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Primary Care

Lillian Chen, MD
Lillian Chen, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
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Dr. Lillian Chen was born in Boston, MA, and moved to Taiwan at the age of 10. She returned to the U.S. after high school and graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology. She earned her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and subsequently completed her residency training in internal medicine at UCLA as a member of the primary care track. She currently provides comprehensive primary care ranging from preventive health care to the management of chronic medical conditions and is particularly interested in women's health. She also serves as a Clinical Instructor at the David Geffen School of Medicine. In her free time she enjoys cooking, baking, and exploring new restaurants.
Jennifer Chew, MD
Jennifer Chew, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance CA, 90505
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Dr. Jennifer Chew is a native of Sacramento, California. As a daughter of an Internist, she knew from an early age that primary care medicine was in her future. She attended UC Berkeley where she pursued her Bachelors of Science in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism and graduated with distinction of highest honors.
Steven Cho, MD
Steven Cho, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Steven Cho is a primary care physician who practices in Torrance. His clinical interests include preventive medicine, HIV/AIDS medicine, obesity, and working with patients to manage chronic medical conditions including hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes.
Mindy Goh, DO
Mindy Goh, DO
Family Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Mindy Goh is a board-certified Family Physician practicing in Torrance. She provides primary care for patients and families of all ages. Her clinical interests include preventive medicine, women’s health, pediatrics and minor procedures.
Chris Gornes, MD
Chris Gornes, MD
Family Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Chris Gornes is a board-certified family medicine physician who sees patients of all ages. Her clinical interests include women’s health, pediatric neurodevelopment, health equity and global health.
Gloria Kim, MD
Gloria Kim, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA, 90505
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Dr. Gloria Kim grew up in Seoul, Korea before moving to sunny Southern California at age 9, not even knowing the alphabet. She learned quickly to adapt, but this experience also taught her at an early age that being different can still be positive. She learned about resilience and compassion, both acting as seeds that would blossom into her dream to become a physician.
Jamie Polito, MD
Jamie Polito, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Jamie Polito is a fourth generation Angelino and comes from a long line of “Dr. Polito’s” including her grandfather, father, uncles, and brother. She is a proud graduate of Immaculate Heart High School and Santa Clara University. She graduated in the top 10% of her class from Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado with a focus on Primary Care. After working in a small town in New Zealand for a year, Dr. Polito joined the UCLA team in 2009. She worked in a thriving practice on campus in Westwood for 7 years and transitioned to the UCLA Torrance office in 2016 in order to be closer to her new home in the South Bay.
Gurveen Sandhu, MD
Gurveen Sandhu, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Gurveen Sandhu is a primary care physician who practices in Torrance. Her clinical interests include preventive care and patient education. She is board certified in internal medicine and an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She looks forward to developing long-term relationships with her patients.
Charmi Shah, MD
Charmi Shah, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Charmi Shah is a board-certified family medicine physician who practices in Torrance. She sees patients of all ages and performs a broad range of family medicine services, including family planning, IUD and Nexplanon insertions and removals, joint injections, and skin biopsies. She has a particular interest in women’s health, adolescent health, public health and preventive medicine. When it comes to her practice philosophy, Dr. Shah enjoys developing long-term relationships with her patients. She believes that medicine is about more than just treating an illness, but also about treating the whole person, and considering their family and their community. “If I can ease my patients’ concerns, empower them and put a smile on their face, I've done my job,” she says.
Joel Thomas, MD
Joel Thomas, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Joel Thomas is a Clinical Instructor in Internal Medicine at UCLA and practices as a primary care physician in Torrance. He provides compassionate, comprehensive, and personalized care to his patients. His clinical interests are broad, including patient education and management of chronic medical conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Amy Wang, MD
Amy Wang, MD
Internal Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
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Dr. Wang was born in Taiwan and immigrated to Southern California at the age of 11. After completing her BS in Biochemistry at UCLA and medical school at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University, now known as Drexel University School of Medicine, Dr. Wang returned to California and completed her residency at UC Irvine.

