Important Telephone Numbers

Program Coordinator, Janice Hawk

(310) 668-3572

Department Main Office

(310) 668-4683

Chairperson's Office

(310) 668-4681

Department Fax

(310) 764-5906

Operating Room Anesthesia Office

(310) 668-4687

Obstetric and Gynecology Anesthesia Office

(310) 668-4228

Outpatient Surgery Anesthesia

(310) 668-3461

KDMC Hospital Information

(310) 668-3711

Faculty Listing

Ali, Nasim
Assistant Professor
Director of Pain
Physician Specialist, Advance Anesthesia Fellowship
Northwitch Park Hospital, London, UK (Anesthesia), 1973
ABA Certification, 1975

Arfai, Kiumars
Assistant Professor
King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (Anesthesia), 2005

Ashley, Sharon
Associate Professor
Physician Specialist
Pediatric Anesthesiologist
King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (Anesthesia), 1980
ABA Certification, 1994

Braimah, Ferdinand
Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director I
Director of OB Anesthesia
Physician Specialist, Neuroanesthesiologist
King/ Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (Anesthesia), 1998
ABA Certification, 2000

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Martin, Edward
Assistant Professor
Physician Specialist
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN (M.D.), 1988
King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (Anesthesia), 1992

McKeever, Rodney
Assistant Professor
Physician Specialist, Critical Care Medicine, Transfusion Medicine
King/ Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (Anesthesia), 1993

Rothenberg, Stephen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Washington University, St. Louis (Ph.D.), 1968
Senior Investigator, Center for Population Health Studies

Sadoughi, Ali-Reza
Assistant Professor
Physician Specialist
Pain Specialist
Roosevelt University , 1976
ABA Certification, 2003
Pain Management Certification, 2003

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Shepperson, Ronald
Assistant Professor
Physician Specialist
Trauma Fellowship
State University of New York, Sony Brook, NY (Anesthesia), 1990

Steen, Stephen
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (M.D.), 1952
Director of Anesthesia Research

Steffens, Zohreh
Assistant Professor
Director of PCC
Director of Neuroanesthesiology
Physician Specialist, Neuroanesthesiologist
King/ Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (Anesthesia), 1993
ABA Certification, 1994

Wender, Ronald H.
Clinical Professor, Chair (Cedars Sinai)
Physician Specialist, Advance Anesthesia Fellowship
Tulane University School of Medicine (M.D.), 1973
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA (Anesthesia), 1976
ABA Certification, 1979

Yumul, Roya
Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
Director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia (KDMC)
Physician Specialist, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist
School of Medicine, Hamburg University, Germany (M.D.), 1987
School of Medicine, Hamburg University, Germany (Ph.D.), 1999
King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (Anesthesia), 2000
ABA Certification, 2003