This section provides information on our administrative, clinical and teaching faculty. (Please scroll down)

Administrative Faculty

                                           Murray Brown, MD                         Randy Mervis, MD                  Neena Sachinvala, MD

     Director, Behavioral Science Edu.    Acting Chair, Mental Health Prog.   Asst. Dir., Mental Health Prog.

                                            Valery Chamberlin, MD                                   Alex Kopelowicz, MD

                            Assoc. Dir., Behavioral Science Edu.      Chair, Olive View-Dept. of Mental Health

           Jeannie Weber

            Program Co-ordinator
                                                                                            

Administration:

Peter Whybrow, MD

Professor & Executive Chairman/ Director

Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

UCLA School of Medicine

Murray Brown, MD

Clinical Professor

Chief, Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Education

UCLA-SFV Program 

Valery Chamberlin, MD

Assoc. Clinical Professor and Assoc. Program Director

Behavioral Sciences Education, UCLA-SFV Program

James R. Mervis, MD

Clinical Professor

Acting Chair Psychiatry Dept.

Geropsychiatry, UCLA-SFV Program 

Clinical Faculty, UCLA-Olive View Med Center:

Alex Kopelowicz, MD

Associate Professor in Residency

Chair, Olive View Dept. of Psychiatry

Saba Syed, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Chief, Consultation & Liaison Psychiatry, OVMC

Program director of UCLA-SFV Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship Program

Amarjeet Randhawa, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Director of Clinical Operations, OVMC

JefferyCardenas, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Psychiatric Emergency Room, OVMC

Victoria Hendrick, MD

Clinical Professor

Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, OVMC

Robert Dasher, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, OVMC

Phil Halamandaris, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, OVMC

 Benjamin Woo, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, OVMC 

Davin Agustines, DO

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, OVMC 

 Anil Sharma, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient and Emergency Psychiatry, OVMC

Community Psychiatry-San Fernando Mental Health:

Dino Tripodis, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Outpatient Psychiatry, SFMHC

Clinical Faculty, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center:

Roxy Szeftel, MD

Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CSMC

Syed Naqvi, MD  

Attending, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CSMC

Heidi Sulman-Smith, MD

Attending, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CSMC

Stephen Mandelbaum, MD

Attending, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CSMC

In addition to the above faculty, the following provide supervision in the Training Program. All have academic appointments at the UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. On site rotational supervision is provided by staff of VAMC and OVMC, faculty at affiliated programs, and physicians in private practice.

Clinical Faculty, UCLA-SFV Program-VAGLAHS:

Boghos Yerevanian, MD

Clinical Professor

Outpatient Psychiatrist, S-VAGLAHS

Chief, Mood D/O Clinic, S-VAGLAHS

Ralph Koek, MD

Clinical Professor

Outpatient Psychiatrist, S-VAGLAHS

Associate Chief, Mood D/O Clinic

Christopher Kessler, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Career Development Award, S-VAGLAHS

Jaime L. Fitten,  MD

Professor in Residence,

Geriatric Psychiatry & Medicine, UCLA

Chief, Geropsychiatry, S-VAGLAHS

Steve Ganzell, PhD

Attending, Dept. of Psychology, S-VAGLAHS

Alan Schneider, MD

Director of Chemical Dependency Program, S-VAGLAHS

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, UCLA

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, USC

Ed Fik, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Outpatient Psychiatrist, S-VAGLAHS

Neena Sachinvala, MD

Clinical Professor

Assistant Director of Mental Health Program, UCLA-SFV Program

Chief, Outpatient Clinic, S-VAGLAHS

Javier Quintana, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence

Director, C&L Psychiatry, S-VAGLAHS

Young Mee Choi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Chief Telepsychiatry, S-VAGLAHS

Kevin Jou, MD

Clinical Instructor

Outpatient Psychiatry, S-VAGLAHS

Rhonda Williams, MD

Clinical Instructor

Outpatient Psychiatry, S-VAGLAHS

Clinical Faculty, West Los Angeles VAMC:

Robert Weinstock, MD

Assoc Phys Dplmt/Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, WLAVA

Mace Beckson, MD

Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, NPI

Anoshiravan Taheri-Tafreshi, MD

Clinical Instructor

Inpatient Psychiatry, WLAVA

Clinical Faculty, UCLA-NPI:

Laurie Casaus, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, NPI

Timothy Fong, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, NPI

John Luo, MD

Assoc. Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, NPI

Larissa Mooney, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient Psychiatry, NPI

Mark De Antonio, MD

Clinical Professor

Inpatient Child and Adol. Psychiatry, NPI

Michael Enenbach, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Inpatient Child and Adol. Psychiatry, NPI