About Our Faculty

Anne Staveren, MD, Program Director

Undergraduate school: Bryn Mawr College
Medical school: Howard University
Residency/fellowship training: Pediatrics, UCLA
Special clinical/other interests: Asthma population management
Research interests: Asthma population management and atopic dermatitis
Awards: Team Excellence for Pediatric Asthma Service, The Walter Lusk Distinguished Physician Award
Committee work: Chair, LAMC Asthma Task Force; P&T committee
Other work experience: Clinical strategic goals

Michael Kaplan, MD

Medical School : University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency/fellowship training: Pediatrics, Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, and Allergy Immunology at UCLA.
Special clinical/other interests: Asthma self management education, asthma population management and the development of clinical guideline allergy, asthma and primary immune deficiency. Asthma Camp director.
Research interests: The development of clinical guidelines in allergy, asthma, and primary immune deficiency.
Awards: The Walter Lusk Distinguished Physician Award from Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center and the Physician of the Year Award from the Southern California Chapter of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

Bruce Goldberg, MD, PhD

Undergraduate school: Hunter College
Medical school: New York University School of Medicine
Residency/fellowship training: Internal Medicine, University of Southern California - Los Angeles County Hospital, Allergy Fellowship at Kaiser Permanente, LAMC
Special clinical/other interests: Complement disorders, primary immune deficiency, drug allergy, computers in medicine
Research interests: Clinical correlates of in vitro allergy testing, recombinant latex allergens in the diagnosis of allergy, cellular in vitro test for the diagnosis of allergy and pseudo allergy.
Awards: Team Excellence for Pediatric Asthma Service
Committee work: Chair, LAMC Research Committee, Chair Latex Allergy Committee, member of the LAMC Information Technology steering.
Other work experience: Director of the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Regional Allergy and Immunology Lab