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The David Geffen School of Medicine aspires to recruit and support a faculty of the highest caliber. We have an unswerving commitment to the academic mission and its elements including research and creative endeavors, teaching, clinical care, and service. We draw our talent from across the community, celebrating diversity and a broad range of perspectives and experiences.

Faculty Affairs Leadership Groups:

Clinical Department ChairsBasic Science Department ChairsAdditional Leadership

Executive Leadership

Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas, MD

Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas, MD
Vice Dean for Faculty


Clinical Department Chairs

Maie St. John, MD, PhD

Maie St. John, MD, PhD
Chair, Head & Neck Surgery

Sarah M. Dry, MD

Sarah M. Dry, MD
Interim Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Oscar J. Hines, MD

Oscar J. Hines, MD 
Interim Chair, Surgery

Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD

Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
Chair, Neurology

Sherin Devaskar, MD

Sherin Devaskar, MD, PhD
Chair, Pediatrics

Patrick Dowling, MD

Patrick Dowling, MD
Chair, Family Medicine

Dieter Enzmann, MD

Dieter Enzmann, MD
Chair, Radiological Sciences

E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD

E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD
Chair, Medicine

Greg Hendey, MD

Greg Hendey, MD
Chair, Emergency Medicine

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Francis Hornicek, MD, PhD 
Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery

Linda Liau, MD, PhD

Linda Liau, MD, PhD 
Chair, Neurosurgery

Mark Litwin, MD

Mark Litwin, MD
Chair, Urology

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD 
Chair, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Bartly Mondino, MD

Bartly Mondino, MD
Chair, Ophthalmology

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Deborah Krakow, MD
Chair, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Michael Steinberg, MD

Michael Steinberg, MD
Chair, Radiation Oncology

Alexander S. Young, MD

Alexander S. Young, MD 
Interim Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Basic Science Department Chairs

Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD 
Chair, Physiology

	Leonid Kruglyak, PhD

Leonid Kruglyak, PhD 
Chair, Human Genetics

Siavash Kurdistani, MD

Siavash Kurdistani, MD 
Chair, Biological Chemistry

Paul Micevych, PhD

Paul Micevych, PhD 
Chair, Neurobiology

Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD

Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD 
Interim Chiar, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

Eleazar Eskin, PhD

Eleazar Eskin, PhD
Chair, Computational Medicine

Jerome Zack, MD

Jerome Zack, PhD 
Chair, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics (MIMG)

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Additional Leadership

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Ronald Edelstein, EdD 
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
at Charles R. Drew University

Tess Elconin

Tess Elconin
Senior Counsel

Lee T. Miller, M.D.

Richard Gold, MD 
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

John J. Colicelli

John J. Colicelli, PhD 
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

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