PNI Medical Team

Kristina is a Medical Assistant, working in the Neuro-Ophthalmology/Ophthalmology Department at Pacific Neuroscience Institute and provides back office support for Dr. Howard Krauss and Dr. Jeremy Levenson.  Kristina’s duties primarily include preparing patients for examination and performing all ophthalmic diagnostic testing, which include Humphrey Visual Field,...

Kyron Patrick Pierce is a Clinical Research Associate at the Pacific Brain Health Center at Pacific Neuroscience Institute. He has several years of research and healthcare administration experience.  As a graduate from Temple University with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, Kyron’s primary drive in...

Melanie Lampa is the Director of Research Administration and Operations at Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, where she oversees research operations for the Brain Health Center. Melanie brings a wealth of leadership experience and expertise in cross-functional areas adjacent to strategic partnership and planning, change management...

Jared Chow is a certified physician assistant at Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Providence Saint John’s Health Center with a specialization in Neuro-oncology. A Los Angeles native, Jared is a graduate of UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He completed his physician assistant degree at Stanford...

As a Research Associate in the Department of Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics, Raffi assists in coordinating clinical trials within the Neuro-oncology Department at Saint John’s Cancer Institute. His involvement includes patient recruitment, consenting, and coordinating clinical visits, tests, and procedures for both pharmaceutical and investigator...

DeLisa Madere is a Research Assistant for the Department of Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics. She assists in coordinating non-therapeutic clinical trials for the Neurological Oncology Department at Saint John’s Cancer Institute. Her work consists of recruiting and consenting patients, handling biospecimen collections and data entry...

Dr. Szu is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics at Saint John’s Cancer Institute. She is investigating small molecule inhibitors to promote anti-tumor activity. Dr. Szu received her BS in Biological Sciences at UC Irvine and her PhD in Neuroscience...