Faculty Physicians

Zarah Antongiorgi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, PACU

zantongiorgi@mednet.ucla.edu

Ihab Ayad, MD

Clinical Professor
Associate Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Director, Offsite Anesthesia

iayad@mednet.ucla.edu

Lauren Beck, MD

Clinical Instructor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

lnbeck@mednet.ucla.edu

Mary Hanna Bekhit, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia

mbekhit@mednet.ucla.edu

David Boldt, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

dboldt@mednet.ucla.edu

Reza Borna, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatric Anesthesiology

rborna@mednet.ucla.edu

Eva Boyd, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Program Director, Regional Anesthesia Fellowship
Assistant Director, Regional Anesthesia, UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica

eboyd@mednet.ucla.edu

Michelle Y.C. Braunfeld, MD

Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Greater Los Angeles VA Health System Anesthesiology

mbraunfeld@mednet.ucla.edu

Judith E. Brill, MD

Professor - Recalled
Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care

jbrill@mednet.ucla.edu

Jack Buckley, MD

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

jcbuckley@mednet.ucla.edu

Hua Linda Cai, MD, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Medicine
Director of Translational Research

hcai@mednet.ucla.edu

To read more about Dr. Cai's research, please visit her laboratory website

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology
Critical Care Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Perioperative Medicine

mcannesson@mednet.ucla.edu

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

Catherine Cha, MD

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

camcha@mednet.ucla.edu

Harkirat Chahal, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

hchahal@mednet.ucla.edu

John T. Chalabi, MD

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

jchalabi@mednet.ucla.edu

Susan M. Chan, MD

Clinical Professor

smchan@mednet.ucla.edu

Lynn Choi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Obstetric Anesthesiology
Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship

LChoi@mednet.ucla.edu

Daniel Cole, MD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chair

DJCole@mednet.ucla.edu

Kenneth A. Conklin, MD, PhD

Professor - Recalled, Cancer Pain Management; Nutritional Therapy

kconklin@mednet.ucla.edu

Andrew Disque, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief, Equipment Committee

adisque@mednet.ucla.edu

Victor Duval, MD

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

vduval@mednet.ucla.edu

Mansoureh Eghbali, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Medicine
Director, Physician Scientist Training Program

meghbali@ucla.edu

To read more about Dr. Eghbali's research, please visit her laboratory website

Robert Eldridge, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

reldridge@mednet.ucla.edu

Brent Ershoff, MD, MS, MSCR

Assistant Professor in Residence

bershoff@mednet.ucla.edu

Zhuang T. Fang, MD, MS

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

zfang@mednet.ucla.edu

Michael F. Ferrante, MD, FABPM

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

mferrante@mednet.ucla.edu

Matthew Fischer, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor in Residence
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

mfischer@mednet.ucla.edu

Eilon Gabel, MD, MS

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

egabel@mednet.ucla.edu

Vadim Gudzenko, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Associate Chief, Division of Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Perioperative ICU

vgudzenko@mednet.ucla.edu

Dorothea Hall, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Malignant Hyperthermia Program

dhall@mednet.ucla.edu

Eran Halperin, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Computer Science

ehalperin@cs.ucla.edu

Johnny R. Harrison, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

jharrison@mednet.ucla.edu

Michelle Harvey, MD

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

mlharvey@mednet.ucla.edu

Reed Harvey, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

rharvey@mednet.ucla.edu

Diana Hekmat, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesology
Director, Visiting Professor Program

dhekmat@mednet.ucla.edu

Jason Hirsch, MD

Clinical Instructor, Obstetric Anesthesiology

JHirsch@mednet.ucla.edu

Jonathan Ho, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, UCLA Interventional Cardiovascular Operations

jkho@mednet.ucla.edu

Ira Hofer, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Ihofer@mednet.ucla.edu

