LAWRENCE MARSHALL OPAS, M.D. - IAOMC

High school:College:Medical school:Hamilton High SchoolLos Angeles, CA1960 - 1963University of CaliforniaBerkeley, California1963 - 1967Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1967University of Cincinnati School of MedicineCincinnati, Ohio1967 - 1971Doctor of Medicine, 1971POSTGRADUATE TRAININGInternship:Residency:Chief resident:Fellowship:PediatricsChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles1971 - 1972PediatricsChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles1972 - 1973PediatricsChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles1973 - 1974Pediatric NephrologyChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles1974 - 1976LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONLicensure:California, August 1973 to presentLicense #C035277Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1976American Board of Pediatric Nephrology, 1976American Board of Pediatric Critical Care (eligible)2

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCEInterim, Chief Medical OfficerLAC+USC Medical Center2001Interim Director, Graduate Medical EducationLAC+USC Medical Center2001-2002Director, Pediatric Inpatient ServicesLAC+USC Medical Center1976 to 2000Director, Pediatric Intensive Care UnitLAC+USC Medical Center1976 to 2000Acting Chief of PediatricsLAC+USC Medical Center1989 - 1990Associate Director of PediatricsLAC+USC Medical Center1987 - 1989Supervisor, Outpatient and Inpatient PediatricsKern County General HospitalBakersfield, CAJuly - August 1974Associate Dean for Graduate Medical EducationKeck School of Medicine of the University of SouthernCalifornia2002 to presentVice-Chairman, Department of PediatricsUniversity of Southern California School of Medicine1990 to presentInterim Assistant Dean for AdministrationKeck School of Medicine of the University of Southern4

California2001ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTSCONSULTANTSHIPSHONORS AND AWARDSActing Vice-Chairman, Department of PediatricsUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSchool of Medicine, 1989 - 1990Professor of Clinical PediatricsUniversity of Southern California School of Medicine1995 to presentAssociate Professor of Clinical PediatricsUniversity of Southern California School of Medicine1982 - 1995Assistant Professor of PediatricsUniversity of Southern California School of Medicine1976 - 1982Instructor in PediatricsUniversity of Southern California School of Medicine1974 - 1976Consulting NephrologistCity of Hope National Medical Center1981 to presentConsulting IntensivistInternational Pediatric Association1984 to 1990Teacher of the YearLAC+USC Medical CenterDepartment of Pediatrics1999 - 2000Sir James Carreras AwardDedication and Skill in Pediatrics5

Variety Clubs International1999Outstanding Teacher, Year IIIUniversity of Southern California School of Medicine1996 - 1997Teacher of the YearLAC+USC Medical CenterDepartment of Pediatrics1987 -1988Teacher of the YearLAC+USC Medical CenterDepartment of Pediatrics1976 -1977Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor SocietyUniversity of Cincinnati School of MedicineAwarded during Junior Year 1970COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS-CURRENTAAMC Group on Resident AffairsSteering CommitteeAAMC Group on Educational AffairsNetwork Executive CommitteeLAC+USC Northeast Healthcare NetworkQuality Assurance and Performance ImprovementLAC+USC Northeast Healthcare NetworkQuality Assurance and Performance ImprovementLAC+USC Medical CenterQuality Assurance and Performance ImprovementDepartment of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical CenterMedical Executive CommitteeLAC+USC Medical Center6

Dean’s Executive CommitteeUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMedical Executive Committee (Chair)Department of PediatricsGraduate Medical Education Committee (Chair)University of Southern CaliforniaGraduate Medical Education Steering CommitteeDepartment of PediatricsUtilization Review CommitteeLAC+USC Medical CenterPROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPAlpha Omega AlphaAmerican Academy of PediatricsAAMC Group on Resident AffairsAAMC Group on Education AffairsAmerican Pediatric Program DirectorsMedicine-Pediatric Program DirectorsThe American Society of Pediatric NephrologyThe International Society for Peritoneal DialysisThe International Society of Pediatric NephrologyLos Angeles Pediatric Society8

COMMUNITY SERVICE APPOINTMENTSCommunity Advisory BoardViolence Intervention Program1999 to presentAdvisory BoardVariety Children's Charities1991 to presentExecutive BoardPaul Newman's Painted Turtle Camp1999 to presentMedical Advisory BoardPaul Newman's Painted Turtle Camp1999 to presentBoard of DirectorsHealth Research AssociationLos Angeles, California1997 to 2004TreasurerHealth Research AssociationLos Angeles, California1997 to 2004Board of DirectorsStarlight Foundation1991 to 1995Medical Advisory BoardStarlight Foundation1991 to 1995Vice PresidentValley Raider Youth Track and Field Association1986 - 19919

