Pediatrician California Irvine

CURRICULUM VITA

KIMBERLY A. SOBELL, DO

Diplomate of American Board of Obesity Medicine

Diplomate of American Board of Pediatrics

SPECIALTY INTERESTS: Pediatric Obesity Medicine; Motivational Interviewing; Osteopathic Manual Manipulation.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Home Address: Portland, Oregon

Cell phone: 407-***-****

Email: *********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

St. John’s Well Child and Family Center (SJWCFC):

St John’s Well Child Leavey Clinic: Los Angeles; CA: 11/2016 – 11/2021

Full-time Pediatrician and Part-time Pediatric Obesity Medicine Specialist.

FQHC working with the underserved community of South-Central Los Angeles; English and Spanish-speaking patients.

Lead Provider: SJWCFC Leavey Clinic

Committees: Provider Onboarding Committee (member); eClinicalWorks/EHR Training Team (superuser/member); Pediatric Team Taskforce (member); COVID19 Taskforce (member); Referral Team Taskforce (member).

SJWCFC Pediatric Weight-Management Program at SJWCFC Leavey clinic: 5/2018 – 10/2019

Pediatric Obesity Medicine Specialist; Program Director

Responsibilities included:

Developed a Pediatric Obesity Medicine (POM) Program, including creating a referral system for other primary care providers within SJWCFC to refer their pediatric patients with obesity to our POM Program. Treating obesity through healthy lifestyle interventions and preventative strategies; Using motivational interviewing skills; Nutritional counseling; Body Fat Analysis; Diagnosing and managing related co-morbidities and genetic syndromes; Prescribing anti-obesity medications; Referring for bariatric surgery.

AltaMed Medical Group:

AltaMed Clinics of Los Angeles County, CA: 8/2012 – 11/2016

AltaMed Clinics of Orange County, CA: 1/2014 – 11/2016

Pediatrician (contracted physician), seeing patients at multiple different AltaMed clinics.

FQHC: Working with primarily Spanish-speaking underserved communities in both East Los Angeles and Northern Orange Counties.

Committees: AltaMed Obesity Task Force (member).

AltaMed; Anaheim Clinic, CA: 11/2015 – 11/2016

Pediatric Obesity Medicine Specialist

Provider/Program Director of the Pediatric Weight Management and Wellness Satellite Program at the Anaheim AltaMed Clinic.

Responsibilities included:

12-month curriculum, team approach medical management of obesity for pediatric patients and their sibling(s)/guardian; Diagnosing and treating co-morbidities in patients with obesity.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Emergency Transport Team; Los Angeles, CA: 8/2011 – 3/2013

Emergency Transport Physician (part-time)

24-hour Critical care transport team leader; Transporting acutely and non-acutely ill children in/out of the hospital via air/ground transportation; Teaching pediatric resident physicians.

CHOC Children’s Hospital/UCI Transport Team: Orange, CA: 11/2011 – 12/2012

Critical care transport physician (part-time)

On-call to transport acutely ill children into the hospital PICU via ground transportation.

UrgiKids: Pediatric Urgent Care; Costa Mesa, CA: 7/2011 – 12/2012

Urgent Care Pediatrician (part-time)

Sick visits for children up to 18yo; Procedures; Reviewing results for x-rays and laboratories.

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Emergency Attending Physician; Los Angeles, CA: 8/2011 – 3/2013

Part-time faculty for pediatric resident physicians rotating through the ER Department.

EDUCATION

Residency: CHOC Children’s Hospital (CHOC)/University of California Irvine

Pediatric Residency: Orange, CA; 6/2009 – 6/2011

Internship: Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)

Pediatric Internship: Orange, CA; 6/2008 – 6/2009

Medical School: Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO): Blacksburg, VA; 8/2004 – 6/2008

University: University of Central Florida (UCF)

Bachelor of Science (BS); Molecular Biology & Microbiology: Orlando, FL; 8/1999 – 5/2004

CERTIFICATIONS

2015-present Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM)

2012-present Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)

2022-present Oregon Medical Licensing Board; Active License (5.2022)

2022 (applied) Washington State Department of Health, Osteopathic Physician & Surgeon License; Pending 5.22

2010-present Osteopathic Medical Board of California; Active License (expires 9.30.23)

2011-present Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) License

2010-present National Provider Identifier (NPI) number

2009-present Diplomate, National Board of Osteopathic Examiners (NBOME): Passed Levels I, II, and III

LIFE SUPPORT AND OTHER TRAINING

2016-present Motivational Interviewing Network Trainer (MINT)

2013 40-Hour Osteopathic Cranial Course; Osteopathy’s Promise to Children: San Diego, CA

2020 Basic Life Support Training; Expired 2022 – Pending Recertification

WORKSHOPS

7/2019 “Introduction to Using Motivational Interviewing.” Workshop leader. St John’s Well Child and Family Center (SJWCFC), Medical providers; Los Angeles, CA

5/2017 “Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Help Patients Change Behaviors.” Co-workshop given with Dr. Linda C. Sobell, PhD. American Board of Professional Psychology, Summer Workshop Series. San Diego, CA

10/2016 “Using Motivational Interviewing with Health Education, Beginner Level Course.” Workshop leader. AltaMed Medical Group, Health Education & Wellness Department; Los Angeles, CA

5/2015 “Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Help Patients Change Behaviors.” Co-workshop with Dr. Linda Sobell. CHOC Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Department of Psychology; Orange, CA

5/2015 “Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Help Patients Change Behaviors.” Co-workshop with Dr. Linda Sobell. American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Summer Workshop Series; San Diego, CA

11/2014 “Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Help Clients Change Behaviors.” Co-workshop with Dr. Linda Sobell. Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Department of Psychology; Ft. Lauderdale, FL

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2/2020 “Case Presentation: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2yo male”. Invited presentation, Medical Providers at St. John’s Well Child and Family Center (SJWCFC), Los Angeles, CA

6/2018 “Using Anti-Obesity Medications in Adults/Children”. Invited presentation for Medical Providers at SJWCFC, Los Angeles, CA

5/2017 “Pediatric Obesity Medicine”. Webinar, Medical Providers at SJWCFC; Los Angeles, CA

2/2017 “Pediatric Obesity Medicine: A Shift In Perspective.” CME Grand Rounds Lecture at Miller Children’s Hospital; Long Beach, CA

8/2016 “Pediatric Obesity Medicine.” Invited CME presentation for physicians and medical providers @ Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park, CA

2/2016 “Obesity Medicine.” Invited presentation for Health Education Department @ AltaMed Medical Group, Santa Ana, CA

1/2016 “Pediatric Obesity Medicine Guidelines.” Invited presentation for Obesity Task Force @ AltaMed Medical Group, Orange, CA

POSTERS

7/2018 Soto, A., Kermie-Okesola, D., Abraham, J. & Mullangi, A., & Heugele (now Sobell), K. Implementing an Obesity Referral Process at St. John’s Well Child and Family Center. Poster presented at Primary Care Leadership Program (PCLP) at AltaMed: Los Angeles, CA

GRANTS

3/19-3/20 Kaiser Permanente Southern California Fund for Charitable Contributions.

“Grantee” awarded $50,000: SJWCFC Pediatric Obesity Medicine Clinic; Los Angeles, CA.

The grant covers a 12-month funding period beginning 3/1/2019 through 3/1/2020 to support further development and strategic planning for the expansion and sustainability of the Pediatric Obesity Medicine (POM) program/clinic. Including developing and providing bi-lingual nutritional classes and using technology to more accurately measure patient’s body composition.

PUBLICATIONS

4/2021 Arnold, KD, Skillings, J & Sobell, K.A. (2020). Adapted Treatment Protocol for COVID19-Related Parenting and Family Functioning: A Holistic Model and Clinical Health Application of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Parenting and Family Adaptation during Pandemics. Retrieved from https://ccbtcolumbus.com/#parenting

3/2020 Sobell, K. A., Sobell, L. C., & Sobell, M. B. (2019, in press). Facilitating health behavior change using Motivational Interviewing (pp. 151-161). Behavior and Medicine (6th ed). In D. Wedding & M. Stuber (Eds.). Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe

BOOK REVIEWS

3/2018 Heugele, Kimberly (now Sobell). (2018). A must reading for health professionals who treat childhood obesity. Review of Childhood Obesity by D. Wilfley, Best, Cahill Holland, and Van Buren. Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe.

CONSULTS

2016 “When Severe Obesity Requires Weight Loss Surgery”. Bialos, China. Pulse (Internal Magazine, AltaMed Medical Group). April 2016. – Consulting Editor

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND SOCIETIES

2016-present Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)

2011-present American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO)

2014-present The Obesity Society (TOS)

2014-present Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)

2016-2017 Obesity Medical Association (OMA, previously ASMBS)

2008-2011 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

2004-2011 American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

VOLUNTEER WORK

3/2022-present Oregon Food Bank: NE Portland, OR

LANGUAGES

Spanish Medical fluency

French Conversational

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