NoemiSpinazziMDFAAP

Primary Care Physician, Director of Charlie's Clinic (Down Syndrome Clinic), Associate Professor at UCSF School of Medicine

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Office
5220 Claremont Ave
Oakland, CA 94618
Phone+1 510-428-3226

Fax+1 510-547-2702

Noemi Spinazzi, M.D., is a pediatric specialist based in Oakland, California. A graduate of Boston University and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, she completed her residency at Children's Hospital-Oakland. Dr. Spinazzi has held positions as a Primary Care Physician at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland and an Associate Professor at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Her expertise encompasses several areas: autism, down syndrome, general pediatrics, health disparities, and community pediatrics. Among her publications are articles in the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and American Journal of Medical Genetics. Her award list includes the Trustee Scholar from Boston University, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key International Honor Society, and the Yasmin Ahmedi, MD Award for Outstanding Compassionate Care from UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.

Autism, Down syndrome, General pediatrics, Health disparities, Community pediatrics, Immigrant Health, Special Needs

Trustee Scholar Boston University
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
Phi Beta Kappa
Yasmin Ahmedi, MD Award for Outstanding Compassionate Care UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Golden Key International Honor Society
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PubMed

11 citations
Co-occurring conditions in children with Down syndrome and autism: a retrospective study.
Noemi A Spinazzi, Jonathan D Santoro, Katherine Pawlowski, Gabriel Anzueto, Yamini J Howe
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 2023-03-02
7 citations
Healthcare experiences of patients with Down syndrome who are Black, African American, of African descent, or of mixed race.
Kavita Krell, Albert Pless Jr, Carie Michael, Amy Torres, Jeanhee Chung
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2023-03-01
4 citations
Views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health in people with Down syndrome from diverse backgrounds.
Stephanie L Santoro, Sandra Baker, Jasmine M Blake, Maria J Cabrera, Kelli Caughman
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2023-08-01

Journal Articles

Surgeon perception is not a good predictor of peri-operative outcomes in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
J Stern, S Sharma, NA Spinazzi, P Mendoza, M Walicki, R Hastings, K Monahan, B Sheikh, A Wedmid, DI Lee, Journal of Robotic Surgery

Books/Book Chapters

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication
Chapter: Communication Skills Training for Resident Physicians - an Educator's Perspective.
Page 294 - 360B Blatt, NA Spinazzi, L GreenbergEditors: HE Hamilton and WS Chou.Routledge, New York, NY2014

Abstracts/Posters

Routine Opt Out Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Pediatric Population - a Two Center Experience.
A Petru, T Courville, N Spinazzi, A Aldridge, R Laguerre, C Steib, N Rellosa, D Conway, T Smallwood, CDC's National HIV Prevention Conference, 1/1/2015

Lectures

Other

A Pediatrician's Open Letter to Anti-Vaxxers: 'I'm Scared'.
NA Spinazzi, Healthline.com
1/5/2015

It Could Cost Oakland Schools $38 Million to Fix Lead ContaminationFebruary 8th, 2018
Policy Needed to Get Lead Out of Oakland Schools, Activists UrgeNovember 9th, 2017
Community Demands End to Lead Contamination in Oakland SchoolsNovember 1st, 2017
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