Meet Our UCLA Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty

Misty Richards, MD, MS

Program Director, UCLA CAP Fellowship

Manal Khan, MD

Associate Director, UCLA CAP Fellowship

Joan Asarnow, PhD

Robert Asarnow, PhD

Veronica Barenstein, PhD

Eraka Bath, MD

Shilpa Baweja, PhD

Karin M. Best, PhD

Rujuta Bhatt Wilson, MD

Brenda Bursch, PhD

Susanna Chang, PhD

Melita Daley, MD

Melissa Del'Homme, PhD

Alissa Ellis, PhD

Natacha Emerson, PhD

Stephanny Freeman, PhD

Artha Gillis, MD, PhD

Nathaniel Ginder, MD, PhD

Amanda Gulsrud, PhD

Sisi Guo, PhD

Nastassia Hajal, PhD

Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, MD, MS

Gil Hoftman, MD, PhD

Brandon Ito, MD, MPH

Jessica Jeffrey, MD, MPH, MBA

Connie Kasari, PhD

Sheryl Kataoka, MD, MSHS

Alex Kelman, PhD

Audra Langley, PhD

Elizabeth Laugeson, PhD

Jena Lee, MD

Patricia Lester, MD

Sandra Loo, PhD

Catherine Lord, PhD

Nicole McDonald, PhD

James McGough, MD, MS

Jocelyn Meza, PhD

David Miklowitz, PhD

Norweeta Milburn, PhD

Catherine Mogil, PsyD, MA

Erika Nurmi, MD, PhD

Mary O'Connor, PhD, ABP

Joseph O'Neill, PhD, MS

Elizabeth Ollen, PhD, MA

Blanca Orellana, PhD, MS

Derek Ott, MD, MS

Blair Paley, PhD

Tanya Paparella, PhD, MEd

Smitta Patel, MD, MPH

Tara Peris, PhD

John Piacentini, PhD, ABPP

Natalia Ramos, MD, MPH

Olivia Raynor, PhD, MA

Patricia Renno, PhD

Emily Ricketts, PhD

Vernon Rosario, MD, PhD

Benjamin Schneider, MD

Michael Strober, PhD

Margaret Stuber, MD

Robert Suddath, MD

Christopher Thompson, MD

Kira Williams, MD

Patricia Walshaw, PhD

Marc Weintraub, PhD

Cassidy Zanko, MD

Bonnie Zima, MD, MPH