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Mustafa Q. Albustani, MD | 
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Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Dr. Albustani is board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics. He got his medical degree from Baghdad University in 2007, and continued his medical education in the United States. He did one year as Chief Resident before completing his residency at the University of Oklahoma, after which he started practicing in the St. Francis Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma prior to joining the UCLA family. Read more >
Elysia Chin, DO, MS
Family Medicine
Dr. Elysia Chin is a board-certified family medicine physician practicing at UCLA Health in Burbank. Her clinical interests include preventive health care, medical education, and racial/ethnic health disparities. She enjoys caring for families and sees patients of all ages. Dr. Chin received her undergraduate degree in biological sciences at UC Irvine with a minor in sociology. Read more >
Ryan Clagg, MD
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Dr. Ryan Clagg is a primary care physician who practices in Burbank. He is double board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, which means he treats both adults and children. Dr. Clagg received his medical degree from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia (Go Herd!), where he was born and raised. He completed residency training in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Marshall, where he served as the med-peds chief resident in his final year and was also recognized as “Resident of the Month” in 2020 for his patient care and community service in Huntington. Read more >
Loc Duong, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Loc Duong is board-certified in internal medicine and practices in Burbank. He earned his medical degree from the University of Washington in Seattle and completed his residency focused in primary care at Highland Hospital in Oakland. Dr. Duong provides care for adults of all ages tailored to the specific needs of each patient. His clinical interests include the management of chronic diseases and preventative medicine. He enjoys learning about new advances in medicine, teaching medical students, reading, journaling, watching films, and practicing pottery. Read more >
Levon Mesropyan, MD
Pediatrics
Dr. Levon Mesropyan is a board-certified pediatrician practicing at UCLA Health in Burbank. His professional interests include evidence-based medicine, preventive care, youth mentorship and advocacy. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dr. Mesropyan completed undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital. Read more >
Stewart Reed, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Stewart Reed earned his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York City and then completed Internal Medicine training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Prior to his medical training, he studied Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with distinction. His interests include primary care, patient advocacy, and medical education. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, reading, playing tennis, and spending time with family and friends. Read more >
Kristine Sarmosyan, MD
Nephrology
Dr. Kristine Sarmosyan is a board certified nephrologist who practices at UCLA Health in Burbank. She practices general nephrology and treats full spectrum kidney diseases, including hypertension, glomerulonephritis, kidney stones, proteinuria and dialysis. Dr. Sarmosyan earned her medical degree at Yerevan State Medical University. She completed her internal medicine residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital. She completed her nephrology fellowship at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more >
Michael Shye, MD
Nephrology
Dr. Michael Shye is a general nephrologist whose research interests include vitamin D deficiency in kidney transplant recipients, obesity in kidney transplant candidates, and idiopathic membranous nephropathy. He earned his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School, completed his residency training in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and served as Chief Nephrology Fellow during his nephrology training at UCLA. Read more >
Monika Symms, MD
Pediatrics
Dr. Monika Symms is a Board Certified Pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Her clinical areas of expertise include preventative and sick care of newborns through teenagers, with special interests in nutrition, sleep, behavior and skin disorders. Read more >
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Connie Cheng, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Lucineh C. Parsanian, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Lucineh Parsanian practices general obstetrics and gynecology in Burbanl. She is passionate about comprehensive women's health care, and her scope of practice includes guiding women through pregnancy and delivery, well-woman visits, and gynecologic care and surgery. She has a special interest in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. Dr. Parsanian received her undergraduate degree in biology with honors from Stanford University. She completed her medical education and residency training at New York Medical College. Dr. Parsanian is originally from Glendale, and she is excited to be back in Los Angeles caring for patients. She is fluent in Armenian and Spanish. Read more >
Autumn Martine Schafer, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Autumn Schafer is an obstetrician/gynecologist who practices in Burbank. She is fluent in Spanish, and provides a comprehensive range of women's health care. Dr. Schafer was raised in Los Angeles and received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. She then completed her obstetrics & gynecology fellowship at Case Western Reserve University MetroHealth Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Schafer is excited to be part of the UCLA Health team, serving her home community. Read more >
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Ramtin Anousheh, MD, MPH
Cardiology - Suite 102
Dr. Anousheh did his residency and general cardiology fellowship at Loma Linda University health then moved to Los Angeles for Interventional cardiology fellowship at Kaiser Los Angeles medical center. Dr. Anousheh's clinical interests are percutaneous treatment of complex coronary artery disease such as chronic total occlusions, multi-vessel coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease with special training in percutenous management of heart valve diseases (TAVR, PBMV) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Read more >
Augustine Chung, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Suite 412
Dr. Chung was born and raised in Los Angeles, before going away for his undergraduate studies. Upon completion of medical school and residency, he returned to Los Angeles for his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Chung sees patients with a wide variety of pulmonary conditions, including but not limited to asthma, COPD, pulmonary nodules, pneumonia, and interstitial lung disease. He has admitting privileges for Providence St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank as well as Barlow Respiratory Hospital in downtown Los Angeles. Read more >
Tamas Dolinay, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Suite 412
Dr. Dolinay joined the UCLA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care faculty in March 2018. He completed medical school at the University of Debrecen in Hungary, medicine residency at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga and pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. His clinical and research interest are acute lung injury, pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung diseases. Dr. Dolinay is seeing patients at the UCLA Burbank and Westwood locations. Read more >
Nicholas Donin, MD
Urology - Suite 310
Dr. Nicholas Donin is a urologist and urologic oncologist who practices in Santa Clarita and Burbank. His subspecialty is urologic oncology and the treatment of urologic cancers, including cancers of the kidney, prostate, bladder and testis. He is also an assistant clinical professor of urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Read more >
Karin Eshagh, MD
Dermatology - Suite 404
Lauren Freid, MD
Rheumatology - Suite 518
Dr. Lauren Freid is a board certified rheumatologist who practices in Burbank. Her clinical interests include inflammatory and osteoarthritis, connective tissue disease, metabolic bone disease and general rheumatology.
