Our Team Home About Staff Our Team Our dedicated team provides the support that helps our department to run. Have a question or need some help? Let us know. Administration Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD Steinert Endowed Professor and Chair, UCI Department of Ophthalmology Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Marjan Farid, MD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Chief of Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Ocular Surface Disease Program, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Sumit (Sam) Garg, MD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Medical Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Vladmir Kefalov, PhD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Vice Chair of Research, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Ken Lin, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Associate Professor, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Biomedical Engineering Stephanie Lu, MD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Anthony Nesburn, MD Professor and Vice Chairman for Research, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Jeremiah Tao, MD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Chief of Oculofacial Plastic & Orbital Surgery, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Administration Staff Sally Dabiri Department Administrator Phone: 949-824-6258sfdabiri@hs.uci.edu Annika Fargas Administrative Manager Executive Assistant: Chair Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD Phone: 949-824-8089aarcefar@uci.edu Administration Coordinators Stephanie Lam Administrative Coordinator Phone: 949-824-6256stepl12@hs.uci.edu — Drs. Soroosh Behshad, Stephen Prepas, Donny Suh, Matthew Wade Pamela Crouch Administrative Coordinator Phone: 949-824-0327crouchp@hs.uci.edu — Drs. Marjan Farid, Sumit (Sam) Garg, Charlotte Gore, Sanjay Kedhar Solmaz Nassipour (Mon—Wed) Administrative Coordinator Phone: 949-824-7944nassirps@uci.edu — Drs. Wade Crow, Ken Lin, Kavita Rao, Mohammad Riazi, Jeremiah Tao Amber Slatosky Administrative Assistant Phone: 949-824-3134aslatosk@hs.uci.edu — Drs. Mitul Mehta, Kapil Mishra, Vivek Patel, Andrew Smith Aidan Tran Administrative Coordinator Phone: 949-824-4122aidantt@hs.uci.edu — Drs. Andrew Browne, Maria Del Valle Estopinal, Austin Fox, Don Minckler, Sameh Mosaed Roeuthy Lorn Administrative Coordinator Phone: 949-824-3476rlorn@hs.uci.edu — Drs. Lilangi Ediriwickrema, Olivia Lee, Stephanie Lu, Samuel Spiegel Billing Lori Monahan Senior Analyst - Billing Phone: 949-824-1881lvmonaha@uci.edu Alex Hernandez Finance & Billing Assistant Phone: 949-824-2635alexanh1@uci.edu Business Development, Marketing and Events Dana Collinson Director of Marketing & Special Events Phone: 949-824-7243dana.collinson@uci.edu Luis Delgado Director of Business Development Phone: 949-824-0305luisd2@hs.uci.edu Angelica Arias Program Assistant: Business Development, Marketing & Special Events Phone: 949-824-9276aarias8@uci.edu Finance Will Tocki Finance Director Phone: 949-824-6108wtocki@hs.uci.edu Brennan Zerba Finance Analyst Phone: 949-824-4117bzerba@hs.uci.edu Personnel Duke Park Senior Academic HR Analyst 949-824-1119dukep@hs.uci.edu Kendall Mancino Personnel Analyst 949-824-6109kmancino@hs.uci.edu Purchasing Humberto Alejo Purchasing Agent - Lead Phone: 949-824-3938alejoh@hs.uci.edu Sherry Stoltz Purchasing Agent Phone: 949-824-0342sstoltz@uci.edu Research Anna Kiker, MBA, CRA Assistant Director Center for Translational Vision Research Phone: 949-824-3496akiker@hs.uci.edu Esrath Rumki Lead Research Administrator Phone: 949-824-0429erumki@hs.uci.edu Thomas Cross Research Administrator Phone: 949-824-9138crosstj@hs.uci.edu Alejandra Tovar Research Administrator Phone: 949-824-1837medinato@hs.uci.edu Naomi Carreon Research Purchasing Coordinator Phone: 949-824-5637ncarreon@hs.uci.edu Angele Nalbandian, PhD Senior Editor Phone: 949-824-9490a.nalbandian@uci.edu Rosie Magallon Research Coordinator Phone: 949-824-8295magallo@uci.edu Jesi Zavala Research Coordinator Phone: 949-824-6417yzavala@uci.edu Residency & Fellowship Pauline David Residency Coordinator Phone: 949-824-0158pbc@hs.uci.edu Natally Alvarado Fellowship and Medical Education Coordinator Phone: 949-824-7105natallya@hs.uci.edu Find a Doctor at UCI Health Search Here