Our Clinicians
At the UCLA Family Health Center, our physicians and clinical staff work together in teams that oversee the care of you and your loved ones. This means that every member of the team is knowledgeable about you and your health care. And working together, we bring a broad range of expertise and experience to bear on whatever health situations you may face.
In addition, our physicians are teachers and mentors to UCLA Family Medicine residents, who also participate as members of our clinical teams. How do our patients benefit? The emphasis our physicians place on training the next generation of family physicians means that every case, whether routine or critical, gets careful and thorough consideration. And because our physicians are involved in research, they bring knowledge of the latest treatment options, and the most effective techniques, to provide you with the best possible care.
Chair and Executive Medical Director, Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
Residency: UCSF Family and Community Medicine Residency Program
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, UCLA
Michelle A. Bholat, MD, MPH | Watch Video
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs and Professor
Executive Director, International Medical Graduate (IMG) Program
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: UC Irvine College of Medicine
Residency: Harbor-UCLA, Family Medicine
Fellowship: Harbor-UCLA, Faculty Development
Steven Shoptaw, PhD | Watch Video
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Vice Chair of Research
Director, Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Director, Intervention Core for the UCLA Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services
Site Director, HIV Prevention Trials Network study.
Licensed psychologist
PhD: UCLA, Psychology and Education
Denise K. Sur, MD | Watch Video
Vice Chair of Education and Professor
Director, UCLA Family Medicine Residency Program
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: UC Davis
Residency, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Family Practice
Vice Chair of Academic Personnel and Professor
Director, Office of Continuing Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: UCLA, Family Practice
HS Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Staff Associate Physician, Department of Family Medicine
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: Universidad de Ciencias Medicas
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
HS Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship: Population Health
Specialty: Psychology
Medical School: Pepperdine University
Residency: Clinical Psychology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Specialty: Psychology
Medical School: Howard University Division of Nursing, PhD
Associate Physician Diplomate, Department of Family Medicine, Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine
Medical School: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA, Sports Medicine
Patrick T. Dowling, MD, MPH | Watch Video
Professor Emeritus
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: Medical College of Ohio,
Residency: Cook County Hospital, Family Medicine
HS Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Residency: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center Department of Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA, Sports Medicine
Yulsi L. Fernandez Montero, MD, MPH
HS Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Santa Monica UCLA Orthopedic Hospital
Fellowship: UCLA Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine Program
Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Associate Director, UCLA Primary Care Research Fellowship
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Moses Division Hospital, Family Practice
Fellowship: Clinical Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, UCLA School of Medicine
Specialty: Family Medicine, Primary Care Sports Medicine
Director, UCLA Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Medical School: USC School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship: Sports Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Specialty: Adult Psychiatry
Medical School: UCSD School of Medicine
Residency: Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Chicago/NORC, Research in Comparative Human Development
Fellowship: UCLA, Addiction Medicine in Primary Care
PhD: UCSD, Psychological Anthropology
HS Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Internal Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center, Research Fellowship
Fellowship: Primary Care Addiction Medicine
Keith G. Heinzerling, MD, MPH | Watch Video
HS Associate Clinical Professor
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Internal Medicine
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency: New York University, School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA, GIM and Health Services Research
Associate Physician Diplomate
Medical School: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Daniel T. Lee, MD | Watch Video
HS Clinical Professor
Associate Director, Primary Care College, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Faculty Advisor, Family Medicine Interest Group, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School
Residency: UCLA-Santa Monica Family Medicine Residency Program
Associate Physician Diplomate
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine
Medical School: San Bartolo National Hospital, El Salvador
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship: Addiction Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Co-Director, Family Medicine 3rd Year Clerkship
Specialty: Family Medicine, Sports Medicine
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, Lancaster General Hospital
Fellowship: Sports Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, MD
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Fellowship: Primary Care Sports Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: UCSD School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Monica L. Plesa, MD | Watch Video
HS Associate Clinical Professor
Co-Director, Family Medicine 3rd Year Clerkship
Specialty: Family Medicine br /> Medical School: Albany Medical College
Residency: UCLA, Family Medicine
HS Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Medical School: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Residency: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Family Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine Program
Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: University of Southern California-Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Family Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA, Family Practice, Primary Care Research
Ph.D: Health Services, Pharmaceutical Economics, UCLA School of Public Health
HS Associate Clinical Professor
Specialty: Family Medicine, Sports Medicine
Medical School: Temple University, MD
Residency: Family Practice, White Memorial Medical Center
Fellowship: Sports Medicine, Kaiser Permanente - Los Angeles Medical Center
HS Clinical Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chair, Family Medicine Clerkship
Specialty: Family Medicine, Primary Care Sports Medicine
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Kaiser Permanente, Family Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA, Sports Medicine
David J. Wallenstein, MD | Watch Video
HS Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director, The Skirball Hospice Program at The Jewish Homes of Los Angeles
Instructor, UCLA International Medical Graduate Program
Specialty: Palliative Care, Pain Medicine
Medical School: University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Chicago
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Anesthesiology
Residency: University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Chicago, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center, Pain Management and Palliative Care
HS Associate Clinical Professor
Specialty: Palliative Care, Pain Medicine, Family Medicine
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship: Hospice and Palliative Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine