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

​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

Victor Chun, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
vchun@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine

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

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

Ashwin Gowda, DO

Associate Physician Diplomate
agowda@ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care & Neurocritical 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

Gilad M. Jaffe, MD

Associate Physician Diplomat
gmjaffe@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

Mira John, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
mijohn@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Jisha Joshua, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary
Subspecialty: Interstitial Lung Disease

​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

Avnee Kumar, MD

Associate Physician Diplomate
ajk010@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

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

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

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

Brandon Nokes, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
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

Associate Clinical Professor
j1orr@health.ucsd.edu

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

Robert Owens, MD

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep

Demosthenes Papamatheakis, MD

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

​David Poch, MD

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

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

Specialty: Pulmonary, Sleep
Subspecialty: Rare Lung Diseases, Hypoventilation Syndromes

​Rajat Suri, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
rsuri@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care

​Daniel Sweeney, MD

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

Clinical Professor
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

​Gordon Yung, MD

Clinical Professor
gyung@health.ucsd.edu

Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant