OUR DOCTORS
dr caryn cassidy
Caryn Cassidy MD, FAAP
I never knew that I wanted to be a doctor growing up and had even started college as a business economics major. However, my love for science and desire to give back and help others lead me to a career in medicine. From there, it was natural for me to specialize in pediatrics. I love kids and the joy and resilience that they have.
I grew up in Orange County and went to UCLA for my undergraduate education. After that, I moved across town and attended USC Keck School of Medicine (however I will always be a true Bruin at heart!). I then had the privilege of completing my pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. After residency, I was fortunate to become a part of the Tenth Street Pediatrics family in 2017.
I currently live near Culver City with my husband, Zane, and our mini australian shepherd, Daisy. Zane and I met in Madrid, Spain while on the same study abroad program in college and fell deeply en amor. We got married between medical school and residency down in Orange County near the Mission San Juan Capistrano. We love going to the beach, practicing yoga, travelling to new places and tasting all types of food. I've been lucky to be able to combine my love of travel with my career in medicine and have served on two medical mission trips, first to Guatemala in 2019 and then to Honduras in 2020.
I welcomed my first daughter, Kaia, in July 2023 and am currently expecting our second (a boy!) in Sept 2025.
I grew up in Orange County and went to UCLA for my undergraduate education. After that, I moved across town and attended USC Keck School of Medicine (however I will always be a true Bruin at heart!). I then had the privilege of completing my pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. After residency, I was fortunate to become a part of the Tenth Street Pediatrics family in 2017.
I currently live near Culver City with my husband, Zane, and our mini australian shepherd, Daisy. Zane and I met in Madrid, Spain while on the same study abroad program in college and fell deeply en amor. We got married between medical school and residency down in Orange County near the Mission San Juan Capistrano. We love going to the beach, practicing yoga, travelling to new places and tasting all types of food. I've been lucky to be able to combine my love of travel with my career in medicine and have served on two medical mission trips, first to Guatemala in 2019 and then to Honduras in 2020.
I welcomed my first daughter, Kaia, in July 2023 and am currently expecting our second (a boy!) in Sept 2025.
Dr Cassidy has been named a 2021-24 Super Doctor Rising Star. She is a current board member and past president of the Los Angeles Pediatric Society and serves on the pediatrics committees at St John's and Cedars-Sinai hospitals.
DR marcy hardart
Marcy Hardart MD, FAAP
Pediatrics is actually a second career for me. I am originally from New York, the youngest of six kids, and after I graduated from Yale University (as a very non-pre-med English major), I worked in television production for 10 years. As one would expect, this was a lot of fun, but not particularly fulfilling for me. After marrying and moving to Los Angeles to be with my husband, I thought I might be happier going back to medical school. So I did just that--I attended USC Keck School of Medicine, while at the same time having my three kids. And I brought my babies to Dr Jeff Wasson at Tenth Street Pediatrics, long before I knew that I was going to be a pediatrician myself.
I have loved Tenth Street from our first visit here. The practice and Dr Wasson were always there for me to answer questions and give the reassurance that first time parents need. Years later, after completing my residency at UCLA/Cedars, I was fortunate enough to join the practice, and it has been a wonderful home ever since. It is an absolute privilege to be able to provide outstanding care to the children in my own community. I live in Santa Monica with my husband, Matt Wickline (a writer), and our three kids are all now in their twenties. I am constantly reminded that every phase of parenting has its rewards and challenges, and it's a pleasure to help families negotiate these challenges. While not in the office, I serve on Pediatric and Perinatal Committees at both Saint John's and Santa Monica UCLA hospitals. And whenever I can, I run, hike and ski, and I always have a book and a crossword going.
