CORELAB Members
Principle Investigator
Peyman Benharash, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Director of Adult ECMO Program
UCLA Health
Residents
Yas Sanaiha, MD
General Surgery Resident
UCLA Health
Joseph Hadaya, MD
General Surgery Resident
UCLA Health
Zachary Tran, MD
General Surgery Resident
Loma Linda University Health
Collaborators
Eric Buch, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Medicine, Cardiology
Internal Medicine
UCLA Health
Richard J. Shemin, MD
Division Chief of Cardiac Surgery
UCLA Health
James McKinnell, MD
Infectious Disease
Torrance Memorial Health System
Neeraj Srivastava, MD, MHA
Pediatric Critical Care
UCLA Health
Medical Students
Catherine Williamson
Undergraduate: MIT
Graduate: David Geffen School of Medicine, Class of 2023
Esteban Aguayo
Undergraduate: UCLA
Graduate: David Geffen School of Medicine, Class of 2020
Young-Ji Seo
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Graduate: David Geffen School of Medicine, Class of 2020
Sarah Rudasill
Undergraduate: Wake Forest University
Graduate: David Geffen School of Medicine, Class of 2021
Krystal Karunungan
Undergraduate: St. Mary's College of California
Graduate: David Geffen School of Medicine, Class of 2023
Undergraduate Students
Rakin Jaman
Nursing
Undergraduate: CSU Northridge, Class of 2022
James Antonios
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Biomedical Research Minor
Undergraduate: UCLA, Class of 2021
Arjun Verma
Human Biology and Society
Bioinformatics Minor
Undergraduate: UCLA, Class of 2023
Rhea Rahimtoola
Physiological Sciences
Undergraduate: UCLA, Class of 2023