Gabrielle(Pina)BalanDODO, FAAP(She/Her)

Hospitalist

Residency Track Director, Director of advocacy and QI for Loma Linda Pediatric Residency Program's Primary Care Track, Pediatric Hospitalist at RUHS and Loma Linda Children’s Hospital; Medical Director of DIME: Diversify, Include, Mentor & Educate for LLUCH.

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Office
11234 Anderson St
Loma Linda, CA 92354
Phone+1 909-558-4000

Fax+1 909-558-0455

Summary

I am the Residency Track Director and Director of Advocacy and Quality Improvement for the Primary Care Track for the Loma Linda Pediatric Residency Program. I am the Medical Director of a Loma Linda Children’s Hospital initiative called DIME: Diversity, Inclusive, Mentor, and Educate to expand and grow Loma Linda Children’s Hospital to improve patient health equity and faculty engagement. I am the chair of the Riverside California Medical Association Child, Maternal, and Adolescent Health Committee and a delegate for the Riverside chapter of the California Medical Association. I work as a Pediatric Hospitalist and newborn hospitalist at Riverside University Health System and Loma Linda Children’s Hospital. I am also a scholar participating in the Academic Pediatric Association’s Educational Scholars Program class of 2025. I am a newly appointed Member at large for the AAP Chapter 2. I care deeply for resident education, growth, and development.

Education & Training

Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumChief Residency, Pediatrics, 2017 - 2018
Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Pediatrics, 2014 - 2017
Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2014

Certifications & Licensure

CA State License 2015 - 2025
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Pediatric Attending of the year for RUHS Family Medicine residency program Riverside University Health System, 2021-2022
Cal Healthcare Grant Recipient People for Healthy California, 2020
RAPID: Research in Academic Pediatrics INitiative on Diversity (RAPID) recipient Academic Pediatric Association, 2019
Pediatric INtensive Care Unit Resident of the Year Loma Linda Pediatric Residency Program, 2017
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Overcoming Division and Bias in Mentorship: Maximizing Bidirectional Growth in Medical Training.
Gabrielle Pina, Chad Vercio, Janice Tsai, Helen Wang, Krishelle Marc-Aurele
Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2024-06-01

Books/Book Chapters

In Peripartum Care of the Pregnant Patient: A Question-And-Answer Review for Anesthesiologists and Obstetricians
Gabrielle PinaEditors: Sinha A; Pasca, I.Springer, New York2024

