Neonatology (NICU)

LAC+USC/CHLA NICU Fellowship Website: uscneonatology.com 

Lorayne Barton, M.D., M.P.H.

Current Position:

  • Associate Professor, Keck School of Medicine

  • Neonatal database administration

  • Attending Neonatologist LAC+USC Medical Center

  • Neonatal Quality Improvement Program lead physician

Medical School: UC Irvine
Residency: LAC+USC
Fellowship:  Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, LAC+USC

Rowena Cayabyab, M.D.

Current Position:

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine

  • Attending Neonatologist LAC+USC

Medical School: University of Santo Tomas Manila, Philippines
Residency: LAC+USC
Fellowship:  NICU, LAC+USC

Manuel Durand, M.D.

Current Position:

  • Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

  • Director, Clinical Pulmonary Research / Pulmonary Function

  • Attending Neonatologist, LAC+USC Medical Center and BPD Clinic

Undergraduate: San Marcos University, Lima, Peru
Medical School: San Marcos University Medical School, Lima, Peru
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Texas at San Antonio
Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship, McGill University, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, CanadaNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship:McGill University, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, CanadaUniversity of Manitoba, Children’s Hospital of Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaUniversity of California San Francisco / Children’s Hospital, Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, CA
What does working at LAC+USC mean to you? I like to provide healthcare to the underserved population of Los Angeles County. I enjoy teaching the next generation of pediatric specialists and neonatologists.   

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Smeeta Sardesai, M.D.

Current Position:

  • Attending Neonatologist LAC+USC and Good Samaritan Hospital

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

  • Associate Medical Director of LAC+USC NICU

  • Director Transport Service for LAC+USC NICU

  • Normal Nursery Medical Director, LAC+USC

  • Associate Director of NICU Fellowship Program

Medical School: University of Bombay, India
Residency: Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship:  NICU, LAC+USC

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Fiona Wertheimer, D.O.

Current Position:

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine

  • Attending Neonatologist LAC+USC Medical Center

Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Florida-Jacksonville
Fellowship:  NICU, LAC+USC Medical Center

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Amy Yeh, M.D., M.P.H.

Current Position:

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine

  • Attending Neonatologist

  • Director of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Education

Medical School: Michigan State University
Residency: CHLA
Fellowship: LAC+USC/CHLA