New faculty join campus community
THE ANDERSON SCHOOL
Braun, Matias — Ph.D./Harvard University
Specialization: Global Economics & Management
Previous Institution: Harvard University
Trueman, Brett — Ph.D./Columbia University
Specialization: Accounting
Previous Institution: UC Berkeley
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN | MEDIA ARTS
Mendez, Rebeca — M.F.A./Art Center College of
Design
Specialization: Communication &
New Media
Previous Institution: Private industry
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Kang, Mo — D.D.S./UCLA
Specialization: Endodontics
Previous Institution: UCLA
Matsuka, Yoshizo — D.D.S./Okayama University,
Japan
Specialization: Neuroscience,
Orofacial Pain
Previous Institution: Okayama University, Japan
Qi, Fengxia — Ph.D./UC Davis
Specialization: Microbiology
Previous Institution: UC Davis
Vego, Leroy — D.D.S./Case Western Reserve University
Specialization: Orthodontics
Previous Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Yamamoto, John — D.D.S./UC San Francisco
Specialization: Dentistry/Health Services
Previous Institution: UCLA
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION & INFORMATION STUDIES
EDUCATION
Faulstich-Orellana, Marjorie — Ph.D./USC
Specialization: Language, Literacy & Learning
Previous Institution: Northwestern University
Mistry, Rashmita — Ph.D./University of Texas–Austin
Specialization: Child Development & Family Relationships
Previous Institution: Claremont Graduate University
Wood, Jeffrey — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Clinical Psychology
Previous Institution: UCLA
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
BIOENGINEERING
Kamei, Daniel — Ph.D./MIT
Specialization: Chemical Engineering
Previous Institution: MIT
Schmidt, Jacob — Ph.D./University of Minnesota
Specialization: Physics/Biophysics
Previous Institution: Cornell University
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Hogue, Terri — Ph.D./University of Arizona
Specialization: Hydrology & Water Resources
Previous Institution: University of Arizona
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Kay, Alan — Ph.D./University of Utah
Specialization: Computer Science
Previous Institution: Private industry
Meyerson, Adam — Ph.D./Stanford University
Specialization: Computer Science
Previous Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
Ostrovsky, Rafail — Ph.D./MIT
Specialization: Computer Science
Previous Institution: Private industry
Palsberg, Jens — Ph.D./University of Aarhus, Denmark
Specialization: Computer Science
Previous Institution: Purdue University
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Wang, Yuanxun — Ph.D./University of Texas–Austin
Specialization: Electromagnetics & Microwave Technology
Previous Institution: UCLA
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Ju, Yongho — Ph.D./Stanford University
Specialization: Mechanical Engineering
Previous Institution: Private industry
SCHOOL OF LAW
Bank, Steven — J.D./University of Chicago
Specialization: Taxation
Previous Institution: Florida State University
Fleischer, Victor (Acting) — J.D./Columbia University
Specialization: Taxation
Previous Institution: Columbia University
Langer, Maximo (Acting) — LL.B./University of
Buenos Aires
Specialization: Criminal Procedure; Comparative Law
Previous Institution: Harvard University
Lee, Gia (Acting) — J.D./Harvard Law School
Specialization: Constitutional Law; Intellectual Property
Previous Institution: Private practice
 COLLEGE
OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE
ART HISTORY
Baker, George — Ph.D./Columbia University
Specialization: Contemporary Art, Critical Theory
Previous Institution: SUNY
Scott, David — Ph.D./University College, London
Specialization: Archaeological Science &
Conservation Research
Previous Institution: Getty Conservation Institute
CÉSAR CHÁVEZ CENTER
Blackwell, Maylei — Ph.D./UC Santa Cruz
Specialization: Globalization &
Transnational Movements
Previous Institution: Loyola Marymount University
CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Mason, Thomas — Ph.D./Princeton University
Specialization: Physical Chemistry of Soft Materials, Microrheology,
Shea-Induced Structures in Complex Fluids
Previous Institution: Private industry
EARTH & SPACE SCIENCES
Schauble, Edwin — Ph.D./California Institute
