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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
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Blessen C. Eapen, MD
Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Manuel Eskildsen, MD, MPH
Manuel Eskildsen, MD, MPH
Associate Chief of Staff, Geriatric and Extended Care
John D. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, MBA
John D. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, MBA
Chief of Rheumatology
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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
Joseph R. Pisegna, MD
Joseph R. Pisegna, MD
Chief of Gastroenterology
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Anjani Reddy, MD
Chief of Primary Care
Matthew B. Rettig, MD
Matthew Rettig, MD
Chief of Hematology/Oncology
Connie M. Rhee, MD, MSc
Connie M. Rhee, MD, MSc
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
Kirsten Tillisch, MD
Kirsten Tillisch, MD
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