Faculty and Staff
Faculty and Staff

James A Hynds, LL.B., Ph.D
Director, Ethics Center
Director of the Clinical Ethics Fellowship Program
Senior Clinical Ethicist, Ethics Center

James A. Lin, MD
Interim Medical Director
Chair Ethics Committee
UCLA Santa Monica Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics

Neil S. Wenger, MD, MPH
Director Emeritus, Ethics Center
Medical Director, Advance Care Planning Program
Professor of Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA

Joseph Raho, PhD
Clinical Ethicist, Ethics Center, UCLA Health
Vice Chair, UCLA Santa Monica Ethics Committee
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Hamest Karayan, BSHA
Administrative Officer II

Max Kramer, PhD
Senior Clinical Fellow

Katie Wong , PhD
Clinical Fellow
Former Faculty and Staff

Katherine Brown-Saltzman
(Founding) Director, Emerita
*Clinical Ethics Consultation is available during office hours from 8am to 5pm by calling the Page Operator at 310 825-6301 and asking for Ethics or paging "Ethics". Ethics consultation is also available 24/7 for emergent issue after business hours, weekends, and holidays.