Our Expert Team

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
Functional GI Disorders / Brain Gut Disorders

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 208-5400

Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH

Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
Lincy Foundation Chair in Clinical Gastroenterology

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Contact
(310) 206-0517

Michael J. Albertson, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westlake Village
(805) 494-6920

Peter Anton, MD

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

Clinical Interests
AIDS, HIV

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 825-1597

Nimah Ather, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

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, Metabolic Syndrome

Clinic Location
UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute / Westwood
(310) 794-7788

Sittiporn Bencharit, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420

Languages
Thai

Elliott Birnstein, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Downtown LA
(213) 988-8380

Gina Choi, MD

Clinical Interests
Hepatology

Clinic Location
UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute / Westwood
(310) 794-7788

Languages
Korean

Daniel Cole, MD, MPH

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Jeffrey L. Conklin, MD

Medical Director, Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health
Director, GI Motility Program

Clinical Interests
Esophageal Motility

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 208-5400

Lynn Shapiro Connolly, MD, MSCR

Clinical Chief, Community Practices, Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center at UCLA

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Mohamed El-Kabany, MD

Clinical Interests
Hepatology

Clinic Location
UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute / Westwood
(310) 794-7788

Daniel Eshtiaghpour, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038
UCLA Health Encino
(818) 461-8148

Mary Farid, DO

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Christina T. Gentile, PsyD, MA, ABPP

Clinical Health Psychologist

Clinical Interests
GI Health Psychology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 208-5400

Terri E. Getzug, MD

Director, Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Clinic

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 206-6279

Kevin Ghassemi, MD

Clinical Chief, Westwood & Beverly Hills
Director, Clinical Programs, UCLA Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders, GI Motility

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 208-5400

Craig Gluckman, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders, GI Motility

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health West Hills
(818) 340-8252
UCLA Health Westlake Village
(805) 494-6920

Scott A Hahm, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038

Steven-Huy Han, MD

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

Clinical Interests
Hepatology

Clinic Location
UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute / Westwood
(310) 794-5970 Transplant Services
(310) 206-1655 Asian Liver Program

Languages
Vietnamese

Wendy Ho, MD, MPH

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 206-6279

Languages
Chinese

Daniel Hollander, MD

Clinical Interests
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(855) IBD-UCLA, (855) 423-8252

Chun X. Hsu, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

Languages
Mandarin

Danny Issa, MD

Clinical Interests
Interventional Endoscopy, Bariatric Endoscopy Procedures for Weight Loss

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420
UCLA Health West Hills
(818) 340-8252

Dennis Jensen, MD

Director, Hemostasis Program
Director, NIH GI Training Grant
Associate Director, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center

Clinical Interests
Hemostasis / GI Bleeding

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 825-1597

Marc Kaneshiro, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 206-6279

Ara Kardashian, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038
UCLA Health Encino
(818) 461-8148

Rajinder Kaushal, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders

Clinic Location
(661) 255-2420

Stephen Kim, MD

Director, Faculty Career Development in Advanced Endoscopy

Clinical Interests
Interventional Endoscopy

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 267-3636

Languages
Korean

Janet Kwok, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Downtown LA
(213) 988-8380

Languages
Conversational Mandarin and Spanish

Berkeley Limketkai, MD, PhD

Director, Clinical Research, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Clinical Interests
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(855) IBD-UCLA / (855) 423-8252

Lisa D. Lin, MD, MS

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders, GI Motility

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Beverly Hills
(310) 273-0040

Languages
Mandarin

Laura McEnerney, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420

Languages
Spanish

Robert Mocharla, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Beverly Hills
(310) 273-0040

Melissa Munsell, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS

Medical Director of Endoscopy, UCLA Health

Clinical Interests
Interventional Endoscopy

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 267-3636

Didi Mwengela, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

Hamed Nayeb-Hashemi, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westlake Village
(805) 494-6920

Carl E. Nordstrom, MD

Associate Director, UCLA GI Fellowship Program

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Benjamin Nulsen, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Ronald H. Omino, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Simi Valley
(805) 583-7640

Languages
Japanese

Mark Ovsiowitz, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Vikas K. Pabby, MD, MPH

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038

Michael G. Quon, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420

Kavya M. Reddy, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

Mona Rezapour, MD, MHS

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health West Hills
(818) 340-8252

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Pfleger Liver Institute
Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplant Program
Chief, Transplant Hepatology

