Current Environment: Production

Medical Services

Programs & Services

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

Undergraduate School

University of California at Berkeley

1987, Berkeley, CA

Graduate School

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Boston, MA

Medical School

Tufts University School of Medicine

1992, Boston, MA

Internship

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Residency

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics (General)

Publications

  1. Psychosocial, behavioral and clinical correlates of children with overweight and obesity. BMC Pediatr. 2020; (291). View Abstract

  2. Acute Otitis Media. 9/2019. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. 2019. View Abstract

  3. Changes in Oral Health Behaviors Associated With a Nursing Intervention in Primary Care. Global Pediatric Health. 2019; 6. View Abstract

  4. Primary Care Group Visits for Childhood Obesity: Clinical Program Evaluation. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2018 04; 57(4):442-450. View Abstract

  5. Adolescents’ Perceptions on Smartphone Applications (Apps) for Health Management. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine. 2017; 2(6):47–55. View Abstract

  6. Role of Health Coaches in Pediatric Weight Management. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2017 Feb; 56(2):162-170. View Abstract

  7. Barriers and facilitators of pediatric weight management among diverse families. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Jun; 54(7):643-51. View Abstract

  8. Parental guidance advised: associations between parental television limits and health behaviors among obese children. Acad Pediatr. 2015 Mar-Apr; 15(2):204-9. View Abstract

  9. Cholesterol testing among children and adolescents during health visits. JAMA. 2014 May 07; 311(17):1804-7. View Abstract

  10. 2-Year BMI Changes of Children Referred for Multidisciplinary Weight Management. Int J Pediatr. 2014; 2014:152586. View Abstract

  11. Patient-centered approaches to childhood obesity care. Child Obes. 2013 Apr; 9(2):85-8. View Abstract

  12. Confronting the social determinants of health--obesity, neglect, and inequity. N Engl J Med. 2012 Nov 22; 367(21):1976-7. View Abstract

  13. A piece of my mind. Food for thought. JAMA. 2012 Sep 19; 308(11):1101-2. View Abstract

  14. Microglia: a promising target for treating neuropathic and postoperative pain, and morphine tolerance. J Formos Med Assoc. 2011 Aug; 110(8):487-94. View Abstract

  15. Selective inhibition of JNK with a peptide inhibitor attenuates pain hypersensitivity and tumor growth in a mouse skin cancer pain model. Exp Neurol. 2009 Sep; 219(1):146-55. View Abstract

  16. Cytokine mechanisms of central sensitization: distinct and overlapping role of interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in regulating synaptic and neuronal activity in the superficial spinal cord. J Neurosci. 2008 May 14; 28(20):5189-94. View Abstract

  17. Bradykinin enhances AMPA and NMDA receptor activity in spinal cord dorsal horn neurons by activating multiple kinases to produce pain hypersensitivity. J Neurosci. 2008 Apr 23; 28(17):4533-40. View Abstract

  18. Intracellular signaling in primary sensory neurons and persistent pain. Neurochem Res. 2008 Oct; 33(10):1970-8. View Abstract
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