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Albert Lai, MD, Medicine/Pediatrics, San Diego, CA, Palomar Medical Center Escondido

AlbertLaiMD

Medicine/Pediatrics San Diego, CA

Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Primary Care Physician, Kaiser Permanente

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Education & Training

  • University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
    University of Arizona College of Medicine-PhoenixResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2008 - 2012
  • Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
    Oregon Health and Science University School of MedicineClass of 2008
  • University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, BerkeleyBA, Molecular Cell Biology, 1998 - 2002
  • Haas School of Business
    Haas School of BusinessBS, Business Administration, 1998 - 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2012 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2013-2016
  • Senior Resident of the Month Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, 2011
  • Student Volunteer of the Year Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2008
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • Long-term nicotine treatment decreases striatal alpha 6* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor sites and function in mice.  
    Lai A, Parameswaran N, Khwaja M, Whiteaker P, Lindstrom JM, Fan H, McIntosh JM, Grady SR, Quik M, Mol Pharmacol
  • Selective recovery of striatal 125I-alpha-conotoxinmii nicotinic receptors after nigrostriatal damage in monkeys.  
    Lai A, Sum J, Fan H, McIntosh JM, Quik M, Neuroscience

Abstracts/Posters

  • Kawasaki Disease in Young Infants, Where Atypia is the Norm.
    Lai, A Robbins, Z Clarke, D, Arizona Medical Education Consortium Academic Excellence Day, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Knee Effusion in a Quadriplegic Man.
    Lai, A, American College of Physician Arizona Chapter General Scientific Meeting, Tempe, Arizona

Lectures

  • Household Routines and Obesity in Children. 
    Med/Peds Journal Club, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
  • Treatment of Acute Otitis Media. 
    Med/Peds Journal Club, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
  • Glycine Encephalopathy. 
    Pediatric Genetics & Dysmorphology, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations