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The Best Pediatricians in the Bay Area

Is Your Child’s Physician on the Best Doctors in America List?

     Each year, Best Doctors Inc. asks physicians across the country who they would pick if they had to send a loved one to a physician in their specialty. From that survey, the company chooses 50,000 doctors — in 400 subspecialties — who their peers think provide the most up-to-date and skilled care possible. The accompanying list includes Bay Area pediatricians and pediatric specialists from the Best Doctors in American database.
     In this issue, we’re highlighting five Bay Area pediatric specialists on the list — a general pediatrician, a pediatric anesthesiologist, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician, a pediatric plastic surgeon and a pediatrician who specializes in adolescent medicine. Read on to learn why they chose their specialties, why they love their work and what challenges them in their day-to-day practice.

Brad Berman, MD
Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrician
Walnut Creek

     Dr. Brad Berman was practicing general pediatrics in the Chicago suburbs in the mid-’80s, when he realized that many of the questions parents asked were about behavior and development — and he wasn’t prepared to answer them. “I had very little in the way of training or exposure in that aspect of pediatrics,” he says.
     So Berman, 53, who had gone to medical school at Rush University’s College of Medicine (in Chicago) and done his residency at the Michael Reese Hospital (also in Chicago), came out West to do a fellowship in developmental-behavioral pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco.
      For 11 years, he has been practicing that specialty in his private practice in Walnut Creek (he is also on staff at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland). Called the “star special-needs pediatrician” in the Bay Area by one commenter on the UC Berkeley Parent’s Network, Berman sees all ages of children, from babies to young adults, and helps parents identify, manage and find treatments for disorders including language and developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder, select mutism, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and other behavioral issues.
     “The main reason I love my work is because — hands down — I like working with families and kids so much. And I have tremendous respect for the parents who work so hard to raise these children. It’s truly a pleasure to work with them.”
    Still, Berman knows that 21st-century life — especially in California — is taking a toll on families, and he worries about the long-term consequences. “Because of the economic downturn, there are fewer and fewer community-based resources for families,” he notes. “Regional centers, school systems, community services are all being hit now, and that creates significant challenges for children with developmental and behavioral issues. There’s just not enough support for them. That creates a whole new level of stress for their families.”
     In addition, Berman worries — even on a daily basis, he says — about the effects of electronic media on young minds. “It’s not just the amount of time,” he says, “but the content offered and the physical effects of using electronic media. Research is now showing a link between media exposure and obesity — it’s really damaging.
     “Plus we always have to wonder, ‘what are the kids not doing so that they can watch TV or play a video game? What are they not learning?’ ”
     And while a lot of attention is being paid to stress on teens these days (the documentary film Race to Nowhere, for instance, looks at the pressure to achieve currently being exerted on adolescents), Berman notes that different populations experience different kinds of stress. “Stress is stress is stress,” he says. “But the kinds of stress that teens experience in West Oakland or West Richmond are going to be very different than what teens experience in Orinda.”
     Berman, who lives in Lafayette with his wife (his daughter is in college), works out his own stress by traveling, going to the theater, kayaking, reading and hiking and camping around the Bay Area. “I grew up in the Midwest,” he says. “The Bay Area is perfect for me”


William Hoffman, MD
Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children’s Hospital
San Francisco

