Program Mentors

SPIRIT K12 Program Core Mentors, Research and Executive

Research Mentors

• Arleen F. Brown, Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA/LACDHS (Olive View)
• Alex A. Bui, Radiological Sciences and Bioengineering, UCLA
• Karen Coleman, Research & Evaluation, KPSC
• Lynn V. Doering, Nursing, UCLA
• David Elashoff, Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA
• Joann G. Elmore, Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA
• Michael K. Gould, Research & Evaluation, KPSC
• Ronald D. Hays, Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA
• Felicia S. Hodge, Nursing, UCLA
• Moira Inkelas, Public Health, UCLA
• Clifford Y. Ko, Surgery, UCLA
• Annette Langer-Gould, Research & Evaluation, KPSC
• Mark S. Litwin, Urology, UCLA
• Carol M. Mangione, Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA
• Brian S. Mittman, Research & Evaluation, KPSC
• Jack Needleman, Public Health, UCLA
• Huong Nguyen, Research & Evaluation, KPSC
• Keith C. Norris, Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA
• Michael K. Ong, Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA/VAGLAHS
• Thomas H. Rice, Public Health, UCLA
• Paul G. Shekelle, VAGLAHS/Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA
• Karol E. Watson, Medicine (Cardiology), UCLA
• Kenneth B. Wells, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA/VAGLAHS
• Mitchell D. Wong, Medicine (GIM-HSR), UCLA
• Elizabeth Yano, VAGLAHS/Public Health, UCLA

Health Care System Executive Advisors/Career Mentors

• Karen A. Grimley, Chief Nursing Executive, UCLA Health
• Patti Harvey, Senior Vice President of Quality, Regulatory, and Clinical Operations Support, KPSC
• Michael H. Kanter, Executive Vice President of Quality and Chief Quality Officer for the Kaiser Permanente Federation, KPSC
• Amit Kothari, Deputy Chief of Staff for Quality, Safety, and Value, VAGLAHS
• Anish Mahajan, Chief Medical Officer, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, LACDHS
• Greg Orshansky, Chief Health Information Officer, VAGLAHS
• Michael Pfeffer, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer, UCLA Health
• Hal F. Yee, Jr., Chief Medical Officer and Chief Deputy Director of Health Services and Clinical & Medical Affairs, LACDHS

UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles [GIM-HSR: General Internal Medicine-Health Services Research]
KPSC: Kaiser Permanente Southern California
VAGLAHS: VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
LACDHS: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services