Fellows

Current Fellows

2nd Year 

Lucia S. An, MD
Undergraduate: University of California, San Diego 
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Residency: Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Chief Residency: Kaiser Permanente Northern California
 
Current Scholarly Activities:

• A multi-site QI initiative to implement high flow interventions to facilitate less overuse (HI-FLO) in patients with bronchiolitis
• Improving discharge readiness in hospitalized pediatric patients
• Developing a Hyperbilirubinemia pathway to reduce readmissions for newborn hyperbilirubinemia
• Retrospective study on the outcomes of short versus long antibiotic course for culture negative sepsis in early on-set sepsis 
• Resident Informatics Program

Mentors: Audrey Kamzan, Hanna Siddiqui

Active Committee Member of Pediatric Quality Council and PFCC for Santa Monica Hospital

Margaret U. Nguyen, MD
Undergraduate: Pomona College 
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Chief Residency: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
 
Current Scholarly Activities:

• Clinical pathways and demographics
• Incorporating NEWT tool into newborn nursery care
• Resident Informatics Program
• VIP: HFNC Initiation Pause

Mentors: Audrey Kamzan, Deepa Kulkarni

Active Committee Member of Breastfeeding Taskforce

1st Year 

Miriam Beyder, MD
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital

Current interests/projects: QI/Clinical pathways, medical education

Vivian Lin, MD
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital

Current interests/projects: Discharge optimization, Orderset/Pathway utilization, HFNC use in bronchiolitis, Eating disorders and teen health