Contact Us

If you are a patient in need of an appointment, please call 714-456-6262.

Department of Surgery
3800 W. Chapman Ave. 
Suite 6200
Orange, CA 92868

Administration

Ninh Nguyen, MD
John E. Connollly Professor and Chair 

Radhika Palta, MHA
Chief Administrative Officer
rpalta@hs.uci.edu 

Kimberly Kelley
Assistant to the Chair
kimkell@hs.uci.edu 

Kelly Lundeen Estrera
Division Manager
klundeen@hs.uci.edu 

Norma Murillo
Senior Financial Analyst
nmurill3@hs.uci.edu 

Education

Isabella Kuo, MD
Clerkship Director
ijkuo@hs.uci.edu 

Oliver Eng, MD
Clerkship Director
oeng@hs.uci.edu 

Lourdes Swentek, MD
4th Year Electives Director
lyrobles@hs.uci.edu 

Staci Reichenecker
Medical Student and Fellowship Coordinator
reichens@hs.uci.edu

Brian Smith, MD
Residency Program Director
smithbr@hs.uci.edu

Maki Yamamoto, MD
Associate Program Director
myamamot@hs.uci.edu

Matthew Whealon, MD
Asst. Program Director
mwhealon@hs.uci.edu 

Nicole Yonaki
Asst. Residency Coordinator
kyonaki@hs.uci.edu 

Tania Saba
Education Manager
tsaba@hs.uci.edu 

Research

Jeffry Nahmias, MD
Research Vice-Chair
jnahmias@hs.uci.edu 

Maheswari Senthil, MD
Research Vice-Chair
m.senthil@uci.edu