Department of Medicine
The Department of Medicine at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center serves inpatients and outpatients with an array of medical conditions and diagnoses. The Department provides diagnostic and therapeutic care for patients with medical disorders and their acute and chronic conditions in the following disciplines: Cardiology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Arthritis (Rheumatology) and General Internal Medicine.
CARDIOLOGY
- Yaga Szlachcic, M.D., Chief, Cardiology Program
- Ernest Rosencrans, M.D., Physician Specialist
- Adrian Quezada, M.D., Physician Specialist
- Richard Willner, M.D., Physician Specialist
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES
- Sylvia Shaw, M.D., Chief, Endocrinology and Diabetes
- Stefan Bughi, M.D., Physician Specialist, Endocrinology and Diabetes
HEPATOLOGY
- Allan Redeker, M.D., Physician Specialist, Consultant
- Jose Pantoja, M.D., Physician Specialist, Consultant, Gastroenterology
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Francisco Sapico, M.D., Physician Specialist, Consultant
PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
- Nageswari Krishnareddy, M.D., Chief, Pulmonary Program
- Richard Wong, M.D., Physician Specialist
- Richard Effros, M.D., Physician Specialist
RHEUMATOLOGY
- Thomas Beardmore, M.D., Chief, Rheumatology Program
- Gilbert Gelfand, M.D., Physician Specialist, Consultant
GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Henry Carleton, M.D., Physician Specialist
- Rashmi Desai, M.D., Physician Specialist
- Danese Hayes, M.D., Physician Specialist
- Betzabe Alday, M.D., Physician Specialist, Nephrology