Veteran Affairs

Our Expert Team

Get to know the leadership, Division Chiefs, administrators, research faculty and staff of UCLA Division of Veterans Affairs. The UCLA Directory provides the most comprehensive list of contact information if you know who you need to contact by name or department.

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Leadership

Zhaoping Li, MD

Zhaoping Li, MD

Clinical Nutrition
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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Edward Lee, MD

Associate Chief of Education

Division Chiefs

Donald S. Chang, MD

Donald S. Chang, MD

Chief of Cardiology
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Blessen C. Eapen, MD

Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
John D. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, MBA

John D. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, MBA

Chief of Rheumatology
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Matthew Goetz, MD

Chief of Infectious Disease
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Cathy C. Lee, MD

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Deborah Moran, MD, FACP

Chief of Palliative Care
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Christopher Moriates, MD

Chief of Hospital Medicine
Joseph R. Pisegna, MD

Joseph R. Pisegna, MD

Chief of Gastroenterology
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Anjani Reddy, MD

Chief of Primary Care
Matthew B. Rettig, MD

Matthew Rettig, MD

Chief of Hematology/Oncology
Connie M. Rhee, MD, MSc

Connie M. Rhee, MD, MSc

Chief of Nephrology
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Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD

Chief of General Internal Medicine/Health Services Research
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Guy Soo Hoo, MD

Chief of Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep
Kirsten Tillisch, MD

Kirsten Tillisch, MD

Chief of Integrative Medicine
Jane Weinreb, MD

Jane Weinreb, MD

Chief of Endocrinology
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Joseph Yusin, MD

Chief of Allergy and Immunology

Division Administrator Supervisor

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Germaine Le

Division Administrator Supervisor

Division Administrative Team

Nicole Kelsey

Nicole Kelsey

Executive Assistant [email protected]
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Rolando Kuk

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Judy Cervantes

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Ernesto Lopez

HR Academic Personnel Supervisor

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Jacqueline Pious-Gaines

Academic Personnel Team

Natalie Rodriguez

Natalie Rodriguez

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Imanol Rosas Palleiro

Christina Serrano

Christina Serrano

Contracts & Grant Supervisor

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Lucy Shao

Research Administrator Team

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George Du

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Aida Alvarez

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Ana Ortiz

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Maria Ventura

Stephanie Pinedo

Stephanie Pinedo

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Michelle Chang

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Annie Gu

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Patricia Kim

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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kaunitz, Jonathan D.
  • Kelly, Monica R.
  • Kim, Kathy H.
  • King, Ebony O.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Samandary, Sarah Mary
  • Samuel, Rebecca L.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Weinreb, Ari
  • Weinreb, Jane E.
  • Weintraub, Nancy
  • Wilkins, Stacy
  • Wilkinson, Ariana Claire
  • Wilson, Andrew
  • Woodley, David
  • Wu, Simon
  • Yano, Elizabeth M.
  • Yokota, Tomohiro
  • Yusin, Joseph S.
  • Zeidler, Michelle R.
  • Zhao, Peng
  • Zhou, Li
  • Ziaeian, Boback

Lab Staff

  • Andrea Daza, SRA 1
  • Anna Matevossian, SRA 2
  • Arutyun Pogosyan, SRA 2
  • Isabel Munoz, SRA 1
  • Jason Ereso, SRA 1
  • Jasmyn Tang, SRA 1
  • Jiabin An, SRA 3
  • Johanna Pham, Student 1
  • Katie Carlson, Behavioral Health Specialist I
  • Lila Cunge, SRA 2
  • Leila Ghayouri, Public Admin Analyst
  • Leila Villanueva, Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Rocio Vallejo, Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Saadia Naeem, SRA 1
  • Samantha Tran, Sr. Public Admin
  • Sebastian Malpica-Hernandez, Lab Assistant 1
  • Silvina Torres, SRA 1
  • Sonya Tsai, Public Admin Analyst

Updated as of August 28, 2025