UCLA Medical Center Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Residency · Los Angeles, CA

Sponsored by UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center · Director Richard Shemin

Richard Shemin, MD
Program Director and Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic surgeon, Vice Chair of Strategic Engagement at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Tricuspid valve repair, Robotic assisted cardiac surgery, Minimally invasive mitral valve repair
Peyman Benharash, MD
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program · Papers with 2 residents since 2023
Thoracic surgeon, Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Health Services Research, Cardiac Tissue Engineering using Stem Cells, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Kidney Damage after Cardiac Surgery
Bryan Burt, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgeon, Professor & Chief of Thoracic Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Early stage lung cancer with minimally invasive, robotic surgery, Advanced lung cancer and major, extended lung resections, Oligometastatic lung cancer, surgical and non-surgical, Esophageal cancer with minimally invasive, robotic surgery
Glen Van Arsdell, MD
Chief, Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery
Congenital cardiac surgery physician, Professor of Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Aaron Tipton, MD
Thoracic Surgery Fellow
General practice physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Abbas Ardehali, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon, Vice Chair at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Improvement in Adult Cardiac Surgery Outcomes, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy/Chronic Rejection in Transplantation, Reperfusion Injury in Heart and Lung Transplantation
Alexey Abramov, MD, PHD
General practice physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Jane Yanagawa, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Minimally invasive lung cancer surgery, Lung Cancer, Sarcoma Lung Metastases, Esophageal Cancer
Jay Lee, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon, Professor of Surgery (Tenure Track) at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Esophageal cancer, Esophageal, Lung, Lung Cancer and Chest Malignancies, Mesothelioma, Sarcoma, Thoracic, Thoracic Cancer, Thymus, Trachea
Joseph Hadaya, MD, PhD
Thoracic Surgery Fellow
General practice physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Matthew Gandjian, MD
General Surgery Residency
Thoracic Surgery Fellow
Ming-Sing Si, MD
Faculty
Congenital cardiac surgery physician, Associate Professor-in-Residence in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at UCLA
Mechanical circulatory support, Heart transplant, Single ventricle defect, Congenital heart disease
Murray Kwon, MD, MBA
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon at UCLA Faculty Practice Group
Minimally invasive aortic root surgery, Lung transplant, Heart transplant
Nir Hoftman, MD
Clinical Professor
Anesthesiologist, Clinical Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Paul Toste, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Peter Downey, MD
Faculty
Surgical critical care physician at UCLA Faculty Practice Group
Thoracic aneurysm repair
Reed LaSala, MD
Incoming 2026; Expected Class of 2028
Surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital
Reshma Biniwale, MD, MS
Faculty
Congenital cardiac surgery physician, Associate Clinical Professor Surgery / Interim Chief Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Clinical Outcomes Research, Normothermic regional perfusion for DCD hearts, Ventricular Assist Devices in Pediatric Population, Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Transplantation; BIPACS Trial: NIH Funded Study
Robert Cameron, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Airway tumors, Esophageal cancer, Dr. Cameron is interested in, minimally-invasive and robotic thoracic surgery
Sha'Shonda Revels, MD, MS
Faculty
Surgical critical care physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Vignesh Raman, MD, MHS
Thoracic Surgery Faculty
Thoracic surgeon, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Duke University Hospital
Thoracic oncology, Lung transplantation, Cardiothoracic critical care, Genomics and transcriptomics-based approaches to high grade lung neuroendocrine tumors including large cell lung neuroendocrine cancer
Radi Zinoviev
Papers with 2 residents since 2023
Hospitalist

Richard Shemin, MD
Program Director and Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic surgeon, Vice Chair of Strategic Engagement at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Tricuspid valve repair, Robotic assisted cardiac surgery, Minimally invasive mitral valve repair
Peyman Benharash, MD
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program · Papers with 2 residents since 2023
Thoracic surgeon, Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Health Services Research, Cardiac Tissue Engineering using Stem Cells, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Kidney Damage after Cardiac Surgery
Bryan Burt, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgeon, Professor & Chief of Thoracic Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Early stage lung cancer with minimally invasive, robotic surgery, Advanced lung cancer and major, extended lung resections, Oligometastatic lung cancer, surgical and non-surgical, Esophageal cancer with minimally invasive, robotic surgery
Glen Van Arsdell, MD
Chief, Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery
Congenital cardiac surgery physician, Professor of Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Aaron Tipton, MD
Thoracic Surgery Fellow
General practice physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Abbas Ardehali, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon, Vice Chair at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Improvement in Adult Cardiac Surgery Outcomes, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy/Chronic Rejection in Transplantation, Reperfusion Injury in Heart and Lung Transplantation
Alexey Abramov, MD, PHD
General practice physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Jane Yanagawa, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Minimally invasive lung cancer surgery, Lung Cancer, Sarcoma Lung Metastases, Esophageal Cancer
Jay Lee, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon, Professor of Surgery (Tenure Track) at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Esophageal cancer, Esophageal, Lung, Lung Cancer and Chest Malignancies, Mesothelioma, Sarcoma, Thoracic, Thoracic Cancer, Thymus, Trachea
Joseph Hadaya, MD, PhD
Thoracic Surgery Fellow
General practice physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Matthew Gandjian, MD
General Surgery Residency
Thoracic Surgery Fellow
Ming-Sing Si, MD
Faculty
Congenital cardiac surgery physician, Associate Professor-in-Residence in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at UCLA
Mechanical circulatory support, Heart transplant, Single ventricle defect, Congenital heart disease
Murray Kwon, MD, MBA
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon at UCLA Faculty Practice Group
Minimally invasive aortic root surgery, Lung transplant, Heart transplant
Nir Hoftman, MD
Clinical Professor
Anesthesiologist, Clinical Professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Paul Toste, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Peter Downey, MD
Faculty
Surgical critical care physician at UCLA Faculty Practice Group
Thoracic aneurysm repair
Reed LaSala, MD
Incoming 2026; Expected Class of 2028
Surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital
Reshma Biniwale, MD, MS
Faculty
Congenital cardiac surgery physician, Associate Clinical Professor Surgery / Interim Chief Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Clinical Outcomes Research, Normothermic regional perfusion for DCD hearts, Ventricular Assist Devices in Pediatric Population, Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Transplantation; BIPACS Trial: NIH Funded Study
Robert Cameron, MD
Faculty
Thoracic surgeon at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Airway tumors, Esophageal cancer, Dr. Cameron is interested in, minimally-invasive and robotic thoracic surgery
Sha'Shonda Revels, MD, MS
Faculty
Surgical critical care physician at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Vignesh Raman, MD, MHS
Thoracic Surgery Faculty
Thoracic surgeon, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Duke University Hospital
Thoracic oncology, Lung transplantation, Cardiothoracic critical care, Genomics and transcriptomics-based approaches to high grade lung neuroendocrine tumors including large cell lung neuroendocrine cancer
Radi Zinoviev
Papers with 2 residents since 2023
Hospitalist