VA Hospitalists
The Hospitalist Section at VA Greater Los Angeles has over 20 hospitalist physicians who care for patients at the West Los Angeles Medical Center. In addition to providing high-quality care to serving Veterans, the hospitalist section takes immense pride in educating medical students and housestaff. Our hospitalists participate in educational, leadership, and scholarship activities at UCLA and the West Los Angeles VA, including:
- Clinical skills, Problem-based learning, Doctoring, Clinical reasoning, and Transition to Clerkship (DGSOM at UCLA)
- Educators for Excellence (DGSOM at UCLA)
- Early Authentic Clinical Experience (DGSOM at UCLA)
- Ultrasound education (DGSOM at UCLA, UCLA IM Residency)
- Inter-disciplinary simulation instruction (DGSOM at UCLA, UCLA IM Residency)
- Quality improvement (VA Health System)
- Curriculum redesign and development (DGSOM at UCLA, UCLA IM Residency)
- Medical education pathway associate directorship (UCLA IM Residency)
- Site directorship (DGSOM at UCLA, UCLA Neurology Prelim Program)
- Associate Program Directorship (UCLA IM Residency, UCLA Anesthesiology Residency)
- VA Internal Medicine Grand Rounds (VA GLA Department of Medicine)
- VA Health Services Research & Development (VA Health System)
- Clinical Informatics (VA Health System)
Faculty
- Samuel Burstein
- Carl "Cal" Burton
- Emily Cantor
- Kelley Chuang
- Adela Greeley
- Jonathan Helali
- Adriana Izquierdo
- Casey Kaneshiro
- Eric Kwoh
- Azadeh Lankarani-Fard
- Tyler Larsen
- Michael Lazarus
- Zhaoping Li
- Dan Ly
- Reza Manesh
- Sean McCarthy
- Christopher Moriates
- Michael Ong
- Carlos Irwin Oronce
- Satya Patel
- Maria Romanova
- Ashley Saito
- Evan Shannon
- Michael Spiker
- Pamela Tsing
- Behram "Gino" Vaghaiwalla
- Simon Wu