Abstracts/Posters

Like a fly in the buttermilk: utilizing narrative stories to foster cross-cultural and racial connections in Mentoring relationships:
Gabrielle Pina, Janice, Tsai, Chad Vercio, Helen Wang, Carolina Paul, Krishelle Marc-Aurele, Pediatric Academic Society, Toronto, Canada, 5/2024
Telehealth: An Opportunity to bridge racial and ethnic disparities in asthma care in pediatric populations
Menaga Shanmugam, Loma Linda Patient Health Equity Conference, Loma Linda, Ca, 3/2024
Point of Care Ultrasound: Implementation of POCUS curriculum into a pediatric residency program:
Jordan Smith; Constanza Burciaga-Calderoni; Gabrielle Pina, USC Medical Education Innovation Conference, 2/2024
Anaphylaxis curriculum in the pediatric clinic: instilling knowledge and confidence:
Caroline Sherrill; Gabrielle Pina, USC Medical Education Conference, 2/2024
M-FERN: Middle school fostering health education & research network- creating a pathway program one step at a time
Marcus Lowe; Jazmin Fernandez; Gabrielle Pina, Academic Pediatric Association Region 9/10 Meeting, San Diego, 2/2024
Revolutionizing adolescent human immunodeficiency virus screening: paving the way for point of care testing in pediatric clinics:
Mona Abutouk; Rachel Davidge; Gabrielle Pina, Western Medical Research Conference, Carmel, Ca, 1/2024
Improving nursery rounds and handoffs at a primary care pediatric residency program:
Tina Cifuentes; Gabrielle Pina, USC Medical Education Innovation, 2/2023
Didactic series to improve ace scores and management in the pediatric populations
Kristoffer Roxas; Gabrielle Pina, RUHS Symposium, Moreno Valley, Ca, 5/2022
Increasing pediatric asthma maintenance visits through electronic medical record outreach
Anh Rehban; Gabrielle Pina, RUHS Symposium, Moreno Valley, Ca, 5/2022
Implementation of a newborn nursery handbook and its effect on learner confidence and satisfaction:
Serena Luong; Gabrielle Pina; My Van Nguyen, USC Medical Education Innovation, 2/2022
Use of sepsis calculator to enhance care of infants greater than or equal to 35 weeks with maternal intraamniotic infection:
Genesis Zamora; Gabrielle Pina, USC Medical Education Innovation, 2/2021
Decreasing unnecessary Laboratory testing by comparing transcutaneous with serum bilirubin levels:
Kaivan Dadachanji; Gabrielle Pina, USC Medical Educatio Innovation, 2/2021
Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a child with primary EBV infection:
Gabrielle Pina, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Clinical Conundrums, Orlando, Fl, 11/2020
RAISING AND ENCOURAGING AWARENESS ABOUT CHILDHOOD HYPERTENSION (R.E.A.C.H.)
Oluwasayomi Nwachukwu; Gabrielle Pina, RUHS Symposium, Moreno Valley, 5/20/2020
Strengthening resiliency: an alternative approach to bullying and life stressors in adolescence
Rebecca Rodriguez; Gabrielle Pina, RUHS Symposium, Moreno Valley, Ca, 5/2/2020
Decreasing length of stay decreasing continuous pulse oximetry use in inpatient pediatric wards
Cynthia Orantes; Gabrielle Pina, RUHS Symposium, Moreno Valley, Ca, 5/2020
Further evaluation of utilization of Olsen growth curves to reduce misclassified newborns and prevent unnecessary painful pokes:
Chennelle Thomas; Nicole Pope; Gabrielle Pina; Sprina Shin, Institute of Health Informatics (IHI) annual conference, Washington DC, 2/2020
Increasing safe sleep compliance at Riverside University Health System newborn nursery
Joanna Calderon; Gabrielle Pina, Institute of Health Informatics Annual Conference, Washington DC, 2/2020
Further evaluation of utilization of Olsen growth curves to reduce misclassified newborns and prevent unnecessary painful pokes
Chennelle Thomas; Gabrielle Pina; Nicole Pope; Sprina Shin, Academic Association of Pediatric CHapter 2 symposium, Los Angeles, 1/2020
Increasing safe sleep compliance at Riverside University Health System newborn nursery
Joanna Calderon; Gabrielle Pina, Academic Association of Pediatrics Chapter 2 Symposium, Los Angeles, Ca, 1/2020
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Lectures

Fly in the Buttermilk: Utilizing Narrative Stories to Foster cross-cultural and racial connections in mentoring relationships
Various Locations across the country including Canada - 5/2024
Reel ‘Em in”: Creating an educator tackle box to help you teach on the fly and engage learners of all interests and levels:
Toronto, Ca - 5/2024
LEADING BEYOND WORDS: HARNESSING OUT PERSONALITIES, IMPROVISATION, AND PAST TRAUMAS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION
Chicago, IL - 4/2024
How to create DEI momentum without funding: the origin of DIME: Annual Pediatric Program Directors Western
Boise, Idaho - 3/2/2024
FLY IN THE BUTTERMILK: HOW MENTEES CAN FORM CROSS-CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR MENTORS
San Diego, Ca - 4/2022
"DIME: WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED" WAS GIVEN AT THE SCOTTSDALE INSTITUTES CMIO/ CNIO JOINT SUMMIT IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA.
Scottsdale, Arizona - 11/2021
“OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO,” GRADUATION SPEECH
Pomona Health Career Ladder; Pomona, Ca - 5/2021
DISPARITIES WORKSHOP
Riverside, Ca - 11/2020
UNDERSTANDING THE EXPERIENCES OF FOSTER YOUTH AND THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES STUDY.
RUHS - 10/2020
GRIT LECTURE: FUTURE PHYSICIAN LEADERS
7/2020
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Annually since 2018
Loma Linda, Ca - 7/2018
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Press Mentions

Empowering Families, Fostering GrowthMay 11th, 2021

Grant Support

GEA NATIONAL EDUCATION GRANT RESEARCH COLLABORATORGEA2023–2025
ACADEMIC PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION: YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD (MENTOR)Academic Pediatric Association2023–2025