Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1000 W. Carson Street      
Torrance, California 90502
(310) 222-2345

Faculty & Staff List
HUMC - DIRECTORS

GAIL V. ANDERSON, JR., M.D., M.B.A., MEDICAL DIRECTOR
DARRELL W. HARRINGTON, M.D., ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR
DENNIS F. LEVIN, M.D., M.P.H., ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR
S. ANTHONY GREENBERG, M.D., DIRECTOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
GINTE JASULAITIS, M.D., CLINICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY

FACULTY

John S. McDonald, M.D., Chair; Director, Residency Training Program
William Bode, M.D.
John Charney, M.D., Director, Cardiac Anesthesia
Biing-Jaw Chen, M.D.
Drew Cheng, M.D.
Rex Lee Cheng, M.D., Director, PACU
Jeanette Derdemezi, M.D.
Dora Hsu, M.D.
Alex Huang, M.D., Director, Clinical Anesthesia Services
Inderjeet Julka, M.D., Director, Pain Management
Wing-Fai Kwan, M.D., Director, OB Anesthesia
Chingmuh Lee, M.D.
Tai-Shion Lee, M.D., Anesthesia Director, SICU
Kuo-Tong Liao, M.D.
Maurice Lippmann, M.D.
Elaine Yang, M.D., Director, Student Clerkship and Rotating Trainees; Director, Q.A.


DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

FACULTY

Robert Hockberger, M.D., Chair
Gail V. Anderson, Jr., M.D., M.B.A., Medical Director
Howard A. Bessen, M.D.
Diane Birnbaumer, M.D., Associate Director, Residency Training Program
David Burbulys, M.D., Director, Residency Training Program
Wendy Coates, M.D., Director, Medical Education
Madonna Fernandez, M.D., Director, Adult Emergency Department
Marianne Gausche-Hill, M.D., Director, Emergency Medical Services
Stanley Inkelis, M.D., Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
Amy Kaji, M.D.
Roger J. Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Research
James Niemann, M.D.
Michael Peterson, M.D., Director, Ultrasound Program
Carl Stevens, M.D., Director, Process and Quality Improvement
Kelly Young, M.D.
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE

FACULTY

Daniel B. Castro, M.D., Chairman; Director, Residency Training Program
Maged Basilios, M.D., Wilmington Family Health Center
Evan Bass, M.D., Program Director, Sports Medicine
Harriet Boxer, Ph.D., Behavioral Psychologist
John Cheng, M.D., Clinic Director; Assistant Program Director, Sports Medicine
Mauricio Flores, M.D., Wilmington Family Health Center
Gilberto Granados, M.D., M.P.H., Co-Director, Medical Student Education
Jesus Gutierrez, M.D., Clinic Director, Wilmington Family Health Center
James Huang, M.D., M.P.H., Vice Chairman, Clinical Affairs
Bernice Kotkin, Ph.D., Director, Behavioral Sciences Services
Dennis F. Levin, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Medical Director, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Ingrid Liu, M.D., M.P.H., Research Coordinator; Co-Director, Geriatrics
Matthew Lombard, M.D., Wilmington Family Health Center
Robyn Mitchell, M.D.
Nahid Molaie, M.D., Director, Inpatient Services
Theresa Nevarez, M.D., Assistant Clinic Director, FHC; Co-Director, OB Services; Associate Program Director
Angela Nossett, M.D., Wilmington Family Health Center
Bernadette Pendergraph, M.D., Sports Medicine
Jyoti Puvvula, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Community Medicine; Co-Director, Curriculum
Gloria Sanchez, M.D., Assistant Program Director
Susan Snyder, M.D., Director, Faculty Development Fellowship; Co-Director, OB Services
Raquel Soto, M.D., Director, Community Development
Ernest Yen, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H., Co-Director, Geriatrics, Co-Director, Medical Student Education


DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

FACULTY

William W. Stringer, M.D., Chair
Sharon G. Adler, M.D., Associate Chief; Director, Ambulatory Dialysis, Nephrology & Hypertension
Lilly Barba, M.D., Nephrology & Hypertension
Peter Barrett, M.D., General Internal Medicine
Arnold S. Bayer, M.D., Associate Chief, Infectious Disease
Gildon N. Beall, M.D., Emeritus Faculty, HIV Medicine
C. Keith Beck, M.D., HIV Medicine
Eric P. Brass, M.D., Ph.D., Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition
Matthew J. Budoff, M.D., Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program; Cardiology
Nediljka Buljubasic, M.D., Ph.D., Cardiology
Richard Casaburi, Ph.D., M.D., Director, Pulmonary Function, Respiratory & Critical Care Physiology & Medicine
Rowan Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D., Chief; Program Director, Medical Oncology/Hematology Fellowship Program Medical Oncology/Hematology
David Chung, M.D., Gastroenterology
Noah Craft, M.D., Ph.D., Dermatology
J. Michael Criley, M.D., Emeritus Faculty, Cardiology
Eric Daar, M.D., Chief, HIV Medicine
Robert C. Detrano, M.D., Ph.D., Cardiology
Maria Dungo, M.D., Medical Oncology/Hematology
John E. Edwards, Jr., M.D., Chief; Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program; Infectious Disease
Viktor Eysselein, M.D., Chief, Gastroenterology
Scott G. Filler, M.D., Infectious Disease
John Ford, M.D., General Internal Medicine
William J. French, M.D., Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiology
Yue Fu, M.S., Ph.D., Faculty
Michelle Geller, M.D., General Internal Medicine
Andrew Gianoukakis, M.D., Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition
Leonard E. Ginzton, M.D., Director, Echo Lab, Cardiology
Marc Girsky, M.D., Cardiology
James E. Hansen, M.D., Emeritus Faculty, Respiratory & Critical Care Physiology & Medicine
Darrell W. Harrington, M.D., Associate Medical Director; Chief, General Internal Medicine; Program Director, Transitional Year
Raimund Hirschberg, M.D., Director, Hypertension Clinic, Nephrology & Hypertension
Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Ph.D., Faculty
Eli Ipp, M.D., Associate Chief; Director, Diabetes Clinic, Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition
Ayad Jindeel, M.D., General Internal Medicine
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, M.D., M.P.H., Nephrology & Hypertension
George Karpouzas, M.D., Rheumatology
Michael Kolodney, M.D., Ph.D., Chief; Program Director, Dermatology Residency Program; Dermatology
Joel D. Kopple, M.D., Chief; Program Director, Nephrology & Hypertension Fellowship Program; Nephrology & Hypertension
Stewart A. Laidlaw, Ph.D., Medical Oncology/Hematology
Michael M. Laks, M.D., Cardiology
Eric R. Lee, M.D., Gastroenterology
Michael B. Liebling, M.D., Chief, Rheumatology
Lou Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Molecular Medicine
Gregory Mason, M.D., Director, Respiratory Services, Respiratory & Critical Care Physiology & Medicine
Charles McKay, M.D., Chief, Cardiology
Rajnish Mehrotra, M.D., Nephrology & Hypertension
Loren G. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., Infectious Disease
Katayoun Mostafaie, M.D., General Internal Medicine
Mark Munekata, M.D., General Internal Medicine
Kenneth A. Narahara, M.D., Director Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiology
Yutaka Niihara, M.D., Medical Oncology/Hematology
Ronald Oudiz, M.D., Cardiology
Johanna A. Parker, M.D., Director, General Internal Medicine Clinic, General Internal Medicine
Paul A. Richardson, M.D., General Internal Medicine
Gunter Rieg, M.D., HIV Medicine
Jack Segal, M.D., General Internal Medicine
David Shavelle, M.D., Cardiology
Kathy E. Sietsema, M.D., Chief, Respiratory & Critical Care Physiology & Medicine
Amiya Sinha-Hikim, Ph.D., Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition
Terry J. Smith, M.D., Chief, Molecular Medicine
Brad Spellberg, M.D., Infectious Disease
Darryl Y. Sue, M.D., Associate Chair and Director, Residency Training Program, Internal Medicine; Director, MICU; Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program; Respiratory & Critical Care Physiology & Medicine
Ronald S. Swerdloff, M.D., Associate Chair; Chief; Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Program; Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition
Kouichi R. Tanaka, M.D., Emeritus Faculty, Medical Oncology/Hematology
John Tayek, M.D., General Internal Medicine
Janine R.E. Vintch, M.D., Associate Director, Residency Training Program, Internal Medicine; General Internal Medicine
Christina Wang, M.D., Director, Clinical Study Center; Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition
Karlman Wasserman, Ph.D., M.D., Emeritus Faculty, Respiratory & Critical Care Physiology & Medicine
Mallory D. Witt, M.D., Associate Director, Residency Training Program, Internal Medicine; HIV Medicine
Yan Q. Xiong, M.D., Ph.D., Faculty
Henry C. Yang, M.D., Medical Oncology/Hematology
Michael R. Yeaman, Ph.D., Infectious Disease


DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

FACULTY

Hugh B. McIntyre, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Director, Residency Training Program
Thomas L. Anderson, M.D., Director, Neurophysiology Residency Training Program
Terri Edwards-Lee, M.D., Director of Outpatient Clinics
David Naylor, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Neurophysiology
Ginte Jasulaitis, M.D.
DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

FACULTY

Michael G. Ross, M.D., M.P.H., Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine
Fikret Atamdede, M.D., Chief, Gynecologic Oncology; Gynecology
Marie H. Beall, M.D., Vice Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine
Lance H. Betson, D.O., Chief, General Gynecology and Women's Health; Urogynecology/Gynecology
Narender N. Bhatia, M.D., Chief, Urogynecology and Program Director Fellowship Training; Gynecology
Mina Desai, Ph.D., Perinatology
Dave Gayle, Ph.D., Perinatology
Griselda C. Gutierrez, M.D., General Gynecology and Women's Health
Mimi Hong, M.D., General Gynecology and Women's Health
Samuel Im, M.D., Gynecologic Oncology; Gynecology
Yousheng Jia, Ph.D., Perinatology
Omid Khorram, M.D., Chief, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Gynecology
Siri L. Kjos, M.D., Chief, Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine; Director, Residency Training Program
Jayamaran Lakshmanan, Ph.D., Perinatology
Sheng-Xing Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Perinatology
John R. Marshall, M.D., Director, Section of Gynecology; Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Reza Mohajer, M.D., General Gynecology and Women's Health
Brian L.G. Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine
Anita L. Nelson, M.D., Director, Women's Health Care Clinic; General Gynecology and Women's Health
Dotun Ogunyemi, M.D., Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship; Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine
Albert F. Parlow, Ph.D., Director, Pituitary Hormone Center
Bernard Weiss, M.D., General Gynecology and Women's Health
M. Lynn Yonekura, M.D., Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine


DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

FACULTY

Daniel M. Zinar, M.D., Chair; Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Service
Stuart M. Gold, M.D., Director, Fracture Reconstruction Service
William M. Hohl, M.D., Director, Pediatric Orthopaedic Service
Louis M. Kwong, M.D., Vice Chair; Director, Residency Training Program; Director, Orthopaedic Arthritis Clinic; Director, Orthopaedic Clinics
Gregory Rafijah, M.D., Director, Hand Surgery; Director, Orthopaedic Basic Science
Thomas Schmalzried, M.D., Director, Joint Replacement and Orthopaedic Research
David Slutsky, M.D., Assistant Director, Hand Surgery
Bradley Thomas, M.D., Director, Sports Medicine
Gregory Yoshida, M.D., Director, Spine Service
David Zamorano, M.D., Assistant Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Service
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY

FACULTY

Robert J. Morin, M.D., Chair; Head, Chemical Hematology
James Baker, M.D., Hematopathology; Surgical Pathology
Luciano Barajas, M.D., Head, Pediatric Pathology; Head, Autopsy Services
Marcia E. Cornford, M.D., Ph.D., Head, Neuropathology; Co-Director, Residency Training Program
Gloria B. Duane, M.D., Cytopathology
Samuel W. French, M.D., Chief, Anatomic Pathology
Paul Fu, Ph.D., Head, Clinical Biochemistry
Thomas Hirose, M.D., Transfusion Medicine and Serology
Holli Mason, M.D., Co-Director, Transfusion Medicine and Serology; Co-Director, Residency Training Program
Laron McPhaul, M.D., Head, OB/GYN Pathology, Co-Director, Molecular Pathology Diagnostic Laboratory
Shi-Kaung Peng, M.D., Ph.D., Head, Surgical Pathology, Cardiovascular and Dermatopathology
Beerelli Seshi, M.D., Head, Hematopathology
Nora C.J. Sun, M.D., Hematopathology
Rose Venegas, M.D., Head, Cytopathology; Head, Breast Pathology
Robert N. Yoshimori, Ph.D., Head, Microbiology
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

FACULTY

Adam J. Jonas, M.D., Chair
Sudhir K. Anand, M.D., Chief, Nephrology
David E. Atkinson, M.D., Cardiology
Barry G. Baylen, M.D., Chief, Cardiology
Carol D. Berkowitz, M.D., Executive Vice Chair; Acting Chief, General and Emergency Pediatrics
Laszlo G. Boros, M.D., Endocrinology/Metabolism
Jo Anne Brasel, M.D., Endocrinology/Metabolism
Patricia Brassard, R.N., P.N.P., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Chiranjib Dasgupta, Ph.D., Neonatology
Michael Diament, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Radiology
Sandra Elvik, R.N., P.N.P., General and Emergency Pediatrics
George C. Emmanouilides, M.D., Cardiology
Barbara Foley Ferreira, R.N., Medical Genetics
Jerry Z. Finklestein, M.D., Hematology/Oncology
Delbert A. Fisher, M.D., Endocrinology/Metabolism
Robert Frenck, M.D., Infectious Diseases
Paul C. Fu, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Yuansheng Gao, M.D., Ph.D., Neonatology
George Gershman, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Gastroenterology
S. Anthony Greenberg, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Charles S. Grob, M.D., Chief, Child Psychiatry
Deborah P. Henderson, R.N., M.S., Ph.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Kenneth R. Huff, M.D., Chief, Neurology
Wendy Hui, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Basil O. Ibe, Ph.D., Neonatology
Stanley H. Inkelis, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Sherwin Isenberg, M.D., Chief, Ophthalmology
Steve Jensen, M.D., Critical Care
Theresa Adebola John, Ph.D., Neonatology
Denna Jung, R.N., P.N.P., Hematology/Oncology
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, M.D., Nephrology
Margaret A. Keller, M.D., Acting Chief, Infectious Diseases
William A. Kennedy, M.D., Infectious Diseases
Solomon Laktineh, M.D., Neonatology
Moon Lee, Ph.D., Infectious Diseases
W.N. Paul Lee, M.D., Acting Chief, Endocrinology/Metabolism
Henry J. Lin, M.D., Chief, Medical Genetics
Mary G. Luongo, R.N., P.N.P., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Catherine Mao, M.D., Endocrinology/Metabolism
Tracy Critton Mastandrea, Ph.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
ChrisAnna M. Mink, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Richard B. Mink, M.D., Chief, Critical Care Medicine
Olga Mohan, M.D., M.P.H., Critical Care Medicine
Sewite Negash, Ph.D., Neonatology
Julie E. Noble, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Chad K. Oh, M.D., Chief, Allergy/Immunology
Susan Partridge, R.N., M.B.A., Infectious Diseases
Bonnie Rachman, M.D., Critical Care Medicine
J. Usha Raj, M.D., Chief, Neonatology
Karen Rathburn, Ph.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Nasser Redjal, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Virender Rehan, M.D., Neonatology
W. Mark Roberts, M.D., Hematology/Oncology
Lance Sieger, M.D., Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Monica Sifuentes, M.D., Director, Residency Training Program; General and Emergency Pediatrics
Lynne M. Smith, M.D., Neonatology
S. Robert Snodgrass, M.D., Neurology
Charles H. Song, M.D., Allergy/Immunology
Sara Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Wendy Tcheng, M.D., Hematology/Oncology
Fran Todd, R.N., P.N.P., Neonatology
John S. Torday, Ph.D., Neonatology
Joel I. Ward, M.D., Infectious Diseases
Sally Ward, M.D., Critical Care Medicine
Derek Wong, M.D., Medical Genetics
Sylvia Yeh, M.D., Infectious Diseases
Kelly Young, M.D., General and Emergency Pediatrics
Kenneth M. Zangwill, M.D., Infectious Diseases


DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY

FACULTY
Ira Lesser, M.D., Chair
Jambur Ananth, M.D., Professor Emeritus
Paul Arns, Ph.D., Associate Director, Psychology Division; Program Head, Ambulatory Services
Kyle Boone, Ph.D., Psychology Division, Director, Neuropsychology
Karl Burgoyne, M.D., Director, Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Andrea Caldwell, M.D., HIV Mental Health Services
Freda Cheung, Ph.D., Psychology Division
Samson Cho, M.D., Psychiatric Emergency Room
Mary Christianson, M.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Christopher Chung, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
Julia Chung, M.D., Director, Consultation & Liaison Services
Armen Djenderedjian, M.D., Psychiatric Emergency Service
Edrick Dorian, Psy.D., Director, Integrated Services Program (ABLE)
Carol Edwards, Ph.D., Adult Inpatient Services
Deborah Flores, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
Benjamin Furst, M.D., Adult Inpatient Services
Alan Green, M.D., Director, Residency Training Program, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Charles Grob, M.D., Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Bernadette Grosjean, M.D., Director, Harbor-UCLA Sunnyside Psychiatric Program
Andrew Ho, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
John Leonard, M.D., Clinical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Michael Makhinson, M.D., Adult Inpatient Services
Lynn Marcinko McFarr, Ph.D., Adult Outpatient Services
David Martin, Ph.D., Director, Psychology Division & HIV Mental Health Services
Jane McCord, Ph.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Ricardo Mendoza, M.D., Director, Adult Outpatient Services
Martin Mueller, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
Warren Procci, M.D., Psychotherapy Program
Mary Read, M.D., Adult Outpatient Services
David Ruskin, M.D., Director, Psychiatric Emergency Service
Karen Saywitz, Ph.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Michael Smith, M.D., Integrated Services Program (ABLE)
David Stone, M.D., Director, Crisis Resolution Unit
Guochuan Emil Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., Integrated Services Program (ABLE)
John Tsuang, M.D., Director, Dual Diagnosis Program
LaTonya Wood, Ph. D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry


DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY

FACULTY

C. Mark Mehringer, M.D., Chair; Chief, Neuroradiology
Michael Diament, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Radiology
Gregory Eckel, M.D., Body Imaging
Hans Fischer, M.D., Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging
Martin Herman, Ph.D., Chief, Radiation Physics
Iraj Khalkhali, M.D., Chief, Mammography, OP Radiology
Frederick Mishkin, M.D., Chief, Nuclear Medicine
Anton Mlikotic, M.D., Neuroradiology
Jeffrey Phillips, M.D., Associate Chair; Chief, Body Imaging and GI; Director, Imaging Center
Richard Renslo, M.D., Chief, Ultrasound and GU; Director, Residency Training Program
Adam Sommerstein, M.D., General Diagnosis
Tad Tanoura, M.D., Interventional Radiology
Rajeev Varma, M.D., Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging
Panukorn Vasinrapee, M.D., Associate Chief, Nuclear Medicine
Irwin Walot, M.D., Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Arthur Zimmerman, M.D., Chief, Radiation Oncology


DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

FACULTY

Bruce E. Stabile, M.D., Chair
Elliot Abemayor, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Chief, Head & Neck/Otolaryngology
Morris Asch, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Surgery
Steven Barney, D.D.S., Oral Surgery
Marvin Bergsneider, M.D., Neurosurgery
Frederic Bongard, M.D., General Surgery, Trauma
J. Brian Boyd, M.D., Chief, Plastic Surgery
Nestor Cadavid, Ph.D., Urology
Rinaldo Canalis, M.D., Chief, Head & Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology
Bernard Churchill, M.D., Pediatric Urology
Christian deVirgilio, M.D., Director, Residency Training Program; Vascular Surgery
Carlos Donayre, M.D., Vascular Surgery
Alan Felsenfeld, D.D.S., Oral Surgery
Joann Giaconi, M.D., Ophthalmology
Anurag Gupta, M.D., Ophthalmology
Richard H. Hoft, M.D., Ophthalmology
Sherwin J. Isenberg, M.D., Chief, Ophthalmology
Daniel F. Kelly, M.D., Neurosurgery
Stanley Klein, M.D., General Surgery (Trauma)
Ravin Kumar, M.D., General Surgery (Colon & Rectal)
Duncan Q. McBride, M.D., Chief, Neurosurgery
Tien Nguyen, M.D., Neurosurgery
Bassam Omari, M.D., Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thomas Omoto, D.M.D., Chief, Oral Surgery
Beverley Petrie, M.D., General Surgery (Colon & Rectal)
Brant Putnam, M.D., Chief, Trauma Service
Jacob Rajfer, M.D., Chief, Urology
Richard Reznichek, M.D., Urology
Craig Smith, M.D., Urology
Alexander Stein, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery
Maie St. John, M.D. Ph.D., Head & Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology
Hernan Vargas, M.D., General Surgery (Oncology)
James P. Watson, M.D., Plastic Surgery
Rodney A. White, M.D., Associate Chair; Chief, Vascular Surgery


THE TRANSITIONAL YEAR

Darrell W. Harrington, M.D., Program Director