UCLA Medical Center Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine people

Fellowship Program Director

Critical care medicine physician, Clinical Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Graft versus host disease, Electronic cigarettes and vaping associated lung injury, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Emily Schwitzer, MD

Associate Program Director of Curriculum and Education

Critical care medicine physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni, MD, MBBS, MS

Associate Program Director of Research

David Sayah, MD, PhD

Clinical Chief

Critical care medicine physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Double lung transplant, Single lung transplant, Lung transplant rejection, Repeat lung transplant

John A. Belperio, MD

Division Chief

Pulmonology

Jason Kirincich, MD

Chief Fellow

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine fellow, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Rachel Herr, DO

Chief Fellow

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine fellow, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Abigail Maller, MD

Faculty

Critical care medicine physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Adam J. Brownstein, MD

Faculty

Internal Medicine

Airie Kim, MD, PhD

Faculty

Critical care medicine physician, Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Lung lesions, Pleural diseases, Interstitial lung disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Alfonso Padilla, MD

Faculty

Pediatrician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Ana Monteiro, MD, PhD

Faculty

Critical care medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Endothelial damage in critical care; Multiomic biomarkers in critical care, Respiratory distress syndrome

Andrew Hong, MD

2029

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine fellow, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Andy Nguyen, MD

Staff

Rheumatologist at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Anna Fretz, MD, MHS

Faculty

Hospitalist

Ariss Der Hovanessian, MD

Faculty

Critical care medicine physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Lung transplant evaluation, Telomere disorders

Augustine Chung, MD

Faculty

Critical care medicine physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Biopsy of lung, Pulmonary fibrosis, Interstitial lung disease

Bin Liu, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Non-small cell lung cancer; Tumor immunology and immunotherapy; Cancer dependency and targeted therapy

Blake LeMaster, MD

Fellow

Internist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Brandon Peplinski, MD

4th Year Research Fellow; Research Track/STAR Fellow

Pulmonologist at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Brett Dolezal, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor; Director, Exercise Physiology Research Laboratory

Adjunct Associate Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Exercise physiology; Digital health; Pulmonary physiology testing

Brian Jung, MD

Staff

Clinical neurophysiology physician, Assistant Professor at University of California (Irvine)

Amygdala, Beta Rhythm, Cerebellum, Deep Brain Stimulation

Brian Rosenberg, MD, PhD

Faculty

Critical care medicine physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Brian Schonewald, MD

2029

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine fellow, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center