Robin Wachsner, M.D., Chief
Robert Bryg, M.D.	Sheba Meymandi, M.D.
Rex MacAlpin, M.D.	Stephen Salzman, M.D.
Clinical Faculty:
Paul A. Levine, M.D.	Ara Tilkian, M.D.
Fellows:
Olujima Ajijola, M.D.	Thao Nguyen, M.D.
Juan Alvergue, M.D.	Tim Provias, M.D.
Anh Bui, M.D.	Tamer Sallam, M.D.
Richard Cheng, M.D.	Kamran Shamsa, M.D.
Tom Diax, M.D.	Cheri Silverstein, M.D.
Azar Mehdizadeh-Dastjerdi, M.D.	Jessica Wang, M.D.
Kim-Lien Nguyen, M.D.	Jennifer Lee Wong, M.D.

At Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, housestaff will manage a wide variety of inpatient cardiologic disorders not usually seen outside a county facility. This includes valvular disease, congenital disease, and heart disease in pregnancy. The Cardiology Division has facilities for all aspects of non-invasive and invasive procedures. There are more than 5000 non-invasive and 600 invasive procedures per year. Residents rotating on the consult service in cardiology receive intensive teaching during ward rounds, weekly conferences, outpatient clinic, and reading of cardiac procedures. There is also a rotation available in the Non-Invasive (Stress) Laboratory for a more concentrated experience in the performance and evaluation of stress testing. There are specialized outpatient clinics for patients with Cardiomyopathy, Pacemakers/Devices, and Chagas Disease.

The areas of research interest include clinical pharmacology of heart failure, basic mechanisms of vascular injury, non-invasive evaluation of endothelial function, and Chagas disease.

Howard Sofen, M.D., Chief
Sharona Yashar, M.D.

The Dermatology Division at Olive View - UCLA Medical Center is managed under the Department of Medicine and is actively involved in patient care and teaching. In addition to staffing twice-weekly dermatology clinics, the clinical faculty present special teaching sessions and seminars, and evaluate cases with the general internal medicine inpatient consultation service. These sessions include bi-weekly rounds evaluating interesting patients in the Medical Walk-In and Pediatric Dermatology Clinics and monthly rounds in the ID-Dermatology Clinic. Residents assigned to the ambulatory medicine rotation attend one to two dermatology sessions per week. A weekly dermatology procedure clinic is also available for residents to attend.

Nasser Mikhail, M.D., M.Sc., Chief
Vahid Mahabadi, M.D.

The Division of Endocrinology is responsible for staffing the weekly endocrinology clinics and providing consultations. Additionally, the division presents monthly lectures as part of the noon conference series. This is a popular service with the housestaff because of the Endocrinology Division’s dedication to teaching. Of note, Dr.Mahabadi is actively involved in the research area of hypogonadism.

Stanley Dea, M.D., Chief
Rahul Chhablani, M.D.	Ronald Koretz, MD
Mary Farid, M.D.	Lisa Toy, M.D.
Richard Hu, M.D.
Clinical Faculty:
Jihad Batah, M.D.	Marc Harwitt, M.D.
Donald David, M.D.	Michael Klein, M.D.
Fellows:
Oussama Alsawas, M.D.	Vandana Khungar, M.D.
Ben Basseri, M.D.	Woojin Kim, M.D.
Wei Wei Cao, M.D.	Oscar Lopez, M.D.
Anuj Datta, M.D.	Justin Reynolds, M.D.
Sundip Karsan, M.D.	Ali Sedarat, M.D.

The Division of Gastroenterology is one of the five members of the UCLA system-wide training program in gastroenterology. It is situated at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. Its objectives are to train students, housestaff and fellows in all aspects of clinical gastroenterology. The focus of the training is on appropriate utilization of resources, critical thinking, and decision-making based on clinical presentations. The division trains one first year fellow and one post-graduate fellow.

The post-graduate fellow is in the advanced endoscopy training program. This fellowship provides training in ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound as well as other advanced procedures such as wireless capsule endoscopy, metal-stent placement and endoscopic mucosal resection.

The currently active research programs are involved with clinical outcomes/decision analysis, hepatitis, complementary and alternative medicine in gastroenterology, nutritional support, interventional endoscopy, and gastrointestinal endoscopy. The division oversees approximately 600-800 inpatient consultations, 3,000 outpatient visits and 1,700 endoscopic procedures.