     Dr. William Hoffman, 58, regularly performs facial reconstruction and aesthetic plastic surgery on children ranging from newborns to young adults. He lives in Mill Valley with his wife and has four children (the eldest is finishing medical school this year), and two grandchildren.
     Q: Why did you choose to go into pediatric plastic surgery?
     A: Kids are inherently fun to work with for the most part, and the surgery that we do is almost always a positive influence on their lives. In addition, while it’s rare for a surgeon to be able to follow patients in the long term, we do exactly that with kids with congenital facial deformities, as we are trying to time surgical interventions in a way that will not interfere with growth or at least make the least possible impact.
     Q: Under what circumstances would a child need facial reconstruction or aesthetic plastic surgery?
     A: The most common congenital anomaly of the face is cleft lip and palate, and that is the most common surgery we perform. I also perform surgery to create ears when they have not developed, using rib cartilage that is carved into an ear. Children with skull deformities have surgery to actually remove part of the skull and reshape it. And sometimes removing birthmarks can require complex reconstructive procedures. These are just a few examples.
     Q: What do you enjoy about your work?
     A: I like the immediate gratification of seeing a result at the end of a surgical procedure, and seeing the parents see the result as well. I enjoy the interaction with kids and their families.
     Q: What are some of the most interesting technologies or treatments emerging in pediatric plastic surgery right now?
     A: We are using fat injections for children with conditions that result in facial asymmetry, such as hemifacial microsomia, in which the lower jaw does not grow normally. These children need jaw surgery, but there is soft tissue asymmetry as well. After the skeletal asymmetry is corrected, we use fat from their own bodies to augment the face.
     Q: What are your most challenging cases?
     A: Every facial operation is challenging, because the results are right there for everyone to see. But probably the most complex surgery I do is correction of orbital hypertelorism, where the eyes are widely separated. This involves moving the entire eye sockets and in some cases the entire half of the face closer together to produce a more normal appearance.
     Q: What are your hobbies when you’re not working?
     A: Photography is my main hobby — plastic surgeons take pictures of everything because the results are visible, and I have written chapters on photography for plastic surgeons. I enjoy taking photos of landscapes and travel. I also play golf, poorly.

Amit Gupta, MD
Director of Anesthesiology,
Children’s Hospital & Research Center
Oakland

     It wasn’t until he had a child of his own that Dr. Amit Gupta, 35, realized he wanted to work in pediatrics. He had started out thinking he wanted to do internal medicine, but during his anesthesiology rotation in medical school, he realized he was really drawn to that field. And when his first child was born, he says, “I learned what it’s like to have children, how important they are. That’s when I knew I wanted to work with kids.”
     Gupta, who went to medical school at the University of North Carolina, did his residency at Vanderbilt University, and then did a fellowship in pediatric/cardiac anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, says he finds the pediatric environment to be “extremely rewarding,” in part because the “kids are amazing” and in part because the field is so complex.
     “Pediatric anesthesiology is different than adult anesthesiology in a lot of ways,” he explains. “The kids’ sizes are different. Their diseases are different, in that most pediatric diseases are congenital and most adult diseases — such as high blood pressure, cancer, and heart disease — are acquired. Children also bounce back from surgery and anesthesia far faster than adults do. They can undergo a hernia repair and be running around the next day, where an adult would be in bed for several days.”
     Gupta knows full well how scary it can be for parents to give their child over to an anesthesiologist and deep sleep. “Children often get pre-medicated before anesthesia so they can relax,” he says. “Parents don’t get that. We know it takes a lot of trust, so we try to reassure parents that we’re going to take care of their children.”
      In many kinds of cases, parents can also be with their children as they go under the anesthesia — and again as they wake up. “It seems like 30 seconds to the children, but whether it’s 30 minutes or several hours, it seems like eternity to the parents,” Gupta says. “It’s very hard to wait and wait with no control over what’s happening.”
     Gupta says he especially likes working at Children’s Hospital because of the high quality of care given there. “We have a 1:1 patient-anesthesiologist ratio for surgical cases,” he says. “In a adult hospital, one anesthesiologist monitors several surgeries at once. And we have child-life specialists who work with the children before anesthesia, whether it’s reading them stories or showing them simulations of anesthesia or various kinds of equipment. Anesthesia is very mysterious to most people, but we have very, very high standards here.”


