Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Program

Kenneth Wei, MD
Program Director

Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
Residency Training: KP Los Angeles Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: LAC-USC PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, lung transplantation

Parisa Azizad-Pinto, MD
Assistant Program Director

Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
Residency Training: KP Santa Clara Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, lung transplantation

Arash Kharestan, MD
Chief of Service

Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
Residency Training: KP Los Angeles Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Medical ethics, sleep medicine.

Rene Patino, MD
Assistant Chief of Service

Medical School: UC Irvine School of Medicine
Residency Training: UC Irvine Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: UC Irvine Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: COPD, pulmonary rehabilitation, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis

Luis Moreta-Sainz, MD
ICU Director

Medical School: Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo
Residency Training: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Internal Medicine Residency
Fellowship Training: LAC-USC PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Interventional bronchoscopy, mechanical ventilation, venous thromboembolism, health systems optimization

Michael Gould, MD
Research Chair

Medical School: SUNY Syracuse Health Science Center
Residency Training: SUNY Syracuse Health Science Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Stanford University Medical Center PCCM Fellowship; Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Health Research and Policy Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Lung cancer screening, venous thromboembolism, clinical decision/implementation, healthcare equity

Mihran Garabedian, MD
Director of Bronchoscopy

Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Residency Training: LAC-USC Medical Center
Fellowship Training: LAC-USC Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Advanced bronchoscopy, lung cancer, COPD

Jennifer Hwang, MD
Medical Director, Lung Transplant Services

Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago Medical School
Residency Training: Brown University Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: University of California, Los Angeles PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Lung transplant, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension

Tina Chou, MD
Medical Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program

Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
Residency Training: Beth Israel Medical Center New York Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: St. Vincents Hospital PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, lung cancer

Michael Bronstein, MD

Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Veterans Administration, New York University
Fellowship Training: Bellevue Hospital, New York University PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Trauma critical care.

Toan Dang, MD

Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Texas Southwestern Internal Medicine internship, Neurology Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Washington University in St. Louis Neurocritical Care Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Stroke, neurocritical care

Harleen Hayreh, MD

Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka , India
Residency Training: St. Joseph Health Care Centers and Hospitals Internal Medicine Internship and Anesthesiology Residency Program. Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Stroke, neurocritical care, lung cancer, advanced bronchoscopy

Catherine Nobel, MD

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Residency Training: University of California Los Angeles-West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Sleep medicine, lung transplant, cystic fibrosis

Nathan Nguyen, MD

Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Residency Training: Los Angeles County-University of Southern California
Fellowship Training: Oregon Health and Science University Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Post-ICU care, medical education

David Silberstein, MD

Medical School: Howard University School of Medicine
Fellowship Training: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Respiratory physiology

Zhou (Jeff) Zhang, MD

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency Training: KP Los Angeles Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Medical education, mechanical ventilation

Bobak Akhavan, MD

Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Texas at Houston Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary hypertension, medical education

Jeremy Falk, MD

Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Residency Training: Temple University Internal Medicine Residency Program
Fellowship Training: Temple University PCCM Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Lung transplant, interstitial lung disease