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Rosario Santillana

Rosario Santillana

MD

Pediatrician

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Accepting new patients

Telehealth (video visits)

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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, Pediatrics, 2022
Residencies

UCSF, Pediatrics, 2023
UCSF, Pediatrics, 2022
Degree

University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, 2019
Languages

English

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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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Examining cognitive control and reward interactions in adolescent externalizing symptoms.
Developmental cognitive neuroscience
July 2020
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Fetal surgery firsts

The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.