Our Team

Cesar Aranguri

MD

Dr. Cesar Aranguri is the Chief of Cardiology at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (Rancho) and Fellow of the American ...

David Armstrong

DPM, MD, PhD

Dr. Armstrong is Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California. Dr. Armstrong holds a Masters of Science in Tissue Repair ...

Ziyad Ayyoub

MD

Dr. Ziyad Ayyoub is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California (UCLA), a Clinical ...

Nicole Bayus

CTD Director

Nicole Bayus is the director of RRI's Clinical Trials Division (CTD). Ms. Bayus is an accomplished clinical research coordinator, having ...

Michele Berro

OTR/L

Michele Berro, MA, OTR/L received her master’s degree in occupational therapy from the University of Southern California and has been a ...

Wendy Burton

Communication Disorders Director

Director of the Communication Disorders Department at RLANC, received a BA from Stanford University and an MA from the University of ...

Bertha Cabral

OTR/L

Bertha Cabral, OTR/L received her occupational therapy degree from the University of Southern California in 1980. She is currently the ...

Rajiv Dhamija

MD

Dr. Rajiv Dhamija is the Chief for the Division of Nephrology at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Associate Professor of ...

Charles DuBourdieu

CPO

Charles “Chuck” DuBourdieu is a certified Prosthetist Orthotist and member of the American Board for Certification in Orthotics Prosthetic ...

Kreydin Evgeniy

MD

Evgeniy Kreydin is an Assistant Professor of Urology at the University of Southern California (USC) and on active clinical staff at Rancho ...

Douglas Garland

MD

Dr. Douglas E. Garland was the Director of the Neurotrauma Division at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and Clinical ...

David Ginsberg

MD

Dr. David Ginsberg is Chief of Urology at Rancho Los Amigo National Rehabilitation Center and Professor of Clinical Urology at the Keck ...

Hui Gong

MD

Dr. Hui (Tory) Gong obtained her Medical Degree from Hunan Medical University’s western medicine program partnered with the Yale-China ...

Barry Jordan

CMO

Barry D. Jordan, MD, MPH, is the Chief Medical Officer of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey, California. He ...

Aries Limbaga

DNP, RLA CEO

Aries Limbaga is the interim chief executive officer & chief nursing officer of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (Rancho ...

Charles Liu

MD, PhD

Dr. Liu is engaged in a broad spectrum of efforts that brings together the fields of engineering and medicine to develop systems-level ...

Sara Mulroy

PhD, PT

Dr. Sara Mulroy is the Director of the Pathokinesiology Laboratory at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and Adjunct Assistant ...

Nina Patel

MD

Dr. Nina Patel is an Attending Physician at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. She graduated from the MS Ramaiah Medical ...

Jeff Rankin

PhD

Dr. Jeffery Rankin is the Associate Director of the Pathokinesiology Laboratory and Co-director of the Rehabilitation Engineering ...

Philip Requejo

PhD, CEO

Dr. Philip Requejo is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rancho Research Institute (RRI) and Director of the Rehabilitation Engineering ...

Kevin Rolfe

MD

Dr Kevin Rolfe serves as the acute care director for the Southern California Spinal Cord Injury Model System through the Rancho Research ...

Salah Rubayi

MD

Dr. Salah Rubayi is the Chair of Surgery and Chief of Pressure Ulcer Management Program at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation ...

Michael Scott

MD

Dr. Michael Scott is Co-Director of the Southern California Spinal Cord Injury Model System at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation ...

Freddi Segal-Gidan

PA, PhD

Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD, has devoted her career to the care of older adults and those with disabilities. She is currently director and ...

Susan Shaw

MD

Dr. Susan Shaw is the Associate Chief Medical Officer at Rancho Los Amigos, as well as Vice Chair of Neurology and Medical Director of the ...

Sylvia Shaw

MD, MACM

Dr. Sylvia Shaw has had various leadership roles at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Hospital. She previously served as Chair of ...

Gordon Sun

MD

Dr. Gordon Sun is DHS Director of Telehealth, Chief Medical Information Officer & Chair of Data Analytics, and Chief of Otolaryngology at ...

Yaga Szlachcic

MD

Dr. Yaga Szlachcic is the President of the Board of Directors of Rancho Research Institute. She previously served as the Associate Chief ...

Lilli Thompson

DPT

Lilli Thompson, PT, DPT, NCS, is the Director of the Physical Therapy Department and Chief of the Rehabilitation Therapy Division at ...

Konita Wilks

DDS

Konita Wilks, DDS, received her Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Upon graduation, she ...

Dennis Wong

MD

Dr. Dennis Wong is the Chief and Medical Director of Primary Care Services at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. He is a ...