Clinical Recommendations and Models of Care for Newcomer Children
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Over the past 10 years there has been an increase in the forced displacement and migration of children, both unaccompanied and in family units. Several factors contribute to the pre-migration, migration, and post-migration experience that impact health. As more immigrant children resettle in the area and present in the clinical setting, it is important that we understand these adverse exposures related to migration and provide appropriate screening and care for their physical, mental, and social well-being. Please join us for a review of clinical recommendations for the immigrant child and a discussion about how different clinics have incorporated this into their approach.
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Meet Our Speakers!
Eleanor Chung, MD
Eleanor Chung is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF and works in primary and urgent care at SF General Hospital Children’s Health Center (CHC). She is also the Associate Medical Director of Specialty Care at CHC. With Dr. Raul Gutierrez, she is the co-medical director and founder of Bridges Clinic.
Lisa Gantz, MD, FAAP
Dr. Lisa Gantz is a primary care physician for the LA County Department of Health Services and a Clinical Instructor for UCLA Pediatrics. She is also serving as the 2020-2022 UCLA Pritzker Center Antelope Valley Child Health and Wellbeing Fellow. She is a Member at Large for the AAP CA2 chapter 2020-2022 and co-leads the chapter’s Immigrant Health Committee. She is passionate about advocacy, trauma-informed care, community partnerships, and caring for immigrant youth.
Karen Gersten-Rothenberg, MSN, FNP (she/her)
Karen is a Family Nurse Practitioner who has worked in Family Practice and School Based Health Centers for over 20 years. She is the Associate Medical Director of School Based Health Centers at La Clinica de la Raza, where she supports 8 SBHCs in and around Oakland, CA. She loves the interdisciplinary nature of SBHCs and the window into young people’s lives that comes with providing health care in the place they spend most of their day- school. She is especially proud of the layers of support La Clinica’s SBHCs have created for newcomers.
Gaspar Rivera, MD, MPH, FAAP (he/him)
Dr. Gaspar Rivera is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. He is the child of Mexican immigrants and was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He graduated with a BS in Biological Sciences at Stanford University and completed the Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) at UC Irvine School of Medicine prior to attending Children’s Hospital Oakland for residency. He is currently the Medical Director of School-Based Health Centers at Castlemont High School and McClymonds High School clinics in addition to working at other primary care sites for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Additionally, Gaspar teaches medical students at the Joint Medical Program (UCSF and UC Berkeley School of Public Health) as a Clinical Mentor.
John Harlow, MD
Dr. John Harlow is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at USC Keck School of Medicine and the Co-Founder and Medical Director for La Linterna, an interdisciplinary, co-located clinic providing comprehensive care for immigrant and refugee children and families who have experienced trauma in the migration process. He practices medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and within the Altamed FQHC system, and his writing on the intersection of immigration, health, and justice has appeared in publications such as CNN.com and The Daily Beast.