Michael Rotblatt, M.D., Pharm.D., Chief, Division of GIM

Fredric Adler, M.D.	Carlin Rooke, M.D.
Robert Gold, M.D.	Soma Wali, M.D.
Tamara Modilevsky, M.D.	Elijah Wasson, M.D.
Mark Richman, M.D.	Katherine Yu, M.D.

Primary Care and Community Medicine Faculty*:

Nasser Abdo, M.D.	Dieu-Thu Nguyen, M.D.
Siamak Basiratmand, M.D.	Carlos Rodriguez, M.D.
Joseph Blank, M.D.	George Shahin, M.D.
Mindy Cheng, M.D.	Rita Singhal, M.D.
Elizabeth Manios, M.D.	Joseph Zaky, M.D.
Maribel Munoz, M.D.

IM-EM Faculty*:

Luis Lovato, M.D.	Vena Ricketts, M.D.
Scott Lundberg, M.D.	Matthew Waxman, M.D.
Kennamer Fellows:
Ramez Ethnasios, M.D.	Brandon Woodbury, M.D.

(*) Also teach in the Division of GIM, Department of Medicine

The General Internal Medicine (GIM) faculty includes a large group of hospital-based internists, clinic-based internists, and our associate Internal Medicine-Emergency Medicine faculty. We also work closely with faculty in our new Hospitalist Division (see separately). We are heavily involved in housestaff education and are supervising Attendings for the majority of the ward medicine and ambulatory medicine (primary care and urgent care) experiences. GIM faculty are also in charge of the Medicine Pre-Op and Derm Biopsy clinics. In addition, the Division is responsible for training a fourth year fellow in GIM (Kennamer Fellowship) at Olive View. Several faculty teach at the David Geffen School of Medicine campus at UCLA.

The Division of GIM is known for its outstanding medical education of housestaff and students. Each full time faculty member has a specific interest and training in General internal Medicine (Hospital and/or Primary Care). Specific clinical and research areas of interest include: health services provision, practice guidelines, patient safety, evidence-based medicine, medical informatics, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, anticoagulation, pain management, alternative medical therapies, women’s health and palliative care.

Permanent Faculty:
Nancy Feldman, M.D., Division Chief & Fellowship Program Director

Peter Chung, M.D.	Leland Powell, M.D., Ph.D.
Jeffrey Miller, M.D.	Daphne Stewart, M.D., M.S.

Clinical Faculty:

Charles Rosenbaum, M.D.	Elizabeth Meyering, M.D.
Maurice Berkowitz, M.D.	Carl Singerman, M.D.
Johnny Chang, M.D.	Ashkan Lashkari, M.D.
Sheldon Davidson, M.D.	Rex Wong, M.D., Ph.D.
Levon Qasabian, M.D.

Fellows:

Helen Kang, M.D.	Bryant Sheh, M.D.
Punprapai Boriboonsomsin, M.D.	Sheila Vasan, M.D.
Allen Joo, M.D.	Phillis Wu, M.D.
Gauri Kelekar, M.D.	Martina Zalom, M.D.
Monica Lee, M.D.

The Division of Hematology-Oncology cares for patients presenting to our medical system with an astounding variety of solid tumors, hematologic malignancies, and chronic benign hematologic disorders. Our division oversees outpatient Hematology and Oncology clinics 4 half-days per week, a full-time outpatient Special Treatment Center for the provision of chemotherapy, procedures, and acute walk-in services, an inpatient Hematology-Oncology ward service, and an inpatient Hematology-Oncology consultation service.

In addition to direct patient care, we sponsor multidisciplinary tumor boards for Thoracic Oncology, General Oncology, Breast Cancer, Gynecology Oncology, and Lymphomas, attended by the divisions of Pathology, Hematolopathology, General and Thoracic Surgery, Gynecologic Oncology, Radiology, and Radiation Oncology. We offer weekly Hematology and Oncology review conferences, monthly journal clubs, and expert lectures every other week focusing on current literature. We encourage elective rotations through Blood and Marrow Transplant and Blood Bank at Cedars Sinai, Hematopathology at UCLA, our community Radiation Oncology partners, and Palliative Care Medicine at the West LA Veterans Administration Hospital.