Barbara Staggers, MD
Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Children’s Hospital & Research Center
Oakland

     Dr. Barbara Staggers’ epiphany came when she was just 18. She was teaching dance and sewing to teens in Oakland and had grown especially fond of a 14-year-old girl. “She was just beautiful,” Staggers says. “I can still see her face.” But one afternoon a pimp walked into the center and wanted to take the girl off to work for him. The program director called the mother and the “mother said, ‘no problem’, ” Staggers recalls. “She said they needed the money.”
     Staggers, now 56, never saw that girl again. But the episode lit in her a burning desire to practice medicine and to work with adolescents. That desire was only strengthened when that same summer her uncle walked into an emergency room with chest pain and ended up dying while filling out insurance paper work. “He should have been examined right away,” she says. “That was when I realized people of color don’t get the same health care as white people.”
     Staggers, who grew up in the Bay Area, went to medical school at UCSF, did her residency at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland, and then did a fellowship in adolescent medicine at UCSF, is devoted to “helping at-risk youth of color and helping to build resiliency in communities of color.” But she’s quick to add that it’s not only youth of color who are at risk. “The top three causes of death among adolescents are accidents, homicide and suicide,” she says. “All teens should be considered at-risk youth. Adolescence is a very dangerous period. Getting kids and their parents to navigate it healthily is very important.”
     In her practice, Staggers sees patients who need everything from a vaccination for school to consultations on their development and evaluations of eating disorders, depression and learning disabilities. Of late, she’s been worried about how the recession is affecting teens, especially those teens whose parents have lost their jobs or homes. “Some teens won’t eat so their younger siblings can have food,” she notes. “Some drop out of school to work to help the family. And when your parents are stressed and distressed, where do you go to get grounded?” she asks. “It’s creating mental health issues in our adolescents. Younger children can be oblivious to their parents’ feelings, but teens see everything. They are a good mirror of how well — or not well — our society is doing.”
     A native of the East Bay, Staggers still lives here. She has three children (ages 24, 14 and 12). Her father and her brother — both doctors, by the way — live in the area, as well. “Family is very important to me,” she says. “And what I like doing the most is hanging out with them.”

Olivia Lang, MS, MD
Pediatrician, Berkeley Pediatrics Medical Group
Berkeley

     Olivia Lang figured out that she wanted to be a pediatrician when she was just 16. Fascinated by science and already aware that she loved children, Lang recalls, “I thought, ‘what more natural combination could there be than pediatrics?‘”
     Lang worked as a candy striper at Torrance Memorial Hospital and went on to get her undergraduate degree in human biology at Stanford University. There, she says, she dabbled a bit in other subjects and even “momentarily considered going into education,” she says, “but I knew in the back of my mind that I really wanted to go into medicine.”
     Even during her medical school years at UC San Francisco, Lang thought about pursuing a different specialty in medicine — internal medicine, maybe, or becoming a family physician. But when it came time to choose her residency, her mind was made up. “I knew I wanted to do what I said I wanted to do when I was 16,” she says. “I wanted to practice pediatrics.” She also knew that despite the opportunities to go into academia offered by UCSF, she really wanted to practice “community-based medicine” in a private practice. “I had gotten my master’s degree in health and medical sciences from UC Berkeley,” she says, “and I knew I wanted to work with people on a day-to-day basis.”
     Now 41, Lang, who has three daughters of her own, has been working at Berkeley Pediatrics for more than 10 years. “I love it,” she says. “I love working with the children and families and love thinking and learning about issues around parenting — how to manage overscheduling, media, just the stress of being a child in this age. I’m becoming more and more concerned about our tendency as parents to expect so much, to want our children to achieve in all areas — school, sports, extra curricular activities. So one of my favorite questions to ask kids is, ‘Are you ever bored?’ and when they say, ‘yes!’ I say, ‘that’s good. That’s when you’ll be most creative.’ ”
     Lang says she appreciates the diversity of her Berkeley-based practice, as she sees patients from a wide range of socio-economic, religious and ethnic backgrounds. (She herself is fluent in Mandarin.) And she also likes working with children of different ages. “We often meet the babies when they’re born at Alta Bates Hospital,” she says. “And we treat them through their college years, because they’re still on their parents’ insurance. But once they’re out of college, we encourage them to find an adult primary care physician. By that time, I think they’re ready.”
     Dr. Lang lives in El Cerrito and enjoys knitting, cooking, hiking, bargain hunting and photography when she’s not practicing medicine.

