Veteran Affairs

Our Expert Team

Get to know the leadership, Division Chiefs, administrators, research faculty and staff of UCLA Division of Veterans Affairs. The UCLA Directory provides the most comprehensive list of contact information if you know who you need to contact by name or department.

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Leadership

Neil Paige

Neil Paige, MD

Vice Chair for Education, VA Greater Los Angeles Medical Center Clinical Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Division Chiefs

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Blessen C. Eapen, MD

Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Portrait of Donna Washington

Donna Washington, MD, MPH, FACP

Chief of General Internal Medicine
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Division Administrator Supervisor

Division Administrative Team

Nicole Kelsey

Nicole Kelsey

Executive Admin

Academic Personnel HR Supervisor

Academic Personnel HR Team

Contracts & Grant Supervisor

Research Administrator Team

Research Faculty

  • Alam, MD. Noor
  • Alessi, Cathy A.
  • Altman, Lisa
  • Apaydin, Eric
  • Aragaki, Dixie Lynne Reiko
  • Bashir, Muhammad-Tariq
  • Basu, Aashna Rajan
  • Bean-Mayberry, Bevanne A.
  • Beenhouwer, David O.
  • Bejjani, Anthony Charles
  • Benhammou, Jihane N.
  • Benjamin, Lawrence N.
  • Ben-Ozer, Elite
  • Bersohn, Malcolm M.
  • Betancourt, Jaime
  • Beynet, David P.
  • Bhat, Shalini Pervaje
  • Bhattacharya, Debika
  • Bischoff, David S.
  • Borthwick, Katharine Maile
  • Bostrom, Kristina
  • Brent, Gregory A.
  • Buhr, Russell G.
  • Buljubasic, Nediljka
  • Capone-Newton, Peter
  • Castle, Steven C.
  • Chang, Donald Steven
  • Chang, Evelyn T
  • Chang, Melisa Rosa
  • Chuang, Tammy
  • Cole, Gregory M.
  • Cordasco, Kristina Marie
  • Cowan, Brianna Joy
  • Dajani, Rachel Christina
  • Dellinger, Oscar David
  • Dixit, Vivek
  • Dong, Tien S.
  • Dubinett, Steven M.
  • Eapen, Blessen C.
  • Ebrahimi, Ramin
  • Eng, Kevin
  • Eskildsen, Manuel A.
  • Essien, Utibe R.
  • Everett, Estelle
  • Feliciano, Zenaida
  • Fitzgerald, John D.
  • Flores, Sara C.
  • Frautschy, Sally Ann
  • Frenchman, Meghana
  • Frost, Patrick J.
  • Fulcher, Jennifer
  • Fung, Constance
  • Ganz, David A.
  • Gera, Joseph F.
  • Germano, Patrizia Maria
  • Glassman, Peter A
  • Graber, Christopher J.
  • Gukovskaya, Anna S.
  • Gukovsky, Ilya Y.
  • Gvilia, Irma
  • Haake, David A.
  • Han, Janet K.
  • Han, Steven-Huy B.
  • Hashemi, Leila
  • Hausenbauer, Alessi
  • Hevener, Andrea L.
  • Hinman, Jason
  • Hsiai, Tzung
  • Hsieh, Jo Kung-Chiao
  • Hsu, Jeffrey J.
  • Ikuta, Kevin S.
  • Jacob, Noam
  • Jacobs, Jonathan P.
  • Jensen,Dennis M.
  • John, Joshi
  • Jun, Dale
  • Kaunitz, Jonathan D.
  • Kelly, Monica R.
  • Kim, Kathy H.
  • King, Ebony O.
  • King, Jeffrey Kwan
  • King, Jennifer K.
  • Kolb, Jennifer
  • Kramer, Betty J.
  • Kraut, Jeffrey
  • Kwoh, Eric
  • Langevin, Kathy Hee-Won Kim
  • Lankarani-Fard, Azadeh
  • Lechner, Melissa G.
