Cardiology Research
Meet the Experts
Faculty within the UCLA Division of Cardiology are renowned leaders who influence the evolution of the field. Their work on the basic mechanisms of cardiac biology, atherosclerosis, cardiac repair and regeneration, cardiac engineering, environmental cardiology and more paves the way for new therapies that improve patient lives.
Visit their profiles to learn more about their work.
Jamil A. Aboulhosn, MD
Clinical Professor
Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
Professor
Hooman Allayee, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Jesus A. Araujo, MD, PhD, MSc
Professor
Anne P. Beigneux, PhD
Associate Professor
Kristina I. Bostrom, MD, PhD
Professor
Nicholas Brownell, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Xinjiang Cai, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Richard Cheng, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Arjun Deb, MD
Professor
Linda L. Demer, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Mario C. Deng, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Matt S. Durstenfeld, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Ebru Erbay, MD, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Loren G. Fong, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Peter Hanna, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Tzung Hsiai, MD, PhD
Professor
Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD
Professor
Srikanth Krishnan, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Shen Li, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Aldons Lusis, PhD
Professor
Julia Mack, PhD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Holly R. Middlekauff, MD
Professor
Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Rene R. Sevag Packard, MD, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Rushi Parikh, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Zhilin Qu, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Srinivasa Reddy, PhD, MSc
Professor-in-Residence
Tamer Sallam, MD, PhD
Professor
Alexander T. Sandhu, MD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Saate S. Shakil, MD, MS
Assistant ClinicalProfessor
Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Ashley Stein-Merlob, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Elizabeth J. Tarling, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
John D. Tompkins, PhD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Thomas A. Vallim, PhD
Professor
Marmar Vaseghi, MD
Professor
Jessica J. Wang, MD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Yang K. Xiang
Professor
Eric H. Yang, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Yucheng Yao, MD, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Tomohiro Yokota, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Stephen Young, MD
Professor