Plastic surgeon and hand surgeon Kodi Azari also co-directs UCLA’s Operation Mend, which treats wounded veterans with facial and other injuries requiring reconstruction. Before participating in a panel on how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have changed medicine, he talked about the rewarding parts of his job, his battle to stop eating chocolate, and why the walls of his living room are bare in the Zócalo green room.
Los Angeles Times San Diego bureau chief Tony Perry was embedded with American marine troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Before moderating a panel on how veterans are changing the …
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is a Democratic representative from Hawaii as well as a veteran of the Iraq War. Before delivering a keynote lecture on veterans and the meaning of service …
Raymond Toenniessen is director of new initiatives and external relations at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University and a veteran of the Iraq War. Before participating …
Dr. Dean Norman is chief of staff of the VA Greater Los Angeles heathcare system. Before participating in a panel on how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are changing …
Jim Cragg is the president and founder of Green Vets Los Angeles—a nonprofit that hires veterans to make reusable shopping bags—chief executive of defense contractor Special Operations Technologies Inc., and …
