SYMPOSIUM FACULTY

PLENARY FACULTY
Francisco J. Gonzalez- Franco, MD
SCPMG Psychiatry
Los Angeles

Sean Hashmi, MD
SCPMG Assistant Area Medical Director
Regional Director Clinical Nutrition and Weight Management
Woodland Hills

Derek A. Ott, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles

Isela Pardo, MD
SCPMG Geriatric Psychiatry
Los Angeles

Christine Padesky, PhD
Co-Founder, Center for Cognitive Therapy
Distinguished Founding Fellow
Academy of Cognitive Therapy
Huntington Beach

Pranav Shah, MD
SCPMG Psychiatry
Orange County
 

BREAKOUT FACULTY
Tim Fong, MD
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles

Michael J. Gitlin, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director of Adult Division and Outpatient Mood Disorders Clinic at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles

Ritu Goel, MD
SCPMG Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 
Downey, Norwalk

Teresita Gonzalez LMFT
Clinical Supervisor, Behavioral Health
San Bernardino County

Dave Mercier, LCSW
Developmental Case Manager
Kaiser Permanente Downey

Ashley Zucker, MD
SCPMG Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Chief of Service – Psychiatry
San Bernardino County
 

SYMPOSIUM CHAIR & PLANNING COMMITTEE

Symposium Co-Chairs

Kevin Guber, MD (Co-Chair)
SCPMG Psychiatrist, PD Child Psych. Residency

Yen Masters, MD (Co-Chair)
SCPMG Psychiatrist, Psychiatry
CME Champion

Erika Aguirre-Miyamoto, LCSW
Practice Specialist
SCAL Regional Behavioral Health Care

Tracy Chaffee, MD
SCPMG Psychiatrist, Asst. Chief Psychiatry

Mitika Kanabar, MD          
SCPMG Addiction Medicine

Ary Kian, MD          
SCPMG Psychiatrist, Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry

Lloyd Lee, DO         
SCPMG Consult & Liaison Psychiatrist

Miguel Oportot, PhD         
Director, Behavioral Health

Pranav Shah, MD   
SCPMG Psychiatrist

Devin Walker, DO  
KP SCal Psychiatry Fellow
 

Melanie Moore       
Sr. Consultant

Aileen Nokes          
Meeting Planner

Pamela Leopoldino
Event Specialist

PLANNING COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Kaiser Permanente requires that all planners and faculty participating in CME activities disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. None of the planners of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. If any faculty have any relevant financial relationships, they will be disclosed to learners and all potential conflicts of interest will be mitigated prior to the start of the conference and in accordance with the policies of the KP SCPMG CME Program.