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Meet Our Staff

The Center is staffed by a range of caring individuals who understand the importance of a patient-centered approach to care.  Some of the disciplines represented in the center include clinical and health psychology, internal medicine, preventive medicine, oncology social work, mind/body medicine, art therapy, holistic healing, QiGong, individual, couples and family therapy, bereavement, complementary medicine and the psychology of women.

Directors

Anne Coscarelli, PhD

Director
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology, UCLA
Licensed Psychologist PSY 7299

Mary L. Hardy, MD

Medical Director Simms/Mann – UCLA Center for Integrative Medicine
Associate Physician Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
Licensed Physician, Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Staff Clinicians

Kauser Ahmed, PhD

Licensed Psychologist

Anne Coscarelli, PhD

Licensed Psychologist

Suzanne Bragg Levanas, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Certified Oncology Social Worker

Thomas J. Pier, LCSW

Oncology Social Worker

Ines Santiago, LCSW

Oncology Social Worker

Physicians

Karen Duvall, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine
Associate Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Mary L. Hardy, MD

Medical Director, Simms/Mann – UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology
Associate Physician Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine also a Licensed Physician Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Eve R. Maremont, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Psychiatrist

Clinical Consultants

J. Kathryn dePlanque, PhD

Facilitator of meditation group

Halina Irving, MA, MS, MFT

Facilitator of survivors group

Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, PhD, ATR

Facilitator art therapy group

M. Celeste Torrens, LCSW

Facilitator of group for women with metastatic cancer

Tang Wei-Zhong

QiGong Master

Jeffrey Tirengel, PsyD

Psychologist and facilitator for husbands group

Administration

Marcia Britvan, MBA

Administrator

Miguel Saldivar, BA

Administrative Assistant

Reflections Staff

Jackie Hester, RN

Diana Shang

Beatrice Anguiano

Darlene Eastman

Barbara Fleming