The division engages in clinical trials research and currently has active protocols for breast and gynecologic malignancies, and supportive care in patients with breast cancer. The AVON Foundation and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center support our Avon Cares for Life breast cancer program that includes patient navigation services from diagnosis through treatment, post-treatment survivorship care, and clinical trial support. Additionally, our division has an established breast cancer Genetic Risk Assessment Program in collaboration with the City of Hope National Medical Center.

Peter Balingit, M.D., Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine

Clinical Faculty:

Asif Alavi, M.D.	Ngozi Iroezi, M.D., M.P.H.
Raj Chudasama, M.D.	Tracie Kurano, M.D.
Sue Chung, M.D.	Cindy Mong, M.D.
Christine Dang, M.D.	Amir Rouhani, M.D.

The Division of Hospital Medicine is comprised of physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Specific clinical and research interests of division members include medical education, hospice and palliative medicine, wound care, patient safety, and quality improvement. In recent years, division members have had authorship roles in several peer-reviewed publications, served as principal investigators for clinical trials, presented various educational topics and case reports at regional and national medical society meetings, and have appeared on an ABC News Primetime television segment.

Hospitalists play a large role in the supervision of housestaff and medical students who care for inpatients on the general medicine ward service. Additionally, they work closely with residents and nurse practitioners rotating on the hospitalist and palliative medicine consultation services. Teaching on the hospitalist service is geared toward improving efficiency, appropriate resource utilization, use of inpatient clinical pathway order sets, and chart documentation. When rotating on this fast-paced service, housestaff evaluate several new patients for admission daily and work in a model that mimics community practice.

Glenn Mathisen, M.D., Chief

Suzanne Donovan, M.D., M.P.H	Caitlin Reed, M.D.
Arthur Jeng, M.D.	David Talan, M.D.
Gregory Moran, M.D.

Clinical Faculty:

Christine Balekian, M.D.	Nilesh Hingarh M.D.
Fritz Bredeek M.D.	Ramesh Nathan M.D.
Michael Cohen, M.D.	Jewell Parrilla, M.D.
Linda Croad, M.D.	Jonathan Truong, M.D.

Fellows:

Tracy Bae, M.D.	Cyrus Javan, M.D.
Rak Chaiwongkarjon, M.D.	Khalid Maznavi, M.D.
Josh Douglas, M.D.	Nirav Patel, M.D.
April Ferguson, M.D.	Pat Tingpej, M.D.
Caroline Isner, M.D.

The clinical training program of the Division of Infectious Diseases is part of the UCLA Multicampus/Affiliated Program in Infectious Diseases and Microbial Pathogenesis. Research activities include investigations of tropical medicine (Chagas Disease), Coccidiodomycosis, meningitis, and HIV- associated neurological diseases. Because of our immigrant patient population, the service has a special interest in tropical medicine and the diseases of travel. The hospital has a busy, multidisciplinary AIDS clinic with expertise in HIV-associated neurological diseases, HIV dermatology, metabolism in HIV disease, and HIV infection in women.

Phuong Chi Pham, M.D. Chief
James Wilson, M.D. Fellowship Program Director

Clinical Faculty:
Renee Dua, M.D.	Moufid Nemeh, M.D.
Kamjoo Kamyar, M.D.	Ram Patak, M.D.
Martin Lin, M.D.	Edgar Toscano, M.D.

Research Faculty (UCLA):
Mike Bunnapradist, M.D.	Phuong-Thu Pham, M.D.
Susanne Nicholas, M.D., Ph.D.	Anjay Rastogi, M.D.

Fellows:

Elise Barney, M.D.	Eduardo Lopez, M.D.
Ramy Hanna, M.D.	Raj Niraula, M.D.
Puk Jittirat, M.D.

The Nephrology Division offers an ACGME accredited nephrology fellowship training program and elective rotations for medical students, interns, and residents. Weekly teaching activities include Journal Club, Renal Grand Rounds, and Renal Pathophysiology. Monthly conferences include Renal Pathology and Morbidity and Mortality. The program also jointly organizes with UCLA 8 to 12 national and international visiting professorships yearly. Faculty members are actively involved in research, creative scholarship, and community outreach programs that promote awareness and early detection and prevention of kidney diseases. Trainees are given the opportunity to pursue either clinical or basic research at either Olive View Medical Center or the UCLA main campus.

