Harbor-UCLA DEM

Faculty

The Harbor DEM faculty consists of 17 full-time members who hold academic appointments at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and are members of the Professional Staff Association at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center. Their primary responsibilities include administration of the department, resident education, patient care, quality and process improvement, clinical or basic science research and leadership. The DEM also has approximately 40 clinical volunteer faculty who are practicing clinicians in the community. The Fellows and Chief Residents also provide leadership and teaching to medical students, interns, and residents of the program.

Full Time Faculty

Robert Hockberger, MD, FACEP hock@emedharbor.edu
Chairman
Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Howard Bessen, MD, FACEP bessen@emedharbor.edu
Senior Faculty
Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Diane Birnbaumer, MD, FACEP dianeb@emedharbor.edu
Associate Residency Program Director
Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

David Burbulys, MD, FACEP burbulys@emedharbor.edu
Residency Program Director
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Wendy Coates, MD, FACEP coates@emedharbor.edu
Medical Education Director
Education/Teaching Fellowship Director
Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae
Clinton Coil, MD, MPH ccoil@dhs.lacounty.gov
Patient Safety Officer, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Ross Donaldson, MD, MPH ross@rossdonaldson.com
Assistant Director Process and Quality Improvement
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Madonna Fernandez-Frackelton, MD, FACEP fernandez@emedharbor.edu
Adult Emergency Department Director
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP mgausche@emedharbor.edu
Emergency Medical Services Director
EMS/Disaster Fellowship Director
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Director
Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Stanley Inkelis, MD, FAAP inkelis@emedharbor.edu
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Director
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Amy Kaji, MD, PhD akaji@emedharbor.edu
Disaster Resource Center Director
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Roger Lewis, MD, PhD, FACEP roger@emedharbor.edu
Research Director
Research Fellowship Director
Professor of Medicine-in-Residence, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

James Niemann, MD, FACEP jniemann@emedharbor.edu
Senior Faculty
Risk Management Director
Research Fellowship Director
Professor of Medicine-in-Residence, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae
Patricia Padlipsky, MD padlipsky@emedharbor.edu
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Mike Peterson, MD, FAAEM peterson@emedharbor.edu
Ultrasound Program Director
Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Carl Stevens, MD, MPH, FACEP cstevens@emedharbor.edu
Process and Quality Improvement Director
Administrative Fellowship Director
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Kelly Young, MD, MS, FAAP kyoung@emedharbor.edu
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Fellows

Seth Brindis, MD seth.brindis@gmail.com
Pediatric EM Fellow
Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Herbert Duber, MD, MPH herbie_duber@yahoo.com
Research Fellow
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Ted Heyming, MD tedheyming@hotmail.com
Pediatric EM Fellow
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Tim Horeczko, MD thoreczko@gmail.com
Pediatric EM Fellow

Curriculum Vitae

Cori Poffenberger, MD coripoff@gmail.com
Ultrasound Fellow
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Genieve Santillanes, MD gsantillanes@hotmail.com
Pediatric EM Fellow

Curriculum Vitae

Ben Squire, MD benjaminsquire@gmail.com
EMS/Disaster/Research Fellow
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Curriculum Vitae

Clinical Faculty

Ashraf Abdelkerim, MD
David Amin, MD
Oscar Casillas, MD
Michelle Charfen, MD
Daniel Chavira, MD
Marc Cohen, MD
Lisa Dabby, MD
Marc Davis, MD
Jeffrey Dayton, MD
Madeline Deutsch, MD
Aaron Grladman, MD
Larry Halem, MD
Gary Josephsen, MD
Robin Kaminsky, MD
Julie Kasarjian, MD
Clayton Kazan, MD
Jonathan Kenyon, MD
Amy Kplovsky, MD
Jonathan Lawrence, MD
Brian Lee, MD
Debra Maltenfort, MD
Bobby Massoudian, MD
Megan McAllister, MD
Carlos Medina, MD
Sonia Milewski, MD
Gregg Miller, MD
Sameer Mistry, MD
Bryan Ngo, MD
Phillip Piccinini, MD
James Price, MD
Chuck Schmitz, MD
Chirag Shah, MD
Michael Smonlens, MD
Tahlia Spector, MD
Larry Stock, MD
Sam Stratton, MD
Vincent Torres, MD
Flipper (Carl) VonTrampe, MD
Richard Washofsky, MD
Chris Wiesner, MD
Curtice Wong, MD
Roger Yang, MD