Specialty Care

Virit Butani, DPM
Virit Butani, DPM
Podiatry
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Virit D. Butani is Board Qualified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and is an associate of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. He completed his residency training at Medstar Washington Hospital Center/ Georgetown University Hospital in 2015 and then joined the University Podiatry Group at UCLA medical plaza. Dr. Butani is currently seeing patients at both the Westwood and Santa Monica offices. He is also a part-time Consulting Physician at the UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. His interests include adult and pediatric flatfoot reconstruction, arthroscopic procedures, sports related injuries, trauma and diabetic limb salvage. In his spare time, he enjoys playing sports, traveling and spending time with family and friends.
Yijun Chen, MD
Yijun Chen, MD
Surgery, Bariatric
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance, CA 90505
Specialty: Surgery, Bariatric
Dr. Yijun Chen grew up in Hunan, China. He attended Fourth Military Medical School in Xi’an, China. He came to US to do cancer research. He did his postdoctoral training in cancer biology at Stanford University. Dr. Chen completed his surgical residency training at Stanford University, where he found his passion to become a bariatric and minimally invasive surgeon. After finishing his bariatric fellowship at Duke University, he joined UCLA Department of Surgery. He enjoys connecting with and developing partnerships with patients.
Grant Chu, MD, MS
Grant Chu, MD, MS
Integrative East West Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 302, Torrance CA, 90505
Grant Chu, MD, MSAOM is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He received his Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Doctor of Medicine from Brown University and Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from South Baylo University. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA Medical Center and fellowship in General Internal Medicine at UCLA through the Center for East-West Medicine. Dr. Chu is board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Chu practiced hospital medicine and received training in cancer care in Australia and was in private practice at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach prior to rejoining UCLA. He has held academic titles at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Queensland and has taught medical students and residents in both the US and Australia.
Calvin Duffaut, MD
Calvin Duffaut, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance, CA 90505
Specialty: Family Medicine, Sports Medicine
David German, MD, MPH
David German, MD, MPH
Cardiology
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance CA, 90505
Dr. David M. German is a general cardiologist with UCLA. He attended Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, Louisiana) and completed his post-doctoral training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, Oregon). He has clinical and research interests in cardiovascular imaging, valvular heart disease, and cardiomyopathies. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology.
Gregory S. Glover, MD, MS
Gregory S. Glover, MD, MS
Cardiology
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance CA, 90505
Dr. Gregory S. Glover is an interventional cardiologist who practices in Torrance. His specialty focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease via catheter-based invasive technology. His specific focus is on coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) including rotational atherectomy, balloon angioplasty, and stenting. He also has advanced training in the field of transcutaneous aortic valve replacement.
Christopher Hom, MD
Christopher Hom, MD
Cardiology
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Kristofer Jones, MD
Kristofer Jones, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Kristofer J. Jones is a board certified, fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in sports-related musculoskeletal injuries of the knee, shoulder and elbow. His clinical expertise includes advanced minimally invasive arthroscopic procedures and complex reconstruction of these joints. He has a specific interest in joint preservation procedures, including modern cartilage restoration and transplantation techniques. He is a select participant in a number of nationwide clinical research trials investigating novel surgical treatments for cartilage injuries.
Marian Kaldas, MD
Marian Kaldas, MD
Rheumatology
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance CA, 90505
Dr. Marian Kaldas is a rheumatologist who practices in Torrance. She treats patients with the full spectrum of rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, lupus and more than 100 other conditions. She is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology.
Houman Khakpour, MD
Houman Khakpour, MD
Cardiology
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance CA, 90505
Specialty: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Dr. Houman Khakpour is a cardiologist who practices in Westwood and Torrance. He specializes in cardiac electrophysiology, and his clinical interests include cardiac catheter ablation of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology.
Maryann Kimoto, DO
Maryann Kimoto, DO
Rheumatology
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance CA, 90505
Don Park, MD
Don Park, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Surgery
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Don Young Park is a Board Certified, fellowship trained Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon with a particular interest in minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal deformity, spine tumor, and spinal trauma. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. He is proud to be an alumnus of UCLA and now part of the faculty at UCLA.
Amir Rabbani, MD
Amir Rabbani, MD
Cardiology
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance CA, 90505
Dr. Amir (Behi) Rabbani is a cardiologist who practices in Torrance. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. He specializes in the management and prevention of heart disease with special emphasis on the catheter-based, minimally invasive treatment of complex coronary artery disease, peripheral arterial disease and valvular heart disease.
Maija Sanna, MD
Maija Sanna, MD
Geriatric Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90505
Lawrence Taw, MD
Lawrence Taw, MD
Integrative East West Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite 302, Torrance, CA 90505
Lawrence Taw, MD, FACP, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is board-certified by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine as well as in Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture, and Herbology by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Nader Tondravi, MD
Nader Tondravi, MD
Pain Medicine
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100 Torrance, CA 90505
Dr. Nader Tondravi is a board certified anesthesiologist with a focus on interventional pain medicine. He uses a multidisciplinary treatment approach for his patients, including physical and aqua therapy, complementary alternative medicine, pain psychology, multimodal medication management, and minimally-invasive image guided procedures. He earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and completed his anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at Northwestern University.
Darko Vucicevic, MD
Darko Vucicevic, MD
Cardiology
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance CA, 90505
Julie Wu, LCSW
Julie Wu, LCSW
Behavioral Health
3500 Lomita Blvd., Suite M100, Torrance, California 90505
Julie Wu is a licensed clinical social worker and pain psychotherapist who provides individual and group talk therapy to patients with chronic pain. She primarily utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but also uses evidence-based modalities including “seeking safety” and “motivational interviewing."
Kyle Yang, MD
Kyle Yang, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
3500 Lomita Blvd, Suite M100, Torrance, CA 90505
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