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Department Administration Contacts

The business office for the School of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science is a diverse team that has many years of experience with the university. Our fund managers, Faculty and division support staff are responsible for a wide range of responsibilities.

  • Michael Morales

    Michael Morales

    Administrative Vice-Chair Department Business Officer

    Phone: 858-249-1203
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: m6morales@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities: 

    • Oversee administrative processes for research, clinical, and teaching missions.
    • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local agencies
    • Oversee interface with other departments, community and other entities.
  • Jessica Dixon

    Jessica Dixon

    Director of Finance

    Phone: 858-249-1292
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: jldixon@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Department Budgeting
    • Faculty Payroll/Timekeeping
    • Purchasing
    • Service Agreements
    • Express Cards
    • FINMAN
  • Elizabeth Santos

    Elizabeth Santos

    Director of Business Operations

    Phone: 858-249-0973
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: esantos@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Human Resources
    • MSP Contracts
    • Non-Salaried Appointments
    • PAFAC Support
    • Academic Personnel Liaison
    • Academic Affairs
    • Post Docs and Visas
    • Administrative Support Supervisor
    • Visiting Scholars
    • Visiting Grad Students
  • Susie Guidi

    Susie Guidi

    Director, Clinical Data & Mgmt
    Director, Patient Client Services

    Phone: 858-249-1201
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: sguidi@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities: 

    • Clinical Practice Management and operational analysis/reporting
    • Financial Management
    • Departmental Marketing and Communications
    • Co-Chair - Patient and Family Advisory Council
  • Ann Hileman

    Ann Hileman

    Lead Research Administrator

    Phone: 619-471-3805
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: ahileman@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Research Administration Leadership
    • Oversight of Research Portfolio: Averbach, Gyamfi-Bannerman, Jacobs, Laurent, Lewis, Lewis, Mody
    • Proposal Submissions
    • Post Award Administration
  • Marisol Chacon

    Marisol Chacon

    Senior Research Administrator

    Phone: 858-249-1414
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: m1chacon@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • ​Oversight of Research Portfolio: Agarwal, Fisch, Lacoursiere, Meadows, Mellon, Pantham, Tan, Wilkinson, Williams (Varon), Cassin, Tonsfeldt, Zhu
    • Proposal Submissions
    • Post Award Administration
  • Cynthia Peña

    Cynthia Peña

    Senior Research Administrator

    Phone: 858-657-6898
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: cpena@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities: 

    • Oversight of Research Portfolio: Alperin, Brubaker, Burnett, Eskander, Lukacz, McHale, Routzong, Schlaepfer, Shimasaki, Stupack, Suyama
    • Proposal Submissions
    • Post Award Administration
  • Christine Albano

    Christine Albano

    Senior Research Administrator

    Phone: 858-657-5221
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: c1albano@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities: 

    • Oversight of Research Portfolio: Church, Cook-Andersen, Duleba, Kauffman, Lawson, Ramos, Sisk-Hackworth, Su, Tarsa, Thackray, Woelkers
    • Proposal Submissions
    • Post Award Administration
  • Jamie Kim

    Jamie Kim

    Financial Assistant

    Email: jjk143@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Discretionary Fund Financial Management
    • Service Agreement Billing
    • Clinical Trial Reconciliation
    • Faculty Compensation Reporting
    • Transaction Sampling
  • Angelica Gaffud

    Angelica Gaffud

    Financial Assistant

    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: amgaffud@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Internal Controls Management
    • Transaction Sampling
    • Administrative Tasks
  • Johanna Romero

    Johanna Romero

    Business Office Coordinator

    Email: jor013@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • ​Business Office Support
    • Department Systems Admin
    • Volunteers
    • Observership/Shadowing
  • Lizeth Gallegos

    Lizeth Gallegos

    Lab Manager/Admin Support

    Phone: 858-246-1345
    Fax: 858-534-8329
    Email: lkgallegos@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities

    • Research Lab Management
    • Faculty Support for: H Cook-Andersen, K Fisch, M Jacobs, L Laurent, P Pantham, M Parast, M Wilkinson, Amanda Lewis, Warren Lewis, U Emeruwa
  • Antonia Boyer

    Antonia Boyer

    Lab Manager/Admin Support

    Email: a2boyer@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities: 

