HR team

Sarah Cortez – Director of Human Resources

Sarah provides leadership to the Anesthesia HR team, overseeing all departmental HR initiatives and serving as a key resource for faculty and departmental leadership.  She also manages faculty discipline and performance issues.

Vanessa Cheng – Academic HR Liaison

Vanessa provides HR services for clinical faculty with last names A-L and all staff physicians

Leticia Licea – Academic HR Liaison

Leticia provides HR services for clinical faculty with last names M-Z.

Paty Vu – Academic HR Liaison 

Paty provides HR services for academic research positions, including research faculty, postdocs, NFAs, visiting scholars, and student affiliates.

Polly Tran – Staff HR Liaison

Polly provides HR services for administrative staff and volunteers.  She also serves as a member of the Anesthesia Staff DEI committee.

Grace Wagner – Staff HR Liaison

Grace provides HR services for all clinical and research staff and volunteers.

Lily Chao – Recruitment Coordinator

Lily supports faculty and staff recruitment and schedules faculty onboarding sessions.  She also oversees HR data accuracy and provides reports as needed.