • Carmen Mendez, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Loren G. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Infection Control, Infectious Disease
  • Katayoun Mostafaie, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Mark Munekata, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Kenneth A. Narahara, M.D., Director Coronary Care Unit, Acting Chief, Cardiology
  • Ronald Oudiz, M.D., Director Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Cardiology
  • Vivek Ramanathan, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Paul A. Richardson, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Sofiya Reicher, M.D., Gastroenterology
  • Anuja Shah, M.D., Nephrology and Hypertension
  • Sonia Shah, M.D., Cardiology
  • Linda Sharp, MD General Internal Medicine
  • Kathy E. Sietsema, M.D., Chief, Program Director, Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine
  • Inder Singh, M.D., Gastroenterology
  • Brad Spellberg, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Darryl Y. Sue, M.D., Associate Chair and Director, Residency Training Program, Internal Medicine; Director, MICU; Respiratory Critical Care, Physiology Medicine
  • Ronald S. Swerdloff, M.D., Associate Chair; Chief; Program Director, NIH Training Grant, Endocrinology Fellowship Program; Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition
  • Kouichi R. Tanaka, M.D., Medical Oncology/Hematology (Emeritus)
  • John Tayek, M.D., General Internal Medicine
  • Joseph Thomas, M.D., Director, Peripheral Vascular Medicine, Cardiology
  • Tomoko Tagawa, M.D., Medical Oncology/Hematology
  • Li-Li Tong, M.D., Nephrology Hypertension
  • Janine R.E. Vintch, M.D., Associate Director, Residency Training Program, Internal Medicine; General Internal Medicine
  • Christina Wang, M.D., Director, General Clinical Research Center; Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition
  • Katherine Ward, M.D., Director, Geriatric Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Alan J. Waring, Ph.D., Molecular Medicine
  • Karlman Wasserman, M.D., Ph.D. Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine (Emeritus)
  • Mallory D. Witt, M.D., Associate Director, Residency Training Program, Internal Medicine; HIV Medicine
  • Michael R. Yeaman, Ph.D., Chief, Molecular Medicine
  • James Yeh, M.D., Medical Oncology/Hematology

Cardiology

    • Kenneth A. Narahara, M.D., Acting Chief
    • Matthew J. Budoff, M.D., Fellowship Program Director
    • Quang T. Bui, M.D., Faculty
    • Jina Chung, M.D., Faculty
    • J. Michael Criley, M.D., Emeritus Faculty
    • William J. French, M.D., Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Director, Anticoagulation Clinic
    • Marc Girsky, M.D., Faculty
    • Ivan Ho, M.D., Faculty
    • Charles McKay, M.D., Faculty
    • Ronald Oudiz, M.D., Faculty
    • Sonia Shah, M.D., Faculty
    • Joseph Thomas, M.D., Faculty

Dermatology

    • Neal Bhatia, M.D., Interim Program Director
    • Ron Birnabum, M.D., Interim Chief, Associate Program Director

Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition

    • Ronald S. Swerdloff, M.D., Chief; Program Director, NIH Training Grant Endocrinology Fellowship Program
    • Eric P. Brass, M.D., Ph.D., Faculty
    • Andrew G. Gianoukakis, M.D., Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program
    • Eli Ipp, M.D., Associate Chief; Head, Diabetes Section; Director, Diabetes Clinic
    • Peter Liu, MBBS, Ph.D., Endocrinology, Metabolism Nutrition
    • YanHe Lue, M.D., Ph.D., Faculty
    • Youngju Pak, Ph.D., Biostatistician
    • Christina Wang, M.D., Director, UCLA CTSI at LA BioMed/Harbor-UCLA

Gastroenterology

    • Viktor Eysselein, M.D., Chief
    • Joel Alpern, MD, Faculty
    • Sofiya Reicher, M.D., Faculty
    • Inder Singh, M.D., Faculty

