UCLA Department of Surgery

Our Expert Team

Our Expert Team

Specialties: Cardiac | General | Liver Transplant | Pediatric | Plastic | Surgical Oncology | Thoracic | Vascular

Chair

Ronald Busuttil, MD, PhD

Ronald Busuttil, MD, Ph.D
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Cardiac Surgery

Abbas Ardehali, MD

Abbas Ardehali, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Peyman Benharash, MD

Peyman Benharash, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Reshma Biniwale, MD

Reshma Biniwale, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Gerald Buckberg, MD

Gerald Buckberg, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Curtis Hunter, MD

Curtis Hunter, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Murray Kwon, MD

Murray Kwon, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Hillel Laks, MD

Hillel Laks, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Brian Reemtsen, MD

Brian Reemtsen, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Richard Shemin, MD

Richard Shemin, MD
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Rahul Singh, Ph.D

Rahul Singh, Ph.D.
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

General Surgery

Deanna Attai, MD

Deanna Attai, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Francis Brunicardi, MD

Francis Brunicardi, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Charles Chandler, MD

Charles Chandler, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

David Chen, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Formosa Chen, MD

Formosa Chen, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Yijun Chen, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Tracey Childs, MD

Tracey Childs, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Henry Cryer III, MD

Henry Cryer, MD, Ph.D.
Specialty: General Surgery

Timothy Donahue, MD

Timothy Donahue, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Erik Dutson, MD

Erik Dutson, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Marjorie Fine, MD

Marjorie Fine, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Meda Gibbons, MD

Meda Gibbons, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Avital Harari, MD

Avital Harari, M.D.
Specialty: General Surgery

Jonathan Hiatt, MD

Jonathan Hiatt, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Oscar Joe Hines, MD

Oscar Joe Hines, M.D.
Specialty: General Surgery

Darryl Toshio Hiyama, MD

Darryl Toshio Hiyama, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Lester Jones, D.P.M.

Lester Jones, D.P.M.
Specialty: General Surgery

Kevork Kazanjian, MD

Kevork Kazanjian, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Jonathan King, MD

Jonathan King, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Amy Kusske, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Catherine Lewis, MD

Catherine Lewis, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Anne Lin, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Marcia McGory-Russell, MD, Ph.D.

Marcia McGory-Russell, MD, Ph.D.
Specialty: General Surgery

Howard Reber, MD

Howard Reber, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Jonathan Sack, MD

Jonathan Sack, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Darin Saltzman, MD, Ph.D.

Darin Saltzman, MD, Ph.D.
Specialty: General Surgery

Mark Sawicki, MD

Mark Sawicki, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Paul Schmit, MD

Paul Schmit, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Bruce Stabile, MD

Bruce Stabile, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Matthias Stelzner, MD

Matthias Stelzner, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

Areti Tillou, MD

Areti Tillou, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

James Tomlinson, MD, PhD

James Tomlinson, MD, PhD
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

Liver Transplantation

Vatche Garen Agopian, MD

Vatche Agopian, MD
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Ronald Busuttil, MD, PhD

Ronald Busuttil, MD, Ph.D.
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Francisco Antonio Durazo, MD

Francisco Durazo, MD
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Douglas Farmer, MD

Douglas Farmer, MD
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Steven-Huy Han, MD

Steven-Huy Han, M.D.
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Curtis Holt, PharMD

Curtis Holt, Pharm. D.
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Fady Michael Kaldas, MD

Fady Kaldas, MD
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Gerald Lipshutz, MD

Gerald Lipshutz, MD, D.D.S.
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Suzanne McDiarmid, MD

Suzanne McDiarmid, MD
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Henrik Petrowsky, MD

Henrik Petrowski, MD
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Robert Ventick, MD

Robert Ventick, MD
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD

Ali Zarrinpar, MD, Ph.D.
Specialty: Liver Transplantation

Pediatric Surgery

James Atkinson, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Steve Chen, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Daniel DeUgarte, MD

Daniel DeUgarte, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

James Dunn, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Steve Lee, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Stephen Shew, MD

Stephen Shew, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Plastic Surgery

Kodi Azari, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Prosper Benhaim, MD

Prosper Benhaim, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Christopher Crisera, MD

Christopher Crisera, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Andrew Da Lio, MD

Andrew Da Lio, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Jaco Festekjian, MD

Jaco Festekjian, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Reza Jarrahy, MD

Reza Jarrahy, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Justine Lee, MD, PhD

Justine Lee, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Timothy Miller, MD

Timothy Miller, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Wayne Ozaki, MD

Wayne Ozaki, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

George Rudkin, MD

George Rudkin, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Chia Soo, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Charles Y Tseng, MD

Charles Tseng, MD
Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Surgical Oncology

Helena Chang, MD

Helena Chang, MD
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

Alistair Cochran, MD

Alistair Cochran, MD
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

James Economou, MD, PhD

James Economou, MD, Ph.D.
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

Frederick Christian Eilber, MD

Frederick Eilber, MD
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

Raquel Prati, MD

Raquel Prati, MD
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

Antoni Ribas, MD

Antoni Ribas, MD
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

James Tomson, MD, PhD

James Tomlinson, MD, PhD
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

Cho-Lea Tso, PhD

Cho-Lea Tso, Ph.D.
Specialty: Surgical Oncology

Vascular Surgery

John Baker, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Donald Baril, MD

Donald Baril, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Brian DeRubertis, MD

Brian DeRubertis, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Steven Farley, MD

Steven Farley, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Hugh Gelabert, MD

Hugh Gelabert, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD

Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Peter Lawrence, MD

Peter Lawrence, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Wesley Moore, MD

Wesley Moore, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Aksone Nouvong, D.P.M.

Aksone Nouvong, D.P.M.
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Jessica Beth O'Connell, MD

Jessica O'Connell, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

William Quinones-Baldrich, MD

William Quinones-Baldrich, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

David Rigberg, MD

David Rigberg, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Karen Woo, MD, MS

Karen Woo, MD, MS
Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Robert Cameron, MD

Robert Cameron, MD
Specialty: Thoracic Surgery

Jay Lee, MD
Specialty: Thoracic Surgery

Emeritus Faculty

Eric Fonkalsrud, MD

In Memory of Eric W. Fonkalsrud, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery

Jesse Thompson, MD

Jesse Thompson, MD
Specialty: General Surgery

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