Faculty and Genetic Counselors

Layal Abi Farraj, PhD

Genomic Clinical Scientist, Medical Center

Patrick Allard, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute for Society & Genetics

Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Human Genetics

Amanda Butler, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Care Coordination

Manish Butte, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, and Human Genetics

Rita Cantor, PhD

Professor Emerita, Human Genetics

Erica Chan, MS, PNP

Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Genetics

Vivian Chang, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Daniel Cohn, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology

Joshua Deignan, PhD

Clinical Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Esteban Dell'Angelica, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair, Human Genetics

Brent Fogel, MD, PhD

Professor-in-Residence, Neurology and Human Genetics

Michelle Fox, MS

Recall Faculty, Clinical Genetics

Nanibaa Garrison, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute for Society & Genetics

Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD

Director, UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment | Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor for Precision Medicine | Professor-in-Residence

Michael Gorin, MD, PhD

Professor, Ophthalmology and Human Genetics

Wayne Grody, MD, PhD

Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Institute for Society & Genetics, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics

Sung-Hae Sue Kang, PhD

Clinical Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Deborah Krakow, MD

Chair, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Professor

Leonid Kruglyak, PhD

Chair, Human Genetics

Clara Lajonchere, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Neurology; Program Advisor of the MS in Genetic Counseling Program, Human Genetics

Martin Martin, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics

Julian Martinez, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Clinical Genetics/Human Genetics, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics

Lauren Mackenzie Mason, PA

Physician Assistant, Clinical Genetics

Stanley Nelson, MD

Professor-in-Residence, Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Neurology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Jeanette Papp, PhD

Adjunct Professor Emerita, Human Genetics

Bianca Russell, MD

Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Sulagna Saitta, MD, PhD

Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Division of Clinical Genetics/Human Genetics, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics & Gynecology

Daniela Schweitzer, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate, Clincal Genetics

T. Niroshi Senaratne, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Jessica Shamshoni, MS

Assistant Adjunct Professor and Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor, Human Genetics

Eric Sobel, PhD

Recall Faculty, Human Genetics

Chanel Suares, RD, CSP

Dietitian, Clinical Genetics

Jessica J. Wang, MD, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine