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Joseph Shapiro, MD, President
Catherine Fuller, MD, Vice President
William Crawford, MD, Secretary
Margaret Kurohara, MD, Treasurer

Joseph Shapiro, MD President
	Joseph Shapiro, MD, was born and raised in Long Beach, California. He attended college at the University of California, San Diego where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in General Biology along with a minor in Theater. He then moved to New York where he earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Shapiro served his internal medicine internship and residency at the University of California, Irvine. He was a fellow of adult and pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles. During his fellowship, Dr. Shapiro spent a significant portion of his training at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. He is board certified in Adult and Pediatric Allergy & Immunology and Internal Medicine.
Catherine Fuller, MD Vice President
	Catherine Fuller earned her medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at UCLA. Her fellowship in allergy and immunology was completed at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Dr. Fuller is an Assistant Clinical Instructor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is a member of the American Academy of Allergy and Asthma, the American College of Allergy and the Joint Council of Allergy and Immunology. She is in private practice in West Los Angeles.
William Crawford, MD Secretary
	William Crawford, MD, earned his medical degree at UCLA School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and his fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Wadsworth VA Medical Center. Dr. Crawford is Chief of Service, Department of Allergy & Immunology at Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Crawford is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.
Margaret Kurohara, MD Treasurer
	Margaret Kurohara, MD, received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and her fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Wadsworth VA Medical Center. She joined the Southern California Permanente Medical Group in 1991 and has served as Chief of Allergy at the Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center since 1997. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Kurohara is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Ricardo Tan, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of the Philippines in Manila. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo Residency Consortium in Buffalo, New York. Fellowship training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology followed at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He has published numerous articles for journals such as the Annals of Allergy and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He is also written several book chapters and is a co-author of Practical Allergy, a textbook for primary care physicians.

Dr. Tan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. He is in private practice in Los Angeles and Palmdale.

BOARD MEMBERS

LanAnh Do, MD, received her medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Subsequently, she completed residency training in the combined internal medicine and pediatric program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. After practicing primary care as an Internist and Pediatrician, she returned to complete fellowship training in allergy, asthma and immunology at Harbor UCLA and UCLA Medical Centers. She has presented and published reviews and original research on a broad range of pulmonary, asthma and allergic topics. She is currently an active clinical instructor at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Dr. Do is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Do is in private practice in Santa Monica.

Marc Riedl, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine, completed a residency in internal medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital of Washington University in St. Louis, and a fellowship in Clinical Immunology and Allergy at UCLA. Dr. Riedl received a Master of Science Degree in Clinical Research and completed advanced training in Clinical Pharmacology at UCLA. His professional interests include the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of allergic and immunodeficient conditions. His research currently focuses on the study of compounds to reduce respiratory inflammation caused by air pollution. Dr. Riedl is also integrally involved in the early development of several investigational drugs.

Marilyn Li, MD received her medical degree from the Alpert Medical School, Brown University. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at LAC+USC Medical Center, and served a year as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine. She trained in Allergy and Immunology at LAC+USC Medical Center where she is actively involved in teaching and research. She is a strong advocate for patient education and community outreach, and is working with the Breathmobile® program. Dr. Li is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.

Ellyn R. Ashida, MD received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA-SFV Program and a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at UCLA School of Medicine. She did cellular immunology research after medical school in the Department of Medicine at Southwestern School of Medicine in Dallas and again in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UCLA School of Medicine after her fellowship. She served as assistant clinical professor at Harbor UCLA and is currently in private practice in Torrance and Downtown Los Angeles.

Gary Gibbon, MD, is a graduate of the University of Cape Town Medical School and Groote Schuur Hospital. Dr. Gibbon completed his Internship and Residency in Interal Medicine at Harvard affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He then completed Fellowships in Pulmonary Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and in Allergy and Immunology at UCLA/West Los Angeles VA Hospital and Children's Hospital of LA. Dr. Gibbon is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is actively involved in teaching fellows, residents, and medical students at the Allergy and Immunology Clinic, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. He has been in private practice in the Santa Monica area since 1990.

Dr. Gibbon is a Diplomate of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. He is also Board Certified in Internal, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine.

Marc Meth, MD, recieved his medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Allergy & Immunology at Long Island Jewish-North Shore Medical Center. Dr. Meth is currently on the Clinical Faculty at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

He is both a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy & Immunology. Dr. Meth is in private practice in Century City.

Raffi Tachdjian, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology at the UCLA School of Medicine. He is actively involved in teaching and research on asthma, pain and allergic inflammation.

Dr. Tachdjian received his bachelor’s degree in Physiological Schience from the UCLA; a Masters in Public Health degree in Epidemiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham; an internship at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention along with his Medical Degree from the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed his Pediatrics residency at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital, and a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at the University of California, Los Angeles. During his final year of fellowship, he also trained in Pediatric Pain Management at UCLA.

Dr. Tachdjian is Board Certified in Adult and Pediatric Allergy & Immunology as well as in General Pediatrics. His private clinic is in Santa Monica, and he currently runs the inner city asthma ‘Breathmobile’ at UCLA. He is on staff at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, St. John’s Hospital, and Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital.

Cathy Pollak, MPA, CHES, Administrator

Cathy has worked in the health education field for over 25 years. During that time she has coordinated, managed, and/or taught hundreds of classes for the community and healthcare professionals. Cathy has worked for several non-profit agencies including the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), California Chapter. She managed the (AAFA) asthma camp program for many years. She has written grants and proposals resulting in over a million dollars during the past several years.

Cathy received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and received her Master’s Degree in Public Administration with a certificate in Health Services Administration from the University of Southern California. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). Cathy enjoys family and travel. She has completed 6 LA Marathons.