Team
All of our physicians have completed a residency in pediatrics or emergency medicine plus an additional two- to three-year training program in pediatric emergency medicine (for a total of five to six years of postgraduate training). Our nurse practitioners are also part of the Intermediate and Fast Track care team.
Physicians
Keri Carstairs, M.D., Chief and Medical Director; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
J. Joelle Donofrio, D.O., Medical Director, Emergency Medical Services; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Seema Shah, M.D., Clinical Director; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Lukas Austin-Page, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Amy Bryl, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
David Chao, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Yu-Tsun Cheng, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Salil Chitnis, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Ariel Cohen, D.O., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Heather Conrad, M.D., Pediatric Emergency Medicine Medical Director, Rancho Springs Medical Center; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Arit Edwin-Enyenihi, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Marc Etkin, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Michael Gardiner, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
David Gutglass, M.D., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Jim Harley, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Cynthia Hoecker, M.D., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Wendy Hunter, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
Paul Ishimine, M.D., Program Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship; Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Geoffrey Jackman, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
John Kanegaye, MD, Research Director; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Simon Lucio, M.D., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Matthew Kline, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Katherine Mandeville, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
James Martin, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Ashley Metcalf, D.O., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Matthew Murray, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Margaret Nguyen, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Kristin Ratnayake, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Sara Sadrzadeh, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Fareed Saleh, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Kristy Schwartz, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
Seema Shah, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
Kathleen Smith, M.D., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Vanessa Tamas, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Stacey Ulrich, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Atim Uya, M.D., Ultrasound Director; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Michelle Vanstone, M.D., M.B.A., Associate Physician, UC San Diego
Shannon Wai, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Elise Zimmerman, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Delissa Ainsworth, P.A.
Natalie Bolivar, N.P.
Lauren Corrigan, N.P.
Lindsay Grubensky, N.P.
Adrianna Haass, N.P.
Kimberly Marshall, N.P.
Fellows
Naomi Abe, M.D.
Elizabeth Chang, M.D.
Michael Long, M.D.
Scott Sutton, M.D.
Yvette Wang, M.D.
Karen Yaphockun, D.O.