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