Anesthesiology

Obstetric Anesthesiology

OB Anesthesia Division gathers for dinenr at restaurant
The Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology includes faculty members who specialize in obstetric anesthesiology and to providing excellent obstetric anesthesiology care. UCLA anesthesiologists provide obstetric anesthesia services at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (RRUMC) in Westwood Village, at the Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center, and at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH).
 
At the RRUMC, faculty members work in a multidisciplinary, collaborative, academic environment to educate UCLA anesthesiology residents and medical students. An attending anesthesiologist remains in the hospital around the clock to guide labor analgesia and handle emergencies.
 
We expect an annual volume of 1500-2000 births/year, including a wide variety of high-risk referral patients in need of care. The majority of laboring women receive labor epidurals from our service, but UCLA offers other pain management therapies for the labor and birth experience including nitrous oxide. We support each mother’s choices for pharmacologic and/or non-pharmacologic pain management.

For more information about our OB Anesthesia Fellowship, please click the link here: Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship

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Epidural eBook

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Physicians

Catherine M. Cha, MD

Catherine M. Cha, MD

Chief, Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology 

Assistant Clinical Professor

camcha@mednet.ucla.edu

Fellowship-trained at Cedars Sinai

Lynn Choi, MD

Lynn Choi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Fellowship Program Director

lchoi@mednet.ucla.edu

Fellowship-trained at Brigham and Women's

Jason G. Hirsch, MD

Jason G. Hirsch, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

jhirsch@mednet.ucla.edu

Fellowship-trained at UCLA

Joe C. Hong, MD

Joe C. Hong, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

Executive Vice Chair

jhong@mednet.ucla.edu

Richard Hong, MD, FASA

Richard Hong, MD, FASA

Associate Clinical Professor

Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology

rhong@mednet.ucla.edu

Fellowship-trained at the University of Michigan

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Jennifer M. Lucero, MD, MA

Associate Professor

Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

jmlucero@mednet.ucla.edu

Fellowship-trained at UCSF

Cristianna Vallera, MD

Cristianna Vallera, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Medical Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology for Martin Luther King, Jr.

cvallera@mednet.ucla.edu

Fellowship-trained at Johns Hopkins