Our Care Team

Dr. Drucker was raised in Southern California but has made the Bay Area his true home. He attended Stanford University for college, where he received a bachelor of science degree with distinction in biological sciences. During his undergraduate years, he also did extensive research on new modalities of cancer treatment at Stanford University Medical Center. He then attended the University of California, San Francisco, for medical school, where he continued to pursue his research interests in pediatric cardiac surgery, and subsequently returned to Stanford for his pediatric residency training at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. Dr. Drucker joined Pediatric Associates in 2014.

Dr. Griswold grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and did her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University. She attended the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and completed her internship and residency training at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago (now Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago). Dr. Griswold  is board certified in Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She joined Pediatric Associates in 2014.

Dr. Hays grew up in Littleton, Colorado, before heading east to attend college at Dartmouth. As an undergraduate, he split his time between the library (where he studied biochemistry and molecular biology) and the pool (where he was captain of the men’s swimming and diving team). Dr. Hays was inducted into Dartmouth’s Athletic Hall of Fame for diving. After a stint in Boston doing cancer research, he returned to New Hampshire and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where he chose to pursue pediatrics. He joined Pediatric Associates in 2014.

Dr. Varamini is board certified in Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She received her medical degree from University of Bordeaux II in France and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Missouri Children’s Hospital. Dr. Varamini has been in practice since 1996. Before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000, Dr. Varamini was in private practice in Missouri, where she was a clinical associate professor at the University of Missouri. She also served on the Advisory Council for Genetic Services for the state of Missouri. Dr. Varamini joined Pediatric Associates in 2014.

Julia Chang graduated from the master’s program at the University of California, San Francisco. Her background in public health and nursing is the foundation to her approach in providing evidence-based, holistic care for patients. She has cared for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit preemie graduates; children with chronic, complex illnesses; and adolescents. Her particular interests are lactation/breastfeeding support, nutrition, atopic dermatitis, asthma, constipation, acne, and adolescent health. She believes that tailoring care for each family and each child results in the most optimal health outcomes. She is fluent in Spanish and conversational Korean.

Carrie Kaufmann was born and raised in the Bay Area. She attended the University of San Francisco and received her bachelor of science and R.N. degree. Several years later she graduated from the University of California, San Francisco, with a master of science and received her Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree. In 2019, she completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine from the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Besides working at Pediatric Associates, she also workswith Allergy & Asthma Associates of Northern California. She is certified as an asthma educator. Her professional interests include developmental pediatrics, environmental and food allergies, and childhood asthma. When she is not at work or studying, she enjoys being outdoors, reading, gardening, and running.