Nir N. Hoftman, MD

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

nhoftman@mednet.ucla.edu

Joe Hong, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology for Endocrine Surgery

jhong@mednet.ucla.edu

Richard Hong, MD, FASA

Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Obstetrical Anesthesiology
Co-Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship

rhong@mednet.ucla.edu

Eric S.Z. Hsu, MD

Clinical Professor, Pain Management

ehsu@mednet.ucla.edu

Yue Ming Huang, EdD, MHS

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

yhuang@mednet.ucla.edu

Andrew Hudson, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director of Neuroscience Research

ahudson@mednet.ucla.edu

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

Jakun Ing, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Associate Director for Pain Medicine Fellowship

jing@mednet.ucla.edu

Marc Iravani, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology

miravani@mednet.ucla.edu

Jonathan S. Jahr, MD

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

jsjahr@mednet.ucla.edu

Laleh Jalilian, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

ljalilian@mednet.ucla.edu

Chrystina Jeter, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

CAJeter@mednet.ucla.edu

Peter Jin, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesiology

PYJin@mednet.ucla.edu

Nirav Kamdar, MD, MPP

Assistant Clinical Professor,
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Quality

nkamdar@mednet.ucla.edu

Patricia A. Kapur, MD

Professor Emeritus

pkapur@mednet.ucla.edu

Mary A. Keyes, MD

Clinical Professor, Ophthalmologic Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Wasserman Eye Institute OR Suite
Assistant Medical Director, UCLA Ambulatory Surgery Center

mkeyes@mednet.ucla.edu

Kianusch Kiai, MD, MS

Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Community Perioperative Practices
Medical Director, MPU Anesthesiology

kkiai@mednet.ucla.edu

Wolf Benjamin Kratzert, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

wkratzert@mednet.ucla.edu

Kenneth F. Kuchta, MD

Clinical Professor, Vascular Anesthesiology
Co-Director, Quality Improvement
Chief, Vascular Surgery Anesthesiology

kkuchta@mednet.ucla.edu

Rajesh Kumar, PhD

Associate Professor In-Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director of Imaging

rkumar@mednet.ucla.edu

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

Jason Lee, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Assistant Director, Residency Program

jasonlee@mednet.ucla.edu

Lisa Lee, MD, MS

Assistant Professor in Residence

LKLee@mednet.ucla.edu

Philip R. Levin, MD

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

plevin@mednet.ucla.edu

Elaine Liew, MD, FRCA

Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief, Multispecialty Call Team

eliew@mednet.ucla.edu

George Lim, MD

Clinical Instructor

gwlim@mednet.ucla.edu

Michael Lin, MD

Clinical Instructor

mylin@mednet.ucla.edu

Shabnam Majidian, DO

Assistant Clinical Professor
Regional Anesthesiology

SMajidian@mednet.ucla.edu

Jure Marijic, MD

Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

jmarijic@mednet.ucla.edu

Joseph Meltzer, MD

Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU

jmeltzer@mednet.ucla.edu

Emily Methangkool, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Cardiac Anesthesia
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement

emethangkool@mednet.ucla.edu

Jordan D. Miller, MD

Professor-Emeritus

jdmiller@mednet.ucla.edu

James M. Moore, MD

Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia

jmoore@mednet.ucla.edu

Natalie Moreland, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Anesthesia for Spine Surgery

nmoreland@mednet.ucla.edu

Philip F. Morway, MD

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

pmorway@mednet.ucla.edu

Christine C. Myo Bui, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

cmyo@mednet.ucla.edu

Carsten Nadjat-Haiem, MD

Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Associate Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Services

nhcarsten@mednet.ucla.edu

Natale Naim, MD

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

NNaim@mednet.ucla.edu

Bijan Navidi, MD

Clinical Instructor

bnavidi@mednet.ucla.edu

Gundappa Neelakanta, MD

Clinical Professor, General Anesthesiology

gneelakanta@mednet.ucla.edu

Jacques Neelankavil, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Associate Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
Director, Perioperative Echocardiography

jneelankavil@mednet.ucla.edu

Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

cnguyenbuckley@mednet.ucla.edu

Jennifer Nguyen-Lee, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

jwnguyen@mednet.ucla.edu

Hamid Nourmand, MD

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

hnourmand@mednet.ucla.edu

Kenji Ogura, MD, MS

Clinical Instructor

kogura@mednet.ucla.edu

Riccardo Olcese, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Physiology

rolcese@ucla.edu

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

Christopher Ortiz, MD, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor

coortiz@mednet.ucla.edu

Michela Ottolia, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

mottolia@ucla.edu

George Pan, MD

Clinical Instructor

georgepan@mednet.ucla.edu

Edward J. Park, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

EJPark@mednet.ucla.edu

Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Parisa Partownavid, MD

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

ppartownavid@mednet.ucla.edu

Komal Patel, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Chief, Anesthesiology for Interventional Cardiovascular Laboratories

