RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Our Faculty
Kaiser Permanente Oakland has approximately 70 full time staff pediatricians including subspecialists in:
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Many of the faculty hold clinical appointments at the University of California, San Francisco and/or Children's Hospital Oakland. Many of the staff are graduates of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Residency Program or other local programs such as the University of California, San Francisco, Children's Hospital Oakland, and Stanford University.
Program Director – Abhay Dandekar, MD
Dr. Abhay Dandekar was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He received his undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, and his medical degree from New York Medical College. He then returned to the Bay Area and completed his residency training and chief residency at the Pediatric Residency Training Program at Kaiser in Oakland.
Dr. Dandekar’s breadth of interests and passion for medical education are reflected by his previous experience as an Associate Program Director and Pediatric Clerkship Chair at UCLA, as the medical director for a mobile pediatric unit for underserved and communities with poor medical access, and as a hospital based pediatrician at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has won a number of faculty teaching awards and has been recognized for his contributions to resident and student mentoring and program leadership. He returned in 2007 to Kaiser Permanente. In addition to precepting in the resident clinic and attending on the inpatient ward, Dr. Dandekar also serves as the site director for the UCSF Medical Student clerkship. He enjoys traveling and exploring the outdoors, anything related to sports or music, and spending time with his wife and two children.
Chief of Outpatient and Subspecialty Pediatrics – Melvin Burman, MD
Dr.
Burman is the Chief of Outpatient and Subspecialty Pediatrics at
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, California. He has
been practicing as a General Pediatrician with Kaiser for over 20
years. During this time, he has had a number of different roles
within the organization, but his greatest pleasure remains taking
care of his patients. He has been recognized for his outstanding
work as a pediatrician through numerous awards, including the Karis
“Caring Physician” Award and the Donald P. Fischer award.
In addition, his leadership skills have been recognized through
the Kaiser Richmond Career Leadership Award and the Cecil Cutting
Leadership Award.
Dr. Burman was born and raised in San Francisco. He completed his medical school training at Finch University of Health Sciences/the Chicago Medical School, and his residency training at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center at Oakland. As a former resident, he is well-acquainted with the philosophy of the program and is a tremendous advocate for residency training and education.
In his spare time, Dr. Burman enjoys running, cross-country skiing, and his Labrador Retriever. He is also a dedicated San Francisco Giant and Forty-Niner fan.
Chief of Inpatient Pediatrics – Jorge Gutierrez, MD
Dr.
Gutierrez is the Chief of Inpatient Pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente
at Oakland. He completed his medical school training at Harvard
Medical School and his residency and fellowship training in Pediatric
Intensive Care at the University of California at San Francisco.
After completing his fellowship, he remained at UCSF as a faculty
member, working both in the PICU and running a research laboratory
studying the effects of mechanical forces on gene expression in
lung cells. In 2005, he left UCSF to join the staff in the Pediatric
ICU at Kaiser Oakland.
Throughout his career, Dr. Gutierrez has been very involved with resident education and is a great advocate for residency training. While at UCSF, he was the recipient of teaching awards as a resident, fellow, and faculty member. In 2007, he received the inpatient faculty teaching award from the Kaiser residents as well.
In his spare time, Dr. Gutierrez enjoys playing baseball. He plays second base for the Zephyrs of the Bay Area Men’s Baseball League.
Assistant Program Director – Amit Malhotra, MD
I completed undergraduate degrees in Biology and Philosophy, was a Ruth Nicols Endowed and Rufus Choate Scholar, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude. I went on to medical school at Harvard, where I was the winner of the Soma Weiss Research Award for work on human reasoning with Dr. David Caplan in Neurology.
I then went to Washington University in St. Louis, completing training in Pediatrics, Neurology, and Child Neurology in July of 2006. During this time I was named St. Louis Children’s Hospital Outstanding Teaching Fellow. I was then faculty in the Department of Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis and a NIH K12 Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award recipient. My research while at Washington University mirrored my clinical interests - to understand and impact the fundamental alterations in cerebral structure and function that cause aberrant cognition.
Assistant Program Director – Garrett Griffin, MD
From the Bay Area, Dr. Garrett Griffin earned his undergraduate degree in Physics from Santa Clara University. He completed his medical studies at University of California, Davis Medical Center. He then completed his residency training and chief resident year at Kaiser Oakland.
Currently, Dr. Griffin is a neonatal hospital based physician and Assistant Program Director. His outside interests include gardening, video production, and anything to do with computers.
Assistant Program Director – Ping Chouw, DO
A native Californian, Dr. Ping Chouw grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her undergraduate degree in Human Biodynamics from U.C. Berkeley, and her medical degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, California. After completing her pediatrics residency and chief residency at Kaiser Permanente – Oakland Medical Center, she joined the pediatric staff in the outpatient department in 2008.
In her free time, Dr. Chouw enjoys traveling, sports, trying new restaurants, knitting and quilting, and spending time with her family.
