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Core Providers

Igor Barjaktarevic, MD, PhD

Igor Barjaktarevic, MD, PhD

  • Westwood
  • Advanced COPD, alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency, and lung nodule programs
Russell G. Buhr, MD, PhD

Russell G. Buhr, MD, PhD

  • Westwood
  • Advanced COPD, alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency programs
May-Lin Wilgus, MD

May-Lin Wilgus, MD

  • Westwood, Thousand Oaks & Ventura
  • Advanced COPD, alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency programs

Research Faculty

John A. Belperio, MD
John A. Belperio, MD
Brett Dolezal
Brett Dolezal, PhD
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Daniel Low, PhD

Professors Emeriti

Christopher Cooper
Christopher B. Cooper, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Donald Tashkin, MD
Donald Tashkin, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine

Affiliated Providers

Ramin Salehirad, MD, PhD

Ramin Salehirad, MD, PhD

  • Westwood
  • Lung nodule program
Malcolm I. Smith, MD

Malcolm I. Smith, MD

  • Santa Monica, Santa Clarita and Porter Ranch

Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD

Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD

  • Santa Clarita and Porter Ranch
Lillian Y. Hsu, MD

Lillian Y. Hsu, MD

  • Beverly Hills and Burbank
Scott B. Hu, MD

Scott B. Hu, MD

  • Westwood & Santa Clarita
Eric C. Kleerup, MD

Eric C. Kleerup, MD

  • Westwood
  • Asthma and COPD
Michelle R. Zeidler, MD

Michelle R. Zeidler, MD

  • Westwood
  • COPD and sleep disorders

Interventional Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery

Colleen L. Channick, MD

Colleen L. Channick, MD

  • Interventional pulmonology
Tao He, MD, PhD

Tao He, MD, PhD

  • Interventional pulmonology
Catherine L. Oberg, MD

Catherine L. Oberg, MD

  • Interventional pulmonology (Torrance)
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Scott S. Oh, DO

  • Interventional pulmonology
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Irawan Susanto, MD

  • Interventional pulmonology
Robert B. Cameron, MD

Robert B. Cameron, MD

  • Thoracic surgery
Jay M. Lee, MD

Jay M. Lee, MD

  • Thoracic surgery
Jane Yanagawa, MD

Jane Yanagawa, MD

  • Thoracic surgery

Research Staff

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Roslynn Marzan-McGill
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Brian Jung, MD
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Randy Nguyen
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Tiffany Bina

The UCLA COPD Research Program thanks the Johnny Carson Foundation for its ongoing support of our trainees:

Johnny Carson Foundation COPD Fellows

  • Russell Buhr, MD 2015-2016
  • Nancy Hsu, MD 2016-2017
  • Matthew Flynn, MD 2017-2018
  • W. Blake Lemaster, MD 2018-2019
  • Nathan Yee, MD 2019-2020