Kevin Guber, MD
Program Director

Medical School: University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Residency Training: Psychiatry Residency-University of Southern California
Fellowship Training: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship-University of Southern California
Clinical Interests: Outpatient psychiatry; treatment of ADHD, disruptive behavior disorders, anxiety and depression in children and teens; effective interviewing and therapeutic alliance with patient and caregiver; improving treatment adherence and treatment efficiency
Board Certifications: Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
About Me: I am married and have 2 children that I had during residency and fellowship. When not busy with kids’ sport practices and games or going to the gym, I like fantasy and horror shows on Netflix and play video games on my phone.
Why Kaiser? I’ve been working at KP since 2011, though I’ve been a member since I was 4 as I grew up in Southern California. I believe that our ability to practice high quality medicine independently along with connection to primary care and specialists in our integrated system offers our patients the best treatment outcomes. In addition, our unique residency and fellowship programs allow us variety in our work week including time for teaching, mentorship, research and administrative duties that I am invigorated by.
Other: Current project: BMI changes over time in young children started on an atypical antipsychotic vs. SSRI

Maher Kozman, MD
Assistant Area Medical Director, Assistant Clinical Professor Psychiatry Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
Residency Training: Psychiatry Massachusetts Mental Health CTR & Brockton V.A. Medical CTR/Harvard Program
Fellowship Training: Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, Brown University Medical School Residency
Clinical Interests: Inpatient & CL Psychiatry, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Eating Disorders, OCD, Adolescent Substance Use Disorders, Collaborative/ Integrated Mental Health Care Model, Tele-psychiatry, Administrative Psychiatry
Board Certifications: Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Addiction Psychiatry
About Me: Married and father of 2 (son and daughter), both in Medicine. Co-founder of a not for profit medical charity that provides subsidized medical care for the underserved in Egypt and the Middle East. Volunteers as a child psychiatrist in the community and on mission trips. Love to spend time with family and friends, travel, play tennis, read and watch movies
Why Kaiser? Joined SCPMG in 1990, Partner since, 1992, Practiced mix of Inpatient & Outpatient Psychiatry for 10 years, full- time Inpatient Psychiatry for 9 years, Inpatient Psychiatry and Chief of Psychiatry for 7 years, Inpatient Psychiatry and Assistant Area Medical Director since 2016 to Present
Other: Current Projects: Impact of Social Media Use on Admitted Adolescents to Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Use of Motivational Interviewing for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders in Inpatient setting

Ashley Zucker, MD
Chief of Psychiatry, Elected Member of the Board – SCPMG Board of Directors Regional Co-Lead Medical Certification Management, Regional Lead for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

Residency Training: Psychiatry Residency-Residency in General Psychiatry Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Duke University Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Outpatient psychiatry; Eating Disorders, Transgender and LGBTQ+, Anxiety Disorders, Trauma/PTSD (Trained in Trauma Focused CBT) Leadership in Medicine, System improvements and efficiency and efficacy. Treatment Program Development and oversight, Innovation in care delivery, Physician Wellness, Women in Medicine, Women in Leadership, and building community at work.
Board Certifications: Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
About Me: I am married and have 3 children. I had my girls during residency and fellowship and my son after I started working at KP. My husband is also a physician (family medicine and sports medicine) so I understand the world of a dual physician couple. I love baking, running, weight training, spending time with my family, Movies, Pop Culture and watching crime shows.
Why Kaiser? I’ve been working at KP since 2013, I joined straight out of fellowship. Initially life circumstances landed me at KP – My husband matched at the family medicine program here and I needed a stable job to move across the country to with our then 2 children. Now I can’t imagine being anywhere else. Our integrated system, physician leadership top to bottom, opportunities for patient care, system improvement, leadership and administration as well as teaching makes this the best of all worlds. I love the people that I work with and I love the mission of our medical group and our organization and being a part of creating the answer to healthcare and mental health care in America.
Other: Current project: No current research projects, but lots of department, med center and regional projects…Happy to assist with research or QI projects

Jayant Choure, MD
Staff, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Medical School: Amravati University, Panjabrao Alias B.D. Memorial College, India
Residency Training: General Adult Psychiatry-The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fellowship Training: Chief Fellow, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Clinical Interests: Outpatient psychiatry; ADHD, anxiety and depression in children and teens; effective interviewing and therapeutic alliance with patient and caregiver; improving treatment adherence and treatment efficiency
Board Certifications: Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
About Me: I am married and have 2 children ages 10 and 8. I enjoy sports, especially Volleyball and Cricket.
Why Kaiser? I take pride in working for KP. I have always believed in being a team player and feel we achieve best results when we all work together as a team. Working together with our therapists, primary care physicians and other specialists in our integrated system as a team helps us provide top notch behavioral health care for our members.
Other: Clinical Interests: Outpatient psychiatry; ADHD, anxiety and depression in children and teens; effective interviewing and therapeutic alliance with patient and caregiver; improving treatment adherence and treatment efficiency

