Faculty
Faculty & Leadership, UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Fellowship Program Director
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine
Medical School: San Bartolo National Hospital, El Salvador
Residency: Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine

Core Faculty
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Family Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine

Yulsi Fernandez Montero MD, MPH
Core Faculty
Specialty: Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Family Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine

Steven Shoptaw, PhD | Watch Video
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Vice Chair of Research
Director, Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Director, Intervention Core for the UCLA Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services
Site Director, HIV Prevention Trials Network study.
Licensed psychologist
PhD: UCLA, Psychology and Education

Core Faculty
Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center, Research Fellowship
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine

Keith Heinzerling, MD, MPH | Watch Video
Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency: New York University, School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA, GIM and Health Services Research
MPH: UCLA, School of Public Health
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine

Jonathan Quach, MD
Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine

Specialty: Family Medicine
Medical School: Medical College of Ohio
Residency: Cook County Hospital, Family Medicine
Volunteer Faculty, UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Dr. Arastou Aminzadeh
Medical Director Department of Health Services, Correctional Health Services, Addiction Medicine Services for LA County.

Dr. Brian Hurley
Medical Director of the LA County Department of Public Health’s Division of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (DPH-SAPC).
Harbor-UCLA Addiction Medicine Service

Gloria Sanchez MD, MPH
Harbor-UCLA Addiction Medicine, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine for the Family Medicine Clinic & Inpatient Consult Service
Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Specialty: Addiction Medicine
Medical School: University of Washington
Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine
Fellowship: Harbor UCLA Faculty Development Fellowship, Boston University Addiction Medicine
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine