Anna Karina Celaya, MD
Assistant Professor  of Ob/Gyn
Director, Ambulatory Women’s Health Clinic
Course Instructor, Ambulatory Women’s Health Elective

Dr. Celaya’s areas of interest include community based participatory research, health communications, and social justice issues aimed to improve health delivery models and the health of underserved populations.

Ramy Eskander, MD
Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn
Medical Director, Inpatient OB/Gyn Services
Chief Medical Information Officer, HUMC

Dr. Eskander’s areas of interest include medical informatics and their application in improving care delivery, system improvements, and the leveraging of technology to drive improved health outcomes and reduce healthcare disparities.

Griselda Gutierrez, MD, FACOG

Dr. Gutierrez’s areas of interest include integration of behavioral health into OB/Gyn care and the development and continual process improvement of women’s centered medical homes. With a passion for providing humanistic care, she is also dedicated to closing the delivery care gap to vulnerable populations.

Manasa Patna Kavasery, MD, MPH, FACOG
Director of Quality Improvement
Clinical Lead Ambulatory MFI Ob/Gyn

Dr. Kavasery’s areas of interest include improving the quality of care provided to underserved patients by addressing inequities and inefficiencies in the health system, innovative health care delivery models and improved health care literacy.

Wendy Medina, MD, FACOG
Ob/Gyn Generalist

Dr. Medina is dedicated to serving her community and helping empower women to take control of their health. Her areas of interest include health literacy, providing excellent and culturally competent care and improving patient experience and satisfaction at Safety Net Hospitals.

Jenna T. Nakagawa, MD
Ob/Gyn Generalist

Dr. Nakagawa’s areas of interest include Addiction Medicine and supporting substance use recovery for pregnant and parenting people, narrative medicine, and medical education.

Nuriya D. Robinson, MD, FACOG
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
MAMA’S Medical Director, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Dr. Robinson is an African-American OB/GYN with a passion for elevating the plight of women’s health both locally and globally. In 2016, Dr. Robinson joined the department of OB/GYN at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she actively serves as a clinician and resident mentor. At Harbor, Dr. Robinson has had the unique opportunity to domestically align her decade-long international work as the Medical Director of MAMA’S – an innovative program which seeks to abate rising rates of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality; augmenting traditional prenatal care with social, educational and mental health services for underserved women at highest risk for poor maternal and neonatal outcomes. Additionally, Dr. Robinson serves as the Vice-Chair for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the OB/GYN department.

Erin Saleeby, MD, MPH
Department Chair
Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn
Director of Women’s Health Programs & Innovation for the LA County DHS 

Dr. Saleeby’s interests include Women’s Health quality improvement.

Tirah Samura, MD, FACOG
OB/GYN Generalist

Dr. Samura is a general OB/Gyn who provides care at Harbor-UCLA and at MLK outpatient clinic. She has additional experience in addiction medicine and the care of pregnant and parenting persons with substance use disorders.

Jamie Woodley, DO
Ob/Gyn Generalist

Dr. Woodley’s areas of interest include providing patient centered and individualized care to underserved patients with the goal of improving health outcomes. Additional interests include resident and physician wellness, minimally invasive surgery and participating in quality improvement projects within the department.

Megan A. Economidis, MD
Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn
Perinatologist

Dr. Economidis’ areas of interest include improving pregnancy outcomes in underserved populations, promoting reproductive life planning for all women especially those with complex medical problems, and fetal imaging.

Kristi D. Galyon, DO
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Assistant Program Director, Ob/Gyn Residency Program

Dr. Galyon is dedicated to providing high quality, personalized, evidenced based Maternal-Fetal Medicine care to the underserved patients at Harbor-UCLA. Her areas of interest include fetal diagnosis, management of diabetes in pregnancy and optimizing maternal/fetal outcomes by promoting patient health literacy. She is also passionate about medical education, particularly teaching obstetric ultrasound.

