The Anesthesiology Faculty
                                                                                         

Arita, Haruo
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  harita@mednet.ucla.edu
Juntendo University, Japan (MD)
Juntendo University (Anesthesiology)
Massachusetts General Hospital (anesthesia)
Massachusetts General Hospital (cardiac anesthesia)
UCLA (Pain Management)

General Anesthesia

E-Mail: iayad@mednet.ucla.edu
Cairo University, Egypt (MD)
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (pediatric anesthesia)

Pediatric Anesthesia

Bekhit, Mary Hanna
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: mhanna@mednet.ucla.edu
Tufts University School of Medicine (MD)
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA (internal medicine)
Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (anesthesia and critical care)
Pacific Alliance Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (anesthesia)
UCLA (anesthesiology)

General Anesthesia

Belikov, Sergey
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: sbelikov@mednet.ucla.ed
2nd Moscow Medical Institute (MD)
USC-LAC (anesthesia)

Cardiac Anesthesia

Bezanilla, Francisco
Professor Emeritus

E-Mail: fbezanil@ucla.edu
Catholic University, Santiago, Chile (Ph.D.)
Link to Web Site

Molecular basis of the voltage sensor operation in voltage activated ion channels

Boken Emily
Clinical Instructor

E-Mail:
University of Southern California (MD)
Tufts-New England Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Braunfeld, Michelle Y.C.
Clinical Professor
Education Coordinator, Division of Liver Transplant Anesthesia

Brill, Judith E.
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

E-Mail: jbrill@mednet.ucla.edu
Harvard Medical School (MD)
Massachusetts General Hospital (anesthesia)
UCLA Medical Center (pediatrics)

Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric and Outpatient Anesthesia

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Cai, (Hua) Linda
Associate Professor, Basic Science Research Division

E-Mail: hcai@mednet.ucla.edu
Medical College of Qingdao University, China (MD)
Univeristy of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (PhD)

Vascular biology: nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species signaling in health and disease

Chalabi, John T.
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  jchalabi@mednet.ucla
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (MD)
University of Chicago Hospital (surgery)
University of Chicago Hospital (anesthesiology and critical care)
Loma Linda University Medical Center (pediatric anesthesia)

Pediatric Anesthesia

Chan, Susan M.
Clinical Professor
Director, Operating Room Services

E-Mail: smchan@mednet.ucla.edu
George Washington University, Washington D.C. (MD)
New England Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Conklin, Kenneth A.
Professor

E-Mail: kconklin@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA School of Medicine (MD)
University of Hawaii (PhD)
UCLA School of Medicine (anesthesia)

Cancer Pain Management

Crowley, Ryan
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: rcrowley@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA School of Medicine (cardiac anesthesia fellowship)

Cardiac Anesthesia

Dhillon, Anahat
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:
University of Rochester School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA Department of anesthesiology (Residency)
Massachusetts General Hospital (critical care fellowship)

General Anesthesia

Duval, Victor
Assistant Clinical Professor

Email: vduval@mednet.ucla.edu
State University of NY at Brooklyn College of Medicine (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Eskaros, Stephen
Clinical Instructor

E-Mail:
Albany Medical College (MD)
Loma Linda University Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Fang, Zhuang T.
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: zfang@mednet.ucla.edu
Guangzhou Medical College (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Ferrante, F. Michael, FABPM
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Director of Pain Medicine

E-Mail: mferrante@mednet.ucla.edu
New Nork Medical College (medicine)
Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta
Barnes Hospital, Washington University (infectious disease)
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (pain management)
Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta (internal medicine)

Pain Medicine

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Gelman, Boris
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: bgelman@mednet.ucla.edu
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (MD)
Case Medical Center,Cleveland, OH (anesthesia)
Cleveland VA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Griffis, Charles
Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Nursing

E-Mail:  cgriffis@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA School of Medicine (MS)
UCLA School of Education (EdPsych)
UCLA School of Nursing (PhD)

CRNA

Grove, Thomas M.
Clinical Professor
Anesthesia Clinical Director

Harrison, Johnny R.
Assistant Clinical Professor

Hidalgo, Nirmala R.
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: nhidalgo@mednet.ucla.edu
Loma Linda University (MD)
University of Pennsylvania (anesthesia)

