Meet the Team
Andrew Leuchter, MD
Aaron R. Slan, MD
Hewa Artin, MD
Walter S. Dunn, MD, PhD
Nathaniel D. Ginder, MD, PhD
Jason Jalil, MD
Ralph J. Koek, MD
Hanadi Ajam Oughli, MD
Thomas B. Strouse, MD
Reza Tadayon-Nejad, MD, PhD
Scott A. Wilke, MD, PhD
David Krantz, MD, PhD
Dr. Krantz has been on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA for twenty years, and serves active roles as both a basic scientist and a clinical psychiatrist.
After completing an MD/PhD in the Medical Scientist Training Program at UCLA, he completed internship and residency in psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is board certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. After completing residency, he was then awarded a Howard Hughes Postdoctoral Fellowship for Physicians to investigate the regulation of vesicular neurotransmitter transporters in Robert Edwards’ laboratory at UCSF. He returned to UCLA in 2000.
Dr. Krantz’s primary clinical interest is the treatment of depression and he is a member of the Division of Neuromodulation within the Psychiatry department. He is also an attending physician in the UCLA Mood Disorders Clinic. His laboratory uses the model genetic organism Drosophila to study how neurotransmitter transporters influence synaptic transmission and behavior. He is also using Drosophila as a tool to investigate the mechanism of action of drugs used to treat depression and to investigate the fundamental principles that govern aminergic signaling.
Hewa Artin, MD
Dr. Hewa Artin is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA and serves as an attending physician in the Division of Neuromodulation.
Dr. Artin is a board-certified psychiatrist and received his M.D. from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency at UC San Diego, where he served as Chief Resident and received advanced training in interventional psychiatry.
Dr. Artin integrates his clinical practice with a passion for education and research, particularly in the areas of neuromodulation and psychedelics. He is dedicated to enhancing his patients’ quality of life through innovative neuropsychiatric treatments and contributing to the ongoing development of the field.
Margaret Distler, MD
Evan Hy Einstein, MD, MPH
Evan Hy Einstein, MD, MPH, is a Health Sciences Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He currently works in both the divisions of Neuromodulation and Adult Psychiatry. He joined the UCLA faculty in 2023 after working in one of the busiest psychiatric emergency departments in the country at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City.
His interests involve interventional approaches to treating psychiatric illness, as well as novel neuromodulation applications for treatment-resistant psychiatric and neurologic conditions. He has a particular interest in the use of neuromodulation for rehabilitation, and has published on the uses of TMS for neurorehabilitation after stroke and neurosurgery for oncologic lesions.
Dr. Einstein is a board-certified adult psychiatrist who received his M.D. degree from New York Medical College. He also completed a Masters in Public Health due to his interest in advocacy and mental health policy work.
Dr. Einstein completed his internship in adult psychiatry at Johns Hopkins. He completed the remainder of his adult psychiatry residency training at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine program. This included clinical experiences in multiple practice settings including public, private, state, and federal. Dr. Einstein has treated patients at NYU’s hospital system as well as Bellevue Hospital Center, the Manhattan VA Hospital, Kirby Forensic Hospital, and the NYU Wellness and Counseling Services.
Dr. Einstein has mentored medical students and residents and served as Chief Resident at NYU during his training. He has developed a compassionate, warm, holistic, and straight-forward approach to mental healthcare. He is committed to providing exceptional care to all patients.