Veterans Affairs

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Leaderships

Neil Paige

Neil Paige, MD

Vice Chair for Education, VA Greater Los Angeles Medical Center Clinical Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Division Chiefs

Blessen C. Eapen, MD

Blessen C. Eapen, MD

Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Donna Washington, MD, MPH, FACP

Chief of General Internal Medicine
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Division Administrator Manager

Division Administrative Team

Nicole Kelsey

Nicole Kelsey

Executive Admin

Academic Personnel HR Supervisor

Academic Personnel HR Team

Contracts & Grant Supervisor

Research Administrator Team

Research Faculty

  • Alam, MD. Noor
  • Alessi, Cathy A.
  • Altman, Lisa
  • Apaydin, Eric
  • Aragaki, Dixie Lynne Reiko
  • Bashir, Muhammad-Tariq
  • Basu, Aashna Rajan
  • Bean-Mayberry, Bevanne A.
  • Beenhouwer, David O.
  • Bejjani, Anthony Charles
  • Benhammou, Jihane N.
  • Benjamin, Lawrence N.
  • Ben-Ozer, Elite
  • Bersohn, Malcolm M.
  • Betancourt, Jaime
  • Beynet, David P.
  • Bhat, Shalini Pervaje
  • Bhattacharya, Debika
  • Bischoff, David S.
  • Borthwick, Katharine Maile
  • Bostrom, Kristina
  • Brent, Gregory A.
  • Buhr, Russell G.
  • Buljubasic, Nediljka
  • Capone-Newton, Peter
  • Castle, Steven C.
  • Celedon, Manuel
  • Chang, Donald Steven
  • Chang, Evelyn T
  • Chang, Melisa Rosa
  • Chuang, Tammy
  • Cole, Gregory M.
  • Cordasco, Kristina Marie
  • Cowan, Brianna Joy
  • Dajani, Rachel Christina
  • Dellinger, Oscar David
  • Dixit, Vivek
  • Dong, Tien S.
  • Dubinett, Steven M.
  • Eapen, Blessen C.
  • Ebrahimi, Ramin
  • Eng, Kevin
  • Eskildsen, Manuel A.
  • Essien, Utibe R.
  • Everett, Estelle
  • Feliciano, Zenaida
  • Fitzgerald, John D.
  • Flores, Sara C.
  • Frautschy, Sally Ann
  • Frenchman, Meghana
  • Frost, Patrick J.
  • Fulcher, Jennifer
  • Fung, Constance
  • Ganz, David A.
  • Gera, Joseph F.
  • Germano, Patrizia Maria
  • Glassman, Peter A
  • Goetz, Matthew B. 
  • Graber, Christopher J.
  • Gukovskaya, Anna S.
  • Gukovsky, Ilya Y.
  • Gvilia, Irma
  • Haake, David A.
  • Han, Janet K.
  • Han, Steven-Huy B.
  • Hashemi, Leila
  • Hausenbauer, Alessi
  • Hevener, Andrea L.
  • Hinman, Jason
  • Hsiai, Tzung
  • Hsieh, Jo Kung-Chiao
  • Hsu, Jeffrey J.
  • Ikuta, Kevin S.
  • Jacob, Noam
  • Jacobs, Jonathan P.
  • Jensen,Dennis M.
  • John, Joshi
  • Jun, Dale
  • Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar
  • Kaunitz, Jonathan D.
  • Kelly, Monica R.
  • Kim, Kathy H.
  • King, Jeffrey Kwan
  • King, Jennifer K.
  • Kolb, Jennifer
  • Kramer, Betty J.
  • Kraut, Jeffrey
  • Kwoh, Eric
  • Langevin, Kathy Hee-Won Kim
  • Lankarani-Fard, Azadeh
  • Lechner, Melissa G.
  • Lee, Cathy C.
  • Lee, Gina
  • Leet, Jennifer
  • Leung, Angela M.
  • Leung, Felix W.
  • Leung, Lucinda B.
  • Li, Zhaoping
  • Ly, Dan P.
  • Manavi, Shahryar Shawn
  • Martin, Jennifer L.
  • Martin, Stephanie J.
  • Matsunaga, James
  • May, Folasade P.
  • McCarty, Ryan Stewart
  • Milanesi, Anna
  • Miranda, Alberto
  • Mody, Freny
  • Moin, Tannaz
  • Monto, Alexander
  • Moolchandani, Priyanka
  • Moran, Deborah
  • Moriates, Christopher P.
  • Mosaferi, Tina
  • Mullur, Rashmi S.
  • Murphy, Mary Catherine
  • Nagami, Glenn T.
  • Nanda, Udai
  • Nastasi, Anne E.
  • Nayeri, Rebecca
  • Neverova, Natalia
  • Nguyen, Kim-Lien
  • Ni, Catherine
  • Nickols, Nicholas
  • Oh, Michael
  • Ong, Michael K.
  • Oronce, Carlos Irwin Agustin
  • Orshansky, Greg
  • Oshiro, Resa L
  • Ovsiowitz, Rebecca Samantha
  • Packard, Rene R.
  • Paige, Neil
  • Pangarkar, Sanjog S.
  • Patel, Arpan A.
  • Patel, Reema
  • Pham, Mai Ngoc Phuong
  • Pham, Phuong-Mai T.
  • Pham, Quynh Giao
  • Pisegna, Joseph R.
  • Plotkin, Jennifer Blair
  • Ranson, Elizabeth L.
  • Rastegar, Mandana
  • Rastogi, Anjay
  • Razmjou, Amir Ali
  • Reddy, Anjani T.
  • Reese, Nicholas D.
  • Rettig, Matthew B.
  • Rhee, Connie
  • Rokhsar, Soleyman
  • Ryden, Armand Michael
  • Saber, Mojgan H.
  • Sacks, Harold S
  • Saito, Ashley Kayo
  • Salehi-rad, Ramin
  • Sarkisian, Catherine A.
  • Schwartz, Miriam C.
  • Scumpia, Philip O.
  • Seligman, Benjamin J.
  • Shannon, Evan M.
  • Shapiro, Shelley
  • Sharma, Salila S.
  • Sharma, Shilpa
  • Shekelle, Paul
  • Shin, Daniel S.
  • Simon, Steven R.
  • Siu, Man Kit Michael
  • Soo Hoo, Guy W.
  • Sountsova, Natalia Vladimirovna
  • Spiker, Michael
  • Subramanian, Indu
  • Sweeney, Dana Claire
  • Taylor, Stephanie L.
  • Thomas, Aaron Parapalilthazhay
  • Tillisch, Kirsten
  • Tran, George N
  • Tran, Linh M.
  • Tran, Mike Trung Hung V.
  • Vandiver, Amy
  • Veena, Mysore S
  • Volkmann, Elizabeth R.
  • Vu, Kim Thanh
  • Walling, Anne
  • Wanagat, Jonathan M.
  • Wang, Vivian
  • Warner, Alberta L.
  • Washington, Donna
  • Watson, Richard L.
  • Wei, Melissa Y.
  • Weiner, Michael
  • Weinreb, Ari
  • Weinreb, Jane E.
  • Wilkins, Stacy
  • Wilkinson, Ariana Claire
  • Wilson, Andrew
  • Woodley, David
  • Wu, Julie
  • Wu, Simon
  • Yano, Elizabeth M.
  • Yokota, Tomohiro
  • Yusin, Joseph S.
  • Zeidler, Michelle R.
  • Zhao, Peng
  • Zhou, Li
  • Ziaeian, Boback

Full-time and Part-time Faculty

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Kristina I. Bostrom, MD, PhD
Kristina I. Bostrom, MD, PhD
Nediljka Buljubasic, MD, PhD
Nediljka Buljubasic, MD, PhD
Nediljka Buljubasic, MD, PhD
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Donald Chang, MD
Donald Chang, MD
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Jesse W. Currier, MD
Jesse W. Currier, MD
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Ramin Ebrahimi, MD
Ramin Ebrahimi, MD
Zenaida Feliciano, MD
Zenaida Feliciano, MD
Zenaida Feliciano, MD
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Janet Han, MD
Janet Han, MD
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Tzung Hsiai, MD, PhD
Tzung Hsiai, MD, PhD
Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD
Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD
Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD
Dr. Priscilla Hsue
Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD
Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD
Srikanth Krishnan, MD
Srikanth Krishnan, MD
Srikanth Krishnan, MD
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Freny Mody, MD
Freny Mody, MD
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Natalia Neverova, MD, PhD
Natalia Neverova, MD, PhD
Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD
Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD
Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD
Rene R. Sevag Packard, MD, PhD
Rene R. Sevag Packard, MD, PhD
Rene R. Sevag Packard, MD, PhD
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Alexander T. Sandhu, MD
Alexander T. Sandhu, MD
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Alberta L. Warner, MD
Alberta L. Warner, MD
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Boback Ziaeian, MD, PhD
Boback Ziaeian, MD, PhD

Lab Staff

  • Jae Min Cho, Postdoc
  • Thomas Coudert, Postdoc
  • Pauline Gut, Postdoc
  • Manasadat Jameie, Postdoc
  • Courtney Labrecque, Postdoc
  • Zhengyang Ming, Postdoc
  • Danesh Soltani, Postdoc
  • Chayut Teeraratkul, Postdoc
  • Hang Xu, Postdoc
  • Boyang Zhang, Postdoc
  • Brian Arianpour, GSR
  • Besma Chaudry, GSR 
  • Xinran Gao, GSR
  • Jing Wang, GSR 
  • Shaolei Wang, GSR

Residents

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Updated as of May 2026