Jamie R. Wood, MD
Director of Clinical Diabetes Programs, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
Residency: Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western University
Fellowship: Boston Children’s Hospital, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard University
Lynda Fisher, MD
Associate Head, Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Residency: Pediatrics—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Fellowship: Growth/Development Disorder; Pediatric Endocrinology—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Peck Ong, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC)
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics—White Memorial Medical Center
Fellowship: Allergy and Immunology—National Jewish Health
Arcadia
Physician Bios
Allergy and Immunology
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Minnelly Luu, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Medical School: Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: Dermatology—State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center
Endocrinology (continued)
Jaya Punati, MD
Director of Pediatric Gastrointestinal Neuromuscular and Motility Program Assistant Professor, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Gandhi Medical College, Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences
Residency: Pediatrics—Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Pediatric Neurogastrointestinal Motility Disorders— Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Ardath Yamaga, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Volunteer Faculty, at the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Quin Liu, MD
Director of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; Advanced Endoscopy—Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Brian Miyazaki, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Mattel Children’s Hospital
Chuan-Hao Lin, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Associate Professor, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: China Medical College
Residency: Pediatrics—Children’s Hospital Buffalo
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology—Children’s Hospital Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo
Angela Buffenn, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Ophthalmology—University of Maryland
Fellowship: Pediatric Ophthalmology—Wilmer Eye Institute/John Hopkins Hospital
Edward Gomperts, MD, MBBCh, MSc
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: University of the Witwatersrand
Residency: Johannesburg General Hospital and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology—Royal Postgraduate Medical School
Hematology and Oncology
Mark Borchert, MD
Assistant Chief of Ophthalmology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Ophthalmology—Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center
Fellowship: Neuro-Ophthalmology—Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Ophthalmology
Thomas Lee, MD
Director of The Vision Center, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Cornell University
Residency: Cornell University
Fellowship: Harvard University, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Sudha Nallasamy, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Ophthalmology—Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Ophthalmology (continued)
Deirdre Ryan, MD
Director of the Spina Bifida Program, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery—Northwestern University – McGaw Medical Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Paul Choi, MD
Director of the Hip Program, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Washington University
Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery—University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Bibiana Reiser, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: The Keck School of Medicine of USC
Residency: Ophthalmology—University of California, Irvine
Fellowship: Cornea and Refractive Surgery—Doheny Eye Institute, USC; Pediatric Cornea, Cataract, and Glaucoma—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Natalia Uribe, OD
Optometrist, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Graduate School: La Salle University, Bogotá, Colombia
Residency: Contact Lenses—La Salle University, Bogotá, Colombia; Ocular Health and Primary Care— Saint Thomas University
Alexandre Arkader, MD
Director of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Program, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: F.T.E. Souza Marques, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residency: National Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedics—Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Orthopaedic Oncology— Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Orthopaedics (continued)
James Stein, MD
Associate Chief of Surgery and Chief Medical Quality Officer, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Associate Professor of Surgery, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Tufts School of Medicine
Residency: General Surgery—Tufts Medical Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery—Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian
Bianca Edison, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics—UCLA Medical Center
Debra Don, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: The Keck School of Medicine of USC
Residency: Head and Neck Surgery—UCLA
Fellowship: Pediatric Otolaryngology—Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Otolaryngology (ENT)
Pediatric Surgery
Cathy Shin, MD
Attending Surgeon, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Surgery, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: General Surgery—University of Chicago Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Iris Perez, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Dr. Francisco Q. Duque Medical College
Residency: Pediatrics—Montefiore Medical Center, New York
Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology—Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Natalie Shilo, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics—Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology—McGill University, Montreal Children’s Hospital
Urology
Pulmonology (continued)
Salman Khan, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: Dow Medical School
Residency: Pediatrics—Brookdale University Medical Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology—Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Andy Chang, MD
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Urology, the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical School: The Keck School of Medicine of USC
Residency: General Surgery and Urology—LAC+USC Medical Center