Pain Medicine

Ho, Jonathan
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  jkho@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA School of Medicine (MD)
Loma Linda University Medical Center (internal medicine)
Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital (anesthesia)
UCLA School of Medicine (cardiac anesthesia)

General and Cardiac Anesthesia

Hoftman, Nir N.
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: nhoftman@mednet.ucla.edu
UC San Francisco (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Hong, Joe
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: jhong@mednet.ucla.edu
Boston University School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Hong, Richard
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  rhong@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Michigan (MD)
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (internal medicine)
University of Michigan Health Systems (anesthesia)
University of Michigan Health Systems (obstetric anesthesia)

Obstetric Anesthesia

Hsu, Eric S.Z.
Associate Clinical Professor

Huang, Yue Ming
Adjunct Assistant Professor

E-Mail:  yhuang@mednet.ucla.edu
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (MHS)
UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (EdD)

Anesthesiology Simulator Program

Iravani, Mohamad
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: miravani@mednet.ucla.edu
Medical College of Wisconsin (MD)
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Stanford University (general surgery program)
Columbia University (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia, Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

Jahr, Jonathan S.
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

E-Mail: jsjahr@mednet.ucla.edu
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY (MD)
University of Pittsburgh - University Health Center of Pittsburgh (anesthesia)
University of Pittsburgh - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (pediatric anesthesia)
Medical College of Pennsylvania - Allegheny General Hospital (cardiovascular and thoracic anesthesia)

Pediatrics, Cardiac Anesthesiology and Liver Transplant Anesthesia

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Kaplan, Marshal B.
Associate Clinical Professor

E-Mail: mkaplan@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Southern California (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Kapur, Patricia A.
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology/Director, Perioperative Services
Professor and Ronald L. Katz, M.D., Chair

E-Mail: pkapur@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Pennsylvania (MD)
Stanford University
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

Outpatient Anesthesia

Kaufman, Robert D.
Professor - Recalled

E-Mail: rkaufman@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Cincinatti School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Keyes, Mary A.
Clinical Professor

E-Mail: mkeyes@mednet.ucla.edu
Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago (MD)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago (anesthesia)
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago (pediatric anesthesia)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago (obstetrical anesthesia)

Ophthalmic Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia

Kiai, Kianusch
Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director, PACU/PTU

E-Mail:  kkiai@mednet.ucla.edu
UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)
UCLA Medical Center (neuroanesthesia)

Neurosurgical Anesthesia

Kuchta, Kenneth F.
Associate Clinical Professor

E-Mail: kkuchta@mednet.ucla.edu
State University of New York, Buffalo (MD)
University of Massachusetts (anesthesia and cardiac anesthesia)

General and Cardiac Anesthesia

Langdon, David
Clinical Instructor

E-Mail:
Albany Medical College (MD)
Loma Linda University Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Larson, C. Philip
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

E-Mail: plarson@ucla.edu
McGill University, Montreal , Canada (MD)
University of California, San Francisco (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Latorre, Ramon
Adjunct Professor, Basic Science Research Division

E-Mail: ramon@cecs.cl
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile (Ph.D.)

Structure function and permeation mechanisms in ion channels

Levin, Philip R. 
Associate Clinical Professor

E-Mail: plevin@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Illinois (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia, Liver Transplant Anesthesia

Lin, Mitchell
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: mlin@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Illinois at Chicago (MD)
Rush University, Chicago (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

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Mahajan, Aman
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Assistant Residency Program Director
Director, Perioperative Echocardiography

E-Mail:  amahajan@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Delhi/Maulana Azad medical College (medicine)
University of Dehli/Maulana Azad Medical College and UCLA
UCLA  Medical Center (cardiothoracic anesthesia)

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

E-Mail:  jdmiller@mednet.ucla.edu
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD)
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, New York (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia, Malignant Hyperthermia

Moore, James M. 
Associate Clinical Professor
Administrative Director, Acute Pain Service