of Technology
Specialization: Developing Empirical & Ab Initio Methods for Estimating
Equilibrium Isotopic Fractionations
Previous Institution: California Institute of Technology
Webster, Mark — Ph.D./UC Riverside
Specialization: Integrative Study of the Evolutionary History of the Trilobita
Previous Institution: UC Riverside
ECONOMICS
Burstein, Ariel — Ph.D./Northwestern University
Specialization: International
Macroeconomic Theory
Previous Institution: University of Michigan
Guggenberger, Patrik — Ph.D./Yale University
Specialization: Theoretical Econometrics Including Micro & Macro Economic
Implications
Previous Institution: Yale University
Hopenhayn, Hugo — Ph.D./University of Minnesota
Specialization: Economic Theory, Intertemporal Resource Reallocation in
the Areas of Industrial Organization & Labor Economics
Previous Institution: University of Rochester
Tsyvinski, Aleh — Ph.D./University of Minnesota
(pending)
Specialization: Mechanism Design to Study Questions of Optimal Public
Policy
Previous Institution: University of Minnesota
ENGLISH
Goyal, Yogita — Ph.D./Brown University
Specialization: African American
Literary & Cultural Studies
Previous Institution: Brown University
Makdisi, Saree — Ph.D./Duke University
Specialization: British Romanticism
Previous Institution: University of Chicago
HISTORY
Apter, Andrew — Ph.D./Yale University
Specialization: African Studies, World History, African Diaspora &
Caribbean Studies
Previous Institution: University of Chicago
Lydon, Ghislaine — Ph.D./Michigan State University
Specialization: Migration Patterns & Commercial Strategies of Long-
Distance Traders
Previous Institution: UCLA
Yirush, Craig (Acting) — Ph.D./Johns Hopkins University
(pending)
Specialization: Early American History, Intellectual History & Political
Theory
Previous Institution: Johns Hopkins University
ITALIAN
Tognozzi, Elissa Ann — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Italian Language, Foreign Language Pedagogy & Technology
Previous Institution: UCLA
MATHEMATICS
Bertozzi, Andrea — Ph.D./ Princeton University
Specialization: Fluid Interfaces, Moving Contact Lines & Thin Films
Previous Institution: Duke University
Hitrik, Mikhail — Ph.D./University of Lund, Sweden
Specialization: Partial Differential
Equations & Micro-Local Analysis
Previous Institution: UC Berkeley
Killip, Rowan — Ph.D./California Institute of
Technology
Specialization: Interface of Harmonic Analysis & Mathematical Physics
Previous Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Navasca, Carmeliza — Ph.D./UC Davis
Specialization: Applied Mathematics; Nonlinear Control Theory
Previous Institution: UC Davis
NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES & CULTURES
Dieleman, Jacco (Acting) — Ph.D./University of
Leiden
Specialization: Egyptology
Previous Institution: University of Leiden
ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY
Shipe, Rebecca — Ph.D./UC Santa Barbara
Specialization: Phytoplankton Ecology
Previous Institution: USC
Smith, Thomas — Ph.D./UC Berkeley
Specialization: Mechanisms that
Produce and Maintain Biodiversity in Rain Forest
Previous Institution: San Francisco State University
PHILOSOPHY
Smeenk, Christopher — Ph.D./University of Pittsburgh
Specialization: Philosophy of Science, History & Philosophy of Physics
Previous Institution: Dibner Institute for the History of Science &
Technology
Smith, Sheldon — Ph.D./Ohio State University
Specialization: Philosophy of Science, Physics & History of Science
Previous Institution: NSF, Paris
PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
Gutperle, Michael — Ph.D./Cambridge University
Specialization: Theoretical Particle Physics, String Theory
Previous Institution: Harvard University
Wallny, Rainer (Acting) — Ph.D./University
of Zurich
Specialization: Experimental
Elementary Particle Physics
Previous Institution: CERN
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Groseclose, Timothy — Ph.D./Stanford University
Specialization: American Politics
Previous Institution: Stanford University
PSYCHOLOGY
Brown, Christia — Ph.D./University of Texas–Austin
Specialization: Children’s Perception/Role/Understanding in: Group
Status, Discrimination &
Gender
Previous Institution: University of Texas–Austin
