Physicians

Dr. Elizabeth 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 at Harvard University and completed her residency at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston. From 1983 to 2004 she was Staff Pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea HealthCare Center. She was the Director of Medical Student Education and Director of Continuity Clinics, Pediatric Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School from 1993 to 1998. She was Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School 1997-2004 and is currently Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical School. In clinical practice, teaching and curriculum development, she has focused on developing culturally competent clinical services in underserved communities.

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. Her clinical training includes primary care, hospital training, and outpatient specialized clinics. She also worked in a clinic in Uganda treating women with AIDs. Her teaching experience includes Preceptor in Family and Community Medicine at UCSF.

Dr. Sharda received her Doctor of Osteopathy degree at the University of North Texas Health Science Center and completed her residency in Family Medicine at Baylor Medical Center in Garland, Texas. During residency she volunteered as a physician at free clinics for indigent patients.

For the past three years, Dr. Thadani worked with the Children’s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland and with Bancroft Pediatric Medical Group in San Leandro.  She received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine and a Master of Public Health in Population and Family Health from Columbia University. Her experience in public health includes directing studies as an epidemiologist with the New York Department of Health, Bureau of Maternity Services and Family Planning.

Dr. Dana Weintraub is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Dr.Weintraub received an A.B. in History from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH and her M.D. from University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA. She completed her Internship, Residency and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland. Subsequently, Dr. Weintraub completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship in General Pediatrics at Stanford University. Dr. Weintraub 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, CA. Dr.Weintraub is also co-founder and 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 and affiliated clinics and the Ravenswood Family Health Center. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula.

Originally from the Bay Area, Dr. Justin Wu received his medical degree at New York Medical College and completed his residency training in family medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital in 2007. He then moved to Denver, Colorado, to practice at an underserved community clinic and serve on the faculty at the University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency Program before joining the RFHC team at Belle Haven. He has done international medical outreach and missions in Mexico and Nicaragua, and is excited about community health and improving models for the treatment of chronic disease.