Meet the Board

Maryanne Diaz

CSULB, PhD, Assistant Professor

ACSW, Clinical Therapist I, Hurtt Family Clinic

MD, MS, Jail Services & Urgent Care, USC Dept of Emergency Medicine

CADTP #9205

Sylvia Meza is a Substance Use Specialist for Homeless Health Care LA at the Center for Harm Reduction in Skid-row. Her role at the CHR is to assist patients in getting MAT (Medicated Assisted Treatment). She also works at LACUSC with addiction medicine as a Substance Use Navigator/Case manager.
Sylvia believes that humanism directs us to ethics of care, a practice of care, the development of a compassionate temperament and importance of love and kindness in human lives.
Sylvia has had the opportunity to work in the biggest consumption site in Denmark. She has received several lifesaving awards for reversing overdoses.

MATC# L2303160736, CADTP #1513, SUDCCIII-CS

Herman is a dedicated advocate with 26 years of experience in substance use disorder. He co-founded a safe syringe program (SSP) that provides essential harm reduction supplies, including Narcan and clean needles, while helping patients navigate toward continuity of care in their respective communities. Co-located at General Hospital, SUDIS collaborates with the County of Los Angeles to deliver Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) services to people who use drugs (PWUD) and facilitates their access to necessary care within their communities.
In addition to his role at SUDIS, Herman consults Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across Los Angeles County on better serving the SUD community and removing barriers to support our patients. Over the past 10 years, he has focused on guiding patients with SUD toward effective treatment options. A key priority for Herman is educating families and communities, including those in the Los Angeles Unified School District, on drug awareness and harm reduction strategies.

Ginny Eck is a passionate advocate for underserved populations in Los Angeles County. Working as a project director at Wesley Health Centers, a federally qualified health center, she helped start the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program from 2016-Present, which has provided medications, counseling and support for patients suffering from opioid, alcohol and stimulant use disorders. She also worked for CHPLA, a non-profit syringe exchange, starting the Opioid Overdose and Narcan Distribution program through a partnership with LA county Office of Diversion and Reentry. She is also a “MAT Coach” for Center for Care Innovation’s Addiction Treatment Starts Here: Primary Care. She has spent 7 years working directly with individuals experiencing homelessness, patients who were previously incarcerated and those with substance use disorders.

I’m a California native, born and raised. Growing up in Brentwood, I didn’t have experience with people living in neighborhoods different from mine. In high school, I traveled with a church group to Tijuana to build houses over spring break and met an early mentor who introduced me to poverty medicine. These experiences built a foundation for working with the underserved and solidified my desire to pursue a career in medicine.
After earning a medical degree at Thomas Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, I completed my residency in family medicine at Harbor – UCLA Medical Center, where I was surrounded by similar-minded colleagues with a passion for working with the homeless, poor, and uninsured. At Harbor, I honed my skills, developed an appreciation for social justice, and discovered a love for teaching. I stayed on as faculty at Harbor for six years, modeling my passions about caring for the impoverished to medical students and residents.

PHARMD, BCPP

David Dadiomov, PharmD, BCPP, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy.
He received his PharmD from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Dadiomov completed his PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at University of Michigan Health, and his PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency at University of California- San Diego Health. He holds board certification in psychiatric pharmacy.
Dadiomov serves as the director of the PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Program. He maintains clinical practice in addiction medicine at Los Angeles General Medical Center. In this role he provides consultations in psychiatry and addiction as well as seeing patients in the Complex Care Clinic. Dadiomov has worked with the LA County Department of Health Services to establish novel clinical pharmacy services for patients experiencing homelessness, patients currently or recently released from incarceration, as well as those with severe mental illness and addiction disorders.