kdpatel@mednet.ucla.edu

Swati Patel, MD

Clinical Professor
Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Associate Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Services
Medical Director, Ronald Reagan Medical Center Operating Rooms

spatel@mednet.ucla.edu

Johnathan Pregler, MD

Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director, Operative Services

jpregler@mednet.ucla.edu

Siamak Rahman, MD

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

sirahman@mednet.ucla.edu

Sirisha Rao, MD, MS

Clinical Instructor, Critical Care Medicine

SARao@mednet.ucla.edu

Aviva Regev, MD, MBA

Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Associate Director for Business Operations

aregev@mednet.ucla.edu

Brad Reid, MD

Clinical Instructor, Pain Management

BMReid@mednet.ucla.edu

Wendy H.P. Ren, MD, FAAP

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

wren@mednet.ucla.edu

Maggy G. Riad, MD, MSEd

Clinical Professor

mriad@mednet.ucla.edu

Harvey K. Rosenbaum, MD

Clinical Professor, Ambulatory Anesthesiology

hkrosenbaum@mednet.ucla.edu

Eduardo H. Rubinstein, MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus

erubnstn@mednet.ucla.edu

Louis Saddic, MD, PhD

Clinical Instructor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

LSaddic@mednet.ucla.edu

Ali R. Sadoughi, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia, Pain Medicine

asadoughi@mednet.ucla.edu

Najmeh Parisa Sadoughi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

NSadoughi@mednet.ucla.edu

Ali Salehi, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

asalehi@mednet.ucla.edu

Nathan Schulman, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

nschulman@mednet.ucla.edu

Johanna Schwarzenberger, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology

jschwarzenberger@mednet.ucla.edu

John Shin, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Medical Student Education
Assistant Director, Thoracic Anesthesia Fellowship

jshin@mednet.ucla.edu

Karen Sibert, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Communications

KHaddy@mednet.ucla.edu

Sumit Singh, MD

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

SPSingh@mednet.ucla.edu

Michael J. Sopher, MD

Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Anesthesia Clinical Services

msopher@mednet.ucla.edu

Randolph Steadman, MD, MS

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Education
Medical Director, UCLA Simulation Center

rsteadman@mednet.ucla.edu

Joel Stockman, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director, Perioperative Services, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Director, UCLA Pediatric Acute Pain Management

Jstockman@mednet.ucla.edu

Shirley Tang, MD

Clinical Instructor

stang@mednet.ucla.edu

Nader Tondravi, MD

Clinical Instructor

ntondravi@mednet.ucla.edu

Christine Trieu, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

ctrieu@mednet.ucla.edu

Judi A. Turner, MD, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor
Associate Vice Chair for Education
Director, Residency Program

jaturner@mednet.ucla.edu

Soban Umar, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor In Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Residency Research Coordinator

sumar@mednet.ucla.edu

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

Susana Vacas, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

svacas@mednet.ucla.edu

Cristianna Vallera, MD

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

CVallera@mednet.ucla.edu

Barbara M. Van de Wiele, MD

Clinical Professor
Interim Chair, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

bvan@mednet.ucla.edu

Thomas M. Vondriska, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Medicine

tvondriska@mednet.ucla.edu

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

Yibin Wang, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Medicine
Vice Chair for Research

yibinwang@mednet.ucla.edu

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

Tiffany Williams, MD, PhD

Clinical Instructor
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

tmwilliams@mednet.ucla.edu

Theodora Wingert, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

twingert@mednet.ucla.edu

Michael Wolfe, MD

Clinical Instructor, Critical Care Medicine

michaelwolfe@mednet.ucla.edu

Samantha Wong, MD

Clinical Instructor

syswong@mednet.ucla.edu

Christopher Wray, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Liver Transplant and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship Program

cwray@mednet.ucla.edu

Irene Wu, MD

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

iwu@mednet.ucla.edu

Victor Xia, MD

Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

vxia@mednet.ucla.edu

Andrew Young, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

atyoung@mednet.ucla.edu

Lonnie Zeltzer, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

lzeltzer@pediatrics.medsch.ucla.edu

Keren Ziv, MD

Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Interim Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Anesthesiology for Interventional Neuroradiology
Chair, Anesthesiology Wellness Committee

kziv@mednet.ucla.edu