I have loved Tenth Street from our first visit here. The practice and Dr Wasson were always there for me to answer questions and give the reassurance that first time parents need. Years later, after completing my residency at UCLA/Cedars, I was fortunate enough to join the practice, and it has been a wonderful home ever since. It is an absolute privilege to be able to provide outstanding care to the children in my own community. I live in Santa Monica with my husband, Matt Wickline (a writer), and our three kids are all now in their twenties. I am constantly reminded that every phase of parenting has its rewards and challenges, and it's a pleasure to help families negotiate these challenges. While not in the office, I serve on Pediatric and Perinatal Committees at both Saint John's and Santa Monica UCLA hospitals. And whenever I can, I run, hike and ski, and I always have a book and a crossword going.
DR LISA STERN
Lisa Stern MD, FAAP
My childhood dream was to be an Olympic figure skater (or gymnast) and then to go to medical school. I never made it to the Olympics but those years in the gym fostered the discipline I needed to pursue a career in medicine.
My journey meandered from NYC to Childrens Hospital LA where I arrived in 1988 with 2 suitcases and a rarely used driver’s license. Those years on the wards and in the clinics at CHLA re-enforced the decision that pediatrics was for me. I continued my move west for a one-year fellowship at UCLA in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology before joining Dr Harvey Karp in the little house on Pier Avenue in Santa Monica. A few years later we merged with the prestigious Tenth Street Pediatrics and I found my forever home. Along the way, I raised 2 daughters who at times felt like my very own pediatric lab rats (they survived). I have continued to exercise but swapped out gymnastics for skiing, swimming and my newest sport, TRIATHLON!
I love seeing the breadth of pediatrics from those brand newborn babies to newly minted adults who have graduated from college. My interests at work include preventing flat-head syndrome in babies, the role of the gut biome and its role in overall health, and guiding adolescents through the amazing journey from puberty to young adulthood. I have been working on a book for parents called “Bead in the Nose: A humorous guide to pediatric home remedies” which I hope to finish one day.
My journey meandered from NYC to Childrens Hospital LA where I arrived in 1988 with 2 suitcases and a rarely used driver’s license. Those years on the wards and in the clinics at CHLA re-enforced the decision that pediatrics was for me. I continued my move west for a one-year fellowship at UCLA in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology before joining Dr Harvey Karp in the little house on Pier Avenue in Santa Monica. A few years later we merged with the prestigious Tenth Street Pediatrics and I found my forever home. Along the way, I raised 2 daughters who at times felt like my very own pediatric lab rats (they survived). I have continued to exercise but swapped out gymnastics for skiing, swimming and my newest sport, TRIATHLON!
I love seeing the breadth of pediatrics from those brand newborn babies to newly minted adults who have graduated from college. My interests at work include preventing flat-head syndrome in babies, the role of the gut biome and its role in overall health, and guiding adolescents through the amazing journey from puberty to young adulthood. I have been working on a book for parents called “Bead in the Nose: A humorous guide to pediatric home remedies” which I hope to finish one day.
Dr Stern spent a year training in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at UCLA. Her experience puts her in a position to co-manage children being followed at tertiary care centers for problems related to blood diseases and childhood cancers.
Dr Stern has been name a Super Doctor for the past 13 years.
Dr Stern has been name a Super Doctor for the past 13 years.
Dr elizabeth blotky
ELIZABETH BLOTKY MD, MBA, FAAP
Dr. Elizabeth Blotky, MD, MBA is a board certified pediatrician who grew up on the Westside of Los Angeles where she attended Marlborough School. She then moved to the East Coast to attend college at Harvard University, from which she graduated with a degree in History and served as captain of the varsity women’s volleyball team. After graduation, she explored other interests and worked in business within the fashion industry in New York and London for several years. However, craving greater impact on individual’s lives, service to her community, and missing scientific learning, she ultimately decided to pursue a career in medicine. She completed her postbaccalaureate premedical training at Columbia University in New York, and was thrilled to move back to sunny California for medical school, where she attended Keck School of Medicine at USC. She completed her pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where she gained valuable experience providing acute care for children with complex medical conditions.
