Division of General Pediatrics

LocationHarbor-UCLA Medical Center
1000 W Carson St, Box 437
Torrance, CA 90502

Email Claudette Hoskins
choskins@dhs.lacounty.gov

The Harbor-UCLA Division of General Pediatrics strives to provide outstanding care for all patients from newborns to teens. We focus both on preventative well child care and are the expert consultants for families when their child has problems with health or development. The division’s expert pediatricians are dedicated to making relationships with the children and families and working to improve care. Our General Pediatrics physicians are recognized as leaders in advocacy, medical education, quality improvement, and academics.

Leadership

Carol Berkowitz, MD, FAAP, FACEP Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Chief, Division of General Pediatrics Director of Subspecialty Clinics Director, Failure to Thrive Clinic Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Bio

Carol Berkowitz, M.D. FAAP, FACEP, Division Chief of General Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was graduated from Barnard College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and then completed a pediatric residency at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York. A board-certified general pediatrician, Dr. Berkowitz has been board-certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine as well as in Child Abuse Pediatrics.

She is a Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Past President of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (APA, now the Academic Pediatric Association), Past President of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD), Chair of the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Pediatrics, Chair of the Council of RRC Chairs, Past President of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS). She has served on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

She is a delegate from the AAP to the AMA and served on the AMA’s Council on Medical Education where she was Chair. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the National Resident Match Program (NRMP), and the Stakeholder Council of the American Board of Medical Specialties.

In 2006, she was the recipient of the Joseph W. St. Geme Jr. Leadership Award, and in 2007, she received the Abraham Jacobi Memorial Award. She is the author of several hundred articles and book chapters and is the editor of Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach, a textbook now in its 6^th edition.

Faculty & Administration

Monica Sifuentes, MD, FAAP Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Vice Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics Associate Director, Residency Program Director, Adolescent Medicine Director, Pediatric Clerkship Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Kelly Callahan, MD, MPT, FAAP Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Medical Director K.I.D.S. Hub Clinic Co-Director, Residency Wellness Program Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Niloufar Tehrani, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Medical Director, Pediatric Primary Care Clinic Director, Child Advocacy Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Eric Fein, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Director, Outpatient Quality Improvement Harbor-UCLA Medical Center The Lundquist Institute Profile

Melissa Jimenez, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Assistant Medical Director, K.I.D.S. Hub Clinic Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Anastasia (Alex) Feifer, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Child Abuse Pediatrician, K.I.D.S. Hub Clinic Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Nasser Redjal, MD, FAAAAI Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Laura Figueroa-Philips, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Director, Pediatric Transitions of Care Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Geeta Grover, MD, FAAP Director, Developmental and Behavioral PediatricsHarbor-UCLA Medical Center Clinical Professor of Pediatrics UCI School of Medicine