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

Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

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
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
Director of Clinical Research

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
Director, Basic Science Training Environment

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
Director, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center Santa Monica

mferrante@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, Perioperative ICU

vgudzenko@mednet.ucla.edu

Dorothea Hall, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Vascular Anesthesiology

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

Assistant Clinical Professor, Obstetric Anesthesiology

JHirsch@mednet.ucla.edu

Jonathan Ho, MD, FASE

Associate Clinical Professor
Division Chief, 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
Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program

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, MBA

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

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, MPH

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

Assistant Clinical Professor

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
Director, Basic Science Research Program Administration

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

Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine

SARao@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

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

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
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

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
Director, Basic Science Research Program Administration

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

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

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