Chung, Anna — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Ethnicity & Mental Health; Culture & Maltreatment
in Children within the Broader Frame- work of Mental Health Services
Previous Institution: Child & Adolescent Services Research Center
Davies, Paul — Ph.D./University of Waterloo
Specialization: Social Psychology
Previous Institution: Stanford University
Shams, Ladan — Ph.D./USC
Specialization: Cognitive Psychology
Previous Institution: California Institute of Technology
Stanton, Annette — Ph.D./University of Connecticut
Specialization: Women’s Health Issues
Previous Institution: University of Kansas
SOCIOLOGY
Krippner, Greta (Acting) —
Ph.D./University of Wisconsin
(pending)
Specialization: Agricultural Labor
Markets in Mexico
Previous Institution: University of Wisconsin
STATISTICS
Hansen, Mark — Ph.D./UC Berkeley
Specialization: Statistical Computing
Previous Institution: Bell Laboratories
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
ANESTHESIOLOGY
Driessen, Bernd (Visiting) — Ph.D./Free University
Specialization: Animal Research
Previous Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Nadjarian, Richard — M.D./Wayne State University
Specialization: Pain Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Noback, Carl — M.D./University of Missouri
Specialization: General Anesthesiology
Previous Institution: University of Missouri
Singh, Vanila — M.D./George Washington University
Specialization: General Anesthesiology
Previous Institution: Cornell University
Wang, Yilin — Ph.D./Baylor University
Specialization: Molecular Biology
Previous Institution: University of Maryland
Wong, Steve — M.D./University of Illinois
Specialization: General Anesthesiology
Previous Institution: University of Illinois
Xia, Victor — M.D./Tongii Medical University
Specialization: General Anesthesiology
Previous Institution: University of Iowa
FAMILY MEDICINE
Granados, Gilberto — M.D./UC Irvine
Specialization: Family Practice
Previous Institution: UCLA
Henderson, Paula — M.D./University del Valle,
Colombia
Specialization: Family Practice
Previous Institution: UCLA
Puvvula, Jyoti — M.D./UC Irvine
Specialization: Family Practice
Previous Institution: UCLA
Stewart, Carol — M.D./Albany Medical College
Specialization: Family Practice
Previous Institution: USC
MEDICINE
Altman, Roy (Visiting) — M.D./University of Miami
Specialization: Rheumatology
Previous Institution: University of Miami
Aranguri, Cesar — M.D./Autonomous University,
Mexico
Specialization: Cardiology
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Banerjee, Supratim — M.D./University of Calcutta
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: University of Louisville
Bash, Isaac — M.D./Chicago Medical School
Specialization: Emergency Medicine
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Beenhouwer, David — M.D./Yale University
Specialization: Infectious Disease
Previous Institution: UCLA
Bong, Clifton — M.D./Medical College of Wisconsin
Specialization: HIV Medicine
Previous Institution: Indiana University
Chen, Charlie — Ph.D./SUNY
Specialization: Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Chen, Fabian — M.D./Yale University
Specialization: Pediatric Cardiology
Previous Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Chernof, Bruce (Visiting) — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Cohan, Pejman — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Endocrinology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Daniell, Anthony — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Medicine
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dimayuga, Paul — Ph.D./University of Santo Tomas,
Philippines
Specialization: Medicine
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dubois, Robert — M.D./Johns Hopkins University
Specialization: Pharmaceutical
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Echeverry, Diana — M.D./Ross University
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Emmad, Nabil — M.D./Indiana University
Specialization: Emergency Medicine
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Francis, Charles — M.D./Jefferson Medical College
Specialization: Medicine
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Gausche-Hill, Marianne (Visiting) — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Gianoukakis, Andrew — M.D./University of Patras,
