Faculty Physicians
Zarah D. Antongiorgi, MD
Medical Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Associate Clinical Professor
Betelehem M. Asnake, MD
Director, Global Health Initiatives
Assistant Clinical Professor
Ihab A. Ayad, MD
Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Clinical Professor
Lauren N. Beck, MD
Associate Program Director for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, Anesthesiology Residency
Assistant Clinical Professor
David W. Boldt, MD
Chief, Trauma & Adult Multispecialty Anesthesiology
Associate Clinical Professor
Jack C. Buckley, MD
Director, Head and Neck Anesthesia
Director, Residency Program
Associate Clinical Professor
Valeria Carcamo-Cavazos, MD
Associate Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Catherine M. Cha, MD
Interim Chief, Obstetric Anesthesiology
Associate Clinical Professor
John T. Chalabi, MD
Medical Director, Santa Monica Surgery Center
Clinical Professor
Pamela A. Chia, MD, MS
Associate Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Benjamin Chu, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Victor F. Duval, MD
Medical Director, Preoperative Evaluation and Planning Center
Anesthesiology Liaison and Lead Instructor, UCLA Simulation Center
Clinical Professor
Zhuang-Ting Fang, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Wasserman Eye Institute OR Suite
Clinical Professor
Francis M. Ferrante, MD
Chief, Chronic Pain Medicine
Director, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center
Professor
Vadim Gudzenko, MD
Chief, Critical Care Anesthesiology
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Clinical Professor
Michelle L. Harvey, MD
Associate Medical Director, Westwood Ambulatory Surgery Center
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor
Reed E. Harvey, MD
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor
Diana H. Hekmat, MD
Co-Director, Patricia Kapur Visiting Professor Program
Assistant Clinical Professor
Marisa E. Hernandez-Morgan, MD, MPP, MA
Associate Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
K. Elliott Higgins III, MD
Director for Health and Well-Being
Assistant Clinical Professor
Jason G. Hirsch, MD
Program Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Jonathan K. Ho, MD
Director, UCLA Interventional Cardiovascular Operations
Clinical Professor
Nir N. Hoftman, MD
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Clinical Professor
Yue Ming Huang, EdD, MHS
Executive Director, UCLA Simulation Center
Adjunct Professor
Andrew E. Hudson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Chief of Anesthesiology, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs
Jakun W. Ing, MD
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor
Kianusch Kiai, MD
Director, Pain Medicine Community Practices
Medical Director, Medical Procedures Units
Clinical Professor
Jae Woo Lee, MD
Professor In-Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Jason S. Lee, MD
Director, Endocrine Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director for Didactics and Curriculum Development, Anesthesiology Residency
Assistant Clinical Professor
Philip R. Levin, MD
Chief Medical Officer, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
Clinical Professor
Linda Li, MD
Jennifer M. Lucero, MD, MA
Vice Chair for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Associate Dean for Admissions, David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM)
Professor
Jure Marijic, MD
Director, Congenital Heart Diseases
Program Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship
Clinical Professor
Joseph S. Meltzer, MD
Medical Director, CTICU
Co-Chair, Grand Rounds Series
Clinical Professor
Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH
Chair, Olive View Medical Center
Associate Clinical Professor
Natalie Moreland, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Program Director, Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor
Rana Movahedi, MD
Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship
Clinical Professor
Sunberri V. Murphy, DO
Co-Director, Patricia Kapur Visiting Professor Program
Assistant Clinical Professor
Natale Z. Naim, MD
Chief, Regional Anesthesiology and Orthopedics
Associate Clinical Professor
Christine T. Nguyen-Buckley, MD
Program Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Hamid Nourmand, MD
Medical Director, Perioperative Services at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
Clinical Professor
Patricia I. Nwajuaku, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Anesthesiology at Martin Luther King Community Hospital
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Ashley Oliver, MD, MA
Clinical Instructor
Parisa Partownavid, MD
Medical Director, Westwood Ambulatory Surgery Center
Clinical Professor
Komal D. Patel, MD
Director, Anesthesiology for Interventional Cardiovascular Laboratories
Clinical Professor
Swati N. Patel, MD
Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Clinical Professor
Andrea Poon, MD
Co-Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Wendy HP Ren, MD
Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Medical Director, Pediatric Perioperative Surgical Home
Clinical Professor
Sandra H. Sacks, MD, MEd
Co-Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Louis A. Saddic III, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Dane A. Saksa, MD, MBA
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
Assistant Clinical Professor
Johanna Schwarzenberger, MD
Clinical Professor
Joel Stockman, MD
Chief of Staff, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Clinical Professor
Colby B. Tanner, MD
Associate Director, Medical Student Education
Assistant Clinical Professor
Christine T. Trieu, MD
Chair, Residency Clinical Competency Committee
Associate Clinical Professor
Soban Umar, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director for Scholarly Activity, Anesthesiology Residency
Associate Professor In Residence
Cristianna Vallera, MD
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Assistant Clinical Professor
Robert A. Whittington, MD
Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Mentoring, & Recognition
Clinical Professor
Theodora E. Wingert, MD
Director, Perioperative Informatics Research
Associate Clinical Professor
Irene I. Wu, MD
Assistant Director, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center
Associate Clinical Professor
Keren Ziv, MD
Medical Director, UCLA Community Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Clinical Professor