Consortium Members
Christopher Brown, MD, MPH, FASAM
Chair, DHS Substance Use Disorder Workgroup
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine
Theodore C. Friedman, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
Endocrinologist
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science
Roger C. Garrison, DO, FACP
Medical Director, Inpatient Services
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Associate Director, Graduate Medical Education
Riverside University Health System - Medical Center
Marco A. Hidalgo, PhD
Director, Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship in Addiction Medicine, UCLA Division of Medicine-Pediatrics & Preventive Medicine
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
David Hjerpe, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, UCLA
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UCR
Eduardo Javier, MD
Program Director
University of California, Riverside, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and Eisenhower Health
Alice A. Kuo, MD, PhD, MBA
Principal Investigator, Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health
Program Director, HRSA Addiction Medicine Fellowship & Graduate Psychology Education Programs
Professor and Chief, UCLA Medicine-Pediatrics/Preventive Medicine
Director, UC-LEND and UCLA Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
David Lawrence, MD
Medical Director Downtown Los Angeles Substance Use Disorder Clinic, VA Greater LA Health System
Assistant Professor UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Mina W. Ma, MD
Clinical Professor
UCLA General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research
Julio Meza, MD
Addiction and Family Medicine Physician
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Director
UCLA Health
Joseph Mott, MD
Faculty University of California, Riverside, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and Eisenhower Health Addiction Medicine
Denise M. Nunez, MD, MPH
Consortium Director
Preventive Medicine & Public Health Physician, UCLA Health at University of California Los Angeles
Kenneth Pettersen, MD
Internal Medicine Primary Care Physician, Olive View - UCLA Medical Center
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Dragos Serseni, MD
Substance Abuse Treatment Services
VA Long Beach HCS
Steven J Shoptaw, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Family Medicine
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Editor-in-Chief, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Claudia Wang, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Team
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Sun M. Yoo, MD, MPH
Section Chief, Extensivist and Palliative Care Services
UCLA Health
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