Greece
Specialization: Endocrinology
Previous Institution: Albany Medical College
Gordon, Sandra — M.D./University of North Carolina
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: University of Connecticut
Gross, Mitchell — M.D./Baylor University
Specialization: Hematology
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Gupta, Ajay — M.D./All India Institute, New Delhi
Specialization: Nephrology
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Hackner, Dani — M.D./Stanford University
Specialization: Pulmonary Medicine
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Hanna, Nancy — M.D./University of Cairo, Egypt
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Hardy, William — M.D./Baylor University
Specialization: Infectious Diseases
Previous Institution: Private Practice
Hsia, Stanley — M.D./University of Toronto
Specialization: Endocrinology
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Hu, Peifeng — M.D./Shanghai University
Specialization: Geriatrics
Previous Institution: UCLA
Jenders, Robert (Visiting) — M.D./University of
Wisconsin
Specialization: Medicine
Previous Institution: Columbia University
Kapoor, Sandeep — M.D./Boston University
Specialization: Geriatrics
Previous Institution: UCLA
Kasahara, Noriyuki (Acting) — Ph.D./UC San Francisco
Specialization: Gene Therapy
Previous Institution: USC
Kendrick, Elizabeth — M.D./USC
Specialization: Nephrology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Kim, Jenny — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Dermatology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Kingsley, Anthony — M.D./University of Medicine
& Dentistry, New Jersey
Specialization: Gerontology
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Klein, Robert — M.D./Temple University
Specialization: Hematology/Oncology
Previous Institution: Stanford University
Kwon, Osun (Visiting) — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Nephrology
Previous Institution: Indiana University
Laouri, Marianne (Visiting) — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Health Services
Previous Institution: UCLA
Lee, Peter — M.D./Jefferson Medical Center
Specialization: Hematology/Oncology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Leibowitz, Matthew — M.D./Washington State University
Specialization: Infectious Diseases
Previous Institution: UCLA
Lorenz, Karl — M.D./Medical College of Georgia
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: UC San Diego
Lovato, Luis — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Lyons-Jones, Cozzette — M.D./SUNY
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Martinez, Dorothy — M.D./UC Irvine
Specialization: Endocrinology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Matin, Kamran — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
McGowan, Ian — M.D./Royal College of Physicians,
London
Specialization: Digestive Diseases
Previous Institution: King’s College, London
Melik-Abrahamian, Fredrick — D.O./Osteopathic
College of Pacific
Specialization: Emergency Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Miyashiro, Michelle (Visiting) — M.D./Mt. Sinai
Medical Center
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Naeim, Arash — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Hematology/Oncology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Nguyen, Minh (Visiting) — M.D./Chicago Medical
School
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Oranusi, Victor — M.D./Central University of the
East, Dominican Republic
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Peng, Alice — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Nephrology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Pichurin, Pavel — M.D./Ural State Medical Academy
Specialization: Endocrinology
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Powell, Leland — M.D./Johns Hopkins University
Specialization: Hematology
Previous Institution: UC San Diego
Quinones, Manuel — M.D./UC Irvine
Specialization: Endocrinology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Reichardt, Juergen (Visiting) — Ph.D./Stanford
University
Specialization: Prostate
Previous Institution: USC
Shavelle, David — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Cardiology
Previous Institution: University of Washington
