Licensed to practice medicine in California and board certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology through the American Board of Pediatrics, this pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist serves as an expert witness in pediatric-only matters involving complex gastrointestinal and liver disorders. Since completing fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, she has provided litigation consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in cases involving pediatric acute liver failure, liver transplantation, immunosuppression management, eosinophilic esophagitis, inflammatory bowel disease, parenteral nutrition–related complications, and related conditions.

Her clinical and academic responsibilities have included faculty appointments within a Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at a tertiary children’s hospital, supervision of pediatric gastroenterology nurse practitioners, oversight of fellows, and service on a Clinical Competency Committee and Fellowship Selection Committee. Leadership roles have included Co-Chair of a Liver/Intestine Quality Council and membership on a Solid Organ Transplant Quality Council, as well as participation on a regional transplant review board.

Education includes a Doctor of Medicine degree, completion of pediatric residency training at a major academic children’s hospital, and fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. Her scholarly work has addressed immunosuppression in pediatric liver transplant recipients, Epstein-Barr virus viremia following transplantation, acute liver failure, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders. She is fluent in medical Spanish.