University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
M.D.
RESIDENCIES
1989 - 1992
Pediatric Residency, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
FELLOWSHIPS
1993 - 1995
Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
HONORS AND AWARDS
2002
Invited testimony on Latino children’s health in United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Washington, DC
2005
Congressional Research Briefing on a successful intervention to insure uninsured children, Washington, DC
2006
Invited speaker/panelist, US Surgeon General’ Workshop on Improving Health Literacy, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2006
2006 American Academy of Pediatrics Outstanding Achivement Award in the Application of Epidemiologic Information in Child Health Advocacy
2007
Invited speaker, National Summit on America’s Children, Washington, DC
Hosted by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Reps. George Miller (Chair of House Education & Labor Committee), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Co-Chair of House Steering & Policy Committee), and Rep. Chaka Fattah
