Journalist Resources
UCLA Health Media Relations
The UCLA Health Media Relations Office assists credentialed journalists with news inquiries and promotes the programs, science and specialists at UCLA Health's five hospitals and more than 280 clinics, the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
For fastest service, journalists can email:
Reporters also may contact members of the media team directly using the guide below.
Allergy and Immunology, Cardiology, Critical Care, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine
Alana Prisco
Associate Director, Media Relations
Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, Ethics, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Liver and Kidney Transplant, Nephrology, Surgery
Enrique Rivero
Senior Media Relations Officer
Ambulatory Care, Community Clinics, Dermatology, Diversity & Inclusion, Gastroenterology, Hospital Services (Auxiliary Services, Volunteers), Integrative Medicine, Orthopedics, Palliative Care
Simi Singer
Senior Media Relations Officer
Will Houston
Senior Media Relations Officer
Community Partnerships, Diet and Nutrition, Pediatrics
Evelyn Tokuyama
Media Relations Officer
Basic Science, Blood and Platelet Center, Emergency Medicine, Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center, Head and Neck Surgery (Otolaryngology/ENT), Heart Transplant, Lung Transplant, Men's Health, Nursing, Ophthalmology/Stein Eye Institute, Pathology, Pharmacy, Plastic Surgery, Radiology, Urology
UCLA Media Relations
Operations and Administration
Phil Hampton
Senior Director, Communications
Senior Director, Media Relations
David Sampson
Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Ani Vahradyan
Communications and Media Relations Manager