Faculty Directory

Lin Chang, MD

Vice-Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
Director, UCLA GI Fellowship Training Program
Co-Director, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience

Clinical Interests
Anorectal Manometry, Functional Bowel Disorders, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Constipation, Fecal Incontinence, Functional Dyspepsia

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
100 UCLA Medical Plaza #205
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 208-5400

Peter Anton, MD

Director, Mucosal Immunology Program
Core Director, UCLA Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Mucosal Immunology Core Laboratory (MICL)

Clinical Interests
AIDS, HIV, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
200 UCLA Medical Plaza #365C
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 825-1597

Simon W. Beaven, MD, PhD

Chief of GI, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Research Director, Center for Obesity and METabolic Health (COMET)

Clinical Interests
Hepatology, Fatty Liver, Metabolic Syndrome, Liver Fibrosis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
Pfleger Liver Institute
200 UCLA Medical Plaza #214
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 794-7788

Jeffrey L. Conklin, MD

Medical Director, Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health
Director, Gastrointestinal Motor Function Laboratory

Clinical Interests
Anorectal Biofeedback, Anorectal Manometry, Barrett's Esophagus, Esophageal Dilation, Esophageal Motility, Gastroduodenal Manometry

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
100 UCLA Medical Plaza #205
Los Angeles, CA 90095 

Contact
(310) 208-5400

Francisco A. Durazo, MD

Chief, Transplant Hepatology
Medical Director, Dumont UCLA Liver Transplant Center

Clinical Interests
Biliary, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Hepatology, Liver Biopsy, Pancreaticobiliary Disease

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
Pfleger Liver Institute
200 UCLA Medical Plaza #214
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 794-5970

Languages
German, Spanish

Terri E. Getzug, MD

Director, Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Clinic

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Celiac Disease, Esophageal Motility, Hepatology, IBD, Malabsorption, Reflux, Ulcer Disease, Colon Cancer Screening , Enteroscopy, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Functional Bowel Disease, Mucosal Biopsy, Polypectomy

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
100 UCLA Medical Plaza #345
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 206-6279

Steven-Huy Han, MD

Director, Hepatology Clinical Research Center
Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
Assistant Director, UCLA Asian Liver Center

Clinical Interests
Clinical Trials, Hepatology, Liver Biopsy

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
Pfleger Liver Institute
200 UCLA Medical Plaza #214
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 794-5970 Transplant Services
(310) 206-1655 Asian Liver Program

Languages
Vietnamese

Daniel Hollander, MD

Research Advisor, Faculty Mentor Program

Clinical Interests
Colitis, Crohn's Disease, Malabsorption, Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
100 UCLA Medical Plaza #345
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(855) IBD-UCLA, (855) 423-8252

Emeran A. Mayer, MD

Director, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience
Co-Director, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center

Clinical Interests
Visceral Pain, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome, Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
100 UCLA Medical Plaza #205
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 208-5400

V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS

Medical Director of Endoscopy, UCLA Health

Clinical Interests
Barrett's Esophagus, Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Biliary Disorder, Bleeding Ulcer, Cholangiopancreatography, Colon Cancer Screening, Endoscopic Ablation, Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR), Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Endoscopy, Enteroscopy, Esophageal Dilation, Foreign Body Removal, Hemostasis, Hepatobiliary, Laser, Mediastinal Endoscopic Ultrasound, Mucosal Biopsy, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cysts, Pancreatic Disease, Pancreatitis, Pancreaticobiliary Disease, Polypectomy, Reflux, Ulcer Disease

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
200 UCLA Medical Plaza #214
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 267-3636 Referral Line
(310) 206-0007 Fax

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH

Clinical Interests
Hepatology, Liver Biopsy

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
Pfleger Liver Institute
200 UCLA Medical Plaza #214
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 206-6705

Kirsten Tillisch, MD

Chief, Integrative Medicine, Greater Los Angeles VA

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Anorectal Biofeedback, Anorectal Manometry, Colon Cancer Screening, Enteroscopy, Functional Bowel Disease, Cyclic Vomiting

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
Digestive Health and Nutrition Clinic
100 UCLA Medical Plaza #205
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact
(310) 208-5400