Dr. Freid received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She then completed her internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital, followed by her rheumatology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she researched physical activity and exercise patterns in people with inflammatory arthritis. She completed her undergraduate studies at Harvard College.
Dr. Freid is also certified yoga instructor who has completed Level 1 Yoga for Arthritis training at the Integral Yoga Institute in New York. In her free time, she enjoys surfing, tennis and yoga. Read more >
Brandon S. Grimes, MD, MS
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Suite 412
Dr. Brandon S. Grimes is a pulmonologist and critical care physician who practices in Beverly Hills, Burbank, Westwood and Porter Ranch. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, and has expertise in COPD/emphysema, bronchiectasis, lung nodules and lung cancer. Dr. Grimes received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He then completed his residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he spent an additional year as chief resident. He completed a combined fellowship in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at UCLA. Read more >
Scott Hahm, MD
Digestive Diseases - Suite 300
Dr. Hahm received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a triple major in medical microbiology & immunology, biology, and zoology. After college, he spent two years at UCLA, on the Westwood campus, working in basic science research. Dr. Hahm then attended medical school at New York Medical College and returned to Los Angeles for his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr. Hahm completed his fellowship training in gastroenterology and hepatology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He went on to pursue additional training at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago to further specialize in gastrointestinal motility disorders. Dr. Hahm practices general gastroenterology including inflammatory bowel disease, general hepatology, reflux disease, and colon cancer screening. Read more >
Yuichiro Hayashi, MD
Pain Medicine - Suite 322
Dr. Yuichiro Hayashi is a board certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician who practices in Burbank. His goal is to help patients dealing with pain increase their functionality and participate in activities that bring them fulfillment and joy. His philosophy in managing pain is to be comprehensive and to use a multimodal and multidisciplinary approach. Read more >
Vanessa Holland, MD
Dermatology - Suite 404
Ravin Jain, MD
Neurology - Suite 322
Dr. Ravin Jain was born in Clifton Forge, Virginia and grew up in Houston, Texas. He received his high school degree from the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He attended Northwestern University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in geology and integrated sciences. He received his MD from the Baylor College of Medicine in 1992. At Baylor, he was a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship. Read more >
Chrystina A. Jeter, MD
Pain Medicine - Suite 322
Dr. Jeter is originally from California. She graduated from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a bachelor of science in biology. She earned her medical degree from UCLA in 2011. She completed training in Anesthesiology, followed by pain management fellowship at Stanford University. She is board certified in Anesthesiology. Read more >
Dale Jun, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Suite 412
Dr. Dale Jun is a pulmonologist and sleep medicine physician who practices in Burbank and Santa Clarita. He also provides care to hospitalized patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Echo Park, and UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica.
