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Meet the Staff

Other than the Program Manager, every staff member of the Care Extender program are volunteers who give their time on a weekly basis to not only help patients in their assigned departments, but also ensure that the Care Extender program functions smoothly.  From Department Coordinators who oversee 20-30 Care Extender volunteers every rotation to the Special Projects Coordinators who each have their own unique responsibilities, our staff members work hard to uphold the program's integrity and prestige.  These staff members are the ones who lead orientation, Multiple Mini Interview sessions, and a full Training Day every quarter to recruit and train new Care Extender volunteers.

 

Silva Thomas  

Care Extender Manager - Silva Thomas
Silva Thomas is a UCLA graduate in the field of biochemistry. She started working at SM - UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital in November of 1996 as a Care Extender Intern. After 4 years of being a volunteer, Silva took on the Manager role and has been the Care Extender Manager since then.

 

Care Extenders Staff Listing
 

  Executive Staff  
         
   

Program Manager
Silva Thomas
sithomas@mednet.ucla.edu
Pgr: (310) 206-8477
ID# 92463

Office: (424) 259-8166

 
         
   

Associate Manager
Sharona Hariri
ucla.ce.associatemanager@gmail.com

   
         
DC Supervisor SMH
Barsegh Barseghian
ce.smdcsupervisor.a@gmail.com
  DC Supervisor SMH
Catalina Pereira
ce.smdcsupervisor.b@gmail.com
  DC Supervisor WW
Jesse Li
ce.rrdcsupervisor@gmail.com
         
Santa Monica Department Coordinators
         
LKC/CCL
Michael Nedjat-Haiem
dc.lkc.ccl@gmail.com
  Critical Care Unit
Sophie Zhao
dc.critcareunit@gmail.com 
  Orthopaedics
Shanelle Shahery
dc.orthopaedics@gmail.com
         

NICU
Kevin Widjaja
dc.nicu@gmail.com

 

Emergency Room
Group A
Michael Askarinam
dc.emergencyrooma@gmail.com

 

Post Partum
Olga Belikova 
dc.postpartum@gmail.com

         
Medical Surgical
Poyi Wu
dc.medicalsurgical@gmail.com
  Emergency Room
Group B

Greg Kojayan
dc.emergencyroomb@gmail.com
  SMH Pediatrics
Katarzyna Banas
dc.smhpeds@gmail.com
         

Radiology
Shayan Senaati
dc.smhradiology@gmail.com

 

Greeters Group A
Eunice Ng
dc.greetersa@gmail.com

 

Labor & Delivery Group A
Michelle Sanchez
dc.labordeliverya@gmail.com

         
Oncology
Jennifer Strunck
dc.oncology@gmail.com
  Greeters Group B
Rujuta Nandgaonkar
dc.greetersb@gmail.com
  Labor & Delivery Group B
Christine Chiu
dc.labordeliveryb@gmail.com
       

 

OR-Escorts
Kevin Kaminyar
dc.orescort@gmail.com
  Greeters Group C
Rachel Resop
dc.greetersc@gmail.com
   
         
Ronald Reagan Medical Center Department Coordinators
         
8 North
Samvel Gyurdzhyan
dc.rrh8north@gmail.com
  7-ICU 
Laura Banashek
dc.rrh7icu@gmail.com
  RRH-PEDS
Yosephine Lumintang
dc.rrhpeds@gmail.com
         
7W-CTU
Paulina Tran
dc.rrh7wctu@gmail.com
  WW-ICU
Katherine Chua
dc.rrhwwicu@gmail.com
  MICU
Bryan Leong
dc.rrhmicu@gmail.com
         
    8 East West
Tuyet Tran
dc.rrh8ew@gmail.com
 
         
Special Program Coordinators
         
Admissions Coordinator
Tinh Nguyen / Cynthia Wang
ce.admissions@gmail.com
  Training Coordinator
Andrew Paquin
ce.training.coordinator@gmail.com
  LOA Coordinator
Alyssa Linkenheil
ce.leaveofabsence@gmail.com
         
Office Assistant Coordinator
Chelsea Jones
ce.extension@gmail.com
  Administrative Coordinator
Jessica Kim
ce.adcoordinator@gmail.com
  Newsletter Coordinator
Katherine Diep
cenewslettercoordinator@gmail.com
         
Quality Control Coordinator
Susan Arasheben
ce.qualitycontrol@gmail.com
  Special Projects Coordinator
Ann Yufa
ce.specialprojects@gmail.com
  Public Relations Coordinator
Tracy Pope
ce.publicrelations@gmail.com
         
Alumni Coordinator
Carleen Sarksian
ce.alumnicoordinator@gmail.com
  Data Manager
Philip Syed
ce.data.manager@gmail.com
  Webmaster
Philip Syed
ce.webcoordinator@gmail.com
         
    Special Projects Coordinator
Elizabeth Watson