General Internal Medicine

    • Darrell W. Harrington, M.D., Chief
    • Peter Barrett, M.D., Faculty
    • Bahman Chavoshan, M.D., Faculty
    • Kathleen Glaspy, MD Faculty
    • Susan Hsieh, M.D., Faculty
    • Carmen Mendez, M.D., Faculty
    • Katayoun Mostafaie, M.D., Faculty
    • Mark Munekata, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director, GIM Clinic
    • Vivek Ramanathan, M.D., Faculty
    • Paul A. Richardson, M.D., Faculty
    • Linda Sharp, MD, Faculty
    • Brad Spellberg, M.D., Faculty
    • John Tayek, M.D., Faculty
    • Janine R.E. Vintch, M.D., Faculty
    • Katherine Ward, M.D., Faculty, Director Geriatric Medicine
    • Mark Woods, M.D., Director, Afterhours Urgent Care

HIV Services

    • Eric Daar, M.D., Chief
    • Gildon N. Beall, M.D., Emeritus Faculty
    • C. Keith Beck, M.D., Faculty
    • Katya Calvo, M.D., Faculty
    • Mallory Witt, M.D., Faculty

Infectious Disease

    • John E. Edwards, Jr., M.D., Chief; Fellowship Program Director
    • Arnold S. Bayer, M.D., Associate Chief
    • Samantha Eells, MPH
    • Scott G. Filler, M.D., Faculty
    • Ashraf Ibrahim, Ph.D.
    • James A. McKinnell, MD, Faculty
    • Loren G. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., Faculty
    • Nagendra Mishra, Ph.D.
    • Yan Qiong Xiong, Ph.D.
    • Soo Jin Yang, Ph.D.
    • Michael R. Yeaman, Ph.D., Faculty, Associate Program Director

Molecular Medicine

    • Lou Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Faculty
    • Michael r. Yeaman, Ph.D., Chief

Medical Oncology/Hematology

    • Rowan T. Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D., Chief
    • Maria Dungo, M.D., Faculty, Program Director
    • Tomoko Tagawa, M.D., Faculty
    • Kouichi R. Tanaka, M.D., Emeritus Faculty
    • James Yeh, M.D., Faculty

Nephrology and Hypertension

    • Sharon G. Adler, M.D., Chief; Director, Ambulatory Nephrology Clinic, Director, Fellowship Program
    • Lilly Barba, M.D., Medical Director, Renal Transplant Program
    • Tiane Dai, M.D., Faculty
    • Ramanath Dukkipati, M.D., Faculty
    • Raimund Hirschberg, M.D., Director, Inpatient Dialysis, Associate Director for Research
    • Joel D. Kopple, M.D., Faculty
    • Anuja Shah, M.D., Faculty
    • Li-Li Tong, M.D., Faculty

Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine

    • Kathy E. Sietsema, M.D., Chief, Director, Chest Clinic, Fellowship Program Director
    • Richard Casaburi, Ph.D., M.D., Faculty
    • Dong Chang, M.D., Respiratory Critical Care Physiology Medicine
    • James E. Hansen, M.D., Emeritus Faculty
    • David Hsia, MD, Faculty
    • Gregory Mason, M.D., Director, Respiratory Services
    • William Stringer, M.D., Faculty
    • Darryl Y. Sue, M.D., Director, MICU
    • Karlman Wasserman, Ph.D., M.D., Emeritus Faculty

Rheumatology

    • George Karpouzas, M.D., Chief
    • Dilrukshie Cooray Cornelio, M.D., Faculty
    • Soha Dolatabadi, MD, Faculty

Department of Neurology

  • Mark J. Morrow, M.D., Chair and Director, Residency Training Program
  • Thomas L. Anderson, M.D., Director, Neurophysiology Residency Training Program
  • Natalie Diaz, M.D., Physician Specialist
  • Mark Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
  • Hugh McIntyre, M.D., PhD. Professor Emeritus
  • Aaron McMurtray, M.D., Physician Specialist
  • Bijal Mehta, M.D., Physician Specialist
  • David Naylor, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Neurophysiology

