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Leadership

Zhaoping Li, MD

Zhaoping Li, MD

Clinical Nutrition

Chief of Medical Services

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Neil Paige, MD

Deputy Chief

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Edward Lee, MD

Associate Chief of Education

Division Chiefs

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Donald Chang, MD
Chief of Cardiology
Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Associate Chief of Staff, Geriatric and Extended Care
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Matthew Goetz, MD
Chief of Infectious Disease
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Cathy Lee, MD
Chief of Geriatrics
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Deborah Moran, MD
Chief of Palliative Care
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Christopher Moriates, MD
Chief of Hospital Medicine
Chief of Gastroenterology
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Anjani Reddy, MD
Chief of Primary Care
Chief of Hematology/Oncology
Chief of Nephrology
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Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD
Chief of General Internal Medicine/Health Services Research
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Guy Soo Hoo, MD
Chief of Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep
Chief of Integrative Medicine
Jane Weinreb, MD
Jane Weinreb, MD
Chief of Endocrinology
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Joseph Yusin, MD
Chief of Allergy and Immunology

Administrative Team

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Germaine Le
Division Administrative Manager
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Rolando Kuk
Assistant to Division Administrative Manager
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Jacqueline Duong
Assistant to Chief of Medical Services
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Jacqueline Pious-Gaines
Academic Personnel Coordinator, Lead
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Ammar Shah Khan
Academic Personnel Coordinator
Natalie Rodriguez
Natalie Rodriguez
Academic Personnel Coordinator
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Aida Alvarez
Senior Fund Manager
Ladan Vakili
Ladan Vakili
Senior Fund Manager
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Lucy Shao
Senior Fund Manager
Robert Ding
Robert Ding
Senior Fund Manager
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Ana Ortiz
Fund Manager
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Stone Hagman-Lawson
Fund Manager
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Eric Hovsepian
Fund Manager
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Maria Ventura
Fund Manager
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Judy Cervantes
Division Purchaser
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Ernesto Lopez
Division Purchaser

