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Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Public Health IDGPH

Faculty Directory

Infectious Disease Faculty

Name Title Email
Wilkin, Timothy (Tim), MD, MPH

Professor,
Chief of Division

twilkin@health.ucsd.edu
Abeles, Shira, MD Associate Professor sabeles@health.ucsd.edu
Adeel, Alina, MD Attending Physician aadeel@health.ucsd.edu
An, Jing, MD, PhD Professor jan@health.ucsd.edu
Aronoff-Spencer, Eliah (Eli), MD, PhD Professor earonoffspencer@health.ucsd.edu
Aslam, Saima, MD Professor saslam@health.ucsd.edu
Beliakova-Bethell, Nadejda, PhD Associate Professor nbeliakovabethell@health.ucsd.edu
Benson, Constance (Connie), MD

Professor Emeritus,
Recall to Active Duty

cbenson@health.ucsd.edu
Beyhan Pelvan, Sinem, PhD Associate Professor sbeyhan@health.ucsd.edu
Bharti, Ajay, MD Professor abharti@health.ucsd.edu
Bozzette, Samuel (Sam), MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus

sabozzette@health.ucsd.edu

Carlin, Aaron, MD

Associate Professor,
Joint Appointment

acarlin@health.ucsd.edu
Chaillon, Antoine, MD, PhD Associate Professor achaillon@health.ucsd.edu
Cowell, Anne (Annie)

Professor,
Vice Chief of Clinical Affairs

acowell@health.ucsd.edu
Crotty, Shane, PhD

Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

scrotty@lji.org
Dan, Jennifer (Jen), MD, PhD Assistant Professor jdan@health.ucsd.edu
Doud, Michael (Mike), MD Assistant Professor

mdoud@health.ucsd.edu

Fierer, Joshua, MD Professor Emeritus jfierer@health.ucsd.edu
Freire, Marcelo, PhD, DDS

Associate Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

mfreire@lji.org
Gianella Weibel, Sara, MD Professor in Residence sgianellaweibel@health.ucsd.edu
Goyal, Ravi, PhD Assistant Professor r1goyal@health.ucsd.edu
Guatelli, John, MD

Professor,
Recall to Active Duty

jguatelli@health.ucsd.edu
Hastie, Elizabeth (Lizzy), MD Assistant Professor

ehastie@health.ucsd.edu

Hicks, Charles, MD

Professor Emeritus,
Voluntary Appointment

c5hicks@health.ucsd.edu

Hosterler, Karl, MD

Professor Emeritus,
Recall to Active Duty

khostetler@health.ucsd.edu 

Horton, Lucy, MD, MPH Attending Physician lhorton@health.ucsd.edu
Huang, Ziwei, PhD

Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

zhuang@health.ucsd.edu
Kadakia, Ankita, MD

Associate Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

a1kadakia@health.ucsd.edu 

Kirkland, Theo, MD Professor Emeritus tkirkland@health.ucsd.edu
Kline, Ahnika, MD

Assistant Professor,
Joint Appointment

ahnikakline@health.ucsd.edu 

LaMere, Sarah, PhD, DVM Assistant Professor salamere@health.ucsd.edu
Law, Nancy, DO, MPH Associate Professor nalaw@health.ucsd.edu
Lewinski, Mary, MD, PhD Professor mlewinski@health.ucsd.edu
Little, Susan, MD Professor in Residence slittle@health.ucsd.edu
Logan, Cathy, MD Professor c1logan@health.ucsd.edu
Looney, David, MD Associate Professor in Residence dlooney@health.ucsd.edu
McCutchan, Allen, MD, MSc

Professor Emeritus,
Recall to Active Duty

amccutchan@health.ucsd.edu
Mehta, Sanjay, MD

Professor,
Chief, Infectious Diseases Section, VA San Diego Healthcare System

srmehta@health.ucsd.edu
Morris, Sheldon, MD Professor shmorris@health.ucsd.edu
Noormahomed, Emilia, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

evnoormahomed@ucsd.edu 

Obonyo, Marygorret, PhD Associate Professor mobonyo@health.ucsd.edu
Pride, David, MD, PhD

Professor,
Joint Appointment

dpride@health.ucsd.edu
Ramirez, Sydney, MD, PhD Attending Physician sir011@health.ucsd.edu
Ramirez Sanchez, Claudia, MD Attending Physician ccramirezsanchez@health.ucsd.edu
Reed, Sharon, MD

Professor Emeritus,
Recall to Active Duty,
Joint Appointment

slreed@health.ucsd.edu
Richman, Douglas, MD Professor Emeritus drichman@health.ucsd.edu
Riggs, Patricia (Katie), DO Assistant Professor pariggs@health.ucsd.edu
Ritter, Michele, MD Professor mlritter@health.ucsd.edu
Rogers, Thomas, MD, PhD Assistant Professor trogers@health.ucsd.edu
Savoia, Maria, MD