Child Neurology

    • Mark J. Morrow, M.D., Chair, Department of Neurology
    • Kenneth Huff, M.D., Director, Training Program
    • Agnes Chen, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
    • S. Robert Snodgrass, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Omid Khorram, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Lance H. Betson, D.O., Urogynecology/Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, General Gynecology and Women’s Health
  • Narender N. Bhatia, M.D., Chief, Urogynecology and Program Director Fellowship Training; Gynecology
  • Joy Brotherton, M.D., Gynecology
  • Mina Desai, Ph.D., Perinatology
  • Ramy Eskander, M.D., Associate Program Director, Residency; General Gynecology and Women’s Health
  • Griselda C. Gutierrez, M.D., Chief of Gynecology, Director of OB/GYN Clinics, General Gynecology and Women’s Health
  • Samuel Im, M.D., Chief, Gynecologic Oncology; Gynecology
  • Omid Khorram, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; REI/Gynecology
  • Siri L. Kjos, M.D.,M.Ed. Chief, Obstetrics; Director, Residency Training Program
  • Sheng-Xing Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Perinatology
  • Reza Mohajer, M.D., General Gynecology and Women’s Health
  • Anita L. Nelson, M.D., Director, Women’s Health Care Programs; General Gynecology and Women’s Health
  • Albert F. Parlow, Ph.D., Director, Pituitary Hormone Center
  • Michael G. Ross, M.D., M.P.H., Program Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Training Program
  • Erin Saleeby, M.D. General Gynecology and Women’s Health
  • Hindi Stohl, M.D., Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • John Torday, Ph.D., Perinatology
  • Tajnoos Yazdany, M.D., Urogynecology/Gynecology
  • M. Lynn Yonekura, M.D., Obstetrics/Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Gynecology

    • Griselda Gutierrez, M.D., Chief, Section of Gynecology
    • Joy Brotherton, M.D., Faculty
    • Ramy Eskander, M.D., Associate Residency Program Director; General Gynecology and Women’s Health Reza Mohajer,
    • M.D., Faculty
    • Erin Saleeby, M.D., General Gynecology and Women’s Health

Gynecologic Oncology

    • Samuel Im, M.D., Chief

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

    • Omid Khorram, M.D., Chief
    • Albert F. Parlow, Ph.D., Director, Pituitary Hormone Center

Urogynecology

    • Narender N. Bhatia, M.D., Chief and Fellowship Program Director
    • Lance H. Betson, D.O., Faculty
    • Tajnoos Yazdany, M.D., Faculty

Women’s Health

    • Anita L. Nelson, M.D., Director, Women’s Health Care Clinic – N28

Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine

    • Siri L. Kjos, M.D., Chief
    • Michael G. Ross, M.D., M.P.H., Faculty, Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program
    • Mina Desai, Ph.D., Faculty
    • Sheng-Xing Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Faculty
    • Hindi Stohl, M.D., Faculty
    • John Torday, Ph.D., Faculty
    • M. Lynn Yonekura, M.D., Faculty

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Louis M. Kwong, M.D., Interim Vice Chair; Program Director, Residency Training Program; Chief, Orthopaedic Arthritis Clinic; Chief, Orthopaedic Clinics
  • Daniel M. Zinar, M.D., Chairman Emeritus; Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma Service
  • Anthony K. Ahn, M.D., Chief, Hand Service Arash Aminian, M.D., Assistant Chief, Foot and Ankle Service
  • Stuart M. Gold, M.D., Chief, Fracture Reconstructive Service
  • Thomas G. Harris, M.D., Chief, Foot and Ankle Service
  • William M. Hohl, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedic Service
  • Christopher M. Hoshino, M.D., Assistant Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma Service
  • Jennifer W. Hsu, M.D., Chief, Microvascular Upper Extremity Hand Service
  • Brian Magovern, M.D., Chief, Shoulder and Elbow Service Soheil Najibi, M.D., Ph.D, Chief, Pelvic Acetabular Trauma Service
  • Kevin Rolfe, M.D., Chief, Orthopaedic Basic Science; Assistant Chief, Spine Service
  • Thomas Schmalzried, M.D., Chief, Joint Replacement and Orthopaedic Research
  • David Slutsky, M.D., Chief, Reconstructive Hand Service Clinton Soppe, M.D., Chief, Sports Medicine Service
  • Gregory Yoshida, M.D., Chief, Spine Service

Department of Pathology

  • Robert J. Morin, M.D., Chair; Head, Chemical Hematology
  • Luciano Barajas, M.D., Head, Pediatric Pathology, Uropathology, and Endocrine Pathology
  • Marcia E. Cornford, M.D., Ph.D., Head, Neuropathology and Autopsy Services
  • Gloria B. Duane, M.D., Cytopathology
  • Rachel Finck, M.D., Head Transfusion Medicine and Diagnostic Immunology; Associate Director, Pathology Residency Training Program
  • Samuel W. French, M.D. Chief, Anatomic Pathology; Director, Pathology Residency Training Program
  • Paul Fu, Ph.D., Director, Clinical Biochemistry, Toxicology, and POCT Service
  • Thomas Hirose, M.D., Transfusion Medicine and Serology
  • Moon Lee, Ph.D., Microbiology, Virology
  • Mark Lones, M.D., Hematopathology
  • Laron McPhaul, M.D., Head, OB/GYN Pathology
  • Shi-Kaung Peng, M.D., Ph.D. Head, Dermatopatholoy and Cardiovascular; Director Surgical Pathology
  • Xin Qing, M.D., Ph.D., Head, Hematology and Hematopathology
  • Nora C.J. Sun, M.D., Hematopathology Rose Venegas, M.D., Head, Cytopathology; Head, Breast Pathology
  • Robert N. Yoshimori, Ph.D., Head, Microbiology
  • Changjun Yue, M.D., Hematopathology

