Faculty Members

Kamyar Afshar

Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Lung Transplant Program
kaafshar@health.ucsd.edu

Praveen Akuthota

Associate Clinical Professor
pakuthota@health.ucsd.edu

Maksim Bazhenov

Professor of Medicine
mbazhenov@health.ucsd.edu

Adnan Begovic

Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Southwest Healthcare System ICU
abegovic@health.ucsd.edu

Antonino Catanzaro

Professor of Medicine Emeritus
acatanzaro@health.ucsd.edu

George Cheng

Medical Director of Interventional Pulmonology, Bronchoscopy, and Pleural Disease
gcheng@health.ucsd.edu

Douglas Conrad

Professor of Medicine
Director of Adult Cystic Fibrosis
Clinical Service Chief of UCSD La Jolla
dconrad@health.ucsd.edu

Laura Crotty Alexander

Associate Clinical Professor
Section Chief of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, VAMC
lcrotty@health.ucsd.edu

Daniel Crouch

Associate Clinical Professor
Program Director of PCCM Fellowship
dcrouch@health.ucsd.edu

Rajanigandha Dhokarh

Associate Physician Diplomate
rdhokarh@health.ucsd.edu

Wael ElMaraachli

Associate Clinical Professor
welmaraachli@health.ucsd.edu

Peter Fedullo

Professor of Medicine
Critical Care Director
pfedullo@health.ucsd.edu

Timothy Fernandes

Associate Clinical Professor
tfernandes@health.ucsd.edu

Mark Fuster

Professor In Residence
mfuster@health.ucsd.edu

Associate Clinical Professor
n6gupta@health.ucsd.edu

Mark Hepokoski

Assistant Clinical Professor
mhepokoski@health.ucsd.edu

Islam Ibrahim

Associate Physician Diplomate
imibrahim@health.ucsd.edu

Jisha Joshua

Assistant Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Advanced Lung Disease
jjoshua@health.ucsd.edu

Aarya Kafi

Associate Clinical Professor
akafi@health.ucsd.edu

Biren Kamdar

Associate Clinical Professor
bkamdar@health.ucsd.edu

Kim Kerr

Professor of Medicine
Vice Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
kmkerr@health.ucsd.edu

Nick H. Kim

Professor of Medicine
Section Chief of Pulmonary Vascular Medicine
Medical Director of Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
h33kim@health.ucsd.edu

Lawrence Kline

Associate Physician Diplomate
lekline@health.ucsd.edu

Michael Lam

T32 Fellow
mtlam@health.ucsd.edu

Judd Landsberg

Professor of Medicine
Medical Director for Respiratory Therapy
jlandsberg@health.ucsd.edu

Jinghong Li

Associate Clinical Professor
jil055@health.ucsd.edu

Willis Li

Professor of Medicine
wxli@health.ucsd.edu

Jose Loredo

Professor of Medicine
jloredo@health.ucsd.edu

Atul Malhotra

Professor of Medicine
Vice Chief for Research
Director of Sleep Medicine
amalhotra@health.ucsd.edu

Jess Mandel

Professor of Medicine
Division Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Physiology
Vice Chief for Education in Department of Medicine
jmandel@health.ucsd.edu

Omar Mesarwi

Assistant Clinical Professor
omesarwi@health.ucsd.edu

Philippe Montgrain

Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Pulmonary Function Lab at VAMC
pmontgrain@health.ucsd.edu

Timothy Morris

Professor of Medicine
Clinical Service Chief of UCSD Hillcrest
Medical Director of Respiratory Care
Medical Director of Pulmonary Function Lab
t1morris@health.ucsd.edu

Matthew Nobari

Assistant Clinical Professor
mnobari@health.ucsd.edu

Henry Orff

Associate Physician Diplomate
horff@health.ucsd.edu

Jeremy Orr

Assistant Clinical Professor
j1orr@health.ucsd.edu

Robert Owens

Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Intensive Care Unit at Jacobs Medical Center
rowens@health.ucsd.edu

Demosthenes Papamatheakis

Associate Clinical Professor
dpapamatheakis@health.ucsd.edu

David Poch

Associate Clinical Professor
dspoch@health.ucsd.edu

Venktesh Ramnath

Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Critical Care Telemedicine Outreach
vramnath@health.ucsd.edu

Andrew Ries

Professor of Medicine and Family Preventative Medicine
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
aries@health.ucsd.edu

Timothy Rodwell

Professor of Medicine
trodwell@health.ucsd.edu

Alexandra Rose

Assistant Clinical Professor
alrose@health.ucsd.edu

Christopher Schmickl

Assistant Clinical Professor
cschmickl@health.ucsd.edu

Rebecca Sell

Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine
Medical Director of Resuscitation
rsell@health.ucsd.edu

Robert Smith

Professor of Medicine Emeritus
rsmith@health.ucsd.edu

Roger Spragg

Professor of Medicine Emeritus
rspragg@health.ucsd.edu

Bernie Sunwoo

Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Sleep Medicine
besunwoo@health.ucsd.edu

Daniel Sweeney

Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit at Hillcrest Medical Center
dasweeney@health.ucsd.edu

Angela Wang

Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Outpatient Pulmonary
acwang@health.ucsd.edu

Gabriel Wardi

Associate Clinical Professor
gwardi@health.ucsd.edu

Gordon Yung

Professor of Medicine
gyung@health.ucsd.edu