Professor Emeritus,
Recall to Active Duty

msavoia@health.ucsd.edu
Schooley, Robert (Chip), MD

Professor Emeritus,
Recall to Active Duty

rschooley@health.ucsd.edu
Sigurdson, Christina, PhD, MPH

Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

csigurdson@health.ucsd.edu
Skaathun, Britt, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor bskaathun@health.ucsd.edu
Smith, David (Davey), MD, MS Professor d13smith@health.ucsd.edu
Steed, Danielle, MD Assistant Professor

dasteed@health.ucsd.edu

Tan, Gene, PhD

Assistant Professor,
Voluntary Professor

gstan@health.ucsd.edu
Tang, Michael, MD Assistant Professor m1tang@health.ucsd.edu
Taremi, Mahnaz, MD Associate Professor mtaremi@health.ucsd.edu
Tilghman, Myres, MD

Assistant Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

mwtilghman@ucsd.edu

Torriani, Francesca, MD Professor ftorriani@health.ucsd.edu
Weiskopf, Daniela, PhD

Assistant Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

dweiskopf@lji.org
Wertheim, Joel, PhD Professor jwertheim@health.ucsd.edu

Global Public Health Faculty

Name Title Email
Martin, Natasha, PhD

Professor,
Vice Chief of Global Public Health

nam007@health.ucsd.edu
Ayers, John, PhD Professor jwayers@health.ucsd.edu
Barker, Kathryn (Kate), ScD, MPH

Assistant Professor

k1barker@health.ucsd.edu
Beletsky, Leonid (Leo), MPH, JD

Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

lbeletsky@health.ucsd.edu
Borquez, Annick, PhD Associate Professor aborquez@health.ucsd.edu
Brouwer, Kimberly, PhD

Professor,
Joint Appointment

kbrouwer@health.ucsd.edu
Davidson, Peter, PhD Professor pdavidson@health.ucsd.edu
Fielding-Miller, Rebecca, PhD, MSPH

Associate Professor,
Joint Appointment

rfieldingmiller@health.ucsd.edu
Gaines, Tommi, PhD Associate Professor togaines@health.ucsd.edu
Garfein, Richard, PhD

Professor,
Voluntary Appointment,
Joint Appointment

rgarfein@health.ucsd.edu
Goldenberg, Shira, PhD

Associate Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

sgoldenberg@health.ucsd.edu
Goldshear, Jesse, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor

jgoldshear@health.ucsd.edu

Lundgren, Rebecka, PhD, MPH Associate Professor rlundgren@health.ucsd.edu
McDougal, Lotus, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor lmcdougal@health.ucsd.edu
Meyers, Stephanie, PhD Assistant Professor

s3meyers@health.ucsd.edu 

Ojeda, Victoria, PhD

Professor,
Joint Appointment

vojeda@health.ucsd.edu
Pitpitan, Eileen, PhD

Assistant Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

eipitpitan@health.ucsd.edu 

Shakya, Holly Baker

Professor,
Joint Appointment

hshakya@health.ucsd.edu
Smith, Laramie, PhD Professor in Residence lrs003@health.ucsd.edu
Stockman, Jamila, PhD Professor jstockman@health.ucsd.edu
Strathdee, Steffanie, PhD Professor sstrathdee@health.ucsd.edu
Urada, Lianne, PhD

Associate Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

lurada@health.ucsd.edu
Werb, Daniel (Dan), PhD Associate Professor dwerb@health.ucsd.edu
Wynn, Adriane, PhD Assistant Professor awynn@health.ucsd.edu
Zuniga De Nuncio, Maria Luisa, PhD

Professor,
Voluntary Appointment

mzuniga@health.ucsd.edu

Owen Clinic Faculty

Name Title Email
Bamford, Laura, MD

Professor,
Medical Director of Owen Clinic

lbamford@health.ucsd.edu
Blanchard, Jennifer (Gigi), MD Professor jblanchard@health.ucsd.edu
Blumenthal, Jill, MD Professor jblumenthal@health.ucsd.edu
Bortner, Adam, MD Associate Professor a1bortner@health.ucsd.edu 
Deiss, Robert, MD Associate Professor rgdeiss@health.ucsd.edu
Karris, Maile Young, MD Professor m1young@health.ucsd.edu
Lee, Daniel, MD Professor dalee@health.ucsd.edu
Letendre, Scott, MD Professor in Residence sletendre@health.ucsd.edu
Lonergan, Joseph, MD

Professor,
Recall to Active Duty

jlonergan@health.ucsd.edu
Martin, Thomas, MD Assistant Professor thm001@health.ucsd.edu
Mathews, Christopher, MD

Professor,
Recall to Active Duty

cmathews@health.ucsd.edu

Promer, Katherine, MD Assistant Professor kpromer@health.ucsd.edu
Wagner, Gabriel, MD Associate Professor gawagner@health.ucsd.edu