Department of Pediatrics

  • Adam J. Jonas, M.D., Chair
  • Sudhir K. Anand, M.D., Chief, Nephrology
  • David E. Atkinson, M.D., Cardiology
  • Jagmohan Batra, M.D., Infectious Disease
  • Barry G. Baylen, M.D., Cardiology
  • Karen Bodnar, M.D., Hospital Medicine
  • Michael Bolaris, M.D., Infectious Disease
  • Carol Brown, M.D., Neonatology
  • Carol D. Berkowitz, M.D., Executive Vice Chair; Chief, General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Laszlo G. Boros, M.D., Endocrinology/Metabolism
  • Patricia Brassard, R.N., P.N.P., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Jonnie Burton-Mota, M.D., Hospital Medicine
  • Kelly Callahan, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Gangadarshni Chandramohan, M.D., Nephrology
  • Roxanne Chang, M.D., Hospital Medicine
  • Ruey-Kang Chang, M.D., Chief, Cardiology
  • Agnes Chen, M.D., Neurology
  • Yii-Der Ida Chen, Ph.D., Genomics Outcomes
  • Tsui-fen Chou, Ph.D., Medical Genetics
  • Sonia Dargon-Batra, M.D., Neonatology
  • Michael Diament, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Radiology
  • Patricia Dickson, M.D.,Chief, Medical Genetics
  • Sandra Elvik, R.N., P.N.P., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Barbara Foley Ferreira, R.N., Medical Genetics
  • Jerry Z. Finklestein, M.D., Hematology/Oncology
  • Paul Fu, M.D., MPH, Chief, Hospital Medicine
  • George Gershman, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Gastroenterology
  • Georgia Goldfarb, M.D., General Medicine and Emergency Pediatrics
  • S. Anthony Greenberg, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Charles S. Grob, M.D., Chief, Child Psychiatry
  • Xiuqing Guo, Ph,D,. Genomics Outcomes
  • Geeta Grover, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Kenneth R. Huff, M.D., Chief, Neurology
  • Basil O. Ibe, Ph.D., Neonatology
  • Stanley H. Inkelis, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Pradeep Prasad, M.D., Chief, Ophthalmology
  • Steve Jensen, M.D., Critical Care
  • Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, M.D., Nephrology
  • Tom Kallay, M.D., Critical Care Medicine
  • Margaret A. Keller, M.D., Chief, Infectious Diseases
  • Jamie Ko, M.D., Hospital Medicine
  • Kenny Kwong, M.D., Chief, Allergy/Immunology
  • Joseph Lasky, M.D., Chief, Hematology/Oncology
  • Moon Lee, Ph.D., Infectious Diseases
  • Sonho Lee, M.D., Critical Care Medicine
  • Steven L. Lee, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Surgery
  • W.N. Paul Lee, M.D., Chief, Endocrinology/Metabolism
  • Xiaohui Li, Ph.D., Genomics Outcomes
  • Henry J. Lin, M.D.,Medical Genetics
  • Yang Lu, Ph.D., General/Emergency Pediatrics
  • Catherine Mao, M.D., Endocrinology/Metabolism
  • Iacovino Michaelina, Ph.D., Medical Genetics
  • ChrisAnna M. Mink, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Richard B. Mink, M.D., Chief, Critical Care Medicine
  • Julie E. Noble, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Patricia Padlipsky, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Eduard Panosyan, M.D., Hematology/Oncology
  • Bonnie Rachman, M.D., Critical Care Medicine
  • Nasser Redjal, M.D., Chief, Allergy/Immunology
  • Virender Rehan, M.D., Chief, Program Director, Neonatology
  • Suzy Rizi-Mokhtari, M.D., Hospital Medicine
  • Jerome I. Rotter, M.D., Chief, Genomics Outcomes
  • Katty Sahakian, M.D., Hospital Medicine
  • Lance Sieger, M.D., Hematology/Oncology
  • Monica Sifuentes, M.D., Vice Chair of Education; General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Lynne M. Smith, M.D., Neonatology
  • S. Robert Snodgrass, M.D., Neurology
  • Charles H. Song, M.D., Allergy/Immunology
  • Sara Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Rebecca Stockton, Ph.D., Medical Genetics
  • Kent Taylor, Ph.D., Genomics Outcome
  • Alan Tomines, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Fran Todd, R.N., P.N.P., Neonatology
  • John S. Torday, Ph.D., Neonatology
  • Nivruthi Vangala, M.D., Hospital Medicine
  • Moin Vera, M.D., Medical Genetics
  • Dominica Wood, M.D., Hospital Medicine
  • Jennifer Yee, M.D., Endocrinology/Metabolism
  • Sylvia Yeh, M.D., Director, Residency Training Program; Infectious Diseases
  • Kelly Young, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
  • Kenneth M. Zangwill, M.D., Infectious Diseases

Pediatrics Emergency Medicine

    • Marianne Gausche-Hill, M.D., Vice-Chair Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine

Allergy/Immunology

    • Kenny Kwong, M.D., Chief
    • Nasser Redjal, M.D., Faculty
    • Charles H. Song, M.D., Faculty

Cardiology

    • Ruey-Kang Chang, M.D., Chief
    • Barry G. Baylen, M.D., Faculty
    • David E. Atkinson, M.D., Faculty

Child Care Psychiatry

    • Lindsey Combs-Ronto, Ph.D., Faculty

Critical Care Medicine

    • Richard B. Mink, M.D., Chief, Program Director
    • Tom Kallay, M.D., Faculty
    • Sonho Lee, M.D.
    • Bonnie R. Rachman, M.D., Faculty

Pediatric Endocrinology/Metabolism

    • Wai-Nang (Paul) Lee, M.D., Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology/Metabolism
    • Catherine Mao, M.D., Faculty
    • Jennifer Yee, M.D., Faculty
    • Laszlo G. Boros, M.D., Research Faculty

