Sande O. Okelo, MD, PhD

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Professional Experience

Present

• 2015 – present Associate Professor of Pediatrics
• 2011 – Assistant Professor in Residence, Step IV, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
• 2011 – Director of the UCLA Pediatric Asthma Center of Excellence (PACE)
• 2011 – Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA

Previous Positions Held

• 2003 – 2011 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University
• 2003 – 2011 Director, Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Exercise Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital
• 2007 – 2009 Director, Journal Club, Pediatric Pulmonology, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Professional Activites

Committee Service

• 2003 – 2004 Data Safety and Monitoring Board , committee member, Johns Hopkins University

Community Service

• 2005 – 2005 Pediatrics In-patient Teaching Attending, Johns Hopkins Hospital
• 2007 – 2008 Advisor, Student National Medical Association, Johns Hopkins University
• 2003 – 2004 Medical Advisory Board member, Amerigroup Medicaid MCO, Baltimore, Maryland

Professional Associations and Scholarly Societies

• 2000 – present American Thoracic Society
• 2008 – present Academic Pediatric Association
• 1997 – 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics
• 2003 – 2005 American College of Chest Physicians
• 1998 – 2010 National Medical Association

Editorial Services

• 2009 – present Ad hoc reviewer: European Respiratory Journal, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatrics

Lectures and Presentations

• Top 5 Reasons for Poorly Controlled Asthma, Pediatric TRENDS, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, April 15, 2011
• Asthma in the Inner-City, Johns Hopkins University CME Program on Respiratory Disease, Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, MD, February 14, 2011
• Applying the PACE Program to Underserved Communities, Oakland & San Francisco, CA, October 1, 2010
• Practical Strategies to Identify & Address Suboptimal Medication Adherence in Patients with Asthma, Pediatrics for the Practitioners, Baltimore, MD, September 24, 2010
• The roles of adherence and quality of life in asthma, Mexico City, July 15, 2009
• Acute and Recurrent Bronchitis in Children, Hospital Panama Pacifica, May 23, 2009
• Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Guideline Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, Hospital Panama Pacifica, May 23, 2009
• Utilizing Clinical Research Methodologies to Improve Asthma Outcomes in Children, Grand Rounds Department of Otolaryngology Johns Hopkins University, March 2, 2009
• The Contribution of Physician Characteristics and Treatment Behaviors to the Quality of Asthma Care of Minority Patients Grand Rounds, University of California San Francisco, June 11, 2008
• Disparities in Asthma Care: Causes and Potential Solutions Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March, 2008
• Asthma Update: the 2007 NIH Asthma Guidelines Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, October, 2007
• Keeping Kids Active: Evaluation and Management of Exercise Limitation TRENDS in Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, April, 2007
• “Titrating Asthma Therapy in Children” Grand Rounds, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD, November, 2006
• “Career Opportunities in the Medical Field”, Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP), Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, July, 2006
• “Titrating Asthma Therapy in Children” TRENDS in Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, April, 2006
•  “Pulmonary Function Testing for General Pediatricians”, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP), Baltimore, MD, October, 2005
• Asthma Medications for Children, School Nurses of Maryland, Columbia, Maryland, June, 2005