Dr. Jun was raised in San Diego and completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He then earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, before returning to California to complete his internal medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai and West LA Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. He then completed a fellowship in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at UCLA. Read more >
Dina Kamel, MD
Endocrinology - Suite 412
Dr. Dina Kamel is a general endocrinologist who has a clinical interest in diabetes, pituitary and thyroid disorders. She believes in educating her patients about their medical conditions so that they can weigh in and help make decisions about their care. She earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship training at the University of Southern California. Read more >
Paul Kim, MD
Neurology - Suite 322
Dr. Kim is board certified in Neurology. He received his BA in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley, before moving to Philadelphia to complete his MD degree and preliminary internal medicine year, both at Temple University. He went on to complete neurology residency at Stanford University, and subsequently completed a Sleep Medicine fellowship at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center. He is interested in all aspects of general neurology, and especially enjoys the longitudinal patient care that general outpatient neurology affords. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley, and in his free time enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. Read more >
Jeong-hee Ku, MD
Endocrinology - Suite 412
Dr. Jeong-hee Ku is a board-certified general endocrinologist who practices in Burbank. She sees patients with variety of endocrine disorders including thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pituitary diseases, diabetes and osteoporosis, and has special clinical interest in diabetes care. Read more >
Daniel Kupsky, MD
Cardiology - Suite 102
Dr. Daniel Kupsky is a cardiologist who practices in Burbank. He has expertise and special training in advanced echocardiography, cardiac CT and cardiac MRI, and is board certified in cardiovascular diseases, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and internal medicine. Read more >
Ramona Mehrinfar-Zadeh, MD
Cardiology - Suite 102
Dr. Mehrinfar-Zadeh joined UCLA in June of 2016. She specializes in cardiovascular medicine and cardiac imaging. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, as well as Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT. Dr. Mehrinfar-Zadeh attended UCLA for undergraduate school where she majored in Biology and minored in Music History. She then moved to New York where she attended New York Medical College for medical school. After medical school she moved back to California and went on to do her residency in Internal Medicine at Harbor-UCLA where she was given the Excellence in Residency Education Award. She stayed at Harbor-UCLA to complete her subspecialty fellowship in Cardiology, so she certainly is no stranger to UCLA! Read more >
Gladys Y. Ng, MD, MPH
Urology - Suite 310
Assistant Clinical Professor of Urology. Dr. Ng earned her medical degree from Albany Medical College and her Masters in Public Health from Yale University. She subsequently completed her Urology Residency at UCLA and fellowship training in Genitourinary Reconstruction at Emory University. Her clinical and research interests include urologic reconstruction with a focus on both male and female pelvic conditions, as well as general urology. Read more >
Vikas K. Pabby, MD, MPH
Digestive Diseases - Suite 300
Vikas K. Pabby, MD, MPH, grew up in Southern California after which he went to Bangalore, India to attend medical school at MS Ramaiah Medical College. He subsequently completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at University of Southern California, LA County. He then worked as an Associate Physician in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA and was appointed Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, practicing full time internal medicine and part time pediatrics. Read more >
Nasima Shadbehr, DO
Neurology - Suite 322
Dr. Nasima Shadbehr is a board-certified neurologist practicing in Burbank. As a general neurologist, Dr. Shadbehr has specialized training in the management of nervous system disorders as well as botox, trigger point injections, and nerve blocks. Her clinical interests include headaches and facial pain. Dr. Shadbehr completed her bachelor's degree in Neuroscience at UCLA and her medical training at Western University of Health Sciences. Read more >
Rania M. Shammas, MD
Rheumatology - Suite 518
Dr. Rania M. Shammas is a board certified rheumatologist and an assistant clinical professor of rheumatology at UCLA. She was born and raised in Los Angeles. She completed her undergraduate studies at UCLA and then went to Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for medical school, where she was part of the Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society and received the Joseph Garrison Parker Award for arts in medicine. Read more >
Tina R. Storage, MD
Digestive Diseases - Suite 300
Dr. Storage attended the University of Southern California on a Trustee scholarship. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a double major in neuroscience and biology and a minor in public health. She obtained her medical degree from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She then completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Stanford University and returned to UCLA to complete her fellowship in gastroenterology where she served as chief fellow and received the Compassionate Care Award. Her research interests include colorectal cancer prevention and adherence to colorectal cancer screening. She is currently involved in a research study at the West Los Angeles VA evaluating the impact of digital patient navigation programs on colonoscopy completion. Read more >
Adarsh M. Thaker, MD
Digestive Diseases - Suite 300
Dr. Thaker is a member of the UCLA interventional endoscopy service. His clinical practice and research focus on the use of the latest endoscopic technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. He has specialized training in eradication therapies (including radiofrequency ablation) for Barrett's esophagus and early esophageal cancer; stricture dilation; endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); cholangioscopy; endoluminal stent placement; deep enteroscopy/balloon enteroscopy; endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of large polyps; endoscopic suturing, fistula and leak closure; endoscopic weight loss therapies; and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for cancer staging, fine needle aspiration and biopsy and interventional procedures (such as bile duct access or rendezvous procedures, pancreatic pseudocyst drainage, pancreatic necrosectomy, fiducial placement and celiac plexus neurolysis). Read more >
Caroline Lee Wallner, MD
Urology - Suite 310
Assistant Clinical Professor of Urology, Dr. Caroline Wallner is a urologist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Additionally, she practices at the UCLA Urology- Burbank office located in the UCLA Health Burbank Primary and Specialty Care medical center. Her clinical interests include diseases of the prostrate, urinary stone disease, erectile dysfunction, and general urology. She specializes in open, endoscopic, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted surgeries. Read more
Elizabeth Yim, MD, MPH
Dermatology - Suite 404
