Associate Chief of Pediatrics

Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Inpatient Medicine

Director, Quality Improvement for Department of Pediatrics

Chair, Bioethics and Brain Death committees

Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Residency: LAGMC/USC, Pediatric chief resident

Hometown: San Fernando Valley, CA
Undergraduate: Los Angeles Pierce Community College and University of California Los Angeles
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California
Residency: LAGMC/USC, Pediatric chief resident
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
What does working at LAGMC/USC mean to you?: Being a physician in LAGMC/USC has been my dream since medical school.  Our patients are from families that embody the values of Los Angeles.  A word that has been used to describe our group is "family."  It comes from the support we provide our patients, learners, and each other.  It is from the feeling of hope I sensed when I was a student.  It is the same feeling I have now as a faculty physician.

Hometown: Dallas, TX
Undergraduate: Wellesley College
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
Fellowship:  Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
What does working at LAGMC/USC mean to you? Caring for the underserved and marginalized in Los Angeles alongside residents and colleagues who also share this passion motivates me to do better and be better.

Undergraduate: University of California Los Angeles
Medical School: Albert Einstein
Residency: LAGMC/USC, Pediatric chief resident
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
What does working at LAGMC/USC mean to you?: During residency at LAC+USC, my heart was broken for the underserved and marginalized. It became my passion and mission to try my best to ensure that the underserved children and families of Los Angeles received the best medical care possible - especially in the ICU, where we take care of families going through the most difficult times of their lives.         

Hometown: Northridge, CA
Undergraduate: California State University -Northridge
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Florida - Jacksonville
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
What does working at LAGMC/USC mean to you? Being apart of this remarkable team, made up of caring individuals who share basic values, and who are driven by a common mission is truly a privilege. Working at LAGMC/USC means I have the opportunity to be useful to the underserved community at the core of our diverse region. In the PICU, I cherish the intimacy of being absolutely present to address the acute suffering of our patients and their families.                

Hometown: Breckenridge, CO
Undergraduate: American University
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Residency: LAGMC/USC
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
What does working at LAGMC/USC mean to you? The opportunity to work with and learn from an incredible group of colleagues dedicated to caring for our amazing patients, families, and community.