Faculty Physicians

Zarah Antongiorgi, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, PACU

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Betelehem Asnake, MD, MS

Clinical Instructor

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Ihab Ayad, MD

Clinical Professor
Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology

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Lauren Beck, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Associate Program Director for Quality & Safety, Anesthesiology Residency

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Mary Hanna Bekhit, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia

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Stefan Besada, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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David Boldt, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

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Reza Borna, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatric Anesthesiology

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Eva Boyd, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
Assistant Director, Regional Anesthesia, UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica
Assistant Medical Director, UCLA Santa Monica Surgery Center

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Judith E. Brill, MD

Professor - Recalled
Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care

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Jack Buckley, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Head and Neck Anesthesia
Associate Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Residency Program

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Cecilia Canales, MD, MPH

Clinical Instructor

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Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD

Ronald L. Katz, M.D. Chair
Professor Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Critical Care Anesthesiology

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@CannessonMaxime

To read more about Dr. Cannesson's research, please visit his laboratory website

Valeria Carcamo-Cavazos, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology

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Krista Cascia, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesia

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Catherine Cha, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center Obstetrical Anesthesiology

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Harkirat Chahal, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Interventional Spine and Pain Medicine

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John T. Chalabi, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Santa Monica-UCLA Surgery Center

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Susan M. Chan, MD

Clinical Professor

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Pamela Chia, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology

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Daniel Cole, MD, FASA

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Professional and Business Development

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Andrew Disque, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Perioperative Equipment

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Victor Duval, MD

Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Preoperative Evaluation and Planning Center
Anesthesiology Liaison and Lead Instructor, UCLA Simulation Center

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Robert Eldridge, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

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Brent Ershoff, MD, MS, MSCR

Assistant Professor in Residence, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

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Zhuang T. Fang, MD, MSPH, FASA

Clinical Professor, Ophthalmologic Anesthesiology
Assistant Medical Director, Wasserman Eye Institute OR Suite

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F. Michael Ferrante, MD, FABPM

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medicine
Director of Pain Management
Director, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center Santa Monica

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Myroslav Figura, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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Matthew Fischer, MD

Assistant Professor in Residence
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

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Eilon Gabel, MD, MS

Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Informatics Operations & Chief Data Architect, Center of Excellence for Perioperative Analytics

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Vadim Gudzenko, MD

Clinical Professor
Chief, Division of Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship
Medical Director, Adult ECLS/ECMO Service

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@DrVadimG

Dorothea Hall, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Vascular Anesthesiology

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Eran Halperin, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Computer Science

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Michelle Harvey, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Assistant Medical Director, Westwood Ambulatory Surgery Center
Assistant Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program

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Reed Harvey, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship

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Yuichiro Hayashi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Pain Medicine

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Diana Hekmat, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesology
Director, Visiting Professor Program

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Marisa Hernandez-Morgan, MD, MPP

Assistant Clinical Professor
Cardiac Anesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine

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Kenneth Elliott Higgins III, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology

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Jason Hirsch, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesiology
Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Director

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Jonathan Ho, MD, FASE

Clinical Professor
Director, UCLA Interventional Cardiovascular Operations

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Nir N. Hoftman, MD

Clinical Professor
Director, Thoracic Surgery Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship

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Joe Hong, MD

Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chair

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Richard Hong, MD, FASA

Clinical Professor
Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology

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Samuel Hong, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine

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Eric S.Z. Hsu, MD

Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine

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Yue Ming Huang, EdD, MHS

Adjunct Associate Professor, Education and Simulator Program
Interim Executive Director, UCLA Simulation Center

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Andrew Hudson, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director, Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Neuroscience Research

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To read more about Dr. Hudson's research, please visit his laboratory website

Jakun Ing, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program

Marc Iravani, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology

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Jonathan S. Jahr, MD, PhD, FASA

Professor Emeritus
Founding Editor, Journal of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

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Laleh Jalilian, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine

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@DrLalehJ

Peter Jin, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesiology

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Patricia A. Kapur, MD

Professor Emeritus

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Jocelyn Kerpelman, MD, MS

Clinical Instructor
Critical Care Medicine

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Mary A. Keyes, MD

Clinical Professor, Ophthalmologic Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Wasserman Eye Institute OR Suite

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Kianusch Kiai, MD, MS

Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Director, Community Perioperative Practices
Medical Director, MPU Anesthesiology

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Kenneth F. Kuchta, MD

Clinical Professor, Vascular Anesthesiology

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Jason Lee, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Endocrine Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director for Didactics and Curriculum Development, Anesthesiology Residency

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Lisa Lee, MD, MS

Assistant Professor in Residence

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Philip R. Levin, MD, FASA

Clinical Professor
Chief Medical Officer, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital

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Hewenfei Li, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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Elaine Liew, MD, FRCA

Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Multispecialty Call Team

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George Lim, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care and Emergency Medicine

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Lorraine Lubin, MD

Clinical Professor
Pediatric Critical Care
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

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Jennifer Lucero, MD, MA

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Obstetric Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Associate Dean for Admissions, DGSOM

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Jure Marijic, MD

Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Program Director, Pediatric Cardiac Fellowship

