About Our Faculty

Michael Weinberger, MD, Residency Program Director

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
Residency: Dandenong Hospital/University of Pittsburgh
Fellowship: Urogynecology and Pelvic Surgery, University of California, Irvine
Awards: Resident Teaching Award UC Irvine 1992, APGO Medical Student Teaching Award University of Wisconsin 1997, Resident Teaching Award 1998, 2002 and 2005

In an era of financial crises in health care, Kaiser Permanente’s size and the quality of its health care delivery system afford our residency program stability that few others enjoy. Because Kaiser Permanente has no shareholders to satisfy, the health of our patients is each physician’s highest priority. This emphasis on patient care is underscored by the 2003 Healthcare Employers Data and Information Set (HEDIS), reporting that Kaiser Permanente California spent more than 97 percent of the money it received in member dues to cover medical and hospital expenses for plan participants; only three percent was spent on administrative costs.
— Michael Weinberger, MD, Program Director

Rhonda Smalls, MD, Assistant Residency Program Director

Medical School: Temple University
Residency: King Drew Medical Center
Awards: Ortho Resident Award, 1995

 

Faculty

Steven A. Vasilev, MD, MBA, Regional Coordinator for Gynecologic Oncology, Chief of Service

Medical School: University of Southern California
Residency: University of Southern California
Fellowship: University of Southern California
MBA: University of California, Los Angeles
Awards: Clinical Professor for USC and UCLA, CREOG National Faculty Award, 2001

Faustina Nevarez, MD

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles
Special Interests: Administration, Ectopic and Early Pregnancy
Awards: Resident Teaching Award, 1987
Irving Rasgan Award, 1988
Hispanic Woman of the Year, 1989
Woman of Distinction Award, 1998
Walter Lusk, MD Award for Clinical Excellence, 2000

Diana Currie, MD, Quality Assurance Liason

Medical School: Harvard University
Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Special Interests: Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Alternative Lifestyles

Kimberly Callegari, MD

Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Residency: Kaiser Permanente - Los Angeles
Special Interests: Colposcopy
Awards: Resident Teaching Award 2002

Eileen Chen, MD

Medical School: Yale University
Residency: University of California, Los Angeles
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
University of Texas, Health Sciences Center, San Antonio

Robert Lance Chu, MD

Medical School: Creighton University
Residency: Kaiser Permanente–San Francisco
Internship: University of Southern California

Sybil Davis, MD

Medical School: University of Southern California
Residency: Kaiser Permanente–Los Angeles
Special Interests: Colposcopy, At Risk Obstetrics Clinic

Edward Drenth, MD

Medical School: University of Miami
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles
Special Interests: Circumcisions, Operative Hysteroscopy

Lorrie Dubow, MD

Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles
Fellowship: Pelvic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente–Los Angeles
Special Interests: Colposcopy, Laparoscopy

Karen Durinzi, MD

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Medical Center of Delaware
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, North Western Memorial Hospital

William Fong, MD

Medical School: Meharry Medical College
Residency: Kaiser Permanente–Los Angeles
Special Interests: Laparoscopy

Marc Fried, MD

Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Residency: Kaiser Permanente–Los Angeles
Special Interests: External versions

Joyce Huffaker, MD

Medical School: University of Utah
Residency: Mount Zion Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship: Maternal Fetal Medicine, Cornell University

Scott Lentz, MD

Medical School: Pennsylvania State University
Residency: Pennsylvania State University Hospital, Milton S Hershey Medical Center
Fellowship: Los Angeles County/University of Southern California
Awards: Resident Teaching Award 2003

Sarah Mark, MD

Medical School: UC San Francisco
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles

Parvis Mazahery, MD

Medical School: University of Teheran, Teheran, Iran
Internship: Hutzel Hospital, Wayne State University
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Fellowship: REI, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

David Meimin, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: New York Medical College
Special Interests: Teen Obstetrics
Awards: Resident Teaching Award 1981, Staff of the Year 1993

Brian A. Miyazaki, MD

Medical School: Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles
Special Interests: Urogyencology
Awards: Staff of the Year 1991, 1998

Malcolm Munro, MD

Professor in OB/Gyn at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Medical School: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Internship: Royal Columbian Hospital, Westminster, Canada
Residency: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Fellowship: University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
Special Interests: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Pelvic Pain, Minimal Access Gynecologic Surgery Awards: Numerous publications in Gynecology, Resident Teaching Award 2004

Doreen Murray, MD

Medical School: University of Connecticut
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles

Patricia A. Nilles, MD

Medical School: University of Southern California
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles
Special Interests: Colposcopy

Joanne Pace, MD

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Fellowship: Urogynecology, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California
Awards: CREOG Award 1996, Outstanding Fellow of the Year 1996, Walter Lusk MD for Clinical Excellence

Hans Peters, MD

Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles
Special Interests: Colposcopy

Ruth Petrucha, MD

Medical School: University of Florida in Gainesville
Residency: University of South Florida in Tampa
Fellowship: Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Southern California
Awards: Resident Teaching Award 1989

Carol Yeo, MD

Medical School: Loma Linda University
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles

Barbara Zipkin, MD

Medical School: North Western University
Residency: North Shore University
Special Interests: CVS, Therapeutic Abortions