Presentation

Academic

  • Strengthening Resiliency: An Alternative Approach to Bullying and Life Stressors in Adolesence (03/2020)
  • Discussion PROUD- Pediatricians reading Outloud about Diversity. 90 minute interactive lecture based educational session disseminated via zoom for post residency physicians via the Scottsdale Institute Webinar   (05/2023)
  • Hiring for Diversity- Keeping Justice through equity, inclusion and diversity hiring approach. 60 minute interactive session with small group and large group breakout reflection done for 45 attendees in conjunction with Alejandro Haro, Executive director of talent acquisition at the 2nd Annual Patient Health Equity Conference in Loma Linda.  (02/2024)

Other

  • Pomona Health Career Ladder- October 2019 re: Nutrition education (10/2019)
  • Pomona Health Career Ladder (02/2020)

Poster

  • Safe Sleep Saves lives: implementation of safe sleep eduation in a community newborn nursery unit.  (04/2019)
  • Utilizing Olsen Growth Curve to decrease number of glucose checks by narrowing diagnosis of LGA and SGA infants.  (04/2019)
  • Increasing Attenance Rates within Our multidisciplinary pediatric obesity clinic (05/2020)
  • Utilizing pulse oximetry to decreased LOS in otherwise healthy children admitted to a county hospital for respiratory illness.  (05/2020)
  • Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis in a Child with Primary EBV Infection (08/2020)
  • Further Evaluation of Utilization Olsen Growth Curves to reduce misclassified Newborns and prevent unnecessary Painful pokes. (02/2021)
  • Raising and Encouraging Awareness about Childhood Hypertension (R.E.A.C.H.) (05/2021)
  • Implementation of a Newborn Nursery Handbook and its effect on learner confidence and satisfaction. (02/2022)
  • Use of Sepsis Calculator to Enhance Care of infants greater than or equal to 35 weeks with maternal intramniotic infection.  (02/2022)
  • Didactic Series to Improve ACE scores and Management in the Pediatric Population (05/2022)
  • Increasing Pediatric Asthma Maintenance Visits through electronic medical record outreach. (05/2022)
  • Improving nursery rounds and handoffs at a primary care pediatric residency program (02/2023)
  • Anaphylaxis curriculum in the pediatric clinic: Instilling knowledge and confidence (02/2024)
  • F(h)ERN-M: Middle School fostering health education & research network-Creating a pathway program one step at a time (02/2024)
  • Point of care ultrasound: Implementation of POCUS curriculum into a pediatric residency program (02/2024)
  • Revolutionizing adolescent human immunodeficency virus screening: Paving the way for point of care testing in pediatric clinic (02/2024)
  • Like a fly in the Buttermilk: Utilizing Narrative Stories to foster cross-cultural and racial connections in mentoring relationships   (05/2024)

Research

  • Oh The Places You'll Go: Keynote speaker for the Pomona Health Career ladder graduation ceremony.  (05/2020)
  • Understanding the experiences of Foster Youth and the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study. (10/2020)
  • "Utilizing Olsen Growth Curves to Reduce Misclassified Newborns and Prevent Unnecessary Painful Pokes" Presented at New Innovations Conference at USC (02/2021)
  • "DIME: Where we have come from and where we are headed" given at the Scottsdale Institutes CMIO/ CNIO joint summit at Scottsdale, Arizona. 30 minute long presentation with 30 minute discussion to follow. Total time 1 hour.  (11/2021)
  • APPD 2022 Spring meeting: ELS session entitled "Like a fly in the buttermilk? How to foster cross-cultural and racial connections in mentoring relationships." (05/2022)
  • Like a Fly in the Buttermilk: How to foster cross cultural and race relationships between mentor and mentee. 90 minute workshop ran at Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference July 2022 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.  (07/2022)
  • Like a fly in the buttermilk: How to foster Cross cultural and race relations between mentors and mentees. 90 minute workshop held at Loma Linda for Riverside University Health System Graduate Medical Education conference for Program Directors and APD.  (09/2022)
  • Like a fly in the buttermilk: how to foster cross cultural and race relationships in a mentor mentee relationship. 90 minute workshop presentation led at Stanford Medical innovation conference to approximately 40 participants.  (09/2022)
  • How to create DEI Momentum without funding the origin of DIME. 20 minute podium presentation detailing the steps to creating a cross collaborative programming to support DEI efforts within a residency program at the Academic Pediatric Program Directors Western Region Annual Conference in Boise, Idaho   (03/2024)
  • Leading Beyond Words: Harnessing Our Personalities, Improvisation, and Past Traumas for Effective Leadership Communication at APPD in Chicago, CA   (04/2024)
  • Actions May Speak Louder, But Words Matter- Communication Strategies to Empower Diverse Voices to Lead Workshop at Pediatric Academic Society Conference in Toronto, Canada (05/2024)
  • Reel 'Em In: Creating an Educator Tackle Box to Help you Teach on the Fly and Engage Learners of All Interests and Levels workshop at Pediatric Academic Society in Toronto, Canada (05/2024)