Volunteer Services
Meet The Care Extender Staff
Executive Staff
Silva Thomas
Program Director
Annie Guemidjian
Program Manager
Christopher Loekman
Special Projects Lead (External)
Michelle Chen
Special Projects Lead (Internal)
Jordan Johnson
Department Coordinator Lead RRH
Vanessa Niu
Department Coordinator Lead RRH
Shoghik Gasparyan
Department Coordinator Lead SMH
Evelyn Liu
Department Coordinator Lead SMH
Justin Yee
Special Projects Lead (Internal)
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Department Coordinators
Aitana Allen-Perez
Geriatrics
Lindsay Alvarez
Post Partum
Roberta Banks
Emergency Room B
Soumya Bukkapatnam
5 East
Lea Farkouh
Greeters C
Yuka Fukuda
Bowyer Clinic
Alexa Garcia
Pediatrics B
Ethan Hartanto
8 East
Sophie Hilton
8 North
Jamie Hwang
Pediatrics A
Jordan Johnson
8 West
Hannah Kang
Emergency Room A
Warsha Karasinghe
Greeters B
Ananya Katappagari
NICU
Christina Lee
Pediatrics C
Jeffrey Lin
6 North
Julie Liu
7 East
Christopher Loekman
Surgery Center
Rogelio Michel
CCL
Jacob Mitry
CTU
Darcy Niu
8 ICU
Uma Ram
6 West/6 East
Eileen Rodriguez Salehi
Greeters A
Ekaterina (Katya) Sakhartova
MICU B
Vikram Senthil
GONDA
Andy Taing
MICU A
Ava Vehemente
5-ICU (PICU)
Justin Yee
Interventional Radiology & Stein Eye Institute
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica Department Coordinators
Riya Abiram
Oncology
Bethlehem Adugna
Emergency Room A
Sarah Alami
Labor & Delivery
Melina Drazien
Greeters B
Sadia Fyruj
Geriatrics
Shoghik Gasparyan
Orthopaedics
Lesley Kim
Postpartum
Kyubin Kim
Pediatrics
Evelyn Liu
Floaters & CCL
Cindy Ly
Surgery Center & GI Lab
Usha Namburu
Medical Surgical 4NW
Jessica Nguyen
Radiology
Maya Sano
NICU
Ava Tam
Greeters A
Sanjana Tottempudi
Medical Surgical 4MNP & 5MNP
Molly Wiens
CCU
Haley Wong
Emergency Room B
Special Program Coordinators
Varsha Balaji
Quality Control Coordinator
Ananya Bukkapatnam
Training Coordinator
Daniela Hogtanian
Public Relations Coordinator
Manasvini Kala
Preferences Coordinator
Nilaya Kanuri
Administrative/Extension Coordinator
Gianna Karkafi
Special Events/Alumni Coordinator
Rebecca Liu
Administrative/Extension Coordinator
Marilyn Misakyan
Training Coordinator
Lusine Oganesyan
Newsletter Coordinator
Jillian Poulsen
Shadowing Coordinator
Hayley Prinstein
Admissions Coordinator
Mansi Sharma
Leave of Absence Coordinator
Skylar Tanartkit
Technology Coordinator