166 Doctors Make the List

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Morton J. Cowan
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
505 Parnassus Ave., Room M659
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-2188

Avraham Giannini
909 Hyde St., Suite 633
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 346-8022

Diane W. Wara
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Division of Pediatric Immunology
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-2491

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Mary-Ann B. Shafer
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Teen Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2002

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Charles B. Cauldwell
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Anesthesia
521 Parnassus Ave., Suite C450
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 502-6620

Amit Gupta
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Children’s Anesthesia Medical Group
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3070

Maurine Heard
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Children’s Anesthesia Medical Group
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3070

Philippa Newfield
California Pacific Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
3700 California St., Third Floor, Suite 3321
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 600-2077

Richard W. Rowe
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Children’s Anesthesia Medical Group
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3070

Maurice S. Zwass
UCSF Medical Center
Moffitt Hospital
Department of Anesthesiology
505 Parnassus Ave., Room M680
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-8716

Pediatric Cardiology

Kishor Avasarala
Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
747 52nd St., Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3380

Alok K. Bose
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
5030 Business Center Drive, Suite 230
Fairfield, CA 94534
(707) 863-8190

Michael Morris Brook
UCSF Medical Center
Pediatric Heart Center and Pediatric Specialties
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2008

Casey Culbertson
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
747 52nd St., Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3380

James Gregg Helton
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
747 52nd St., Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3380

Gregory H. Kurio
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
747 52nd St., Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3380

Anita J. Moon-Grady
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2008
Phillip Moore
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2008
Accepting a limited number of new patients.

Kathleen Newkumet
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
747 52nd St., Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3380

Hitendra T. Patel
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
747 52nd St., Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3380

Howard Rosenfeld
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
747 52nd St., Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3380

Ziad Saba
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Cardiology Medical Group – East Bay
747 52nd St., Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3380

Deepak Srivastava
Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
1650 Owens St.
San Francisco, CA 94158
(415) 734-2716
Hospitalist. Only sees in-patients.

Paul Stanger
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2008

Sarah Tabbutt
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-1955
Hospitalist. Only sees patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

David F. Teitel
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2008
Pediatric Critical Care

Natalie Cvijanovich
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Division of Critical Care
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3710

Jeffrey R. Fineman
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
505 Parnassus Ave., Room HSE 1418
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 502-6390

Heidi Rosanna Flori
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Division of Critical Care
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3710

Jorge A. Gutierrez Jr.
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Pediatric Critical Care Unit
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-1080
Primarily sees patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

James H. Hanson
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Critical Care
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 752-8019

Vivienne Newman
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Division of Critical Care
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3710

Rama Devi Pullela
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Pediatric Critical Care Unit
280 West MacArthur Blvd., 10th Floor
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-7428

Arup Roy-Burman
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Division of Critical Care
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3710

Scott J. Soifer
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-5153

Sarah Tabbutt
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-1955
Hospitalist. Only sees patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Anne Tseng
California Pacific Medical Center
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
3700 California St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 600-3420
Primarily sees patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

Sandrijn M. Van Schaik
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Intensive Care Unit
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-1611
Primarily sees patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
Maurice S. Zwass
UCSF Medical Center
Moffitt Hospital
Department of Anesthesiology
505 Parnassus Ave., Room M680
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-8716

Pediatric Dermatology

Ilona Frieden
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion
Department of Dermatology
1701 Divisadero St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-7800

Renee M. Howard
Dermatology Consultants of Marin
5000 Civic Center Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903
(415) 499-0100

