Nephrology

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Lawrence Opas, M.D.

Current position: 

  • Chief, Department of Pediatrics

  • Pediatric Nephrologist

Hometown: Los Angeles
Undergraduate: University of California Berkeley
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Residency: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
Fellowship:  Pediatric Nephrology at CHLA
What does working at LAC+USC mean to you? Caring for my patients, educating and learning from future generations of pediatricians and working with my colleagues has provided me with a sense of meaning, purpose, fulfillment, honor, pride, gratitude and love to serve my community and its children for 44 wonderful years at LAC+USC.  

Richard Fine, M.D.

Current Position:

  • Pediatric Nephrologist

  • Professor Pediatrics, Stony Brook University, School of Medicine

  • Professor of Pediatrics, Keck USC School of Medicine

Residency: Boston City Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Positions Since Residency:
1966-1980 Head Dialysis and Transplant Program CHLA
1981-1990  Head Physician of Pediatric Nephrology, UCLA
1991-2005 Chair Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, State University of New York At Stony Brook
2005-2010 Dean, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, School of Medicine