Slomka, Piotr (Visiting) — Ph.D./University of
Western Ontario
Specialization: Biophysics
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Spinello, Irene — M.D./Yerevan State Medical Institute
Specialization: Critical Care
Previous Institution: UCLA
Teng, Deeling (Visiting) — M.D./University of
Chicago
Specialization: Surgery
Previous Institution: UCLA
Tio, Thian (Visiting) — M.D./St. Antonius Hospital
School of Medicine
Specialization: Gastroenterology
Previous Institution: George Washington University
Tisnado, Diana (Visiting) — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: General Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Tran, Tram — M.D./New York Medical College
Specialization: Gastroenterology
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Uyanne, John — M.D./University of Benin
Specialization: Geriatrics
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Van Herle, Helga — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Cardiology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Vogt, Kimberly (Visiting) — M.D./Loma Linda University
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Wang, Charles — M.D./Tongji Medical University
Specialization: Endocrinology
Previous Institution: Wright State University
Wood, Dawn (Visiting) — M.D./UC San Francisco
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Xie, Dong — Ph.D./University of South Carolina
Specialization: Cancer
Previous Institution: UCLA
Yang, Honghao — M.D./Shanghai Second Medical University
Specialization: Hematology/Oncology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Yen, Katharine — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Hematology/Oncology
Previous Institution: UCLA
MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
Bradley, Kenneth — Ph.D./Harvard University
Specialization: Bacterial
Previous Institution: Harvard University
Bradley, Peter — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Molecular
Previous Institution: Stanford University
NEUROBIOLOGY
Meyer, Geoffrey (Visiting) — Ph.D./University
of Western Australia
Specialization: Anatomy
Previous Institution: University of Western Australia
Wagner, Edward (Visiting) — Ph.D./Michigan State
University
Specialization: Neurobiology
Previous Institution: Western University of Health Sciences
NEUROLOGY
Alarcon, Maricela (Visiting) — Ph.D./University
of Colorado
Specialization: Dyslexia
Previous Institution: UCLA
Bartzokis, George (Visiting) — M.D./Yale University
Specialization: Alzheimer’s Disease
Previous Institution: University of Arkansas
Buxton, William — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Neurophysiology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Chen, James (Visiting) — Ph.D./University of Rochester
Specialization: Epilepsies
Previous Institution: UCLA
Giesser, Barbara — M.D./University of Texas–San
Antonio
Specialization: Clinical Neurology
Previous Institution: University of Texas Medical School
Guo, Ming — M.D./Shanghai University
Specialization: Alzheimer’s Disease
Previous Institution: UCLA
Ishiyama, Gail — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Neurology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Koski, Lisa (Visiting) — Ph.D./McGill University
Specialization: MRI
Previous Institution: UCLA
Ovbiagele, Bruce — M.D./University of Lagos
Specialization: Neurology
Previous Institution: UC Irvine
Shattuck, David — Ph.D./USC
Specialization: Neuroimage
Previous Institution: USC
OB/GYN
Azziz, Ricardo — M.D./Penn State University
Specialization: Administration
Previous Institution: University of Alabama
Bernstein, Helene — M.D./University of Alabama
Specialization: OB/GYN
Previous Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Desai, Mina — M.D./Cambridge University
Specialization: Biochemistry
Previous Institution: Cambridge University
Henriksen, Julie — M.D./University of Texas–San
Antonio
Specialization: Pregnancy
Previous Institution: University of Hawaii
Holschneider, Christine — M.D./Freie Universitat,
Berlin
Specialization: OB/GYN
Previous Institution: UCLA
Jia, Yousheng (Visiting) — M.D./Fourth Military
Medical University
Specialization: Imaging
Previous Institution: UC Irvine
Moshajer, Reza (Visiting) — M.D./University of
Tehran, Iran
Specialization: OB/GYN
Previous Institution: UCLA
