Program Leadership

Program director: Breck Nichols, MD MPH

Medical School: Tulane
Residency: LAC+USC
Positions Since Residency:
Chief Residency Medicine
Allergy/Immunology Fellowship LAC+USC
Program Director for Med+Peds Residency Program
Medical Director for Med+Peds Clinic 2005-2018
Division Chief for Med+Peds Division
Description of Current Position:
Med+Peds Residency Program Director and Med+Peds Division Chief. I also serves 2 months as a Pediatric Inpatient Wards Attending and 2 months as a Medicine Inpatient Wards Attending. I attend in the Allergy/Immunology Clinic 6 months of the year. I’m also active in community outreach and disease management research. I’m also one of the Med+Peds Clinic Attendings.

Associate Program Director: Tracey Samko, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: LAC+USC
Positions Since Residency:
Chief Residency Med-Peds 2014-2015
Chief Resident Pediatrics 2015-2016
Attending Adolescent Care and Transition Clinic 2016-present
Associate Program for Med+Peds Residency Program
LGBTQ Clinic Director
Description of Current Position:
I focus on primary care for high risk and socially and medically complex people of all ages with a special focus in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) population. I’m also an attending on inpatient pediatrics and internal medicine wards, as well as a Med-Peds Resident clinic supervisor, as well as serving as APD.

Program Coordinator: Anna Torres-Lupercio

Hometown: Huntington Park, California

Why LAC+USC? I came across this job by chance. I was looking to transfer out of my previous job which was in one of the primary care clinics. I interviewed with Dr. Nichols and the chiefs and some of the residents, and I immediately knew that this was the job I wanted. I knew that would be a great fit for me – the way it was described to me, what it entailed. Dr. Nichols actually offered me the job within like an hour. So it was a win-win. I just feel so lucky and so happy to have a job that I love. It’s so rewarding and it really, genuinely is a family.