All of our hospitalists are board-certified pediatricians with acquired expertise in different fields outside of traditional hospital medicine.
Physicians
Lase Ajayi, M.D., Interim Medical Director, Palliative Care; Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Julia Beauchamp Walters, M.D., Medical Director, Rady Children’s Homecare; Medical Director, Rady Children’s Helen Bernardy Center; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Laurie Bernard, M.D., Division Clinical Director; Director of Inpatient Services Rady Children’s; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Melissa Cameron, M.D., Medical Director (Pediatrics), Center for Innovative Learning (Simulation Lab), Children’s Hospital Emergency Transport (CHET), Grossmont Pediatrics Community Site; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Alicia Cantu, M.D., Medical Director, San Diego Juvenile Hall, Medical Director, Pediatric Services and Consult Services to Child Adolescent Psychiatry (CAPS); Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
Constance Chace, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UC San Dieg
Amy Chong, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Ami Doshi, M.D., Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Pediatrics Wellness Director; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Amanda Dube, M.D.
Michelle Edmunds, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Sarah Gray, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Daniel Hershey, M.D., Director of Inpatient Education, Chair of Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Rady Children’s Hospital; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Maria Huang, M.D., FAAP, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Adria Jimenez Bacardi, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Manaswitha Khare, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Chloe Kupelian, M.D.
Annie Larrow, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Begem Lee, M.D., Associate Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Christiane Lenzen, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Michael Levy, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Elizabeth Mannino Avila, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Rachel Marano, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Tatyana Mills, M.D.
Aarti Patel, M.D., M.Ed, Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Heather Pierce, M.D., Director, Innovative Quality Improvement Research in Residency Program, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Michelle Polich, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Kyung (Kay) Rhee, M.D., M.Sc., M.A., Research Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine; Medical Director, Medical Behavioral Unit; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UC San Diego
David Ries, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Tiranun “Jane” Rungvivatjarus, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Jaime Sellers, M.D., M.P.H, Associate Physician
Jaclyn Vargas, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Fellows
Anahita Emamian, M.D.
Katherine Tygart, M.D.
Zainab Khan, M.D.
Caitlin Toney, M.D