Faculty & Leadership, UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship 

 

Julio Meza, MD

Julio Meza, MD

Fellowship Program Director
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine
Medical School: San Bartolo National Hospital, El Salvador
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine 


Amy R

Amy Richards, MD

Core Faculty 
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Family Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine 


YFM

Yulsi Fernandez Montero MD, MPH 

Core Faculty 
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Family Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program

Board Certified in Addiction Medicine


Michelle Bholat

Michelle Bholat, MD, MPH | Watch Video

Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: UC Irvine College of Medicine
Residency: Harbor-UCLA, Family Medicine
Fellowship: Harbor-UCLA, Faculty Development


Steven Shoptaw

Steven Shoptaw, PhD | Watch Video

Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Vice Chair of Research
Director, Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Director, Intervention Core for the UCLA Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services
Site Director, HIV Prevention Trials Network study.
Licensed psychologist
                                              PhD: UCLA, Psychology and Education


Joy Hao

Joy Hao, MD, PhD

Core Faculty 
Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center, Research Fellowship
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine 


Keith Heinzerling

Keith Heinzerling, MD, MPH | Watch Video

Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency: New York University, School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA, GIM and Health Services Research
MPH: UCLA, School of Public Health
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine 


Jonathan Quach

Jonathan Quach, MD

Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine 


PTD

Patrick T. Dowling MD, MPH

Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: Medical College of Ohio
Residency: Cook County Hospital, Family Medicine

 

 


Volunteer Faculty,  UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship 

 

arastou aminzadeh

Dr. Arastou Aminzadeh

Medical Director Department of Health Services, Correctional Health Services, Addiction Medicine Services for LA County. 

 

 


hurleybrian

Dr. Brian Hurley

Medical Director of the LA County Department of Public Health’s Division of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (DPH-SAPC).

 

 


Harbor-UCLA Addiction Medicine Service

 

Gloria Sanchez

Gloria Sanchez MD, MPH 

Harbor-UCLA Addiction Medicine, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine for the Family Medicine Clinic & Inpatient Consult Service
Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Medical School: University of Washington
Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine
Fellowship: Harbor UCLA Faculty Development Fellowship, Boston University Addiction Medicine
                                             Board Certified in Addiction Medicine