Clinical Interests
Hepatology

Clinic Location
UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute / Westwood
(310) 206-6705

Kareem Sassi, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Jenny Sauk, MD

Director, Clinical Care, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Clinical Interests
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Westwood
(855) IBD-UCLA, (855) 423-8252

Alireza Sedarat, MD

Clinical Interests
Interventional Endoscopy, Bariatric Endoscopic Procedures for Weight Loss

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 267-3636

Rimma Shaposhnikov, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westlake Village
(805) 494-6920

Languages
Russian, Spanish

Simi Singh, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Porter Ranch
(818) 271-2400

Anna Skay, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Porter Ranch
(818) 271-2400
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420
UCLA Health Simi Valley
(805) 583-7640

Tina R. Storage, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038

Languages
Farsi

Adarsh M. Thaker, MD

Clinical Interests
Interventional Endoscopy, Endoscopic Bariatric Procedures for Weight Loss

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Kirsten Tillisch, MD

Chief, Integrative Medicine, Greater Los Angeles VA

Clinical Interests
Functional GI Disorders / Brain Gut Disorders

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 208-5400

Myron Tong, MD, PhD

Clinical Interests
Hepatology

Clinic Location
UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute / Westwood
(310) 825-1597, Gastroenterology Clinic
(310) 206-1655, Asian Liver Center

Priyam V. Tripathi, MD, MPH

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Disorders

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Beverly Hills
(310) 273-0040

Kara Walter, MD

Clinical Interests
Hepatology

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240
UCLA Health Encino
(818) 461-8148

Guy A. Weiss, MD

Program Leader, Celiac Disease Program

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 206-6279

Languages
Hebrew

Beshoy T. Yanny, MD

Program Leader, Hepatology, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

Clinical Interests
Hepatology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Michael J. Albertson, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westlake Village
(805) 494-6920

Nimah Ather, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

Sittiporn Bencharit, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420

Languages
Thai

Elliott Birnstein, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Downtown LA
(213) 988-8380

Daniel Cole, MD, MPH

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Lynn Shapiro Connolly, MD, MSCR

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Daniel Eshtiaghpour, MD

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038
UCLA Health Encino
(818) 461-8148

Mary Farid, DO

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Terri Getzug, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 206-6279

Kevin Ghassemi, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 208-5400

Craig Gluckman, MD

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health West Hills
(818) 340-8252
UCLA Health Westlake Village
(805) 494-6920

Scott A. Hahm, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038

Wendy Ho, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310-206-6279

Languages
Chinese

Chun X. Hsu, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

Languages
Mandarin

Marc Kaneshiro, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 206-6279

Ara Kardashian, MD

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038
UCLA Health Encino
(818) 461-8148

Rajinder Kaushal, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420

Janet Kwok, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Downtown LA
(213) 988-8380

Languages
Conversational Mandarin and Spanish

Lisa D. Lin, MD, MS

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Beverly Hills
(310) 273-0040

Languages
Mandarin

Laura McEnerney, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420

Languages
Spanish

Robert Mocharla, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Beverly Hills
(310) 273-0040

Melissa Munsell, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

Didi Mwengela, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

Hamed Nayeb-Hashemi, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westlake Village
(805) 494-6920

Carl E. Nordstrom, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Benjamin Nulsen, MD

Clinical Interests
General Gastroenterology

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Ronald H. Omino, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Simi Valley
(805) 583-7640

Languages
Japanese

Mark Ovsiowitz, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Vikas K. Pabby, MD, MPH

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038

Michael G. Quon, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420

Kavya M. Reddy, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Torrance
(310) 530-8013

Mona Rezapour, MD, MHS

Clinic Location
UCLA Health West Hills
(818) 340-8252

Kareem Sassi, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Santa Monica
(310) 582-6240

Rimma Shaposikov, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westlake Village
(805) 494-6920

Languages
Russian, Spanish

Simi Singh, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Porter Ranch
(818) 271-2400

Anna Skay, MD

Clinic Locations
UCLA Health Porter Ranch
(818) 271-2400
UCLA Health Santa Clarita
(661) 255-2420
UCLA Health Simi Valley
(805) 583-7640

Tina R. Storage, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Burbank
(818) 843-9038

Languages
Farsi

Priyam V. Tripathi, MD, MPH

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Beverly HIlls
(310) 273-0040

Guy A. Weiss, MD

Clinic Location
UCLA Health Westwood
(310) 206-6279

Languages
Hebrew