E-Mail: jmoore@mednet.ucla.edu
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (MD)
University of Texas Medical Branch (anesthesia)
Virginia Mason Medical Center (regional anesthesia)

Regional Anesthesia

Morway, Philip F.
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: pmorway@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Massachusetts Medical Center (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Nadjat-Haiem, Carsten
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:carstennh@hotmail.com
State University of New York (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Neelakanta, Gundappa
Clinical Professor

E-Mail: gneelakanta@mednet.ucla.edu
Bangalor Medical College, India (MB)
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FFARCS)

Liver Transplant Anesthesia

Nourmand, Hamid
Associate Clinical Professor

E-Mail: hnourmand@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Miami School of medicine (medicine)
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center

Liver/GI Transplant Anesthesia

Nyerges, Anthony M. 
Clinical Professor

E-Mail: anyerges@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)
UCLA Medical Center (pain management)

General Anesthesia

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Olcese Riccardo
Associate Professor, Basic Science Research Division

E-Mail: rolcese@ucla.edu
University of Genova, Italy (PhD)

Structure and function of voltage activated ion channels

Park, Edward
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  epark@mednet.ucla.edu
UCSD (MD)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Francisco (internal medicine)
UCLA (anesthesiology)

General Anesthesia

Partownavid, Parisa
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: ppartownavid@mednet.ucla.edu
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (MD)
University of Iowa (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Patel, Komal
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  kdpatel@mednet.ucla.edu
Government Medical College, Surat, India (MBBS)
Henry Ford Hospital (anesthesia)
University of Chicago (anesthesia)
University of Chacago (cardiovascular anesthesia)

General and Cardiac Anesthesia

Patel, Neesa
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD)
Weill-Cornell New York-Presbyterian Hospital (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Patel, Swati
Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Pediatric Anesthesia

E-Mail: spatel@mednet.ucla.edu
Jefferson Medical College (medicine)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)
Children's Hospital of Cincinnati (pediatric anesthesia)

Pediatric Anesthesia

Podraza, Marjorie Ann
Clinical Instructor

E-Mail: mpodraza@mednet.ucla.edu
Emory University School of Medicine (MD)
Georgetown University Hospital (medicine)
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (anesthesia and critical care)

General Anesthesia

Pousman, Robert M.
Associate Clinical Professor

E-Mail: rpousman@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (DO)
JFK Memorial Hospital, New Jersey (osteopathy)
University of Texas, Houston (trauma anesthesia and critical care)
University of Texas, Houston (anesthesia and hyperbaric medicine)
University of Texas, Houston (anesthesia and critical care)
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee (anesthesia and critical care)

General Anesthesia, Acute Pain Service

Pregler, Johnathan
Clinical Professor
Director Outpatient Operating Rooms

E-Mail: jpregler@ucla.edu
Northwestern University Medical School (MD)
George Washington University Medical Center (anesthesia)

Outpatient Anesthesia

Rahman, Siamak
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: sirahman@mednet.ucla.edu
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (MD)
University of Iowa (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Ren, Wendy
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  wren@mednet.ucla.edu
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (pediatrics)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Riad, Maggy G.
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  mriad@mednet.ucla.edu
Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (MD)
USC - Rossier School of Education (MSEd)
LAC-USC Medical Center (anesthesia)
LAC-USC Medical Center (medicine-Endocrinology)
USC-Keck School of Medicine (medical education)

Clinical Anesthesia

Rosa III , Joseph
Associate Clinical Professor
Assistant Anesthesia Clinical Director

E-Mail: jrosa@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Southern California (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Rosenbaum, Harvey K.
Clinical Professor
Co-Director Malignant Hyperthermia Program

E-Mail: hkrosenbaum@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia, Malignant Hyperthermia

Rubinstein, Eduardo H.
Professor Emeritus

E-Mail: erubnstn@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine (MD)
University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine (PhD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

Neurosurgical Anesthesia, Head and Neck Anesthesia

Sadoughi, Ali R.
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: asadoughi@mednet.ucla.edu
College of Medicine, Shiraz University, Iran
Roosevelt University, Chicago (MD)
University of Illinois at Chicago (anesthesia)
Pain Management Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago
Shiraz University, Iran (orthopedic surgery)