INVITED PROFESSORSHIPS/LECTURES – INTERNATIONALINVITED LECTURES – NATIONALVisiting Professor of PediatricsChulalonghorn HospitalBangkok, Thailand2004Visiting Professor of PediatricsChubu General HospitalOkinawa, Japan1998Plenary SpeakerJapan Society of NeonatologyPeritoneal Dialysis in NeonatesOkinawa, Japan1998Grand Rounds, TelemedChinese University of Hong KongRecurrent Bowel Obstruction1998Integration of Genetics into Graduate Medical EducationUniversity of Alabama School of Medicine2005American Academy of PediatricsPREP Board Review CourseCosta Mesa, California2004American Academy of Pediatrics, Chapter IIIUpdate in PediatricsNewport Beach, California2003American Academy of PediatricsPediatric PotpourriMaui, Hawaii200310

American Academy of PediatricsAnnual Continuing Medical EducationSanibel Island, Florida1998American Academy of PediatricsUpdate in PediatricsNewport Beach, California1998American Academy of PediatricsAnnual Continuing Medical EducationVail, Colorado,1996American Academy of PediatricsSpring SessionSan Diego, California,1991University of NevadaPediatric UpdateLas Vegas, Nevada,1990University of NevadaPediatric UpdateLas Vegas, Nevada,1988University of NevadaPediatric UpdateLas Vegas, Nevada,1985American Academy of Pediatrics, Chapters 1 & 2Winter SymposiumLake Tahoe, California,1989University of Southern California School of NursingPediatrics for NursesHonolulu, Hawaii,197911

University of Southern California School of MedicinePediatric UpdateMaui, Hawaii1978American Academy of Pediatrics, Chapter 2Spring SymposiumPalm Springs, California1978Pediatric Grand RoundsUniversity of South FloridaHemolytic-Uremic SyndromeTampa, Florida1976LOCAL GRAND ROUNDS (1976 to present)California HospitalCedars Sinai HospitalChildren's Hospital Los AngelesCity of Hope National Medical CenterHuntington Memorial HospitalKaiser Permanente BellflowerKaiser Permanente Harbor CityKaiser Permanente Los AngelesKaiser Permanente Panorama CityKaiser Permanente West Los AngelesLincoln HospitalOlive View Medical CenterParamount Hospital13

Pomona Valley HospitalUniversity of California Los AngelesWhite Memorial HospitalRESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDSPrincipal InvestigatorReach Out and Read Educational GrantE.H.A. Foundation, Inc$100,0001999-presentCo-InvestigatorUniversity of Southern CaliforniaInheritance of Systemic Lupus ErythematosusMulticenter Study1999 to presentCo-InvestigatorUniversity of Southern CaliforniaNorth American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative StudyChronic Renal Insufficiency ArmMulticenter Study1995 to present14

PUBLICATIONSPEER REVIEW1. Opas, L., Adler, R., Robinson, R., Lieberman, E.: Rhabdomyolysis with severehypernatremia. J.Pediatr, 90:713, 1977.2. Geffner, M. and Opas, L.: Phosphate poisoning complicating treatment for ironingestion. AM J Dis Child, 134:509, 1980.3. Teramoto, R., Opas, L., Andrassy, R.: Splenic torsion with prune belly syndrome.J.Pediatr 98:91-92, 1981.4. Opas, L.: Nephrotic syndrome and varicella infection. JAMA 252(11), 1984.5. Opas, L.: Oral rehydration for diarrhea. Western Journal of Medicine 145:232-233,1986.6. Malekzadeh, M.H., Church, J.A., Siegel, E.E., Mitchell, W.G., Opas, L., Lieberman, E.:Human immunodeficiency virus associated kaposi's sarcoma in a pediatric renaltransplant recipient. Nephron 42:62-65, 1987.7. Wong, V., Ross, L., Opas, L., Lieberman, E.: Rhodotorula rubra peritonitis in a childundergoing intermittent cycling peritoneal dialysis. Journal of Infectious Diseases,50:307, 1987.8. Powars DP, Elliott-Mills DD, Chan L, Niland J, Hiti AL, Opas LM, Johnson C: Chronicrenal failure in sickle cell disease; risk factors, clinical course and mortality. Ann. Int.Med. 115:614, 1991.9. Johnson JL, Baird JS, Hulbert TV, Opas, LM: Amebic liver abscess in infancy: CaseReport and Review. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 19:765-7, 1994.10 Baird JS, Johnson JL, Elliott-Mills D, Opas LM: Systemic lupus erythematosus withacanthosis nigricans, hyperpigmentation, and insulin receptor antibody. Case Report.Lupus, 6,275-278, 1997.11 Jones CA, Clement LT, Hanley-Lopez J, Morphew T, Kwong KYC, Lifson F, Opas L,Guterman JJ: The Breathmobile Program: Structure, Implementation an Evolution of ALarge-Scale, Urban, Pediatric Asthma Disease Management Program. DiseaseManagement, 8, 205-222, 2005.12 Jones CA, Clement LT, Morphew T, Kwong KY, Hanley-Lopez J, Lifson F, Opas L,Guterman JJ. Achieving and maintaining control of asthma in an inner city diseasemanagement program: The Breathmobile Program. Accepted for publication (Journalof Allergy & Clinical Immunology) 2007.15

