Faculty Physicians

Zarah Antongiorgi, MD

Associate 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

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

lnbeck@mednet.ucla.edu

Mary Hanna Bekhit, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia

mbekhit@mednet.ucla.edu

David Boldt, MD

Associate 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
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

eboyd@mednet.ucla.edu

Elaine Boydston, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

EBoydston@mednet.ucla.edu

Judith E. Brill, MD

Professor - Recalled
Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care

jbrill@mednet.ucla.edu

Jack Buckley, MD

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

jcbuckley@mednet.ucla.edu

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD

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

mcannesson@mednet.ucla.edu

@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

VCarcamo@mednet.ucla.edu

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

Pamela Chia, MD, MS

Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology

pchia@mednet.ucla.edu

Daniel Cole, MD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chair

DJCole@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

Robert Eldridge, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

reldridge@mednet.ucla.edu

Brent Ershoff, MD, MS, MSCR

Assistant Professor in Residence, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

bershoff@mednet.ucla.edu

Zhuang T. Fang, MD, MSPH, FASA

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

zfang@mednet.ucla.edu

F. Michael Ferrante, MD, FABPM

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

mferrante@mednet.ucla.edu

Myroslav Figura, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

mfigura@mednet.ucla.edu

Matthew Fischer, MD

Assistant 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, Adult ECLS/ECMO Service

vgudzenko@mednet.ucla.edu

@DrVadimG

Dorothea Hall, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Vascular Anesthesiology

dhall@mednet.ucla.edu

Eran Halperin, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Computer Science

ehalperin@cs.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
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship

rharvey@mednet.ucla.edu

Yuichiro Hayashi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

YuichiroHayashi@mednet.ucla.edu

Diana Hekmat, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesology
Director, Visiting Professor Program

dhekmat@mednet.ucla.edu

Marisa Hernandez-Morgan, MD, MPP

Assistant Clinical Professor

MarisaHernandez@mednet.ucla.edu

Jason Hirsch, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Obstetric Anesthesiology

JHirsch@mednet.ucla.edu

Jonathan Ho, MD, FASE

Clinical Professor
Director, UCLA Interventional Cardiovascular Operations

jkho@mednet.ucla.edu

Ira Hofer, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Ihofer@mednet.ucla.edu

@irahofermd

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
Executive Vice Chair

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 Medicine

ehsu@mednet.ucla.edu

Yue Ming Huang, EdD, MHS

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

yhuang@mednet.ucla.edu

Andrew Hudson, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director, Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
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
Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program

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

@DrLalehJ

Peter Jin, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesiology

PYJin@mednet.ucla.edu

Nirav Kamdar, MD, MPP, MBA

Associate Clinical Professor,
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Quality

nkamdar@mednet.ucla.edu

@DrNVKamdar

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

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

Associate Clinical Professor
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

wkratzert@mednet.ucla.edu

Kenneth F. Kuchta, MD

Clinical Professor, Vascular Anesthesiology

kkuchta@mednet.ucla.edu

Jason Lee, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Associate Program Director for Didactics and Curriculum Development, Anesthesiology Residency

jasonlee@mednet.ucla.edu

Lisa Lee, MD, MS

Assistant Professor in Residence

LKLee@mednet.ucla.edu

Philip R. Levin, MD, FASA

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

plevin@mednet.ucla.edu

Linda Li, MD

Anesthesiology

LindaLi@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

Assistant Clinical Professor

mylin@mednet.ucla.edu

Lorraine Lubin, MD

Clinical Professor
Pediatric Critical Care
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

llubin@mednet.ucla.edu

Jennifer Lucero, MD, MA

Clinical Instructor
Obstetric Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Associate Dean for Admissions, DGSOM