General and Emergency Pediatrics – Child Abuse

    • Carol D. Berkowitz, M.D., Chief
    • Patricia Brassard, R.N., P.N.P., Faculty
    • Kelly Callahan, M.D., Faculty
    • Sandra Elvik, R.N., P.N.P., Faculty
    • S. Anthony Greenberg, M.D., Faculty
    • Stanley H. Inkelis, M.D., Faculty
    • ChrisAnna M. Mink, M.D., Faculty
    • Julie E. Noble, M.D., Faculty
    • Patricia Padlipsky, M.D., Faculty
    • Nasser Redjal, M.D., Faculty
    • Monica Sifuentes, M.D., Faculty
    • Sara Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., Faculty
    • Alan Tomines, M.D., Faculty
    • Kelly Young, M.D., Faculty

Hematology/Oncology

    • Joseph Lasky, M.D., Chief
    • Jerry Z. Finklestein, M.D., Faculty
    • Lance Sieger, M.D., Faculty
    • Eduard Panosyan, M.D., Faculty

Hospital Medicine

    • Paul C. Fu, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Chief, Hospital Medicine
    • Karen Bodnar, M.D., Faculty
    • Jonnie Burton-Mota, M.D., Faculty
    • Julie Kim, M.D., Faculty
    • Nivruthi Vangala, M.D., Facult

Infectious Diseases

    • Margaret A. Keller, M.D., Chief, Program Director
    • Brad Ackerson, M.D., Volunteer Faculty
    • Jagmohan Batra, M.D., Faculty
    • Moon Lee, Ph.D., Faculty
    • Chrisanna Mink, M.D., Faculty
    • Joel I. Ward, M.D., Faculty
    • Victor Wong, M.D., Volunteer Faculty
    • Sylvia Yeh, M.D., Faculty
    • Kenneth M. Zangwill, M.D., Faculty

Medical Genetics

    • Patricia Dickson, M.D., Chief
    • Tsiu-fen Chou, Ph.D., Faculty
    • Barbara Foley-Ferreira, RN, Faculty
    • Michaelina Iacovino, Ph.D., Faculty
    • Adam J. Jonas, M.D., Faculty
    • Rebecca Stockton, Ph.D., Faculty
    • Frans Walther, M.D., Ph.D., Faculty
    • Alan Waring, Ph.D., Faculty

Neonatology

    • Virender Rehan, M.D., Chief
    • Carol Brown, M.D., Faculty
    • Soina Dargon-Batra, M.D., Faculty
    • Basil O. Ibe, Ph.D., Faculty
    • Jie Liu, M.D., Faculty
    • Lynne M. Smith, M.D., Faculty
    • Marlene Beranek, R.N.C., M.N. C.N.N.P., Faculty
    • Fran Todd, R.N., P.N.P., M.H.A., Faculty
    • John S. Torday, Ph.D., Faculty

Nephrology

    • Sudhir K. Anand, M.D., Chief
    • Gangadarshni Chandramohan, M.D.,
    • Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, M.D., Faculty

Neurology

    • Kenneth R. Huff, M.D., Chief
    • S. Robert Snodgrass, M.D., Faculty
    • Agnes Chen, M.D., Faculty

