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Office
25825 Vermont Ave
Harbor City, CA 90710Phone+1 424-251-7045- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Maria Taitano is a cardiologist in Harbor City, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and has been in practice 33 years. Her focus is in the admission and re-admission reduction work in heart failure. She has experience in diagnostic cardiac catheterization, echocardiography and care/case management programs.
Education & Training
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1985 - 1987
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1985
- University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of MedicineClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1985 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Temporal trends in heart failure mortality in an integrated healthcare delivery system, California, and the US, 2001-2017.Matthew T Mefford, Zimin Zhuang, Zhi Liang, Wansu Chen, Sandra Y Koyama, Maria Taitano, Heather L Watson, Ming-Sum Lee, Stephen Sidney, Kristi Reynolds> ;BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 2021 May 26
- 19 citationsEvaluation of a Transitional Care Program After Hospitalization for Heart Failure in an Integrated Health Care System.Aileen Baecker, Merry Meyers, Sandra Y Koyama, Maria Taitano, Heather L Watson, Mary T Machado, Huong Q. Nguyen> ;JAMA Network Open. 2020 Dec 1
- 12 citationsComplex case conferences associated with reduced hospital admissions for high-risk patients with multiple comorbidities.Philip Tuso, Heather L Watson, Lynn Garofalo-Wright, Gail Lindsay, Ana H Jackson, Maria Taitano, Sandra Y Koyama, Michael H. Kanter> ;The Permanente Journal. 2014 Jan 1
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
- Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical CenterLos Angeles, California
- Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical CenterHarbor City, California
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