Faculty Contact Information

Administration

Joseph Silva, MD
Dean
Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Vice President of Academic and Medical Affairs

Gordon A. Wong, MD
Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Xiaodong Feng, PhD, PharmD 
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Admissions and Outreach
Professor of Pharmacology and Oncology

Grant D. Lackey, PharmD
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Carl C. Hsu, MD
Associate Dean of Global Health Medical Education

Lester Pan, MD, PhD
Associate Dean of Global Health Medical Education Development

Rajendra Ramsamooj, MD
Assistant Dean of Curriculum
Professor of Pathology, Surgical Pathology and Clinical Skills

Ishwarlal Jialal MD, PhD
Assistant Dean of Research
Professor of Physiology, Metabolism and Clinical Diagnostics

Peter Yip, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine & Occupational Medicine
Senior Chairman of Clinical Sciences

Balazs I. Bodai, MD
Professor of International Medicine Education
Director, Breast Cancer Survivorship Institute Kaiser Permanente - CSA

Renjie Yuan, MD
Professor of International Medicine Education

James Martel, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Dean, Department of Graduate Medical Education
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology in the Department of Ophthalmology

Joseph Martel, MD
Associate Dean, Department of Graduate Medical Education
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology in the Department of Ophthalmology

Department of Clinical Science

Peter Yip, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine & Occupational Medicine
Senior Chairman of Clinical Sciences

For-Shing Lui, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurology Clerkship Director
Vice Chairman of Clinical Sciences

Ghaith Aleyd, MD, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director of Assessment

Balazs I. Bodai, MD
Professor of International Medicine Education
Director, Breast Cancer Survivorship Institute Kaiser Permanente - CSA

Scott Braley, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Oncology, Anatomy and Clinical Skills

Floyd Culler, MD
Admissions and Outreach
Professor of Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Clinical Skills

Guy diSibio, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Hematopathology, Surgical Pathology, Molecular Genetics and Clinical Skills

Sambandam Elango, MD
Professor of Medical Education

Alan Ernst, MD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy

Darilyn Falck, MD, FACEP
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Co-Director, Cardiovascular Pulmonary Course Director

Robert Finn, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology

Rochelle Frank, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clerkship Director – Neurology

Louise F. Glaser, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Nazir Habib, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Critical Care

Nazila Hejazi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology

Laura Hoffman, MD
Associate Professor of Endocrinology

Rudolph Holguin, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Ravinder Khaira, MD
Associate Professor of Public Health, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Clerkship Director - Pediatrics

James Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Clerkship Director-Emergency Medicine

Kenneth Lee, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Clinical Skills

Malcolm McHenry, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Medical Skills

Mark Owens, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Clerkship Director- Surgery

Rajendra Ramsamooj, MD
Assistant Dean of Curriculum
Professor of Pathology, Surgical Pathology and Clinical Skills

Leonard Ranasinghe, MD, PhD
Professor of Medical Education and Emergency Medicine
Clerkship Director-Emergency Medicine

Mark Sheffield, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology, Endocrinology, and Clinical Skills

Joseph Silva, MD
Dean
Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Vice President of Academic and Medical Affairs

Jean-Claude Veille, MD, FACOG
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chair Ob-Gyn
Clerkship Co-Director–Obstetrics and Gynecology

Gordon A. Wong, MD
Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Renjie Yuan, MD
Professor of International Medicine Education

Department of Basic Science

Michael Bradbury, PhD
Chair of Basic Sciences, Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics

Nripendra Dhillon, MBBS, MS
Associate Professor of Anatomy

Nehad El-Sawi, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology

Susan Ely, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology

Xiaodong Feng, PhD, PharmD 
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Admissions and Outreach
Professor of Pharmacology and Oncology

Valerie Gerriets, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Michael Ibrahim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Radiology/Imaging

Ishwarlal Jialal, MD, PhD
Assistant Dean of Research
Professor of Physiology, Metabolism, and Pathology

Grant D. Lackey, PharmD
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Philip Mack, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics , Oncology and Research

Jose Puglisi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology, Biostatistics

Jennifer West, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Geriatrics
Coordinator of Simulation and Skills Lab

Katherine Whitcome, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, CHS
Assistant Professor of Anatomy in the Basic Sciences, COM

Catherine F. Yang, PhD
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences

Tracy L. Yarbrough, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology