Faculty Bios

Name: Nadine Grace-Abraham
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: Emanate Health Family Medicine Residency. West Covina, CA
Professional Interests: women’s health, inpatient medicine, addiction medicine, resident education

Personal:

• Hometown: Ontario, California
• Ethnicity: Egyptian/Palestinian
• Hobbies: traveling, baking
• Hidden Talent / Fun Fact: I've made a 3-tier wedding cake
• Favorite Place Visited: Florence, Italy
• What You Enjoy Locally: hiking, exploring new restaurants, spending time with family

Name: Mary Hanna. MD, FAAFP, DipABLM, AAHIVS
Medical School: Ain Shams University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt 
Residency: Riverside County Regional Medical Center ( RCRMC), Moreno Valley, CA
Professional Interests: inpatient medicine, procedures, pain management, women's health

Personal:

• Hometown: Walnut, California
• Hobbies: interior design and home décor, painting, collecting rare stamps
• Hidden Talent / Fun Fact: I enjoy playing beach tennis
• Favorite Place Visited: Yosemite National Park, California
• What You Enjoy Locally: explore new beaches and hiking trails, try new restaurants.

Name: Tyler Ladue, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan
Residency: Rose Medical Center, University of Colorado
Professional Interests: diabetes, women’s health, quality improvement

Personal:

• Hometown: Tempe, AZ
• Hobbies: coffee, running, Michigan Football, SSC Napoli
• Hidden Talent / Fun Fact: cooking
• Favorite Place Visited: Sorrento, Italy
• What You Enjoy Locally: supporting  local coffee shops, taking day trips around Southern California with my family

Name: Hobart Lee
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania)

Residency: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Professional Interests: Medical Education, Residency Training, Leadership, Whole Person Care, Professional Coaching

Personal:

• Hometown: Northern California
• Hobbies: Coffee, Music, Sports
• Hidden Talent / Fun Fact: Both my rescued dogs have human names
• Favorite Place Visited: Every adventure is my favorite!
• What You Enjoy Locally: Being outdoors, trying new restaurants, visiting art museums

Name: Kelly R. Morton, PhD
Graduate School: Bowling Green State University

Program: Lifespan Developmental Psychology; Bowling Green, OH
Professional Interests: Primary Care Workforce Development, the relationship between mental and physical health, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health behaviors, Integrated Behavioral Health, Quality Improvement in Primary Care

Personal:

• Hometown: Radford, Virginia
• Hobbies: cooking, reading, travel, camping, gardening, interior design and remodeling, entertaining, costumes
• Hidden Talent / Fun Fact: I redesign people’s homes in my mind the minute I walk in!
• Favorite Place Visited: The Caribbean
• What You Enjoy Locally: I love weekend trips to our local communities particularly the central coast.  The beaches, the food, the vintage shops and local crafts are endlessly interesting to explore.

Name: Elizabeth Park

Psychology School: Azusa Pacific University

Internship: UC Davis Medical Center

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Professional Interest: Trauma across the lifespan, Neurodiversity, Integrated Behavioral Health, and Advancing the well-being and resilience of healthcare professionals

Personal

• Background/Hometown: New York and Seoul, Korea
• Hobbies: Gardening, cycling, art, reality television
• Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Unofficial Korean skincare expert — uncertified, unsolicited, yet generous with advice. My tiny way of promoting behavioral health through self-care and daily rituals.
• Favorite Place Visited: Calcutta and Amsterdam
• What I Enjoy Locally: Bodies of water, Costco and Trader Joe's, Korean BBQ

Name: Joshua Levi Reginald Edward Perkins

Medical School: Loma Linda University

Residency: Loma Linda University - Family Medicine

Professional Interests: women’s health, geriatrics, inpatient medicine, ultrasound

Personal:

• Background: Canadian born and raised 30 minutes outside Toronto
• Hobbies: Visiting National Parks, Hiking, Video Games, Reading
• Fun Fact: I love history and mysteries, if I wasn’t in Medicine I would have been an archeologist or detective
• Favorite Place Visited: Osaka, Japan
• What I Enjoy Locally: Traveling around Socal and finding the best pizza, Disneyland with my Wife

Name: Ian Walters

Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Residency: Loma Linda University - Family Medicine

Professional Interests: Street Medicine, Prenatal Care, Education and Evidence Based Medicine.

Personal:

• Hometown/background: Bangkok, Thailand - but I’m Filipino/Chinese + German/Russian
• Hobbies: Photography, Competitive Powerlifting, Basketball, Golf
• Hidden Talent / Fun Fact: As a side gig I work at a wedding videography/photography company
• Favorite Place Visited: Iceland and Japan
• What You Enjoy Locally: going on food crawls at new locations, finding new locations for street photography