Dr. Baca grew up in New Mexico and was volunteering at a community pediatric clinic in a high-risk neighborhood long before becoming a pediatrician.  After college she started her master’s work in public policy in Venezuela and had the opportunity to work with the United Nations.  Upon returning to the U.S., she completed her Masters in Public Administration at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Baca completed her pediatric training in the Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved (PLUS) program at University of California, San Francisco in 2008.  Given her interest in international affairs she has worked in Nigeria, Venezuela, Mozambique, Egypt, Afghanistan, and Honduras.  She is passionate about reducing health disparities, in particular access to healthy nutrition and physical activity. Dr. Baca is on the general pediatric faculty at Stanford and works with the Pediatric Advocacy Program to train pediatric residents and medical students.

General Pediatrics, Packard Children’s Hospital since July 2000, Dr Chamberlain works at RFHC one day a week.  Dr. Chamberlain completed her medical training at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1996, and her pediatric residency at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in 1999. As a Maternity and Child Health grant recipient, she completed the Masters in Public Health program at University of California, Berkeley.  Received a grant from David and Lucile Packard Foundation to develop and implement and evaluate a pediatric advocacy training program and from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to expand and disseminate the program.

Dr. Detata has been our primary OB/Gyn physician, contracted to RFHC by Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. She has worked part-time at RFHC since March 2005. She received her medical degree at University of Southern California School of Medicine and completed her residency at Kaiser in Santa Clara. Her practice has included general obstetrics and gynecology, with a large population of adolescent patients.

Dr. Lowe received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston. From 1983 to 2004 she was a Staff Pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea HealthCare Center.  She is the editor of the Guide to Pediatric Medical Spanish which was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has extensive teaching experience and was appointed Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School 1997-2004.  She is currently Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine. In clinical practice, teaching and curriculum development, Dr. Lowe has focused on developing culturally competent clinical services in underserved communities.

Dr. Magallanes received her medical degree at Michigan State University and completed a Family and Community Medicine Residency at University of California San Francisco where she was a Resident Teaching Fellow. She received the San Francisco General Hospital Family Health Center Award, for outstanding graduating Resident in 2009. Before coming to RFHC, she served as a family medicine physician at Erie Family Health Center with obstetric and inpatient pediatric privileges at Norwegian American Community Hospital.

Dr. Perkins received a B.A. degree in psychology from Harvard University and a medical degree at University of California, San Francisco. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF in 2004 and joined the staff of Ravenswood Family Health Center.  Her clinical training includes primary care, hospital training, and outpatient specialized clinics. Her teaching experience includes Preceptor in Family and Community Medicine at UCSF.

Dr. Weintraub is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. She received a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College and received a medical degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School.  She completed her internship and residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, followed by a Post-doctoral Fellowship in General Pediatrics at Stanford University.  She is Project Director of SPORT, a community-based evaluation of after school team sports as a weight control intervention for overweight children in East Palo Alto.  She is also Medical Director of the Peninsula Family Advocacy Program, a collaboration with Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County to bring free legal aid services to families served by LPCH, RFHC and affiliated clinics.