Faculty Physicians


Zarah D. Antongiorgi, MD
Associate Director, Faculty Development and Career Advancement (FDCA)
Associate Clinical Professor

Betelehem M. Asnake, MD
Director, Global Health Initiatives
Assistant Clinical Professor

Ihab A. Ayad, MD
Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Clinical Professor


Lauren N. Beck, MD
Associate Program Director for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, Anesthesiology Residency
Assistant Clinical Professor


David W. Boldt, MD
Chief, Trauma & Adult Multispecialty Anesthesiology
Clinical Professor

Reza M. Borna, MD
Director of Injury and Illness Prevention
Associate Clinical Professor

Lindsay A. Brown, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship

John Brumm, MD

Jack C. Buckley, MD
Director, Head and Neck Anesthesia
Director, Residency Program
Associate Clinical Professor

Brittany Burton, MD, MAS, MHS



Valeria Carcamo-Cavazos, MD
Associate Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor



John T. Chalabi, MD
Medical Director, Santa Monica Surgery Center
Clinical Professor


Pamela A. Chia, MD, MS
Associate Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor

Benjamin Chu, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor


Jonathan Dahan, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor


Victor F. Duval, MD
Medical Director, Preoperative Evaluation and Planning Center
Anesthesiology Liaison and Lead Instructor, UCLA Simulation Center
Clinical Professor



Zhuang-Ting Fang, MD, MPH
Stein Eye Institute Operating Room Medical Director
Clinical Professor

Francis M. Ferrante, MD
Chief, Chronic Pain Medicine
Director, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center
Professor




Vadim Gudzenko, MD
Chief, Critical Care Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Clinical Professor


Michelle L. Harvey, MD
Associate Medical Director, Westwood Ambulatory Surgery Center
Associate Clinical Professor

Reed E. Harvey, MD
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor

Diana H. Hekmat, MD
Co-Director, Patricia Kapur Visiting Professor Program
Assistant Clinical Professor

Marisa E. Hernandez-Morgan, MD, MA, MPP
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor

K. Elliott Higgins III, MD
Director for Health and Well-Being
Assistant Clinical Professor

Jason G. Hirsch, MD
Medical Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Assistant Clinical Professor

Jonathan K. Ho, MD
Director, UCLA Interventional Cardiovascular Operations
Clinical Professor

Nir N. Hoftman, MD
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Clinical Professor




Yue Ming Huang, EdD, MHS
Executive Director, UCLA Simulation Center
Adjunct Professor

Andrew E. Hudson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Chief of Anesthesiology, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs

Jakun W. Ing, MD
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor




Alexandre P. Joosten, MD, PhD



Kianusch Kiai, MD
Director, Pain Medicine Community Practices
Medical Director, Medical Procedures Units
Clinical Professor

Daniel J. Lee, MD

Jae Woo Lee, MD
Professor In-Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Jason S. Lee, MD
Director, Endocrine Anesthesiology
Associate Director for Curriculum & Didactics, Residency Program
Associate Clinical Professor


Philip R. Levin, MD
Chief Medical Officer, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
Clinical Professor

Linda Li, MD




Jennifer M. Lucero, MD, MA
Vice Chair for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Associate Dean for Admissions, David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM)
Professor

Jure Marijic, MD
Director, Congenital Heart Diseases
Program Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship
Clinical Professor


Joseph S. Meltzer, MD
Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU)
Co-Chair, Grand Rounds Series
Clinical Professor

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH
Chair, Olive View Medical Center
Associate Clinical Professor


Jane S. Moon, MD
Medical Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Assistant Clinical Professor


Natalie Moreland, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Program Director, Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor


Rana Movahedi, MD
Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship
Clinical Professor

Sunberri V. Murphy, DO
Co-Director, Patricia Kapur Visiting Professor Program
Assistant Clinical Professor








Christine T. Nguyen-Buckley, MD
Program Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor



Hamid Nourmand, MD
Medical Director, Perioperative Services at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
Clinical Professor

Patricia I. Nwajuaku, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Anesthesiology at Martin Luther King Community Hospital
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor

Ashley Oliver, MD, MA
Assistant Clinical Professor



John Park, MD, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Parisa Partownavid, MD
Medical Director, Westwood Ambulatory Surgery Center
Clinical Professor

Komal D. Patel, MD
Director, Anesthesiology for Interventional Cardiovascular Laboratories
Clinical Professor

Swati N. Patel, MD
Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Clinical Professor



Andrea Poon, MD
Co-Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor






Wendy HP Ren, MD
Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Medical Director, Pediatric Perioperative Surgical Home
Clinical Professor


Sandra H. Sacks, MD, MEd
Co-Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor

Louis A. Saddic III, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Professor-in-Residence


Dane A. Saksa, MD, MBA
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
Assistant Clinical Professor


Johanna Schwarzenberger, MD
Clinical Professor






Joel Stockman, MD
Chief of Staff, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Clinical Professor

Rachel Sunico, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Colby B. Tanner, MD
Associate Director, Medical Student Education
Assistant Clinical Professor



Christine T. Trieu, MD
Chair, Residency Clinical Competency Committee
Associate Clinical Professor


Soban Umar, MD, PhD
Thomas M. Grove Chair in Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director for Scholarly Activity, Anesthesiology Residency
Associate Professor In Residence

Cristianna Vallera, MD
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Assistant Clinical Professor


Scott Vandiver, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor-in-Residence

Vivek R. Varma, MD, MBA

Robert A. Whittington, MD
Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Mentoring, & Recognition
Clinical Professor


Theodora E. Wingert, MD
Director, Perioperative Informatics Research
Associate Clinical Professor



Irene I. Wu, MD
Assistant Director, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center
Associate Clinical Professor




Keren Ziv, MD
Medical Director, UCLA Community Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Clinical Professor