Our Expert Team

Gastroenterology | Gastroenterology (pediatrics) | Interventional endoscopy |  Nutrition & integrative health | Thoracic & general surgery | Head and neck surgery/ Laryngology / Speech | Medical oncology | Pathology | Radiation oncology | Diagnostic radiology | Patient care coordination  | Quality improvement

Gastroenterology

Jeffrey L. Conklin, MD
Medical Director, Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health
Gastroenterology and Motility
Westwood

Kevin Ghassemi, MD
Associate Director, Clinical Programs, Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health
Gastroenterology and Motility
Westwood

Craig Gluckman, MD
Gastroenterology and Motility
West Hills & Westlake Village

Scott Hahm, MD
Gastroenterology
Burbank

Rajinder Kaushal, MD
Gastroenterology and Motility
Santa Clarita

Lisa D. Lin, MD, MS
Gastroenterology and Motility
Beverly Hills

Didi Mwengela, MD
Gastroenterology
Torrance

Kavya M. Reddy, MD
Gastroenterology
Torrance

Kareem Sassi, MD
Gastroenterology
Santa Monica

Rimma Shaposhnikov, MD
Gastroenterology and Motility
Westlake Village

Priyam V. Tripathi, MD, MPH
Gastroenterology
Beverly Hills

Patient care coordination

Sonia M. Divakaran, RN-BC, BSN
Nurse Coordinator

Gastroenterology (pediatrics)

Jorge H. Vargas, MD
Westwood

Interventional endoscopy

Danny Issa, MD
Santa Clarita and West Hills

Stephen Kim, MD
Westwood

V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS
Westwood

Alireza Sedarat, MD
Santa Monica and Westwood

Adarsh M. Thaker, MD
Burbank

GI health psychologist, GI nutrition and GI integrative health & wellness

Christina T. Gentile, PsyD, MA
Clinical Health Psychologist
Westwood

Nancee Jaffe, MS, RDN
Registered Dietitian
Westwood

Suzanne Smith, MSN, NP
Integrative Health Practitioner
Westwood

Thoracic and general surgery

Jay M. Lee, MD
Surgical Director, Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program
Westwood

Robert B. Cameron, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Westwood

David C. Chen, MD
General Surgery
Santa Monica

O. Joe Hines, MD
Chief, General Surgery
Westwood

Ian MacQueen, MD
General Surgery
Santa Monica

Sha'Shonda Revels, MD, MS
Thoracic Surgery
Westwood

Paul Toste, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Westwood

Jane Yanagawa, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Westwood

Head and neck surgery, laryngology, speech pathology

Gerald S. Berke, MD
Head and Neck Surgery
Westwood

Dinesh Chhetri, MD
Director, Swallowing Disorders Program
Head and Neck Surgery
Westwood

Jennifer S. Long, MD, PhD
Head and Neck Surgery
Westwood

Avraham H. Mendelsohn, MD
Head and Neck Surgery
Westwood

Maie St. John, MD, PhD
Chair, Head and Neck Surgery
Westwood

Andrew Erman, MA, CCC-SLP
Clinic Director, Speech Pathology
Westwood

Medical oncology

Sidharth Anand, MD, MBA
Santa Monica and Westlake Village

J. Randolph Hecht, MD
Director, UCLA GI Oncology Program
Appointed, Carol and Saul Rosenzweig Chair for Cancer Therapies Development
Santa Monica

Lee S. Rosen, MD
Encino and Santa Monica

Zev Wainberg, MD
Co-Director, UCLA GI Oncology Program
Santa Monica and Westwood

Pathology

David Dawson, MD, PhD
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Sarah Dry, MD
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Hanlin L. Wang, MD, PhD
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Radiation oncology

Ann Raldow, MD, MPH
Chief, Gastrointestinal Service
Vice Chair, Education
Residency Program Director
Department of Radiation Oncology

Diagnostic radiology

Barbara M. Kadell, MD
Diagnostic Radiology

Quality improvement

Fola P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil
Quality improvement and health services