Research Faculty

  • Alam, MD. Noor
  • Alessi, Cathy A. 
  • Altman, Lisa 
  • Apaydin, Eric
  • Aragaki, Dixie Lynne Reiko
  • Bashir, Muhammad-Tariq
  • Basu, Aashna Rajan
  • Bean-Mayberry, Bevanne A.
  • Beenhouwer, David O. 
  • Bejjani, Anthony Charles
  • Benhammou, Jihane N. 
  • Benjamin, Lawrence N. 
  • Ben-Ozer, Elite
  • Bersohn, Malcolm M. 
  • Betancourt, Jaime
  • Beynet, David P. 
  • Bhat, Shalini Pervaje
  • Bhattacharya, Debika 
  • Bischoff, David S.
  • Borthwick, Katharine Maile
  • Bostrom, Kristina 
  • Brent, Gregory A. 
  • Buhr, Russell G. 
  • Buljubasic, Nediljka 
  • Capone-Newton, Peter 
  • Castle, Steven C. 
  • Chang, Donald Steven
  • Chang, Evelyn T
  • Chang, Melisa Rosa
  • Chuang, Tammy 
  • Cole, Gregory M.
  • Cordasco, Kristina Marie
  • Cowan, Brianna Joy 
  • Dajani, Rachel Christina 
  • Dellinger, Oscar David 
  • Dixit, Vivek 
  • Dong, Tien S.
  • Dubinett, Steven M. 
  • Eapen, Blessen C. 
  • Ebrahimi, Ramin 
  • Eng, Kevin
  • Eskildsen, Manuel A.
  • Essien, Utibe R. 
  • Everett, Estelle 
  • Feliciano, Zenaida 
  • Fitzgerald, John D. 
  • Flores, Sara C. 
  • Frautschy, Sally Ann
  • Frenchman, Meghana
  • Frost, Patrick J.
  • Fulcher, Jennifer 
  • Fung, Constance
  • Ganz, David A.
  • Gera, Joseph F. 
  • Germano, Patrizia Maria
  • Glassman, Peter A 
  • Goetz, Matthew B. 
  • Graber, Christopher J. 
  • Gukovskaya, Anna S.
  • Gukovsky, Ilya Y.
  • Gvilia, Irma
  • Haake, David A.
  • Han, Janet K. 
  • Han, Steven-Huy B. 
  • Hashemi, Leila 
  • Hausenbauer, Alessi 
  • Hevener, Andrea L. 
  • Hinman, Jason
  • Hsiai, Tzung 
  • Hsieh, Jo Kung-Chiao 
  • Hsu, Jeffrey J. 
  • Ikuta, Kevin S.
  • Jacob, Noam
  • Jacobs, Jonathan P.
  • Jensen,Dennis M. 
  • John, Joshi 
  • Jun, Dale
  • Kaunitz, Jonathan D. 
  • Kelly, Monica R. 
  • Kim, Kathy H.
  • King, Ebony O. 
  • King, Jeffrey Kwan 
  • King, Jennifer K. 
  • Kolb, Jennifer 
  • Kramer, Betty J.
  • Kraut, Jeffrey
  • Kwoh, Eric
  • Langevin, Kathy Hee-Won Kim 
  • Lankarani-Fard, Azadeh 
  • Lechner, Melissa G. 
  • Lee, Cathy C.
  • Lee, Gina 
  • Leet, Jennifer 
  • Leung, Angela M. 
  • Leung, Felix W. 
  • Leung, Lucinda B. 
  • Li, Zhaoping 
  • Ly, Dan P.
  • Manavi, Shahryar Shawn 
  • Martin, Jennifer L. 
  • Martin, Stephanie J.
  • Matsunaga, James 
  • May, Folasade P. 
  • McCarty, Ryan Stewart 
  • Milanesi, Anna 
  • Miranda, Alberto 
  • Mody, Freny
  • Moin, Tannaz
  • Monto, Alexander 
  • Moolchandani, Priyanka 
  • Moran, Deborah 
  • Moriates, Christopher P.
  • Mosaferi, Tina 
  • Mullur, Rashmi S. 
  • Murphy, Mary Catherine 
  • Nagami, Glenn T.
  • Nanda, Udai
  • Nastasi, Anne E.
  • Nayeri, Rebecca 
  • Neverova, Natalia 
  • Nguyen, Kim-Lien 
  • Ni, Catherine 
  • Ong, Michael K. 
  • Oronce, Carlos Irwin Agustin
  • Orshansky, Greg 
  • Oshiro, Resa L 
  • Ovsiowitz, Rebecca Samantha 
  • Packard, Rene R. 
  • Paige, Neil 
  • Pangarkar, Sanjog S.
  • Patel, Arpan A.
  • Patel, Reema 
  • Pham, Mai Ngoc Phuong 
  • Pham, Phuong-Mai T. 
  • Pham, Quynh Giao 
  • Pisegna, Joseph R. 
  • Plotkin, Jennifer Blair 
  • Ranson, Elizabeth L.
  • Rastegar, Mandana
  • Rastogi, Anjay 
  • Razmjou, Amir Ali
  • Reddy, Anjani T.
  • Reese, Nicholas D. 
  • Rettig, Matthew B. 
  • Rhee, Connie 
  • Rokhsar, Soleyman 
  • Ryden, Armand Michael 
  • Saber, Mojgan H. 
  • Sacks, Harold S 
  • Saito, Ashley Kayo 
  • Salehi-rad, Ramin 
  • Samandary, Sarah Mary 
  • Samuel, Rebecca L. 
  • Sarkisian, Catherine A. 
  • Schwartz, Miriam C. 
  • Scumpia, Philip O. 
  • Seligman, Benjamin J.
  • Shannon, Evan M. 
  • Shapiro, Shelley 
  • Sharma, Salila S.
  • Sharma, Shilpa
  • Shekelle, Paul
  • Shin, Daniel S. 
  • Simon, Steven R.
  • Siu, Man Kit Michael
  • Soo Hoo, Guy W. 
  • Sountsova, Natalia Vladimirovna
  • Spiker, Michael
  • Subramanian, Indu
  • Sweeney, Dana Claire
  • Taylor, Stephanie L.
  • Thomas, Aaron Parapalilthazhay
  • Tillisch, Kirsten 
  • Tran, George N 
  • Tran, Linh M.
  • Tran, Mike Trung Hung V.
  • Veena, Mysore S 
  • Volkmann, Elizabeth R. 
  • Vu, Kim Thanh
  • Walling, Anne
  • Wanagat, Jonathan M.
  • Wang, Vivian 
  • Warner, Alberta L. 
  • Washington, Donna 
  • Watson, Richard L. 
  • Wei, Melissa Y. 
  • Weinreb, Ari
  • Weinreb, Jane E.
  • Weintraub, Nancy
  • Wilkins, Stacy
  • Wilkinson, Ariana Claire
  • Wilson, Andrew 
  • Woodley, David 
  • Wu, Simon 
  • Yano, Elizabeth M.
  • Yokota, Tomohiro 
  • Yusin, Joseph S.
  • Zeidler, Michelle R. 
  • Zhao, Peng
  • Zhou, Li 
  • Ziaeian, Boback

Lab Staff

  • Jiabin An, SRA 3
  • Yunjia Bai, Student 3
  • Katie Carlson, Behavioral Health Specialist I
  • Alex Chang, Lab Assistant 2
  • Andrea Daza, SRA 1
  • Jason Ereso, SRA 1
  • Sara Ghadimi, SRA 1
  • Leila Ghayouri, Public Admin Analyst
  • Janet Johnson, Study Coordinator
  • Mary Keushkerian, Student 3 
  • Lisa Le, SRA 1
  • Sebastian Malpica, Lab Assistant 1
  • Elle Manzano, SRA 1
  • Anna Matevossian, SRA 2
  • Isabel Munoz, SRA 1
  • Aryun Pogosyan, SRA 2
  • Nikolai Ramalingam, Student 3
  • Yijang Shi, SRA 4
  • Jasmyn Tang, SRA 1
  • Silvina Torres, SRA 1
  • Samantha Tran, Sr. Public Admin
  • Sonya Tsai, Public Admin Analyst
  • Hinn Zhang, Student 3

Updated as of July 31, 2024