CORELAB Members

Principle Investigator

Peyman Benharash, MD

Peyman Benharash, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Director of Adult ECMO Program 

UCLA Health

Residents

Yas Sanaiha, MD

Yas Sanaiha, MD

General Surgery Resident

UCLA Health

Joseph Hadaya, MD

Joseph Hadaya, MD

General Surgery Resident

UCLA Health

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Zachary Tran, MD

General Surgery Resident

Loma Linda University Health

Collaborators

Eric Buch, MD

Eric Buch, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Medicine, Cardiology

Internal Medicine

UCLA Health

Richard J. Shemin, MD

Richard J. Shemin, MD

Division Chief of Cardiac Surgery

UCLA Health

James McKinnell, MD

James McKinnell, MD

Infectious Disease

Torrance Memorial Health System

Neeraj Srivastava, MD, MHA

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

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