CHAPTERS1. Opas, LM: The workup of the patient with abnormalities of plasma composition .Clinical Pediatric Nephrology, edited by Ellin Lieberman, M.D., J.B. LippincottCompany, Philadelphia, PA, 1976.2. Opas, LM: Technical aspects of CAPD/CCPD. In CAPD/CCPD in Children. Fine,R.N, ed. Publisher Nijohoff, Heildelberg Germany, 1987.3. Opas, S.R. and Opas, L.M.: Fluid and electrolyte function and alterations. NursingManagement of Children. Servonski, J. and Opas, S.R., editors. Jones and Bartlett,Boston, Massachusetts, 1987.4. Opas, L. and Lieberman, E.: Renal function and fluid electrolytes metabolism in thepediatric age. In Textbook of Nephrology, (2nd Edition), Edited by Shaul G. Massry,M.D. and Richard J. Glasscock, M.D. by Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1990.5. Opas L, Sinatra F, Hodgman J: Gastrointestinal disorders. Treatment of Infants,Children and Adolescents. Burg FD, Merrill RE, Winter RJ, Schaible DH, editors. W.B.Saunders, Philadelphia, 1990.6. Opas L, Lieberman, E: Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders in Infants and Children. InTextbook of Nephrology, (3rd Edition) Edited by Shaul G. Massry, M.D. and Richard J.Glassock, M.D. by Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995.7. Elliott D and Opas L: Nephrolithiasis. Pediatrics in Review. American Academy ofPediatrics, 1999.ABSTRACTS1. Opas, L., Lazerson, J., Ortega, J., Lieberman, E.: Anemia in nephrotic syndrome.Clin.Res., 25, 1977.2. Opas, L., Lazerson, J., Siegal, S. and Lieberman, E.: Hypotransferrinemia, anemiaand increased susceptibility to infections in childhood nephrotic syndrome. J.C.I.10:379, 1976.3. Muley-Alonso, R., Opas, L.M., Lieberman, E.: Peritonitis during pediatric continuousambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Presented at International Conference of PediatricNephrology, Heidenberg Germany, September, 1983.4. Lieberman, E., Grushkin, C.M., Turner, M.C., Malekzadeh, M.H., Opas, L., Van Wert,K.: The use of cyclosporine in renal transplantation. Presented at the SeventhInternational Congress of Pediatric Nephrology. Tokyo, Japan, September, 1986.16

5. Jones , C.A, Hanley, J.L., Kwong, K.Y., Chan, L.S., Stotts, C.L., Opas, L: First YearOutcomes For A Los Angeles School Based Inner City Mobile Asthma clinic Program.J Allergy clin Immunol, 1998:101:1:part2, S44.6. Jones , C.A, Hanley-Lopez, J.L., Kwong, K.Y., Clement, L.T., Stotts, C.L., Maalouf,N.B., Morphew, T.L., Chan, L.S., Opas, L., Lifson, F., Jones, C.: BreathmobileProgram: Two Year Outcomes. J Allergy clin Immunol, 2000:105:1:part 2, S103.7. Maalouf, N., Foster, A., Licona, C., Hanley-Lopez, J., Kowng, K., Clement, L., Stotts,C., Morphew, T., Chan, L. Opas, L., Lifson, F., Jones, C.: Breathmobile Program:Adolescent Participation. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2000:105::1:part 2, S97.8. Vasan R, Opas, L: Do learning portfolios improve educational outcomes?. Presentedat ACGME Annual Education Conference, 2004: March 3-5.9. CA Jones, LT Clement, T Morphew, J Hanley-Lopez, K YC Kwong, F Lifson, L Opas,JJ Guterman. Achieving and Maintaining Control of Asthma with Regular Participationin an Urban Pediatric Disease Management Program: The Breathmobile Program. JAllergy Clin Immunol. 2007;119(1):S9.17