Care Team at Stanford Medicine Children's Health — Pediatrics - 1720 El Camino Real

Dr. Baird thoroughly enjoys children and their families. Her passion is building a strong, collaborative partnership with parents from the time they bring their newborn home from the hospital through seeing their adolescent off to college. She draws on experiences from her education and training at the University of California, San Francisco; working as a neonatal hospitalist at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center; teaching clinical pediatrics at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center; and being a mother to four young sons. She joined Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in 2013.

Outside of work, Dr. Baird loves spending time with her family and enjoys reading, travel, and playing piano. She has worked abroad and is fluent in Spanish.

Dr. Tan has clinical interests that encompass all of general pediatrics, but he especially enjoys getting to know children and their families. Dr. Tan has been on the yearly list of the Bay Area’s Top Doctors by San Francisco Magazine since 2015, and in 2020 he received the Sutter Medical Quality Care Award. He joined Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in 2012.

When not at work, Dr. Tan enjoys biking, traveling, movies, and spending time with his wife and two children.

Dr. Tanaka is passionate about being both a mother and a doctor. She truly values the relationships she develops with her patients and families over time. Dr. Tanaka is devoted to helping families and children create healthy habits and important life skills from the start. Her areas of interest include nutrition, integrative medicine, child behavior, and development. She joined Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in 2012 and received the Sutter Medical Quality Care Award in 2019.

In her spare time, Dr. Tanaka enjoys running, cooking, returning to her roots and family in Hawaii, and spending time with her husband and two children.

Dr. Wanderman enjoys caring for children of all ages, especially newborns. Dr. Wanderman strives to understand the child in the context of the whole family and seeks to develop a collaborative relationship with the patient and family, whether they’re discussing complex conditions or an overall approach to wellness and healing. He joined Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in 2013.

He enjoys vegetarian cooking, hiking, running, and spending time with his wife and two children. He is the chair of pediatrics for Mills-Peninsula Medical Center.

Dr. Yuan enjoys caring for children of all ages and working collaboratively with families through all aspects of pediatric care. As a mother of two boys, she has a strong interest in working with new parents and has given talks in the community on topics related to pediatrics and parenting. She has worked with children in international and disaster-relief settings. She joined Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in 2012.

In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, playing tennis, and reading.

Dr. Zivitz enjoys the range of pediatrics and takes great pleasure in assisting parents in navigating the various stages of childhood from birth through adolescence. She has a particular interest in nutrition as well as newborn issues, having worked in the nurseries at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center and California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She is also interested in helping parents understand the impact of social media and screens on our children and teens. She joined Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in 2012.

When not at work, Dr. Zivitz enjoys running, camping, traveling, reading, and baking, as well as spending time with her three boys.