Christine R. Kilcline
Solano Dermatology Associates
2290 Sacramento St.
Vallejo, CA 94590
(707) 643-5785

Pediatric Developmental and Behavioral Problems

Brad D. Berman
Progressions Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
3021 Citrus Circle, Suite 240
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 279-3480

Veronica L. Daly
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Child Development Center
5220 Claremont Ave.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3351

Tina Gabby
2 Fifer Ave., Suite 200
Corte Madera, CA 94925
(415) 381-3255

J. Lane Tanner
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Child Development Center
5220 Claremont Ave.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3351
Renee C. Wachtel
15250 Hesperian Blvd., Suite 100
San Leandro, CA 94578
(510) 276-6121

Pediatric Endocrinology

Suruchi Bhatia
California Pacific Medical Center
Pediatric Specialty Clinic
Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes
3700 California St., Suite B555
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 600-0770

Catherine A. Egli
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
3505 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-7813

Yvette C. Fan
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-7813

Stephen E. Gitelman
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology
513 Parnassus Ave., Room S-679
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-7337

Soffia G. Jonasdottir
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Endocrinology
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3654

Robert H. Lustig
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor, Room S-679
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2813

Jennifer Ann Olson
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Endocrinology
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3654

Stephen M. Rosenthal
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-7337

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Elizabeth Gleghorn
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Gastroenterology
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3058

Melvin B. Heyman
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2813

Pediatric General Hepatology

Philip Rosenthal
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-5892

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Anuradha Banerjee
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Division of Children’s Cancer and Blood Diseases
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-3831

Laura A. Campbell
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Mosswood Building, 14th Floor
3505 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-6592

James H. Feusner
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Hematology and Oncology
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3372

Robert Goldsby
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Division of Children’s Cancer and Blood Diseases
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-3831

Caroline Hastings
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Hematology and Oncology
744 52nd St., Second Floor
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3372

Elliott P. Vichinsky
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Hematology and Oncology
744 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3372

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Ann Petru
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Division of Infectious Diseases
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3336

Jay H. Tureen
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
500 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-0301

Peggy Sue Weintrub
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
400 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2813

Pediatric Nephrology

Barbara B. Botelho
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Nephrology
747 52nd St., Fifth Floor
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3335

Rose Ellen Morrell
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Nephrology
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3335

Sheldon Orloff
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Nephrology
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-7813

Anthony A. Portale
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Children’s Renal Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2813

Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Dachling Pang
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
3701 Broadway, First Floor
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-1749

Peter Sun
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Children’s Neurosurgical Associates
744 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3319

John G. Zovickian
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-1749

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Susan H. Day
California Pacific Medical Center
Department of Ophthalmology
2340 Clay St., Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 202-1500
Pediatric Ophthalmology

William V. Good
California Pacific Medical Center
Department of Ophthalmology
2340 Clay St., Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 202-1500

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Mohammad Diab
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2967

Scott A. Hoffinger
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Orthopaedics
744 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3238

Todd L. Lincoln
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Department of Orthopaedics
Hospital Main Building, First Floor
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-1155

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Thomas L. Engel
San Francisco Ear, Nose and Throat Medical Group
3838 California St., Suite 505
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 751-4914

Richard Kerbavaz
East Bay Head and Neck Surgery Medical Group
2316 Dwight Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 845-4500

Kristina Rosbe
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Outpatient Specialty Clinic
1300 South Eliseo Drive, Suite 204
Greenbrae, CA 94904
(415) 353-2087

Frederick Rosen
5820 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 210
Pleasanton, CA 94588
(925) 463-0336

Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehab

Christine M. Aguilar
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation
3701 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-6561

Pediatric Plastic Surgery

William Y. Hoffman
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Plastic Surgery
350 Parnassus Ave., Room 509
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-4287

Pediatric Pulmonology

Edward Fong
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Bay Area Pediatric Pulmonary Medical Corporation
744 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3305

Karen Hardy
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Bay Area Pediatric Pulmonary Medical Corporation
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
 (510) 428-3305

Nancy Church Lewis
UCSF Pediatric Specialties
5565 West La Pocitas Blvd., Suite 320A
Pleasanton, CA 94588
(925) 598-3500

Manisha Newaskar
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Bay Area Pediatric Pulmonary Medical Corporation
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3305

Dennis W. Nielson
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-7337

Gregory F. Shay
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Cystic Fibrosis Center
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-7813

Andrew Sam Wen
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-7813

Eric Zee
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Bay Area Pediatric Pulmonary Medical Corporation
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3305

Pediatric Radiation Oncology

Patrick S. Swift
Alta Bates Summit Comprehensive Cancer Center
2001 Dwight Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 204-1244

Pediatric Radiology

Robert Brasch
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Radiology
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
 (415) 476-2275

Nora E. Canty
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Radiology
Main Hospital Building, Ground Floor
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-1255

Taylor Chung
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Radiology
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3410
Pediatric Rheumatology

UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-2491

Pediatric Sleep Medicine

Karen Hardy
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Bay Area Pediatric Pulmonary Medical Corporation
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3305

Nancy Church Lewis
UCSF Pediatric Specialties
5565 West La Pocitas Blvd., Suite 320A
Pleasanton, CA 94588
(925) 598-3500

Pediatric Specialist/Abused Children

James Edward Crawford
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Center for Child Protection
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3742

Pediatric Specialist/Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Eileen G. Aicardi
California Pacific Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
3641 California St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-0888

Colette L. Auerswald
UCSF Medical Center
Teen Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2002

Charles E. Irwin Jr.
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Teen Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2002

Anna-Barbara Moscicki
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Teen Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2002

Mary-Ann B. Shafer
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Teen Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2002

Barbara Staggers
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Adolescent Medicine
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3387

Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Gary S. Gelber
337 Spruce St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 387-6036

Robert Hendren
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
401 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-7500

Thomas Lowe
UCSF Medical Center
Tourettes and Tics Disorders Clinic
401 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-7213

Lynn E. Ponton
201 Edgewood Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 664-3039

Herbert A. Schreier
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Psychiatry
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3571

John B. Sikorski
350 Parnassus Ave., Suite 309
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 661-7570

Lenore C. Terr
450 Sutter St., Suite 1336
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 433-7800

Pediatric Specialist/Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Art E. D’Harlingue
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
East Bay Newborn Specialists
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3276
Primarily sees newborns admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

David J. Durand
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
East Bay Newborn Specialists
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3276
Primarily sees newborns admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Sheila D. Jenkins
California Pacific Medical Center
Pediatric Specialty Clinic
Department of Neurology
3700 California St., Suite 1560
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 600-0770

Michael S. Jennis
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Main Hospital Building, Fourth Floor
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-1000

Priscilla Joe
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
East Bay Newborn Specialists
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3276

Carol A. Miller
UCSF Medical Center
Primary Pediatrics Practice
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2000

Yao Sun
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Intensive Care Unit
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-1565
Primarily sees newborns admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, General

Suzanne L. Davis
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Neurology
747 52nd St.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3590

Donna M. Ferriero
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Child Neurology
350 Parnassus Ave., Suite 609
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2525
Currently only seeing in-patients.

