Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics

Agnes Chen, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Division of Neurology

Contact Information:
1000 W. Carson St.
Box 468
Torrance, CA 90502

Phone: (310) 222-4160
Email: ahchen@ucla.edu

Research Focus:
Central nervous system disease in the mucopolysaccharidoses and other lysosomal storage disorders. Intrathecal enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis I.

Certifications:
American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Training:
Internship and Residency in Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/UCLA, Torrance, CA
Residency in Adult and Child Neurology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/UCLA, Torrance, CA

Education:
M.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
A.B., Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Selected publications and abstracts:

Sara Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of General and Emergency Pediatrics
Director, Child Crisis Center
Director, Infant of Substance Abusing Mothers clinic

Contact Information:
1000 W. Carson St.
Box 460
Torrance, CA 90509

Phone: (310) 222-5621
Fax: (310) 320-7849
Email: sthompso@ucla.edu

Activities:
Academic interests include the development and evaluation of health systems for the provision of longitudinal healthcare services to victims of child maltreatment.

Certifications:
American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, Child Abuse Pediatrics

Training:
Internship and Residency in Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics and Child Maltreatment, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Education:
B.S., Neurobiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.D., Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles

Selected Publications:

Kenneth R. Huff, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Division of Neurology

Contact Information:
1000 W. Carson Street
Box 468
Torrance, CA 90509
Phone: (310) 222-4168
Email: huff@harbor2.humc.edu

Research Focus:
Gliosis neurobiology, nervous system growth factor mechanism and processing, seizure disorders and epidemiology of acute flaccid paralysis.

Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology

Training:
Residency in Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency in Neurology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship in Neurological Chemistry, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Fellowship in Neurological Pathology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Education:
M.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Selected publications:

1. Ernst T, Chang L, Walot I, Huff K. Physiologic MRI of a tumefactive multiple sclerosis lesion. Neurology. 1998 Nov;51(5):1486-8. PMID: 9818892

Alan Tomines, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Health Services
Division of General and Emergency Pediatrics

Contact Information:
1000 W. Carson St.
Box 17
Torrance, CA 90509

Phone: (310) 222-8009
Fax: (310) 222-2300
Email: atomines@labiomed.org

Activities:
In my full-time job, I manage information technology projects to implement and integrate clinical, surveillance, and disease case management systems for the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health. My areas of interest span both clinical and public health informatics domains, including: health information exchange, data standardization, human-computer interaction and data presentation, and child health information systems.

Certifications:
American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

Training:
Internship and Residency in Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine
Fellowship in Public Health Informatics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

Education:
M.D., State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn