Cedars-Sinai Faculty News

October
30,
2026
| 08:30 AM America/Los_Angeles

Marcel M. Maya, MD, FACR, a Cedars-Sinai neuroradiologist who has led transformational initiatives to improve patient imaging over the last two decades, has been named chair of the Department of …

October
20,
2026
| 07:00 AM America/Los_Angeles

The first time Arun Sharma, PhD, turned human stem cells into beating heart cells, he was an undergraduate on a summer internship.

“It was so hard to believe that was real, making these heart cells and seeing …

October
12,
2026
| 07:00 AM America/Los_Angeles

An experimental nanoparticle developed by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators, which delivers cancer treatment directly to tumors in the brain, has been selected for evaluation by the Nanotechnology Characterization …

October
12,
2026
| 06:00 AM America/Los_Angeles

Cedars-Sinai has launched the Center for Autonomous Robotic Surgery, a new initiative bringing surgeons and engineers together to develop the next generation of surgical robots capable of performing certain surgical tasks autonomously while …

October
07,
2026
| 07:00 AM America/Los_Angeles

Two Cedars-Sinai Cancer leaders are assuming new roles to help advance cancer care, education and research for patients in Los Angeles and beyond. Robert Figlin, MD, is now associate dean of Cedars-Sinai Cancer Care, and Andrew Hendifar, MD, is …

October
06,
2026
| 12:00 PM America/Los_Angeles

Michael Buchman, JD, MBA, has been named chief investment officer of Cedars-Sinai, overseeing an $8 billion investment portfolio to support the institution’s mission of advancing the health of the …

October
05,
2026
| 11:15 AM America/Los_Angeles

Bernice Coleman, PhD, ACNP, director of Nursing Research and Quality Improvement and assistant professor of Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai, has been inducted as a fellow of the New York Academy of …

October
02,
2026
| 11:31 AM America/Los_Angeles

Cedars-Sinai has named Andrew Y. Shin, MD, as director of Congenital Heart within the Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Shin will also serve as director of Pediatric Cardiology and have …

September
18,
2026
| 09:05 AM America/Los_Angeles

Orthopedic surgeon and prominent sports medicine expert Bert Mandelbaum, MD has been named chief medical officer of the U.S. Soccer Federation.

Mandelbaum was appointed …