Pain, General Anesthesia

Salehi, Ali
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: asalehi@mednet.ucla.edu
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Temple University, Philadelphia (anesthesia)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation (cardiac anesthesia fellowship)

Adult Cardiac Anesthesia, General Anesthesia

Schwarzenberger, Johanna
Associate Clinical Professor

E-Mail:
Georg-August Universitat, Gottingen, Germany (MD)
Oregon health Sciences University (anesthesia)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (cardiothoracic anesthesia fellow)

Cardiac and General Anesthesia

Sopher, Michael J.
Clinical Professor
Director, Cardiac Anesthesia

E-Mail: msopher@mednet.ucla.edu
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)
UCLA Medical Center (pediatric and cardiac anesthesia)

Cardiac Anesthesia, Liver Transplant Anesthesia

Steadman, Randolph H.
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Director, Division of Liver Transplant Anesthesia
Vice-Chair of Education

E-Mail: rhs@ucla.edu
University of Florida (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 

Liver Transplant Anesthesia, Simulator Director

Stefani, Enrico
Professor, Basic Science Research Division
Vice-Chairman, Research

E-Mail: estefani@ucla.edu
Univeristy of Buenos Aires, Argentina (MD)
University of London, England (PhD)
Link to Web Site

Molecular function of ion channels and their hormonal regulation

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Toro de Stefani, Ligia G.
Professor, Basic Science Research Division

E-Mail: ltoro@ucla.edu
Centro de Investigacion y de Estadios Avanzados del IPN. Mexico, DNF (PhD)
Link to Web Site

Vascular Biology, Aging and Molecular Remodeling of Ion Channels

Turner, Judi A.
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  jaturner@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA Medical Center (MD)
University of North Carolina (PhD - economics)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Van de Wiele, Barbara M.
Clinical Professor
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Director, Neuroanesthesia

E-Mail: bvan@mednet.ucla.edu
Columbia University, New York College of Physicians & Surgeons (MD)
UCLA Medical Center (anesthesia)

Neurosurgical Anesthesia

Vondriska, Thomas
Assistant Professor, Basic Science Research Division

E-Mail: tvondriska@mednet.ucla.edu
University of Louisville (PhD)

Systems biology of signal transduction; proteomics of cardiovascular disease

Wald, Samuel H.
Associate Clinical Professor
Director Residency Program

E-Mail: swald@mednet.ucla.edu
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (anesthesia)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (anesthesia)
Children's Hospital Boston (pediatric anesthesia)

Pediatric Anesthesiology           

Wang, Yibin
Professor, Basic Science Research Division

E-Mail: yibinwang@mednet.ucla.edu
Baylor College of Medicine (Ph.D.)

Molecular Genetics and Molecular Cardiology

Wray, Christopher
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail:  cwray@mednet.ucla.edu
Ohio State University College of Medicine (MD)
Evanston Hospital (internal medcine)
Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia, Clinical Anesthesia

Xia, Victor
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: vxia@mednet.ucla.edu
Tongji Medical University (MD)
Tongji Medical University (surgery)
University of Iowa (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

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Zadeh, Bita
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: bzadeh@mednet.ucla.edu
George Washington University Schoolof Medicine (MD)
UCLA School of Medicine (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia

Zeltzer, Lonnie
Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

E-Mail: lzeltzer@pediatrics.medsch.ucla.edu
University of Cincinnati (MD)
University of Arizona (pediatrics)
Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles (adolescent  medicine)

Ziadlourad, Fahimeh
Associate Clinical Professor

E-Mail: p08402@mvs.medctr.ucla.edu
Tehran University School of Medicine, Iran (MD)
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, New York (anesthesia)
UC San Francisco (obstetrical anesthesia)

Outpatient and Obstetrical Anesthesia

Ziv, Keren
Assistant Clinical Professor

E-Mail: kziv@medscape.com
UCSF School of Medicine (MD)
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology (anesthesia)

General Anesthesia