Gino Mortillaro, MD
Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, SCPMG Psychiatry Coding Champ, Transgender Care Regional Committee Member

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Harvard Shore South Psychiatry Residency
Fellowship Training: Boston Children’s Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
About Me: Before starting medical school, I competed internationally as a member of the USA Gymnastics National Team for many years and continue some coaching as able. Additionally, I remained active in both sand and indoor volleyball throughout medical school and training and love to play whenever I get the chance! Otherwise, my fiancé and I are proud dog parents and spend our free time with them, playing video games, catching up on scary movies, or exploring our new hometown.
Why Kaiser? I joined KP in 2018 directly out of fellowship. I knew I wanted to join a practice that was involved with psychiatry training and teaching opportunities as well as the opportunity to continue my passion for addressing healthcare inequities in the LGBT+ population and increasing physician education around Transgender healthcare. I work with both the General Adult Residency during Child and Adolescent Clinic supervision as well as give lectures on Research Literacy / Methods and Gender Health as well as working with the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship as the Pediatric Consult Liaison Attending at the Fontana Medical Center, outpatient clinic supervisor, and provide various lectures for CAP didactics. Currently, I serve as the San Bernardino Psychiatry Coding and Billing Champion as well as sit on the Regional Committee on Transgender Health.
Other: Current projects : Case Report on Catatonia; Childhood Mental Health Characteristics of Adult Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

Irene Ciovica, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Outpatient-Redlands Clinic

Medical School: Loma Linda University
Residency Training: Loma Linda University general Psychiatry, UC Irvine Child Psychiatry Fellowship
Clinical Interests: Neuro psycho immunology, Psychosis, Teaching, Psychotherapies (especially Positive Psychology and Existential Psychotherapy).
About Me: I am married, our son is 10 years old. He is very inquisitive and I love to watch his mind expand. I like traveling, unexpected adventures, hiking, the beach, movies, podcasts, good conversations, good books.
Why Kaiser? I have worked as an inpatient psychiatrist for 10 years prior to joining KP. Some of my patients on the inpatient unit at Loma Linda had Kaiser insurance; I became more and more impressed with the resources that KP was offering them especially when comparing it to other insurances, commercial or otherwise. The more I learned about KP the more I realized that I wanted to be part of a system that combines good medicine with good business, that works efficiently and is integrative. I joined KP in 2018 and I find the outpatient work to be meaningful and rewarding.
Other: Current project: Learning as much as I can about outpatient psychiatry.

Emily Fu, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Undergraduate School: UCLA
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Temple University
Fellowship Training: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry-Stanford University
Clinical Interests: outpatient and inpatient psychiatry. Treatment of ADHD. Depression and anxiety in adolescents. Teen suicide prevention. Cross cultural psychiatry.
About Me: I am married, I have one daughter, 21 months old, and a dog, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, five years old, named Turbo. Outside of work, I love to travel, explore different foods/culture/cities, and hang out with family and friends.
Why Kaiser? I’ve been working at KP since 2018 at the Chino Grand location in an integrated care model alongside with other primary care physicians. In addition to treating psychiatric patients and supporting primary care physicians, I love that there is ample of opportunity to teach and mentor residents and fellows, as you are the future.
Other: Clinical Interests: outpatient and inpatient psychiatry. Treatment of ADHD. Depression and anxiety in adolescents. Teen suicide prevention. Cross cultural psychiatry.

Johanna Walthall, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry

Graduate School: University of Virginia, PhD in Clinical Psychology
Clinical Interests: developmental/neurodevelopmental disorders, psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence, adult autism
Board Certifications: Licensed psychologist in California
About Me: I have two children, one in middle school and one in high school. When I’m not at work I spend a lot of time driving to soccer games and dance practice or taking walks with my twin sister. I like to cook, I have a big garden, and I have a secret weakness for post-apocalyptic fiction.
Why Kaiser? As a psychologist, you can choose to work wherever you like- in research, in teaching, in clinical work. Kaiser allowed me to work in all of these areas at the same time and with colleagues I found to be incredibly well- trained, concerned with the best interest of patients, and enjoyable people with whom to spend my days!
Other: I’ve published research in the areas of child behavior rating scales, autism spectrum disorders, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. I’ve taught at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels but the residents and fellows have been some of my most enjoyable students so far!