Our outpatient clinical services include a weekly Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic and an Acute Glomerulonephritis and Renal Transplant Clinic that care for close to 100 patients weekly. Our inpatient consult service cares for a multi-ethnic patient population with diverse pathologies that allows for ample training in all areas of nephrology and procedural skills. In addition, training fellows have the opportunity to rotate through the UCLA Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program to learn about acute renal transplant care and the UCLA dialysis unit to learn about the management of chronic hemo- and peritoneal dialysis.

Jeanne Wallace, M.D., M.P.H., Chief

Nader Kamangar, M.D., Fellowship Program Director

Nikhil Barot, M.D.	Susan Stein, M.D.
Gregory Bierer, M.D.	Dennis Yick, M.D.

Fellows:

Arin Aboulian, M.D.	David Kamrava, M.D.
Vidhya Balasubramanian, M.D.	Natalya Kolesnikova, M.D.
Antonio Bonet, M.D.	Stephen Liu, M.D.
Jeffrey Chen, M.D.	Jerry Lu, M.D.
Edward Cheng, M.D.	Joanne Martires, M.D.
Keren Fogelfeld, M.D.	Maryum Merchant, M.D.
Aimee French, M.D.	Dan Naim, M.D.
Abhijeet Ghatol, M.D.	Ashkan Naraghi, M.D.
George Girgis, M.D.	Armand Ryden, M.D.
Alex Hakim, M.D.	Babak Saedi, M.D.
Annie Harrington, M.D.	Alyssa, Saelens, M.D.
Jasper Ip, M.D.	Corinne Sheth, M.D.

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is committed to caring for critically ill patients and patients with lung disease. The division is responsible for the administrative, clinical, and teaching activities within the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Respiratory Therapy Unit, Chest Clinic, Sleep Program, Pulmonary Procedures Unit, and the Pulmonary Function/Blood Gas Laboratory. Members of the division are actively engaged in basic, clinical and outcomes research involving mechanisms of sleep generation, asthma, COPD, control of respiration, pulmonary complications of HIV disease, and pulmonary inflammation. The Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Training Program is integrated among four sites: Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, West LA VA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Kaiser Sunset Medical Center.

Andrew Wong, M.D., Chief & Program Director

Emil Heinze, M.D., Assistant Program Director

Sue Chung, M.D.	Hans Weber, M.D.
Philip Clements, M.D.	Richard Weisbart, M.D.

Clinical Faculty:

Javeed Ahmed, M.D.	Richard Ress, M.D.
Srisook Boonsue, M.D.	Albert Schuh, M.D..
James Chung, M.D.	Richard Shaw, M.D.
Gerald Ho, M.D.	Quang Vo, M.D.
Primal Kaur, M.D.	Charles Weidmann, M.D.
Stanley Marcus, M.D.	Stephen Weiner, M.D.
Yoon Min, M.D.

Fellows:

Niloofar Farmani, M.D.

Howard Van Gelder, M.D.

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center offers patients encompassing the full spectrum of connective tissue diseases, from infectious arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, sero-negative spondyloarthritides, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic vasculitis to osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, gout, pseudogout, and localized musculoskeletal pain conditions. The program includes ambulatory arthritis clinics with a total of approximately 5,000 patient visits yearly. The inpatient and outpatient services at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center are outstanding resources for clinical training and clinical research.

Trainees will develop clinical expertise in performing rheumatological procedures, including aspirating and injecting joints, and soft tissue injections. All training is closely supervised by dedicated faculty and attending physicians in a congenial environment. Clinical research experience at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center can involve health services and outcomes studies, arthritis empowerment programs, scleroderma research, and clinical trials. Research laboratories are closely located at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System in Sepulveda and may provide fellows/residents the opportunity to participate in bench research in the molecular biology of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

The UCLA-Olive View Rheumatology Program is a dynamic clinical and research program with a 30-year history of training outstanding board-certified rheumatologists. This program has 2 full-time faculty, 4 part-time faculty, thirteen volunteer attending rheumatologists (eleven in private practice and two in industry), and two fellowship positions. The training program provides diverse educational experiences by incorporating elective rotations that may include the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and/or the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Clinical rotations will also include training in medical orthopedics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and pediatric rheumatology. A strong didactic teaching program includes clinical and core curriculum basic science conferences, clinical and basic science journal clubs, research conferences, x-ray conferences, pathology conferences, and emphasis on bedside teaching.