Urology

Oversight Committees

External Advisory Board

  • Cindy L. Amundsen, MD, Roy T. Parker, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Professor of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
  • Linda Brubaker, MD, FACOG, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UC San Diego School of Medicine/UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA
  • David F. Penson, MD, MPH, Paul V. Hamilton, MD, and Virginia E. Howd Chair in Urologic Oncology, Professor and Chair of Urology, Director of the Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
  • Robert G. Uzzo, MD, FACS, G. Willing “Wing” Pepper Chair in Cancer Research, Professor and Chair of Surgical Oncology at Temple University Health System and the Fox Chase Cancer Center, Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, Temple University College of Engineering, Philadelphia, PA

Executive Steering Committee

  • Karim Chamie, MD, MSHS, Associate Professor and Director of the the Urologic Oncology Fellowship, UCLA Department of Urology
  • Ritu Salani, MD, MBA, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Deborah Krakow, MD, Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Human Genetics
  • Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Urology, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Fielding School of Public Health, Professor of Nursing
  • Michael K. Ong, MD, PhD, Professor, UCLA Department of Medicine, Professor of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Chief of the Hospitalist Division at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
  • Keith C. Norris, MD, PhD, Professor, UCLA Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research)

Curriculum Development and Integration Committee

  • Deborah Krakow, MD, Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Human Genetics
  • Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Urology, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Fielding School of Public Health, Professor of Nursing
  • Michael K. Ong, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine & Health Policy and Management at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Chief of the Hospitalist Division at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
  • Moira Inkelas, PhD, MPH, Professor of Health Policy and Management and Assistant Director of the Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
  • Thomas Rice, PhD, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
  • Joann Elmore, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Scholarship Oversight Committee

Each T32 postdoctoral trainee will have a Scholarship Oversight Committee consisting of a minimum of three mentors who, by different scientific expertise and backgrounds, will foster interdisciplinary perspectives and provide on-the-ground experience and expertise in health care system stakeholder-engaged project conception, formulation, and execution.