Ophthalmology

    • Pradeep Prasad, M.D., Chief

Radiology

    • Michael Diament, M.D., Chief

Department of Psychiatry

  • Ira Lesser, M.D., Chair
  • Paul Arns, Ph.D., Adult Outpatient Services
  • Michele Berk, Ph.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Karl Burgoyne, M.D., Director, Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program
  • Rodney Burgoyne, M.D., Psychotherapy Program
  • Andrea Caldwell, M.D., Psychiatry Emergency Services
  • Samson Cho, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
  • Bowen Chung, M.D., M.S.H.S., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Christopher Chung, M.D., AMI/ABLE Program
  • Julia Chung, M.D., Director, Consultation Liaison Services
  • Stephanie Corp, D.O., Psychiatric Emergency Service
  • Nadia Del-Pan, M.D., Psychiatric Emergency Service/Adult Outpatient Service
  • Armen Djenderedjian, M.D., Psychiatric Emergency Service
  • Deborah Flores, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
  • Benjamin Furst, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
  • Charles Grob, M.D., Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Bernadette Grosjean, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
  • Patrick Kelly, M.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Michael Makhinson, M.D., Ph.D., Adult Inpatient Services
  • Lynn McFarr, Ph.D., Adult Outpatient Services
  • Kathleen McKenna, M.D., Director, Residency Training Program, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Donna Mendelson, M.D., HIV Mental Health Services
  • Ricardo Mendoza, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
  • Warren Procci, M.D., Psychotherapy Program
  • David Rad, M.D., Director, Psychiatric Emergency Service
  • Mary Read, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
  • Astrid Reina, Ph.D., HIV Mental Health Services
  • Dorit Saberi, Ph.D, AMI/ABLE Program
  • Samuel Sessions, M.D., J.D., Adult Inpatient Services
  • Janine Shelby, Ph.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • David Stone, M.D., Consultation Liaison Service
  • Guochuan Emil Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., AMI/ABLE Program
  • John Tsuang, M.D., Director, Dual Diagnosis Program
  • Matthew Wright, Ph.D., Psychology Division, Director, Neuropsychology
  • Weiguo Zhu, M.D., Ph.D., Adult Inpatient Services

Child Psychiatry

    • Kathleen McKenna, M.D., Director, Residency Training Program
    • Charles Grob, M.D., Chief
    • Michele Berk, Ph.D., Faculty
    • Bowen Chung, M.D., M.S.H.S., Faculty
    • Patrick Kelly, M.D., Faculty
    • Janine Shelby, Ph.D., Faculty

Department of Radiology

  • C. Mark Mehringer, M.D., Chair; Chief, Neuroradiology
  • David Barank, M.D., Interventional Radiology
  • Michael Diament, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Radiology
  • Gregory Eckel, M.D., Body Imaging; Breast Imaging Intervention; Director, Hospital CT
  • Hans Fischer, M.D., Body Imaging; Chief, GI Imaging
  • Kareen Garjian, M.D., Body Imaging; Chief, GU Imaging
  • Babak Kalantari, Breast Imaging, Body Imaging
  • Iraj Khalkhali, M.D., Chief, Breast Imaging, OP Radiology
  • Anton Mlikotic, M.D., Neuroradiology, Vascular Interventional Radiology; PACS Faculty Administrator
  • Jeffrey Phillips, M.D., Associate Chair; Chief, Body Imaging and Cardiovascular Imaging; Director, Imaging Center
  • Richard Renslo, M.D., Chief, Ultrasound
  • Alya Sheikh, M.D., Body Imaging; Chief, Pulmonary Imaging
  • John Shim, M.D., Director of Residency Program; Director of Nuclear Medicine
  • Adam Sommerstein, M.D., General Diagnosis; Body Imaging; Director, Medical Student Rotations
  • Tad Tanoura, M.D., Interventional Radiology
  • Rajeev Varma, M.D., Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging
  • Irwin Walot, M.D., Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology
  • Arthur Zimmerman, M.D., Chief, Radiation Oncology

