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Executive Leadership

Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas, MD, PhD

Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas, MD, PhD

Vice Dean for Faculty, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Robert A. Whittington, MD

Robert A. Whittington, MD

Sr. Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Mentorship, and Recognition

Clinical Department Chairs

E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD

E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD

Chair, Medicine

Nicholas M. Bernthal, MD

Nicholas Bernthal, MD

Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery

Maxine Canneson

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD

Chair, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Thomas Carmichael

Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD

Chair, Neurology, Regenerative Medicine Theme Chair

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Dinesh Chhetri, MD

Interim Chair, Head and Neck Surgery

Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD

Chair, Ophthalmology, Director, Jules Stein Eye Institute

Johannes Czernin, Chair of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics

Johannes Czernin, MD

Chair, Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics

Sarah Dry

Sarah M Dry, MD

Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

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Scott Eggener, MD

Chair, Department of Urology

Jonathan Goldin, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Radiological Sciences, Executive Medical Director of Radiology at the UCLA Health system

Christina Han

Christina Han, MD

Interim Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, FEC Member/ Surgical Sciences

Helena Hansen, MD, PhD

Helena Hansen, MD, PhD

Interim Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Interim Director, Semel Institute

Gregory Hendey

Greg Hendey, MD

Chair, Emergency Medicine

Oscar J. Hines, MD

Chair, Surgery

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Shafali Jeste, MD

Chair, Pediatrics

Linda Liau

Linda Liau, MD, PhD

Chair, Neurosurgery

Gerardo Moreno, MD, MS

Gerardo Moreno, MD, MSHS

Chair, Family Medicine, Executive Director, UCLA PRIME

Michael Steinberg

Michael Steinberg, MD

Chair, Radiation Oncology

Basic Science Department Chairs

Hector Aguilar, PhD

Hector Aguilar, PhD

Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

Stephen C. Cannon, MD, PhD

Chair, Physiology, Interim Chair, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Interim Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging

Eleazar Eskin

Eleazar Eskin, PhD

Chair, Computational Medicine, Professor

Leonid Kruglyak - Human Genetics

Leonid Kruglyak, PhD

Chair, Human Genetics

Siavash Kurdistani

Siavash Kurdistani, MD

Chair, Biological Chemistry

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Genevieve Konopka, PhD

Chair, Neurobiology, Professor