Faculty Directory
Executive Board
Corey W. Arnold, PhD
Professor, Departments of Radiology (primary), Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering
Director, Computational Diagnostics
Specialty: Artificial Intelligence
Katrina R. Beckett, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Specialty: Abdominal Imaging, Acute Care Imaging, Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology
Kathleen Brown, MD
Professor of Radiology
Assistant Dean of Equity and Diversity Inclusion
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Imaging
Dieter R. Enzmann, MD
Professor of Radiology
Specialty: Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Jonathan G. Goldin, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Physics
Chief of Radiology of Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Specialty: Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging
Theodore R. Hall, MD
Professor of Radiology
Director of Medical Student Education in Radiology
Specialty: Pediatric Imaging
John M. Moriarty, MD
Professor of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology)
Director of UCLA IVC Filter Clinic
Director of Cardiology-IR Innovation
Co-Director of Vascular Ultrasound
Specialty: Interventional Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging
Robert D. Suh, MD
Professor of Radiology
Director of Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program
Director of Thoracic Interventional Services
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Imaging, Cross Sectional Interventional Radiology
Edward J. Zaragoza, MD
Professor of Radiology
Clinical Director of Radiology IT
Specialty: Acute Care Imaging, Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology
Physicians
Fereidoun Abtin, MD
Head of Outpatient Biopsy Service, SMH
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Imaging
Avetis Azizyan, MD
Milos M. Cekic, MD, PhD
Specialty: Acute Care Imaging, Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Johnathan Chen, MD
Medical Director, North Hollywood Imaging and Interventional Center
Editor-In-Chief, UCLA Radiological Sciences Proceedings
Specialty: Pediatric Imaging, Musculoskeletal Imaging, Acute Care Imaging, Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology
Lucas R. Cusumano, MD, MPH
Co-Director of HHT Center of Excellence at UCLA
Specialty: Interventional Radiology
Jane M. Dascalos, MD
Director of Women's Imaging in Santa Clarita Imaging and Interventional Center
Specialty: Breast Imaging
Jena N. Depetris, MD
Associate Director of Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program
Specialty: Abdominal Imaging
Michael L. Douek, MD, MBA
Chief of Oncology Imaging
Associate Medical Director
Radiology Director of Santa Monica Hospital
Head of Oncology Service
Specialty: Oncology Imaging, Abdominal Imaging, Acute Care Imaging, Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology
Sumit Dua, MD, MBA
Gary R. Duckwiler, MD
Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology
Specialty: Interventional Neuroradiology
Cheryce P. Fischer, MD
Chief of Breast Imaging
Director of Iris Cantor Breast Imaging Center
Specialty: Breast Imaging
Shahnaz Ghahremani Koureh, MD
Director of Pediatric Imaging Fellowship Program
Specialty: Pediatric Imaging, Acute Care Imaging
Varand Ghazikhanian, MD
Director, Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship Program
Specialty: Musculoskeletal Imaging
Antonio J. Gutierrez, MD
Assistant Head of Oncology Service
Specialty: Oncologic Imaging
Cheryl H. Hoffman, MD
Director of UCLA Health System - Manhattan Beach
Specialty: Interventional Radiology
Ronald J. Homer, MD
Anne Christine Hoyt, MD
Director of Santa Monica Women’s Imaging Center
Specialty: Breast Imaging
Paul J. Iskander, MD
Chief of Pediatric Imaging
Specialty: Pediatric Imaging, Acute Care Imaging
Reza Jahan, MD
Medical Director of Translational Research Imaging Center Laboratory
Specialty: Interventional Neuroradiology
Melissa M. Joines, MD
Director of Women's Imaging in Manhattan Beach and South Bay
Specialty: Breast Imaging
Luke N. Ledbetter, MD
Director of Head and Neck (H&N) Program
Director of Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship Program
Specialty: Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Edward W. Lee, MD, PhD
Director of Integrated, IR Residency Program