Ogunyemi, Dotun — M.D./University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Specialization: OB/GYN
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Oregon, Rita — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: OB/GYN
Previous Institution: UCLA
Weiss, Bernard — M.D./Tulane University
Specialization: OB/GYN
Previous Institution: University of South Alabama
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Aldave, Anthony — M.D./University of Texas
Specialization: Cornea
Previous Institution: UC San Francisco
Gonzales, Christine — M.D./UC San Francisco
Specialization: Retina
Previous Institution: UCLA
Piriev, Natik — Ph.D./U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
Specialization: Glaucoma
Previous Institution: UCLA
ORTHOPAEDICS
Silva, Mauricio (Visiting) — M.D./Pontificia
University of Javeriana
Specialization: Ortho Trauma
Previous Institution: Orthopaedic Hospital
Zeegen, Erik — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Orthopaedic Oncology
Previous Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
PATHOLOGY
Apple, Sophia — M.D./Wright State University
Specialization: Surgical Pathology
Previous Institution: Kaiser Permanente
Olmstead, Charles (Visiting) — Ph.D./University
of Virginia
Specialization: Anatomy
Previous Institution: UCLA
Rajalingam, Raja — Ph.D./All India Institute for
Medical Sciences
Specialization: Structural
Previous Institution: Stanford University
Seshi, Beerelli (Visiting) — M.D./Osmania Medical
College
Specialization: Hematopathology
Previous Institution: University of Florida
PEDIATRICS
Anidi, Ifeoma — M.D./University of Benin, Nigeria
Specialization: Immunology
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Atkinson, David — M.D./UC Davis
Specialization: Pediatric Cardiology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Chung, Paul — M.D./Harvard University
Specialization: Pediatrics
Previous Institution: University of Chicago
Delot, Emmanuele — Ph.D./University of Paris
Specialization: Biological Sciences
Previous Institution: UCLA
Dipple, Katrina — M.D./Indiana University
Specialization: Pediatrics & Genetics
Previous Institution: UCLA
Honrubia, Dynio — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Neonatal
Previous Institution: Harvard University
Jutabha, Chiaki — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Pediatrics
Previous Institution: UCLA
Loo, Kek-Khee — M.D./University of Chicago
Specialization: Developmental Studies
Previous Institution: UCLA
McCurdy, Deborah (Visiting) — M.D./Hahnemann Medical
College
Specialization: Rheumatology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Mehta, Elba — M.D./University of Central Del Este
Specialization: Fetal
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Rodich, Gail — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Nephrology
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Tataw, David — Ph.D./USC
Specialization: Management
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Thompson, Sara — M.D./Tufts University
Specialization: Child Abuse
Previous Institution: UCLA
West, Kimberly — M.D./Yale University
Specialization: Adolescent Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
PHARMACOLOGY
Chen, Wei — M.D./Ohio University
Specialization: Nuclear Medicine
Previous Institution: UCLA
Doumani, Roy (Visiting) — J.D./USC
Specialization: Business
Previous Institution: UCLA
Prior, John (Visiting) — M.D./University of Lausanne,
Switzerland
Specialization: Nuclear Medicine
Previous Institution: CHUV University Hospital, Switzerland
PHYSIOLOGY
Sun, Hui — Ph.D./Johns Hopkins University
Specialization: Molecular Biology & Genetics
Previous Institution: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PSYCHIATRY
Bilder, Robert — Ph.D./CUNY
Specialization: Psychiatry
Previous Institution: CUNY
Ely, Robert — Ph.D./University of South Dakota
Specialization: Mental Health
Previous Institution: UCLA
Gertsik, Lev (Visiting) — M.D./Moscow Medical
Institute
Specialization: Clinical Pharmacology
Previous Institution: UCLA
Gudeman, David (Visiting) — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Acutely Ill
Previous Institution: UCLA
Hay-Rollins, M. Cameron — Ph.D./Emory University
Specialization: Anthropology
Previous Institution: Emory University
Haroon, A. Ebrahim (Visiting) — M.D./University