Michael G. Ross, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Dr. Ross’ areas of interest include clinical maternal fetal medicine as well as research interests in fetal heart monitoring, fetal physiology, and the developmental origins of health and disease.

Hindi Stohl, MD
Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Associate Program Director, Ob/Gyn Residency Program

Dr. Stohl’s areas of interest include optimization of maternal and fetal outcomes through multi-disciplinary care during pregnancy, improving resident and fellow education in high-risk pregnancy care, and the interface between medicine and law, including methods of decreasing risk through education, improvements in documentation, and protocol development. She is the site director for the University of California Fetal Consortium and works with a multi-disciplinary team at Harbor and UCLA to care for high-risk pregnant patients.

Lance Betson, DO
Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn
Associate Program Director, Ob/Gyn Residency Program

For the past 20 years, Dr. Betson continues to be inspired and fulfilled by teaching students, residents and fellows the entire spectrum of women’s healthcare. Dr. Betson believes the collaborative spirit at Harbor- UCLA enables each physician to become the best they can be.

Christina Truong, MD
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (Urogynecology)

Dr. Truong’s interests include optimizing resident and fellow education, providing excellent care to all patients and exploring cultural perspectives of the various approaches to patient care and treatment options.

Taji Yazdany, MD, FACOG, FACS
Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn
Program Director, Ob/Gyn Residency Program and FPMRS Fellowship Program
She/Her

Dr. Yazdany’s research interests include understanding health disparities in women with pelvic floor disorders such as urinary incontinence and uterovaginal prolapse, and serving on national committees to improve the welfare of women with Pelvic floor disorders. She also collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team of physicians treating patients in the Harbor-UCLA Pelvic Floor Center. Her expertise is in providing surgical care using the minimally invasive approach; using the DaVinci Robot, laparoscopically and vaginally

Susan Park, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Gynecology Oncology

Dr. Park’s interests include HPV vaccine, cervical cancer prevention and treatment, palliative care, cancer genetics.

Omid Khorram, MD, PhD
Professor of Ob/Gyn
Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Dr. Khorram’s research focus, which has been funded by NIH and the American Heart Association, is in fetal programming of adult diseases and pathogenesis of leiomyomas.

Samantha P. Nadella, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Chronic Pelvic Pain
MSIII Clerkship Site Director
She/Her

Dr. Nadella’s interests include increasing access to minimally invasive surgery, evaluating and treating women suffering with complex chronic pelvic pain disorders as well as advancing medical student and resident education. Her expertise is in providing surgical care using minimally invasive methods including laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, and the DaVinci Robot.

Christina Adel Saad, MD, MS, MBA
Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director of Gynecology Surgical Services
Director of Ob/Gyn Simulation Education
Co-Chair of Ob/Gyn Quality Committee
She/Her

Dr. Saad’s areas of interest include optimizing resident education in a holistic manner, surgical simulation, health equity in gynecology, and improving perioperative pathways. Areas of expertise include abnormal uterine bleeding disorders, endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain, minimally invasive surgery, and office hysteroscopy.

Jennefer Russo, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs

Dr. Russo is a family planning specialty-trained Ob/Gyn physician with extensive health care operations experience. After residency Dr. Russo served as a National Health Service Scholar in a federally qualified health center in the Logan Heights neighborhood of San Diego, where she worked as a generalist for five years. After completing her Family Planning fellowship she became Medical Director and Vice President of Clinical Services at Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties. During her seven years with the organization, she was integral in developing a primary care practice from the ground up, implementing an online health service app, and changing health center flow to create a better patient experience.

As Vice Chair of Clinical Operations Dr. Russo oversees all patient care operations for the department, teaches residents, conducts research and provides direct clinical care to the population of underserved patients who receive care from the LA County Department of Health Services. Her research currently focuses on early medication abortion, offering ectopic pregnancy treatment in the outpatient setting, and use of technology for information about contraception and abortion.