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 Associate 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 Aidan Tran Administrative Coordinator Phone: 949-824-4122aidantt@hs.uci.edu — Drs. Andrew Browne, Maria Del Valle Estopinal, Austin Fox, Don Minckler, Sameh Mosaed 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, Mohammad Riazi, Jeremiah Tao Amber Slatosky Administrative Assistant Phone: 949-824-3134aslatosk@hs.uci.edu — Drs. Mitul Mehta, Kapil Mishra, Vivek Patel, Andrew Smith, Soroosh Behshad Tienny Lu Administrative Coordinator Phone: 949-824-6256tienanl@hs.uci.edu — Faculty: Drs. Seanna Grob, Matthew Wade, Donny Suh, Alpa Patel Roeuthy Lorn Administrative Coordinator Phone: 949-824-3476rlorn@hs.uci.edu — Drs. Lilangi Ediriwickrema, Olivia Lee, Stephanie Lu, Samuel Spiegel, Stephen Prepas Billing 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 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 Arya Weinstock Personnel Analyst 949-824-6109aryak@hs.uci.edu Anna Nam Personnel Analyst 949-824-xxxxnama10@hs.uci.edu Purchasing Humberto Alejo Procurement Supervisor Phone: 949-824-3938alejoh@hs.uci.edu Shamima Ahmed Procurement Analyst 1 Phone: 949-824-9095shamimaa@hs.uci.edu Naomi Carreon Procurement Analyst 2 Phone: 949-824-5637ncarreon@hs.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 Natalie Santos Administrative Assistant Phone: 949-824-xxxxnsantos4@uci.edu Rosie Magallon Clinical Research Manager Phone: 949-824-8297rmagallo@hs.uci.edu Jaime Toledo Research Coordinator Phone: 949-824-6417toledocj@hs.uci.edu Nithiya Iyer Clinical Research Coordinator Phone: 949-824-4019nithiyai@hs.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 Eye Mobile Team Jennifer Espinoza Eye Mobile Program Coordinator Phone: 949-824-6363expinoj3@hs.uci.edu Karina Cervantes Eye Mobile Coordinator and Driver Phone: 949-824-xxxxkcervan6@hs.uci.edu National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF) Amy Hellem, PhD, FAAO Director of NKCF Phone: 610--304-6746hellema@hs.uci.edu Taylor Young Community Educational Specialisttnyoung@hs.uci.edu Find a Doctor at UCI Health Search Here