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Meet the Board

Below are the 2008-2009 Board of Directors for the UCLA Medical Alumni Association. A * denotes a past president.

	Edward J. Zaragoza '82, M.D. '87 President Radiology Associate Professor, Multispecialty Division Clinical Director Santa Monica-UCLA Department of Radiology
	Rosalind C. Warner, M.D. '81 Vice President Gynecology Los Robles Regional Medical Center Thousand Oaks
	Patrice M. Healey, M.D. '84 Secretary/Treasurer Dermatology Dermatology Associates Medical Group Beverly Hills Assistant Clinical Professor in Medicine/Dermatology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
	Wade M. Aubry, M.D. '77 Internal Medicine and Endocrinology Saint Francis Medical Group, San Francisco Chief of Staff, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Core Faculty, Institute for Health Policy Studies UCSF School of Medicine Senior Medical Advisor, California Technology Assessment Forum Associate Director, Center for Medical Technology Policy
	Lucia Carpenter-Dean, M.D.'62 * Lucia J. Carpenter Dean, M.D. (class of 1962) did her undergraduate premedical training at the University of Southern California, graduated with honors in 1958. After graduating from UCLA School of Medicine in 1962, she had a rotating internship through the Hospital of the Good Samaritan in Los Angeles. She decided to waive a residency program in order to begin private practice in Glendale, California, with her father in family medicine. In 1977 she became an American Board of Family Practice Diplomat. In 1975 she joined the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and was the Chief Physician in charge of the Personal Health Services at the Canoga Park Health Center and Midvalley Comprehensive Health Care Center in Van Nuys, also serving as the District Health Officer for the West San Fernando Valley Health District. From 1980 to 1996 she was a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Family Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. After serving on the UCLA Medical Association Board of Trustees for 10 years, she became President of the UCLA MAA from 1996 to 1998. She is currently retired and enjoying the beach!
	Benjamin F. Cowan '67, M.D. '75 * Radiology San Pedro Peninsula Hospital, Department of Diagnostic Imaging
	Christian de Virgilio, M.D. '86 Vice Chair, Education Director, General Surgery Residency Program Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Co-Chair, College of Applied Anatomy Professor of Surgery UCLA School of Medicine
	Gelareh Z. Gabayan '99, M.D. '03 Gelareh Z. Gabayan obtained her medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine in 2003 where she was the recipient of the SAEM Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award. She completed her medical training at the UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Emergency Medicine program where she served her final year as Chief Resident. She is currently a VA Health Services Fellow and is obtaining her Masters in Public Health with hopes of pursuing a leadership position in the health care delivery system.
	Michael S. Levine, M.D. '80 Michael S. Levine MD graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University in 1976 and then received his MD from UCLA in 1980 with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He completed his medicine residency at UCLA and then a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at UCSD in 1987. He has worked at UCLA since that time in private practice. Dr. Levine was instrumental in starting the UCLA Heart-Lung and Lung Transplant Program with Dr. Hillel Laks in 1988 and has served as president of the UCLA Clinical Faculty Association since 2000 and Chairman of Clinical Faculty Promotions at UCLA. He is currently Clinical Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
	Norman Namerow '54, M.D. '58 * NeurologyClinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Medical Director, Comprehensive Pain Management Program, Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, Inglewood Past President of the MAA
	Neil H. Parker, M.D. Internal Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Graduate Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
	Jeannine Rahimian '95, M.D. '95, M.B.A. '00 Jeannine Rahimian received her MD from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and her MBA from The Anderson School of Management at UCLA in 2000. She completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA. She is currently a faculty member of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA.
	George M. Rajacich '75, M.D. '79 * OphthalmologyValley Eye Center, Van Nuys Associate Clinical Professor in Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Founding President of the MAA
	Ronald M. Reisner '52, M.D. '56 * Professor Emeritus, Medicine/DermatologyChief Emeritus, Division of DermatologyDirector Emeritus, Dermatology Residency Program David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Past President of the MAA
	Vena Ricketts, M.D.'76 Emergency MedicineProfessor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Assistant Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View - UCLA Medical Center
	Dolly H. Saxton, M.D.'82, Ph.D.'73 NeurologyClinical Professor David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
	Doris Soghor, M.D.'63 PsychiatryMedical Director, Department of Mental Health, Children and Family Services Bureau, County of Los Angeles
	Livia G. Solti-Bohman '71, M.D. '75
	Rosalind C. Warner, M.D. '81 Gynecology Los Robles Regional Medical Center Thousand Oaks