of Madras
Specialization: Geriatric Psychiatry
Previous Institution: Yale University
Loo, Sandra — Ph.D./University of Hawaii
Specialization: Genetics of ADHD
Previous Institution: UCLA
Love, Martha — M.D./Duke University
Specialization: Neuropsychiatry
Previous Institution: UCLA
Manzanilla, Socorro — M.D./University of Santo
Tomas, Philippines
Specialization: Clinical Psychiatry
Previous Institution: University of Santo Tomas
Maloney, Michael — Ph.D./University of Colorado
Specialization: Psychology
Previous Institution: University of Colorado
Monterosso, John — Ph.D./University of Pennsylvania
Specialization: Drug Abuse
Previous Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Read, Mary — M.D./University of Kansas
Specialization: Child Psychiatry
Previous Institution: UCLA
Rapaport, Mark (Visiting) — M.D./UC San Diego
Specialization: Psychopharmacology
Previous Institution: UC San Diego
Shea, Stephen — M.D./University of Vermont
Specialization: Child Psychiatry
Previous Institution: USC
Suddath, Robert (Visiting) — M.D./University of
New Mexico
Specialization: Adolescent Psychiatry
Previous Institution: UC Davis
Whitelegge, Julian — Ph.D./University of London
Specialization: Mass Spectrometry
Previous Institution: UCLA
RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Li, Alexander — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Radiation Physics
Previous Institution: UCLA
RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Finn, J. Paul — M.D./National University of Ireland
Specialization: MRI
Previous Institution: Northwestern University
SURGERY
Bhora, Faiz (Visiting) — M.D./Aga Khan University
Specialization: Cardiosurgery
Previous Institution: UCLA
Bradley, James (Visiting) — M.D./Jefferson Medical
College
Specialization: Plastic Surgery
Previous Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Festekjian, Jaco — M.D./American University, Caribbean
Specialization: Plastic Surgery
Previous Institution: Mayo Medical School
Hofstetter, Wayne — M.D./USC
Specialization: Thoracic Oncology
Previous Institution: USC
Holly, Langston (Visiting) — M.D./UCLA
Specialization: Spine Surgery
Previous Institution: University of Tennessee –Memphis
Kumar, Ravin (Visiting) — M.D./University of Peradeniya
Specialization: Colon
Previous Institution: Emory University
Mitropoulos, Fotios (Visiting) — M.D./University
of Athens
Specialization: Cardio Surgery
Previous Institution: UCLA
Odim, Jonah — M.D./Yale University
Specialization: Cardio Surgery
Previous Institution: University of Manitoba
Smith, Lorraine — M.D./Howard University
Specialization: Otolaryngology
Previous Institution: Charles Drew University
Zhai, Yuan (Visiting) — M.D./Tsinghua University
Specialization: Liver Transplant
Previous Institution: UCLA
UROLOGY
Pantuck, Allan — M.D./University of Medicine
& Dentistry of New Jersey
Specialization: Urology
Previous Institution: University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Zeng, Gang (Visiting) — Ph.D./Virginia Polytechnical
Institute
Specialization: Urology
Previous Institution: NIH
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Upenieks, Valda — Ph.D./University of Washington
Specialization: Administrative Nursing
Previous Institution: University of Washington
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Kim-Farley, Robert — M.D./UC San Francisco
Specialization: Preventive Medicine: Epidemiology
Previous Institution: CDC
Mao, Gloria — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Toxicology: Environmental Health Sciences
Previous Institution: UCLA
HEALTH SERVICES
Needleman, Jack — Ph.D./Harvard University
Specialization: Public Policy
Previous Institution: Harvard University
Priselac, Thomas — M.P.H./University of Pittsburgh
Specialization: Health Services Administration & Planning
Previous Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Health System
SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION
FILM/TELEVISION
Mann, Denise — Ph.D./UCLA
Specialization: Critical Studies
Previous Institution: UCLA
THEATER
Salamensky, Shelly — Ph.D./Harvard University
Specialization: Comparative Literature
Previous Institution: Williams College
Yan, Haiping — Ph.D./Cornell University
Specialization: Theater & Comparative Literature
Previous Institution: University of Colorado |
