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Medicine, Geriatric Medicine
Internal Medicine
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Medicine
Hospital Affiliation:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
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A102720
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310-257-0028
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Primary Office
Torrance Lomita Boulevard Primary & Specialty Care
3500 Lomita Blvd.
Suite 300
Torrance, CA 90505
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310-257-0028
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310-257-0031
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Geriatric Medicine - Santa Monica
1223 16th St.
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Santa Monica, CA 90404
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310-319-4371
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310-319-4141
Medical Board Certifications
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009
Certification 2
Geriatric Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2010
Fellowship
Geriatric Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 2009-2010
Residency
Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 2007-2009
Internship
Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 2006-2007
Degree
New York Medical College, MD, 2006
Publications
  1. Sanna MB, Reuben DB. Transforming chronic care for older adults: guided care and the elusive triple aim. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 May;28(5):603-4. doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2358-8. PubMed PMID: 23377845; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3631065.
  2. Tarbell KV, Lee M, Ranheim E, Chao CC, Sanna M, Kim SK, Dickie P, Teyton L, Davis M, McDevitt H. 2002. CD4(+) T cells from glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)65-specific T cell receptor transgenic mice are not diabetogenic and can delay diabetes transfer. J Exp Med. Aug 19;196(4):481-92
  3. Sanna M*, Pedotti R*, Tsai M, DeVoss JJ, Steinman L, McDevitt H, Galli SJ. 2003. Severe anaphylactic reactions to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) self peptides in NOD mice that spontaneously develop autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus. BMC Immunol. Feb 22; 4(1):2 * authors contributed equally to this work.
  4. Kim SK, Tarbell KV, Sanna M, Vadeboncoeur M, Warganich T, Lee M, Davis M, McDevitt HO. Prevention of Type I Diabetes Transfer by GAD65 peptide 206-220-Specific T cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2004 Sep 28;101(39):14204-9
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  • Take Control of Your Healthcare in 2014 (Santa Monica Mirror)
  • Maintaining Independence In Your Golden Years (Santa Monica Mirror)
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