Stern Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery Sherman Mellinkoff, second dean of the UCLA School of Medicine Susan Perlman, Professor in the Department of Neurology Michael E. Phelps, one of the inventors of the positron emission tomography (PET) scanner; chairman and Norton Simon Professor of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; director of the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging Joshua Prager, president of North American Neuromodulation Society Alfredo Sadun, Flora L. Thornton Endowed Chair at Doheny Eye Centers-UCLA Alcino J. Silva, Professor of Neurobiology, Psychiatry, and Psychology; pioneer in the field of molecular and cellular cognition of memory Ryan Abbott, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine References External links Medical schools in California Educational institutions established in 1951 Geffen School of Medicine Geffen School of Medicine 1951 establishments in California Westwood, Los Angeles UCLA Health David Geffen