Associate Members are investigators who work closely with one or more Center members and who have major responsibility for design, conduct, and reporting of research studies, but who have not yet reached independence in funding; and individuals who contribute greatly on an ongoing basis to research projects at Center for Neurobiology of Stress. They are reviewed periodically for advancement to full membership.
If you are interested in becoming an Associate Member, please contact Million Mulugeta, DVM, PhD at mmuluget@ucla.edu.
Associate Members are listed in alphabetical order.
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Terri Getzug, MD
Dr. Getzug is the director of the Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Clinic which is the only clinic of its kind in the United States and a major referral center for this under-recognized and very treatable condition. More than 700 patients have been registered at the FMF clinic since its inception in the early 1960’s.
Dr. Getzug graduated from the University of California at Davis with a major in Nutritional Sciences. She received her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine at USC and completed her internship, residency and gastroenterology fellowship training at UCLA. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Dr. Getzug has been on the UCLA faculty since 1991. Her primary areas of interest are general gastroenterology, functional bowel disease, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, motility, colon cancer screening and acid peptic disorders. She has extensive expertise treating patients with the gastrointestinal complications of scleroderma.
UCLA Digestive Disease Center 100 UCLA Medical Plaza Los Angeles CA 90095