  • Lee, Cathy C.
  • Lee, Gina
  • Leet, Jennifer
  • Leung, Angela M.
  • Leung, Felix W.
  • Leung, Lucinda B.
  • Li, Zhaoping
  • Ly, Dan P.
  • Manavi, Shahryar Shawn
  • Martin, Jennifer L.
  • Martin, Stephanie J.
  • Matsunaga, James
  • May, Folasade P.
  • McCarty, Ryan Stewart
  • Milanesi, Anna
  • Miranda, Alberto
  • Mody, Freny
  • Moin, Tannaz
  • Monto, Alexander
  • Moolchandani, Priyanka
  • Moran, Deborah
  • Moriates, Christopher P.
  • Mosaferi, Tina
  • Mullur, Rashmi S.
  • Murphy, Mary Catherine
  • Nagami, Glenn T.
  • Nanda, Udai
  • Nastasi, Anne E.
  • Nayeri, Rebecca
  • Neverova, Natalia
  • Nguyen, Kim-Lien
  • Ni, Catherine
  • Ong, Michael K.
  • Oronce, Carlos Irwin Agustin
  • Orshansky, Greg
  • Oshiro, Resa L
  • Ovsiowitz, Rebecca Samantha
  • Packard, Rene R.
  • Paige, Neil
  • Pangarkar, Sanjog S.
  • Patel, Arpan A.
  • Patel, Reema
  • Pham, Mai Ngoc Phuong
  • Pham, Phuong-Mai T.
  • Pham, Quynh Giao
  • Pisegna, Joseph R.
  • Plotkin, Jennifer Blair
  • Ranson, Elizabeth L.
  • Rastegar, Mandana
  • Rastogi, Anjay
  • Razmjou, Amir Ali
  • Reddy, Anjani T.
  • Reese, Nicholas D.
  • Rettig, Matthew B.
  • Rhee, Connie
  • Rokhsar, Soleyman
  • Ryden, Armand Michael
  • Saber, Mojgan H.
  • Sacks, Harold S
  • Saito, Ashley Kayo
  • Salehi-rad, Ramin
  • Samandary, Sarah Mary
  • Samuel, Rebecca L.
  • Sarkisian, Catherine A.
  • Schwartz, Miriam C.
  • Scumpia, Philip O.
  • Seligman, Benjamin J.
  • Shannon, Evan M.
  • Shapiro, Shelley
  • Sharma, Salila S.
  • Sharma, Shilpa
  • Shekelle, Paul
  • Shin, Daniel S.
  • Simon, Steven R.
  • Siu, Man Kit Michael
  • Soo Hoo, Guy W.
  • Sountsova, Natalia Vladimirovna
  • Spiker, Michael
  • Subramanian, Indu
  • Sweeney, Dana Claire
  • Taylor, Stephanie L.
  • Thomas, Aaron Parapalilthazhay
  • Tillisch, Kirsten
  • Tran, George N
  • Tran, Linh M.
  • Tran, Mike Trung Hung V.
  • Veena, Mysore S
  • Volkmann, Elizabeth R.
  • Vu, Kim Thanh
  • Walling, Anne
  • Wanagat, Jonathan M.
  • Wang, Vivian
  • Warner, Alberta L.
  • Washington, Donna
  • Watson, Richard L.
  • Wei, Melissa Y.
  • Weinreb, Ari
  • Weinreb, Jane E.
  • Weintraub, Nancy
  • Wilkins, Stacy
  • Wilkinson, Ariana Claire
  • Wilson, Andrew
  • Woodley, David
  • Wu, Simon
  • Yano, Elizabeth M.
  • Yokota, Tomohiro
  • Yusin, Joseph S.
  • Zeidler, Michelle R.
  • Zhao, Peng
  • Zhou, Li
  • Ziaeian, Boback

Lab Staff

  • Andrea Daza, SRA 1
  • Alexander Erickson, Psychologist 2
  • Anna Matevossian, SRA 2
  • Arutyun Pogosyan, SRA 2
  • Isabel Munoz, SRA 1
  • Jason Ereso, SRA 1
  • Jasmyn Tang, SRA 1
  • Jiabin An, SRA 3
  • Johanna Pham, Student 1
  • Katie Carlson, Behavioral Health Specialist I
  • Lila Cunge, SRA 2
  • Leila Ghayouri, Public Admin Analyst
  • Rocio Vallejo, Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Saadia Naeem, SRA 1
  • Samantha Tran, Sr. Public Admin
  • Sebastian Malpica-Hernandez, Lab Assistant 1
  • Sonny Tsai, Public Admin Analyst

     

Updated as of February 2026