JMLucero@mednet.ucla.edu

Jure Marijic, MD

Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Program Director, Pediatric Cardiac Fellowship

jmarijic@mednet.ucla.edu

Joseph Meltzer, MD

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

jmeltzer@mednet.ucla.edu

@josephmeltzer

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH

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

emethangkool@mednet.ucla.edu

@dremilym

Jordan D. Miller, MD

Professor-Emeritus

jdmiller@mednet.ucla.edu

Bi Mo, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

BMo@mednet.ucla.edu

Jane Moon, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

jsmoon@mednet.ucla.edu

@JaneMoonMD

James M. Moore, MD

Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia

jmoore@mednet.ucla.edu

Natalie Moreland, MD

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

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

Rana Movahedi, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

RMovahedi@mednet.ucla.edu

Christine C. Myo Bui, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Associate Residency Program Director

cmyo@mednet.ucla.edu

@christine_myo

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 Monica
Director, Acute Pain Service at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

NNaim@mednet.ucla.edu

Bijan Navidi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology

bnavidi@mednet.ucla.edu

Gundappa Neelakanta, MD

Clinical Professor, General Anesthesiology

gneelakanta@mednet.ucla.edu

Jacques Neelankavil, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Perioperative Echocardiography
Director, Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology

jneelankavil@mednet.ucla.edu

Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship Program

cnguyenbuckley@mednet.ucla.edu

@Cnguyenbuckley

Jennifer Nguyen-Lee, MD

Associate 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

Patricia Nwajuaku, MD, MPH

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

PNwajuaku@mednet.ucla.edu

Kenji Ogura, MD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor

kogura@mednet.ucla.edu

Christopher Ortiz, MD, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor

coortiz@mednet.ucla.edu

George Pan, MD

Clinical Instructor

georgepan@mednet.ucla.edu

Edward J. Park, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

EdPark@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

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

kdpatel@mednet.ucla.edu

Swati Patel, MD

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

spatel@mednet.ucla.edu

Andrea Poon, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine

apoon@mednet.ucla.edu

Sophia Poorsattar, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Liver Transplant and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

spoorsattar@mednet.ucla.edu

@DrSophyP

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

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

SARao@mednet.ucla.edu

Brad Reid, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Management

BMReid@mednet.ucla.edu

Wendy H.P. Ren, MD, FAAP

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

Sandra Sacks, MD, MEd

Assistant Clinical Professor
Oncological Pain Medicine

ssacks@mednet.ucla.edu

Louis Saddic, MD, PhD

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

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

Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

asalehi@mednet.ucla.edu

Sapna Satyanarayan-Victor, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesiology

svictor@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

jshin@mednet.ucla.edu

Karen Sibert, MD

Clinical Professor
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Communications

KHaddy@mednet.ucla.edu

@KarenSibertMD

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

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, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor

stang@mednet.ucla.edu

Nader Tondravi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

ntondravi@mednet.ucla.edu

Christine Trieu, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology & Cardiac Anesthesiology

ctrieu@mednet.ucla.edu

Judi A. Turner, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor
Vice Chair for Education

jaturner@mednet.ucla.edu

Soban Umar, MD, PhD

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

sumar@mednet.ucla.edu

@SobanUmar

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

Susana Vacas, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship Program

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

@NativeCACV

Barbara M. Van de Wiele, MD

Clinical Professor
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs

bvan@mednet.ucla.edu

Matthew Scott Vandiver, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Critical Care

MVandiver@mednet.ucla.edu

Tiffany Williams, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

tmwilliams@mednet.ucla.edu

Theodora Wingert, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

twingert@mednet.ucla.edu

@TheodoraWingert

Michael Wolfe, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

michaelwolfe@mednet.ucla.edu

Christopher Wray, MD

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

cwray@mednet.ucla.edu

Irene Wu, MD

Associate 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

Colleen Yen, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesiology

CBYen@mednet.ucla.edu

Andrew Young, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

atyoung@mednet.ucla.edu

Keren Ziv, MD

Clinical Professor
Medical Director, UCLA Community Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Associate Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Anesthesiology for Interventional Neuroradiology
Chair, Anesthesiology Wellness Committee

kziv@mednet.ucla.edu