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Brenton Bauer, MD, is a board-certified internist and cardiologist at COR Healthcare in Los Angeles. He sees patients at the Torrance, Redondo Beach and El Segundo offices in addition to the cardiology department at Torrance Memorial Medical Center.  He specializes in general cardiology, cardio-oncology, and advanced cardiac imaging.

Dr. Bauer completed his medical education and advanced training at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition to earning his Doctor of Medicine with honors, Dr. Bauer completed an internal medicine internship and residency, serving as chief resident, and a cardiovascular disease fellowship serving as chief fellow. He has been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in addition to subspecialty boards of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular CT, and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Bauer has written extensively for medical journals and other publications.

An award-winning physician, Dr. Bauer has been named to the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) national conference program faculty, as an ACC National FIT (Fellows in Training) Jeopardy Competition finalist, as a finalist for the UCLA Most Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, and won the best poster presentation in congenital heart disease at the American College of Cardiology’s 2015 conference, among others.

In his leisure time, Dr. Bauer loves traveling the world with his wife and junior high sweetheart.  They particularly enjoy experiencing different cultures, trying amazing food, and learning different languages (to which he is fluent in English and Spanish and working on others including Italian). 

Wilson Kwan, MD, MS, is a board-certified internist and cardiologist at COR Healthcare Medical Associates. He specializes in general cardiology and advanced imaging. 

Dr. Kwan earned his medical doctorate at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular disease fellowship at LAC+USC Medical Center / Keck Hospital of USC. 

He has been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, in addition to subspecialty boards of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular CT, Nuclear Cardiology, and Vascular Interpretation. Dr. Kwan has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in medical and basic science journals as well as contributed to several book chapters. 

Dr. Kwan is fluent in English and Mandarin and proficient in conversational Spanish. 

A SoCal native, Dr. Kwan enjoys fishing, tennis, and gardening. He is also an avid traveler and aspiring home chef.

Dr. Maged Tanios serves as the Regional Medical Director of Sound Physicians and is the current director of the ICU and Intensivists Program at Long Beach Medical Center. Dr. Tanios is a Board-Certified physician who specializes in pulmonary medicine, critical care, and sleep medicine. At Southern California Pulmonologists and Intensivists Network of Sound Physicians, the doctor and his staff serve the residents of Long Beach, California, and many neighboring communities. Dr. Tanios has been practicing medicine in Southern California for almost 15 years. He is a pillar in the local medical community and serves on many hospital boards and committees in the Long Beach area.

After completing his internal medicine residency, Dr. Tanios went on to complete several fellowships including three at Tufts-New England Medical Center in sleep medicine, critical care medicine, and pulmonary medicine. In addition to earning his medical degree, Dr. Tanios earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Services Management & Policy from Tufts University School of Medicine and is completing an MBA in Healthcare Management at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.

Dr. Tanios is also an accomplished associate professor of medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Tanios received the Golden Apple Award for Teaching excellence from the Family Medicine program at Long Beach Medical Center and the Munzer Family Award for Research and Literary accomplishment from the Memorial Medical Center Foundation.

Dr. Tanios has received numerous achievements and awards for his work. He has been recognized by the American Lung Association and has also applied for and received grants from the National Institutes of Health. Most recently, Dr. Tanios was selected to the 2016 registry of “America’s Best Physicians.” He has also been listed on Southern California Super Doctors for the consecutive years of 2016-2021.

Dr. Tanios is a member of the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Javadi was born in Iran and grew up in Houston, Texas.  She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from The University of Texas at Austin and went on to obtain her Master's from Texas State University.  She received her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine and completed her Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Albany Medical Center in New York.  

She moved back to Houston to complete her Fellowship in Hepatology at The University of Texas Medical School in Houston, where she stayed on as an Attending Physician. 

After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, Dr. Javadi worked as Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).  She subsequently accepted an Assistant Professorship at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine to care for patients with Liver disease, and continued to train Residents and Fellows.  

Dr. Javadi eventually moved back to the Los Angeles area and joined ProDigest Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associates, to continue caring for patients with liver disease.  She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a member of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Dr. Javadi is dedicated to helping patients with liver disorders, including fatty liver, viral Hepatitis, and management of liver cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease that may require liver transplant evaluation.  Her detailed and humanistic approach to providing care for patients with liver disorders is built on years of experience at various academic centers.

Dr. Javadi looks forward to serving the people of Southern California. 

Norr Santz, MD is a board-certified physician in physical medicine and rehabilitation who provides quality care to patients at the West Los Angeles office of Health Atlast. Dr. Santz completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California Los Angeles then earned her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. She went on to complete her residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Santz provides comprehensive care to her patients and strives to empower and support them with patient education.
She values a multidisciplinary approach to maximize her patients’ physical function.