Specialty: Interventional Radiology
Benjamin D. Levine, MD
Director of Elite Sports Imaging Program
Specialty: Musculoskeletal Imaging
David S. Lu, MD
Chief of Abdominal Imaging
Chief of Cross Sectional Interventional Radiology
Director of CT, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, and UCLA Liver Tumor Ablation
Specialty: Abdominal Imaging, Cross Sectional Interventional Radiology
Aarti P. Luhar, MD
Associate Director of Integrated, IR Residency Program
Specialty: Interventional Radiology
Haatal D. Macer, MD
Specialty: Acute Care Imaging, Abdominal Imaging
Rinat Masamed, MD
Co-Director of Vascular Ultrasound Service
Specialty: Abdominal Imaging
Justin P. McWilliams, MD
Chief of Interventional Radiology
Co-Director of HHT Center of Excellence at UCLA
Specialty: Interventional Radiology
Kambiz Motamedi, MD
Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging
Director, Beach Imaging & Interventional Center
Specialty: Musculoskeletal Imaging, Cross Sectional Interventional Radiology
Maitraya K. Patel, MD
Ultrasound Director
Specialty: Abdominal Imaging, Ultrasound Imaging
Benjamin E. Plotkin, MD
Radiology Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Specialty: Acute Care Imaging, Musculoskeletal Imaging, Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology
Adam N. Plotnik, MD
Co-Director of UCLA IVC Filter Clinic
Specialty: Interventional Radiology
Whitney B. Pope, MD, PhD
Director of Brain Tumor Imaging
Director of Radiology Resident Research
Specialty: Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Ashley E. Prosper, MD
Chief of Cardiothoracic Imaging
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Imaging
Matthew T. Quirk, MD
Specialty: Interventional Radiology, Abdominal Imaging
Steven Raman, MD
Director of Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program,
Director of Prostate Cancer Program,
Co-Director of UCLA Fibroid Treatment Program
Specialty: Abdominal Imaging, Cross Sectional Interventional Radiology
Stefan G. Ruehm, MD, MPH, PhD
Chief of Community Cardiovascular Service
Director of Cardiovascular CT
Director of Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Imaging, Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology
Omar Sahagun, MD
Director of Santa Clarita Imaging and Interventional Center
Specialty: Acute Care Imaging, Abdominal Imaging, Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology
Victor F. Sai, MD
Noriko Salamon, MD
Chief of Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Director of Clinical Image Processing Laboratory
Specialty: Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Banafsheh Salehi, MD
Lori T. Serwatka, MD
Medical Director, Calabasas Imaging and Interventional Center
Specialty: Acute Care Imaging
Tyler J. Sevco, MD
Viktor Szeder, MD, PhD
Director of Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship Program
Specialty: Interventional Neuroradiology
Pablo Villablanca, MD
Medical Director of MRI
Director of Interventional Spine Service
Head of Radiology Department Pain Service
Specialty: Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Sindy H. Wei-Mester, MD, PhD
Nazanin Yaghmai, MD
Chief of Acute Care Imaging
Specialty: Acute Care Imaging, Breast Imaging, Santa Monica Multi-Specialty Radiology
Researchers
Alex Bui, PhD
Director, Medical & Imaging Informatics (MII) Group
Director, Medical Informatics Home Area | Graduate Program in Biosciences
Senior Associate Dean, Bioscience Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs in DGSOM
Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs in the College Division of Life Sciences
Specialty: Medical Imaging Informatics
Christopher Cagnon, PhD
Chief of Radiology Physics
Specialty: Radiology Physics
Anthony Christodoulou, PhD
Specialty: Magnetic Resonance Research Scientist
William Hsu, PhD
Specialty: Medical Imaging Informatics
Michael McNitty-Gray, PhD
UCLA Assistant Vice Chancellor for Radiation Safety
Director of Physics and Biology in Medicine Graduate Program
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Imaging
Kyung Hyun Sung, PhD
Specialty: Magnetic Resonance Research Scientist
M. Albert Thomas, PhD
Director of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Specialty: MR Physics
Xiaodong Zhong, PhD
Specialty: Magnetic Resonance Research Scientist