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Jerry Markar, MD

Clinical Instructor
Chronic Pain Anesthesiology

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Joseph Meltzer, MD

Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Medical Director, CTICU

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@josephmeltzer

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH

Associate Clinical Professor, Cardiac Anesthesia
Vice Chair for Quality & Safety

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@dremilym

Jordan D. Miller, MD

Professor-Emeritus

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Bi Mo, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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Jane Moon, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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@JaneMoonMD

James M. Moore, MD

Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia

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Natalie Moreland, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Anesthesia for Spine Surgery
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement

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Philip F. Morway, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Assistant Medical Director, Perioperative Services, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

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Rana Movahedi, MD, FASA

Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Regional Anesthesiology

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Sunberri Murphy, DO

Assistant Clinical Professor

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Christine C. Myo Bui, MD

Clinical Professor
Division of Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Associate Residency Program Director

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@christine_myo

Carsten Nadjat-Haiem, MD

Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Associate Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Services

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Natale Naim, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Regional Anesthesia, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Director, Acute Pain Service at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

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Bijan Navidi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology

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Gundappa Neelakanta, MD

Clinical Professor
Ambulatory Surgery

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Jacques Neelankavil, MD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia
Director, Perioperative Echocardiography

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Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship Program

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Jennifer Nguyen-Lee, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

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Hamid Nourmand, MD

Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Chief, UCLA-MLKCH Anesthesiology Program
Medical Director, Perioperative Services - Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

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Patricia Nwajuaku, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor
Associate Director, Thoracic Anesthesia Fellowship
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center

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Kenji Ogura, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor

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Christopher Ortiz, MD, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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George Pan, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Pain Medicine

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Edward J. Park, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

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Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Parisa Partownavid, MD

Clinical Professor
Medical Director, Westwood Ambulatory Surgery Center
Medical Director, CRNA Program

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Komal Patel, MD

Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Anesthesiology for Interventional Cardiovascular Laboratories

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Swati Patel, MD

Clinical Professor
Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Services
Medical Director, Ronald Reagan Medical Center Operating Rooms

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John Wesley Patton, III, MD, MBA

Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology

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Andrea Poon, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Co-Associate Fellowship Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine

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Sophia Poorsattar, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Liver Transplant and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

[email protected]

@DrSophyP

Johnathan Pregler, MD

Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Medical Director, Operative Services, UCLA Health

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Siamak Rahman, MD

Clinical Professor
Regional Anesthesia, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia,
Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Acute Pain Anesthesiology

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Sirisha Rao, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine

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Brad Reid, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Pain Management

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Wendy H.P. Ren, MD, FAAP

Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program

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Maggy G. Riad, MD, MSEd

Clinical Professor
Director, Bariatric Anesthesia

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Harvey K. Rosenbaum, MD

Clinical Professor, Ambulatory Anesthesiology

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Eduardo H. Rubinstein, MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Sandra Sacks, MD, MEd

Assistant Clinical Professor
Co-Associate Fellowship Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Oncological Pain Medicine

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Louis Saddic, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in Residence,
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship

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Ali R. Sadoughi, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Regional Anesthesia
Pain Medicine

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Najmeh Parisa Sadoughi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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Dane Saksa, MD, MBA

Assistant Clinical Professor

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Ali Salehi, MD

Clinical Professor
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

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Sapna Satyanarayan-Victor, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesiology

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Johanna Schwarzenberger, MD

Clinical Professor
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Cardiac Anesthesiology

[email protected]

John Shin, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Medical Student Education

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Karen Sibert, MD

Clinical Professor
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Communications

[email protected]

@KarenSibertMD

Sumit Singh, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Medical Director, Surgical ICU, Greater Los Angeles VA Health System

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Michael J. Sopher, MD

Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Anesthesia Clinical Services

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Joel Stockman, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center

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Shirley Tang, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatric Anesthesiology

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Colby Tanner, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

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Sepehr Tehrani, MD

Clinical Instructor

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Nader Tondravi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Interventional Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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Christine Trieu, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology & Cardiac Anesthesiology
Chair, Anesthesiology Residency Clinical Competency Committee

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Judi A. Turner, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Education

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Soban Umar, MD, PhD

Associate Professor In Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Associate Program Director for Resident Research, Anesthesiology Residency

[email protected]

@SobanUmar

To read more about Dr. Umar's research, please visit his laboratory website

Cristianna Vallera, MD

Clinical Professor
Assistant Director, Quality / Performance Improvement, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Medical Director, MLKCH Obstetric Anesthesiology

[email protected]

@NativeCACV

Barbara M. Van de Wiele, MD

Clinical Professor
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

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Matthew Scott Vandiver, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Critical Care Medicine

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Robert Whittington, MD

Clinical Instructor

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Tiffany Williams, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

[email protected]

Theodora Wingert, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

[email protected]

@TheodoraWingert

Michael Wolfe, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine

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Christopher Wray, MD

Clinical Professor
Liver Transplant and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

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Irene Wu, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Assistant Director, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center

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Victor Xia, MD

Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

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Colleen Yen, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesiology

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Andrew Young, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine

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Howard Zee, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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Keren Ziv, MD

Clinical Professor
Medical Director, UCLA Community Ambulatory Surgery Centers
DAPM Physician Wellness Officer
Director, Anesthesiology for Interventional Neuroradiology
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

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