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Rosario Santillana

Rosario Santillana

MD

Pediatrician

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Accepting new patients

Telehealth (video visits)

Insurance plan info

This provider works with UCSF through an arrangement with UCSF Benioff Children's Physicians (UBCP), a multispecialty physician foundation connecting physicians and group practices throughout the greater Bay Area.

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Residencies

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital - Oakland GME, Pediatrics
Degree

MD, University of California Davis School of Medicine

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History of conditioned reward association disrupts inhibitory control: an examination of neural correlates.
NeuroImage
December 2020
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History of conditioned reward association disrupts inhibitory control: an examination of neural correlates.
NeuroImage
December 2020
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Computer-based inhibitory control training in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Evidence for behavioral and neural impact.
PloS one
November 2020
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