Education

Seema S. Aceves, MD, PhD

• Director of the pediatric allergy, immunology, rheumatology specialty rotation (for allergy/immunology fellows from UCSD and Scripps Clinic, and pediatric residents from UCSD)
• Teaches UCSD and Scripps allergy fellows, UCSD medicine and pediatric residents in allergy, EGID clinics three half-days per week
• Mentors UCSD undergraduate, medical students, and residents in laboratory studies on eosinophilic esophagitis

Jane C. Burns, MD

• Mentors junior faculty in the development of clinical and translational research careers
• Mentors high school students, undergraduates, medical students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in projects on the epidemiology, treatment, and pathophysiology of Kawasaki diseases
• Supervises residents and medical students in the care of Kawasaki disease patients

Johanna Chang, MD

• Presents a monthly noon conference for UCSD pediatric residents
• Supervises and teaches medical students and residents in the pediatric rheumatology clinics

Alessandra Franco, MD, PhD

• Supervises undergraduate students in the laboratory in projects related to the immunologic basis of Kawasaki disease

Hal M. Hoffman, MD

• Teaches and mentors allergy/immunology fellows
• Supervises and teaches medical students and residents in the pediatric allergy and immunology clinics concerning appropriate diagnosis and treatment of allergic and immunologic disorders
• Teaches medical students and residents in the hospital as teaching attending every year on the general pediatric inpatient service at RCHSD, and lectures regularly at resident conferences
• Teaches medical students and graduate students in Immunology and Genetics classes
• Proctors the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) and participates in the pediatric section of the Principles to Practice course
• Supervises undergraduates who work in the lab, Independent Study Projects (ISP) students, and supervises medical students

Stephanie Leonard, MD

• Teaches and mentors allergy/immunology fellows
• Supervises and teaches medical students and residents in the pediatric allergy and immunology clinics concerning appropriate diagnosis and treatment of allergic and immunologic disorders
• Teaches medical students and residents in the hospital as teaching attending every year on the general pediatric inpatient service at RCHSD, and lectures regularly at resident conferences

Robert M. Sheets, MD

• Supervises AIR lecture series on the third Wednesday of every month for pediatrics residents, and lectures every other month
• Teaches a monthly elective rheumatology course for UCSD pediatric residents
• Presents a monthly noon conference for UCSD pediatric residents