Audrey E. Foster-Barber
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Neurology
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94131
(415) 353-2525

Jean Hayward
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Neurology
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-7813

Elliott Sherr
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Neurology
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 353-3682

Pediatric Specialist/Pediatric Metabolic Diseases
Seymour Packman
UCSF Medical Center
Pediatrics Specialties
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-9997

Pediatric Surgery
James M. Betts
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Surgical Associates of the East Bay
744 52nd St., Suite 4100
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3022

Diana L. Farmer
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Surgery
400 Parnassus Ave., Room A123
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-2538

Michael R. Harrison
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Surgery
513 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-2538

Olajire Idowu
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Surgical Associates of the East Bay
744 52nd St., Suite 4100
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3022
Hanmin Lee
UCSF Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Surgery
400 Parnassus Ave., Room A123
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-2538

Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Philip Rosenthal
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-5892

Norah Terrault
UCSF Medical Center
Gastroenterology and Liver Faculty Practice
350 Parnassus Ave., Suite 410
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2318

Pediatric Urology

Laurence S. Baskin
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Division of Urology
400 Parnassus Ave., Suite 610A
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2200

James M. Betts
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Pediatric Surgical Associates of the East Bay
744 52nd St., Suite 4100
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 428-3022

Pediatrics/General

Myles B. Abbott
East Bay Pediatrics
2999 Regent St., Suite 325
Berkeley, CA 94705
(925) 254-9203
Pediatrics/General

Eileen G. Aicardi
California Pacific Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
3641 California St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-0888

Arnold J. Blustein
1235 Harrison St.
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 352-2425

Marcia Charles-Mo
East Bay Pediatrics
2999 Regent St., Suite 325
Berkeley, CA 94705
(925) 438-1100

Patricia A. Chase
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Primary Care Services
5220 Claremont Ave.
Oakland, CA 94618
(510) 428-3226

James G. (Jim) Cuthbertson
Berkeley Pediatric Medical Group
1650 Walnut St.
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 848-2566

James R. Eitel
La Clinica de la Raza
Department of Pediatrics
3451 East 12th St., Second Floor
Oakland, CA 94601
(510) 535-3500

Martin F. Ernster
Golden Gate Pediatrics
61 Camino Alto St., Suite 107
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 388-6303

Arlene Fischhoff
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
280 West MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 752-1080

Yasuko Fukuda
3905 Sacramento St., Suite 301
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 752-8038

Tina Gabby
2 Fifer Ave., Suite 200
Corte Madera, CA 94925
(415) 381-3255

William S. Gonda
Golden Gate Pediatrics
3641 California St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-0888

Mika Hiramatsu
Castro Valley Pediatrics
22290 Foothill Blvd., Suite 1
Hayward, CA 94541
(510) 581-1446

Sonja Huie
3905 Sacramento St., Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 379-6700

Charles E. Irwin Jr.
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Teen Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2002

Alan C. Johnson
SF Bay Pediatrics
525 Spruce St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-8900

Daniel P. Kelly
Pacific Pediatrics Medical Group
45 Castro St., Suite 232
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 565-6810

Petra Froehlich Landman
Pediatric Medical Group
2320 Woolsey St., Suite 301
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 849-1744

Olivia Lang
Berkeley Pediatric Medical Group
1650 Walnut St.
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 848-2566

Carol K. Lee
1518 Noriega St., Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 566-7556

Richard L. Oken
East Bay Pediatrics
2999 Regent St., Suite 325
Berkeley, CA 94705
(925) 438-1100

Robert H. Pantell
UCSF Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2000

Mary D. Piel
Golden Gate Pediatrics
3641 California St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-0888
Accepting newborns.

Daniel L. Robbins
Lamorinda Pediatrics
930 Dewing Ave.
Lafayette, CA 94549
(925) 284-1800

Barry Rostek
Pacific Pediatrics Medical Group
45 Castro St., Suite 232
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 565-6810

Robert T. Shimizu
Lamorinda Pediatrics
930 Dewing Ave.
Lafayette, CA 94549
(925) 284-1800

William Solomon
Pacific Pediatrics Medical Group
45 Castro St., Suite 232
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 565-6810

Alan Uba
UCSF Medical Center
Pediatric Heart Center and Pediatric Specialties
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-2000

Robin Winokur
Kiwi Pediatrics Medical Group
1744 Alcatraz Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 652-1720

Carolyn L. Wright
Town and Country Pediatrics
3838 California St., Suite 111
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 666-1860