    • ​Research Lab Management for: Stupack Lab, Schlaepfer Lab
  • Alyssa Kobayashi

    Alyssa Kobayashi

    Lab Manager/Admin Support

    Email: alkobayashi@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • ​Research Lab Management for: Alperin Lab
  • Ruth Montouri

    Ruth Montouri

    Lab Manager/Admin Support

    Phone: 858-534-1140
    Fax: 858-822-7519
    Email: rmontouri@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Research Lab Management
    • Faculty Support for: K Breen Church, A Kauffman, M Lawson, P Mellon, V Thackray
  • Bianca Arce

    Bianca Arce

    Faculty Support
    Complex Family Planning Fellowship Coordinator

    Phone: 858-249-0158
    Email: b1arce@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities: 

    • Faculty Support for: Mody, Averbach, Gupta, Culwell, Fellows, Perdion, Midwives
  • Paloma Garcia

    Paloma Garcia

    Faculty Support

    Email: pxgarcia@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Conference Tracker
    • Faculty Support for: J Kingston; J Alvarado, P Deak, Delcore, Driebe, M Farrell, E Gross, D Klein, A Meadows, C Miller, K Macaulay, C Pickett, M Ramos-Rivera, J Resnik, M Ries, M Tang, S Thomson, S Varon
  • Danahe Medina Hernandez

    Danahe Medina Hernandez

    Faculty Administrator
    Urogynecology Fellowship Coordinator

    Phone: 858-657-1238
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: dmedinahernandez@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • URPS Fellowship Program
    • URPS Fellow Recruitment
    • Faculty Support for: E Lukacz, M Alperin, L Brubaker, L Burnett, C Nager
  • Hitomi O'Briant

    Hitomi O'Briant

    Faculty Support

    Phone: 858-249-1207
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: hobriant@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • MFM Fellowship Program
    • MFM Fellow Recruitment
    • PNA Schedules
    • Faculty Support for: T Kelly; U Emeruwa, A Hull; M Tarsa; G Ramos; R Wolf
  • Alyssa Rodriguez

    Alyssa Rodriguez

    Faculty Support
    Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Coordinator

    Phone: 858-657-8971
    Email: alr046@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities: 

    • Faculty Support for: Plaxe, Saenz, Binder, Eskander/Fellowship, McHale, Fellows
  • Chelsea Saelee

    Chelsea Saelee

    Faculty Support

    Email: csaelee@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Conference Tracker
    • Generalist Faculty Support for: J Kingston; J Alvarado, P Deak, Delcore, Driebe, M Farrell, E Gross, D Klein, A Meadows, C Miller, K Macaulay, C Pickett, M Ramos-Rivera, J Resnik, M Ries, M Tang, S Thomson, S Varon
  • Danielle Sierras-Douglas

    Danielle Sierras-Douglas

    Faculty Support
    Complex Family Planning Fellowship Coordinator

    Phone: 858-249-1205
    Fax: 858-657-7212

    Email: dsierrasdouglas@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • PAFAC Support
    • Family Planning Fellowship
    • JMC In-house/Weekend Rounding Call Schedule
    • Meet the Maternity Team
    • Faculty Support for: J Ballas; J Cormano, G Frugoni, S Harvey, M Hoang, Y LaCoursiere, L Lamale-Smith; A Melendez, A Sutton, N Teal, S Thomson, D Woelkers
  • Evalina Monreal

    Evalina Monreal

    Executive Support

    Phone: 858-657-8631
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: eamonreal@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Executive Support to Department Chair Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman
  • Fernando Martinez

    Fernando Martinez

    Executive Support

    Phone: 858-657-8631
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: fmartinez@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Faculty Recruitment
    • Faculty Support for: S Agarwal, A Duleba, S Shimasaki, I Su
    • Admin Support for: M Morales
  • Eunice Tingzon

    Eunice Tingzon

    GME/ACGME Program Manager

    Phone: 858-534-8930
    Fax: 858-822-7519
    Email: etingzon@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • Provide oversight to our Division Fellowship Coordinators
    • REI Fellowship Program
    • Oversight to student education programs
    • Provide support to the VC of Education and Education Improvement Committee
    • Residency Program Back-Up
  • Jesus Vera

    Jesus Vera

    Residency Program Coordinator

    Phone: 858-249-1206
    Fax: 858-657-7212
    Email: obresidents@health.ucsd.edu

    Responsibilities:

    • ObGyn Residency Program
    • Conference Planning & Scheduling
    • RP3 elective coordination
    • CME verification for faculty