Division Spotlight
Lase Ajayi, MD
President, San Diego County Medical Society
Chair of California Medical Association Council on Medical Service
2018 AAP-Chapter 3 Individual Special Achievement Award
2018-2019, 2022-2023 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Julia Beauchamp-Walters, MD
Medical Director, Sub-acute Unit, Helen Bernard Center for Medically Fragile Children
Medical Director, Rady Children’s Hospital Homecare and Supportive Homecare
2017, 2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Laurie Bernard Stover, MD
Department Chair of Pediatrics, Rady Children’s Hospital Medical Staff
Clinical Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
2016-2019, 2022-2023 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Melissa Cameron, MD
Medical Director of Pediatric Simulation, Center for Innovative Learning, Rady Children’s Hospital
Co-Medical Director of Children’s Hospital Emergency Transport Pediatric Team
2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Alicia Cantu, MD
Medical Director, San Diego County Juvenile Detention Facility
Medical Director, Imperial County Juvenile Detention Facility Tele-Medicine Services
Medical Director, Medical Consultation Services to Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit
2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Amy Chong, MD
Physician Informaticist
2018-2019 Young Faculty Endowed Chair Award in Clinical Excellence
2018 CalHealthCares Award, Physicians for a Healthy California
2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Ami Doshi, MD
Galinson Family Endowed Chair, Rady Children’s Hospital
Department of Pediatrics Vice Chair, Faculty Development
2016-2019, 2021-2023 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
2020 PHM Virtual Regional Impact Award
2021 Doris A. Howell Award
Michelle Edmunds, MD
2018-2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Sarah Gray, MD
2019 UCSD Resident Wellness Award
2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Daniel Hershey, MD
State of California SIDS Council
Resident Inpatient Pediatrics Rotation Director
Vice Chief of Hospital Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital Medical Staff
2018 The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Quality Improvement And Innovation Group Challenge Coin Award
2019, 2021-2023 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Maria Huang, MD
2019-2020 Academy of Clinician Scholars Faculty Development Award
2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
2022 AAP Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (COCAN) Best Abstract Award
2023 Whitehill Prize for Excellence, Department of Pediatrics
Manaswitha Khare, MD
APA Region 9 Co-Chair
2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
2023 UCSD Dept of Pediatrics Seed Research Grant recipient
Annie Larrow, MD, MS
2020 AAP Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine (SOHPM) Abstract Award
2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Begem Lee, MD
Quality Improvement Collaborative Leader, Pediatric Hospital Medicine & Emergency Department, Rady Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Associate Fellowship Director
2020 UCSD Academy of Clinician Scholars Whitehill Prize for Excellence
2018-2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
2023-2024 UCSD Pediatric Residency Program – Attending of the Year
Christiane Lenzen, MD
Medical Behavioral Unit specialist (medical stabilization for patients with eating disorders)
2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Michael Levy, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Liaison to Respiratory Therapy
2018-2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Elizabeth Mannino Avila, MD
Advisory Council San Diego Milk Bank
2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
2023 Rotating Endowed Chair (ENRICH) Award
Rachel Marano, MD
2024 Whitehill Prize for Excellence, Department of Pediatrics
Aarti Patel, MD, MEd
Co-chair, Doctor Wellness Advocacy Committee, Rady Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Director
2018-2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Heather Pierce, MD
Pediatric Residency Assistant Program Director of Quality Improvement
Rady Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (GME) Medical Director
2016-2019, 2022-2023 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Kyung (Kay) Rhee, MD, MSc, MA
Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director of Medical Behavioral Unit (medical stabilization for patients with eating disorders)
Leadership Council, San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative
2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
Tiranun “Jane” Rungvivatjarus, MD
Physician Informaticist
2019, 2021-2022 San Diego County Medical Society Physicians of Exceptional Excellence “Top Doctors”
2020 Best Podium Presentation, Virtual NCE AAP Council on Clinical Information Technology
2022 Rotating Endowed Chair (ENRICH) Award