Faculty

Kamyar Afshar, DO

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant

​Kathryn Akong, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
kaakong@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pediatrics Pulmonary
Subspecialty: Cystic Fibrosis

​Kevan Akrami, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
kakrami@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Critical Care

Praveen Akuthota, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
pakuthota@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Asthma and Eosinophilic Lung Disease

​Mona Alotaibi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
m1alotaibi@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

​Christopher Amann, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
camann@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

Jacob Bailey, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
jbailey@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Laura Barnes, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
lbarnes@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Jeffrey Barry, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
j3barry@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Cystic Fibrosis

Maksim Bazhenov, PhD

Professor of Medicine
mbazhenov@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Sleep

​Adnan Begovic, MD

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

Specialty: Critical Care

​Amy Bellinghausen-Stewart, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
amyb@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Post-ICU Recovery

​Zea Borok, MD

Helen M. Ranney Professor
Chair, Department of Medicine
zborok@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Ellen Breen, PhD

Associate Research Scientist
ebreen@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Oxygen transport system lungs, skeletal muscle and brain; Chronic lung disease; Exercise

Alessandra Castaldi, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
acastaldi@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary

​Antonino Catanzaro, MD

Recall Faculty
acatanzaro@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Kenneth Chen, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
kpc005@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Neuromuscular and Assisted Ventilation

Victor Chun, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
vchun@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine

​George Cheng, MD PhD

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

Specialty: Pulmonology, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology

Rebecca Colman, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
rcolman@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonology

​Douglas Conrad, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary
Subspecialty: Cystic Fibrosis

​Laura Crotty Alexander, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Daniel Crouch, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Chantal Darquenne, PhD

Professor
cdarquenne@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Aerosol deposition in the lung; Upper airway dynamics in sleep apnea; Pulmonary ventilation

Sean DeWolf, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
sedewolf@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Rajanigandha Dhokarh, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
rdhokarh@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Critical Care, Sleep

Bryce Duchman, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
brduchman@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Ann Elliott, PhD

Research Scientist
aelliott@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Functional lung imaging; Pulmonary gas exchange

​Wael Elmaraachli, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
welmaraachli@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Mycobacterial Lung Infections

​Peter Fedullo, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Timothy Fernandes, MD MPH

Associate Clinical Professor
tfernandes@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine, Pulmonary Embolism

Christina Finch, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
cefinch@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Sleep Medicine

Zhenxing Fu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Physiology of pulmonary capillaries; Cell biology of the lung

​Mark Fuster, MD

Professor In Residence
mfuster@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Naveen Gupta, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
n6gupta@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

James E. Hall, PhD

Assistant Project Scientist
j7hall@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests:  Interactions between genomes, environment, and phenotypes in high altitude populations; Understanding the functional roles of hypoxia-adaptive genetic variants identified through whole genome sequence analyses

​Mark Hepokoski, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
mhepokoski@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Michael C. Hogan, PhD

Professor Emeritus
mchogan@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology

Susan R. Hopkins, MD PhD

Professor Emeritus
shopkins@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology

​Islam Ibrahim, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Non-Salaried
imibrahim@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Critical Care

​Jisha Joshua, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary
Subspecialty: Interstitial Lung Disease

​Aarya Kafi, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
akafi@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant

​Biren Kamdar, MD MHS

Associate Clinical Professor
bkamdar@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Kim Kerr​, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Nick H. Kim, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

G. Kim Prisk, PhD DSc

Professor Emeritus
kprisk@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Space physiology; Bioengineering of the lung

​Lawrence Kline, DO

Associate Physician Diplomate
lekline@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Sleep

Michael Lam, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
mtlam@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep

​Judd Landsberg, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Jinghong Li, MD PhD

Associate Clinical Professor
jil055@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Willis Li, PhD

Christine Lin, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
cml008@health.ucsd.edu

Erica Lin, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
e4lin@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Atul Malhotra, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep

​Jess Mandel, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Cameron McGuire, MD MPH

Associate Physician Diplomate
wmcguire@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Omar Mesarwi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
omesarwi@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep

​Russell Miller, MD

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology

​Philippe Montgrain, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Timothy Morris, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Embolism

Esteban A. Moya, PhD

Assistant Project Scientist
emoyacespedes@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Intermittent hypoxia; Control of breathing

Jorge A. Muñoz Pineda, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor 
jmunozpineda@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonology
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology

Leonardo Nogueira, PhD

Associate Research Scientist
lnogueira@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Skeletal muscle fatigue mechanisms; Muscle repair and satellite cell function; Pulmonary inflammatory diseases and peripheral muscle dysfunction; Nitric oxide metabolism

Brandon Nokes, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
bnokes@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep

Mazen Odish, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
modish@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: ECMO

Henry Orff, PhD

​Jeremy Orr, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
j1orr@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Neuromuscular and Assisted Ventilation

Robert Owens, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep

Demosthenes Papamatheakis, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
dpapamatheakis@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Niral Patel, MD

nmp004@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology

​Sagar Patel, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
srp006@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Alex Pearce, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
apearce@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Rui Carlos Pereira de Sá, PhD

Assistant Professor
Assistant Project Scientist
rcpereiradesa@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Functional imaging of the lung; Pulmonary blood flow

​David Poch, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
dspoch@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Frank L. Powell, PhD

Professor Emeritus
fpowell@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Control of ventilation, especially chemoreception; Comparative physiology of gas exchange; High Altitude

​Venktesh Ramnath, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Andrew Ries, MD MPH

Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Public Health
Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Academic Affairs
aries@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Timothy Rodwell, MD PhD MPH

Professor of Medicine
trodwell@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary

​Christopher Schmickl, MD PhD MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor
cschmickl@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Sleep

Marva L Seifert, PhD MPH

Assistant Adjunct Professor
mseifert@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary

Tatum Simonson, PhD

Associate Professor
John B. West Endowed Chair in Respiratory Physiology
tsimonson@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: High-altitude physiology and genetic adaptations in highland populations

Robert Smith, MD

Roger Spragg, MD

Professor of Medicine Emeritus
rspragg@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary

Bernie Sunwoo, MBBS

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Sleep
Subspecialty: Interstitial Lung Disease, Cystic Lung Disease

​Rajat Suri, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
rsuri@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Daniel Sweeney, MD

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

Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Critical Care

​Linh Tran, MD

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Keriann Van Nostrand, MD

Associate Clinical Professor 
Director of Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program
kvannostrand@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonology
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology

Peter D. Wagner, MD

Professor Emeritus
pdwagner@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Physiological basis of lung disease, Pulmonary gas exchange, Peripheral oxygen delivery, Exercise, Angiogenesis and VEGF

​Angela Wang, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary

​Gabriel Wardi, MD MPH

Associate Clinical Professor
gwardi@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

John B. West, MD PhD DSc

Professor Emeritus
John West Website
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Video Lecture Series
jwest@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Chief interests: Physiological basis of lung disease, Pulmonary gas exchange, Peripheral oxygen delivery, Exercise, High altitude

​Jenny Yang, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
jey052@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Jason X.-J. Yuan, MD PhD

Professor, Physiology Section Chief
Yuan Lab Website
jxyuan@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (PAH), Genetic, epigenetic and pathogenic mechanisms of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), Cellular and molecular mechanisms of acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) and gas exchange, Novel therapies for PAH and CTEPH

​Gordon Yung, MD

Professor of Medicine
gyung@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant