Residency: Housestaff Information

There are 30 pediatric residents and one chief resident. Pediatric housestaff interact closely with residents from the Departments of Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. In addition to caring for general pediatric patients, pediatric housestaff coordinate the care of pediatric surgical patients with the subspecialty surgical services. Pediatrics has primary responsibility for pre-op and post-op management of their surgical patients. Medical students from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA commonly receive a significant part of their pediatric training at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Fourth year students from other medical schools also frequent the Harbor-UCLA clinical services. Teaching of medical students is a shared responsibility of full-time faculty, volunteer clinical faculty, housestaff, and subspecialty fellows in the Department of Pediatrics.
The Pediatric Housestaff 2011-2012
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Ann Ha, M.D. University of California San Diego | |
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Sana Ashraf, M.D. Marshall University |
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Hazel Carranza, M.D. Loma Linda University | |
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Alejandro Diaz, M.D. University of California San Diego |
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Emily Gillett, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard |
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Jenny Hoffmann, M.D. University of California San Diego |
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Julie Kim, M.D. Loma Linda University |
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Suzanne Rizi, M.D. Ross University |
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Tawny Saleh, M.D. Drew/UCLA |
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Lauren Tashman, M.D. University of Miami |
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Nivi Vangala, M.D. American University of the Carribbean |
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Terwa Yong, M.D. State Universtiy of New York Stony Brook |
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Diana Bruno, M.D. UC San Francisco |
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Shom Dasgupta, M.D. Northwestern |
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Darci Evans, D.O. Western University |
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Jeremy Lamkin, M.D. University of Cincinnati |
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Jeffrey Lee, M.D. University of Southern California |
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Emily Mathews, M.D., Ph.D. University of California San Diego |
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Daniel Murphy, D.O. Touro University |
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Kara November Bryden, M.D. University of Southern California |
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Tyisha Seymour, M.D. Drew/UCLA |
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Kelly Vasant, M.D. Ross University |
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Shanika Boyce, M.D. Drew/UCLA |
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Marina Capella, M.D. University of California San Diego |
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Sarah Chhith, M.D. University of California San Diego |
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Moran Gotesman, M.D. Sackler |
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Thanh Huynh, M.D. Oregon Health & Science University |
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Clare Kasper, M.D. University of Iowa |
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Daniel Lamb, M.D. Oregon Health & Science University |
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Lori Prakash, D.O. Western University of Health Sciences |
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Rachna Sheth, M.D. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
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Niloufar Tehrani, M.D. University of California San Diego |































