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

Professor of Medicine
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

Assistant Clinical Professor
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 of Medicine
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

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

Associate Physician Diplomate
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
pfedullo@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Timothy Fernandes, MD MPH

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

Project Scientist
zfu@ucsd.edu

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

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

Associate Professor of Medicine
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

Associate 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

Clinical Professor
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

Clinical Professor
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

Assistant Professor of Medicine
mtlam@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep

Judd Landsberg, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Nicholas Leverone, M.D.

Associate Physician Diplomate
nleverone@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

Professor of Medicine
wxli@health.ucsd.edu

Christine Lin, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
cml008@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant

Erica Lin, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
e4lin@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Atul Malhotra, MD

Peter C. Farrell Presidential Chair and Tenured Professor of Respiratory Medicine

Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine

Research Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and 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
Executive Vice Chair for the 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

Associate Professor of Medicine
omesarwi@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep

Russell Miller, MD

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology

Philippe Montgrain, MD

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

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