Fellows
Accomplishments of Graduated 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