Sherona Bau, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNS-BC
Hepatology Nurse Practitioner
Westwood
Sherona graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008, with her MSN/dual program (acute care nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist). She has been working at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center since 2003 as a registered nurse on the transplantation unit focusing on liver, kidney, pancreas, and small bowel transplantations. She also worked at the transitional transplantation care unit in which the majority of those critically ill patients were seen soon after receiving abdominal organ transplantation.
In 2010, Sherona joined the UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute and Asian Liver Cancer Center working as an outpatient hepatology nurse practitioner specializing in liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma. Since 2013, she has had six research papers published in Liver International, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Clinical Transplant, and Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology. In early 2016, Sherona was invited as a guest speaker to teach overseas and at the UCLA MECN (Master Entry Clinical Nurse) program. She also participates in community service projects to screen for hepatitis C in a local church. Her clinical interests include: hepatitis B, hepatitis C, biliary liver diseases, autoimmune liver diseases, fatty liver disease, drug-induced liver disease, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Angela Doan, RN, MSN, FNP-C
Hepatology Nurse Practitioner
Santa Monica
Angela completed her accelerated BSN and master's degree in nursing from California State University, Los Angeles and is board certified as a family nurse practitioner and a geriatric resource nurse. Prior to joining UCLA Health in 2019, she worked on the medical, surgical, oncology and telemetry floors at Kaiser Permanente in West LA, where she served patients with a diverse set of medical needs.
Angela specializes in hepatology and practices at the UCLA Digestive Diseases clinic in Santa Monica. Her clinical interest includes viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, drug-induced liver disease, biliary liver disease, non-alcoholic and alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver cirrhosis and its complications and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Valerie Shin, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC
Hepatology Nurse Practitioner
Westwood
Valerie earned her BSN degree at New York University and her MSN degree at UCLA School of Nursing. Her nursing experience includes working in the medical-surgical unit at the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare system and in the cardiology unit at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. She joined UCLA Health Pfleger Liver Institute in 2018 as a nurse practitioner who specializes in hepatology. Her clinical interests includes viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, drug-induced liver disease, biliary liver disease, fatty liver disease, liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and post liver transplant care.
