Los Angeles

Los Angeles

TB Program Website:
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/tb/index.htm

TB Control Program Director
Julie Higashi, MD, PhD
TB Control Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
5555 Ferguson Drive, Ste. 320-50
Commerce, CA 90022
Main TBCP Tel. Line: 213-745-0800
Email: JHigashi@ph.lacounty.gov

Medical Director
Shom Dasgupta-Tsinikas, MD, FAAP
TB Control Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
5555 Ferguson Drive, Ste. 320-50
Commerce, CA 90022
Main TBCP Tel. Line: 213-745-0800
Fax: 213-749-0926
Email: sdasgupta2@ph.lacounty.gov

Nurse Consultant: Patient Services and Reporting Unit (MDR/ITBNs)
Jeanne Soukup, RN
Nurse Manager
TB Control Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
5555 Ferguson Drive, Ste. 320-50
Commerce, CA 90022
Main TBCP Tel. Line: 213-745-0800
Fax: 213-743-4864 or 749-0926
Email: jsoukup@ph.lacounty.gov

Nurse Consultant: Education and Evaluation Unit
Ayda Keshishian, PHN, APS (Acting Nurse Consultant)
TB Control Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
5555 Ferguson Drive, Ste. 320-50
Commerce, CA 90022
Main TBCP Tel. Line: 213-745-0800
Fax: 213-743-4864 or 749-0926
Email: aykeshishian@ph.lacounty.gov

Interjurisdictional Referral Contact
Joysworth Eyitayo, MSN, RN, PHN
Public Health Nurse
TB Control Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
5555 Ferguson Drive, Ste. 320-50
Commerce, CA 90022
Main TBCP Tel. Line: 213-745-0800
Fax: 213-743-4864 or 749-0926
Email: jeyitayo@ph.lacounty.gov

Epidemiology Contact
Edward Lan, MPH
Supervising Epidemiologist
TB Control Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
5555 Ferguson Drive, Ste. 320-50
Commerce, CA 90022
Main TBCP Tel. Line: 213-745-0800
Email: elan@ph.lacounty.gov

(Updated 09/2023)