Department of Surgery

  • Bruce E. Stabile, M.D., Chair
  • Elliot Abemayor, M.D., Ph.D., Head Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology
  • Morris J. Asch, M.D., Pediatric Surgery
  • Asghar Askari, M.D., Urology
  • James Ausman, M.D., Neurosurgery
  • Frederic S. Bongard, M.D., Trauma General Surgery
  • J. Brian Boyd, M.D., Chief, Plastic Surgery
  • Scott Bricker, M.D., Trauma General Surgery
  • Nestor Cadavid, Ph.D., Urology
  • Christian deVirgilio, M.D., Vascular Surgery, Director, Residency Training Program
  • Christine E. Dauphine, M.D., General Surgery
  • Puneet Dhawan, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Carlos E. Donayre, M.D., Vascular Surgery
  • Duc Duong, M.D., Neurosurgery
  • Alan L. Felsenfeld, D.D.S., Chief, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Quinton S. Gopen, M.D., Head Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology
  • Joachim W. Granzow, M.D., Plastic Surgery
  • Richard H. Hoft, M.D., Ophthalmology
  • Pradeep Prasad, M.D., Chief, Ophthalmology
  • Dennis Kim, M.D., Trauma Surgery
  • Stanley R. Klein, M.D., General Surgery
  • Ravin Kumar, M.D., General Surgery
  • Byrne Lee, M.D. General Surgery
  • Steven L. Lee, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Surgery
  • John Lin, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery Vascular Surgery
  • Duncan Q. McBride, M.D., Chief, Neurosurgery
  • Colin McCannel, M.D., Ophthalmology
  • Ashkan Moazzez, M.D., General Surgery
  • Angela L. Neville, M.D., Trauma General Surgery; Associate Director, Residency Training Program
  • Bassam O. Omari, M.D., Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Beverley A. Petrie, M.D., General Surgery
  • David L. Plurad, M.D., Trauma General Surgery
  • Brant A. Putnam, M.D., Chief, Trauma Surgery
  • Jacob Rajfer, M.D., Chief, Urology
  • Richard Reznichek, M.D., Urology
  • Babak Shafa, M.D., Neurosurgery
  • Jennifer Singer, M.D., Urology
  • Craig Smith, M.D., Urology
  • Maie A.R. St. John, M.D. Ph.D., Chief, Division of Head Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology
  • Gregory Urfrig, D.M.D., Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Timothy L. Van Natta, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Rodney A. White, M.D., Chief, Vascular Surgery; Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship Training Program
  • Issac Yang, M.D., Neurosurgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

    • Bassam O. Omari, M.D., Chief
    • Puneet Dhawan, M.D.
    • John Lin, M.D.
    • Timothy L. Van Natta, M.D.

General Surgery

    • Bruce E. Stabile, M.D. Department Chair
    • Stanley R. Klein, M.D.
    • Ravin Kumar, M.D.
    • Byrne Lee, M.D.
    • Beverley A. Petrie, M.D.
    • Christine E. Dauphine, M.D.

Neurosurgery

    • Duncan Q. McBride, M.D., Chief
    • James Ausman, M.D.
    • Duc Duong, M.D.
    • Babak Shafa, M.D.
    • Issac Yang, M.D.

Ophthalmology

    • Pradeep Prasad, M.D., Chief
    • Richard H. Hoft, M.D.
    • Colin McCannel, M.D.

Oral Maxillofacial Surgery

    • Alan L. Felsenfeld, D.D.S., Chief
    • Richard Leathers, DDS, Program Director:
    • Gregory Urfrig, D.M.D.
    • Head Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology
    • Maie St. John, M.D., Ph.D. Chief
    • Elliot Abemayor, M.D., Ph.D.
    • Quinton S. Gopen, M.D.,

Pediatric Surgery

    • Steven Lee, M.D., Chief
    • Morris Asch, M.D.

Plastic Surgery

    • J. Brian Boyd, M.D., Chief
    • Joachim W. Granzow, M.D.

Trauma Critical Care

    • Brant A. Putnam, M.D., Chief
    • Frederic S. Bongard, M.D.
    • Scott Bricker, M.D.
    • Dennis Kim, M.D.
    • Angela L. Neville, M.D.
    • David Plurad, M.D.

Urology

    • Jacob Rajfer, M.D., Chief
    • Asghar Askari, M.D.
    • Richard Reznichek, M.D.
    • Jennifer Singer, M.D.
    • Craig Smith, M.D.

Vascular Surgery

    • Rodney A. White, M.D., Chief, Vascular Surgery; Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship Training Program
    • Christian de Virgilio, M.D.
    • Carlos E. Donayre, M.D.
    • John Lin, M.D.

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