Medical Group Physicians

Melissa Aromin, MD

Emergency Department Associate
Attending Physician

Specialty: General Pediatrics

Department/Division: Emergency and Transport Medicine

Phone: 323-361-2109

Gitanjli Arora, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: General Pediatrics

Department/Division: Anesthesiology Critical Care

Phone: 323-361-2109

Shahab Asgharzadeh, MD

Attending Physician; Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Director, Neuroblastoma Basic and Translational Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Neuro-oncology

Department/Division: Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases

Phone: 323-361-4624

Juliana Austin, MD, MCR

Director of Clinical Endocrinology
Director of Thyroid Nodule and Cancer Clinic
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Endocrinology, Specialty: Diabetes, Specialty: Metabolism

Department/Division: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Phone: 323-361-4606

Michael Avesar, MD

Attending Physician

Specialty: General Pediatrics

Department/Division: Emergency Department

Phone: 323-361-2120

Timur Azhibekov, MD

Medical Director of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Department/Division:

Phone: 323-361-8572

Sarah Badran, MD, MACM, FSCAI, MHFSA

Director Pediatric Cardiology Education (Medical school and Residency)
Co-Director Interventional Cardiology
Attending Physician
Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Interventional Cardiology

Department/Division: Cardiology

Phone: 323-361-4635

Ron Bahar, MD

Attending Physician
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Gastrointestinal Liver and Nutrition Disorders

Department/Division: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Phone: 818-905-6600

Melissa C. Balderrama, PsyD

Pediatric Neuropsychologist; Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Hematology/Oncology

Department/Division: Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases

Phone: 323-361-2092

Ara Balkian, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Director, Inpatient Operations
Associate Chair, Inpatient Pediatrics
Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Hospital Medicine

Department/Division: Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 323-361-6177

Manvi Bansal, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Pulmonology

Department/Division: Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine

Phone: 323-361-2387

Yaniv Bar-Cohen, MD

Co-Director of Southern California Consortium For Technology and innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP)
Attending Physician
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC