Welcome to Our Practice

We believe in excellent communication, close physician-family relationships, and up-to-date medical practice

Berkeley Pediatrics is committed to providing community-based pediatric health care focused on enhancing the overall health and well-being of children and their families, through the tenets of excellent communication, close physician and family relationships, and up-to-date medical practice.

Berkeley Pediatrics believes in timely immunizations, please view our Immunization Policy (PDF).

Before your child’s 9- and 15-month well-child visits, please complete the Ages and Stages Developmental Questionnaire.

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  • Raw Milk: What You Need to Know

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  • Tips for Parents of Adolescents: Common Concerns

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  • Care of the Uncircumcised Penis

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  • Born Early (Preterm): Health Concerns

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Meet Your Providers

  • Madeleine Elia, M.D.

    Madeleine Elia is a Bay Area native and will be joining Berkeley Pediatrics in September 2022. She completed her undergraduate education at Bowdoin College, and received her medical degree and pediatric residency training from Brown University where she focused on medical education and global health. Prior to joining the practice, Dr. Elia worked as an emergency medicine physician and pediatric hospitalist for several years in Boston and San Diego. She lives with her husband, daughter (born in 2020) and their dog Riley. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, exploring the outdoors, and spending time with family and friends.

  • Annemary Franks, MD

    Annemary Franks joined Berkeley Pediatrics in 1993. She was born and raised in nearby Santa Cruz. She received her B.A. from Santa Clara University and then an M.D. from Creighton University Medical School in Omaha.

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  • Olivia Lang, MD

    Olivia Lang joined Berkeley Pediatrics in the summer of 1999. She completed her undergraduate education in Human Biology at Stanford University.

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  • Lisa S. Kalar, MD

    Dr. Lisa Kalar is an East Bay Native, and completed her medical degree and pediatric residency at UC San Francisco. Prior to becoming a physician, Lisa was Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, Wast Africa, where she worked in maternal and child health care (and met her husband, a fellow volunteer).

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  • Katrina E. L. Michel, M.D.

    Katrina Michel is an East Bay native and joined Berkeley Pediatrics in 2013. 

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  • Nicole Learned, MD

    Nicole joined Berkeley Pediatrics after completing her residency and chief resident year at UCSF.

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  • Shirley Deng, CPNP

    Shirley grew up in sunny SoCal.  She attended Wesleyan as an undergraduate before obtaining her Master's degree as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from Yale University. She worked for several years at a community health center in New Haven, CT, primarily serving  immigrant and Spanish speaking communities. Shirley joined Berkeley Pediatrics in 2021.   She and her husband now live in Oakland, where she enjoys the diversity of local foods, the natural beauty of the Bay, playing pick-up volleyball, and connecting with friends over tea or a good movie.

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Monday:

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Tuesday:

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Wednesday:

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Thursday:

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Friday:

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Saturday:

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