Dr. Blotky loves taking care of children of all ages, and looks forward to continuing to develop long-lasting relationships with her patients and their families. She was drawn to pediatrics by the joy she gets from working with children, their resiliency, and the lasting impact of a healthy start to their lives. She enjoys both medical complexity as well as preventative health/well-child care, working in partnership with families, and loves seeing her patients grow and develop while staying happy and healthy.
Dr. Blotky lives in Los Angeles with her husband, and loves staying active and enjoying the outdoors in her spare time. She enjoys hiking, going to the beach, traveling and exploring different cultures, and cooking/eating great food!
Dr. Blotky loves taking care of children of all ages, and looks forward to continuing to develop long-lasting relationships with her patients and their families. She was drawn to pediatrics by the joy she gets from working with children, their resiliency, and the lasting impact of a healthy start to their lives. She enjoys both medical complexity as well as preventative health/well-child care, working in partnership with families, and loves seeing her patients grow and develop while staying happy and healthy.
Dr. Blotky lives in Los Angeles with her husband, and loves staying active and enjoying the outdoors in her spare time. She enjoys hiking, going to the beach, traveling and exploring different cultures, and cooking/eating great food!
dr JEFFREY WASSON
JEFFREY WASSON MD, FAAP
My interest in medicine, actually began back in the Bronx during my summer college job as a life guard. At the age of eighteen, I was involved with the resuscitation of an elderly gentleman who suffered a heart attack.The tragedy of his death was an epiphany for me, and I immediately shifted my course load to pre-med at the State University of New York at Buffalo where I had been an engineering major.
Four years later, I was admitted to UCLA medical school and traveled west from Buffalo, New York, on a dreary January day, to tour UCLA and its environs. Well, need I say more? I was sold at my first palm tree sighting.
I loved medical school, and was honored by being selected by the faculty, into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical society. As I rotated through the various sub specialties such as surgery, emergency medicine, radiology and pediatrics, I tried to envision myself in each. But it was the children that captured my heart.They were too fun and honest. Yes, they get illnesses, but they overwhelmingly get better, and I enjoyed educating the families and reassuring them along the way. As a rather outgoing, and informal individual, I seemed a natural fit for relating well to the children and adolescents.
After medical school, I completed my pediatric residency at Harbor General Hospital, a UCLA affiliated program. From there I took my first job at the East Los Angeles Child and Youth Clinic in Boyle Heights, a Latino community, where I both improved my Spanish language proficiency and found an even deeper love for Los Angeles, until then just a city of sun and palms. After 3 gratifying years at the clinic I decided to enter private practice on the Westside and ultimately helped form the nucleus of what is now 10th Street Pediatrics.
Annually, for the past 20 years, and in concert with All Saints Church, in Beverly Hills, I have lead a team of doctors, nurses and volunteers to remote areas of Honduras. We convert their churches into medical clinics and care for approximately 1200 patients during our one week mission whom we have come to know so well. This volunteer work over the years has been one of the most moving experiences of my life.
I've been blessed with 2 wonderful adult children, Sam, a successful writer and Sophie, a burgeoning psychologist. My wife, Maria, is a Gynecologic Nurse Practitioner in Santa Monica. We live in Venice and share a love of cinema, nature and travel to far away places, when our busy lives allow it. On my personal time, I love reading, with my favorites being Phillip Roth and William Styron, and try to carve out an hour for my daily fix of Rachel Maddow. You'll find me either rollerblading or bicycle riding on the bike path in Venice a few times a week and yearly on the slopes of Mammoth, no better than a "solid blue." I'm loyal to my Bronx upbringing, hence my love of the frustrating Knicks, and my boyhood hero, Willie Mays.
Four years later, I was admitted to UCLA medical school and traveled west from Buffalo, New York, on a dreary January day, to tour UCLA and its environs. Well, need I say more? I was sold at my first palm tree sighting.
I loved medical school, and was honored by being selected by the faculty, into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical society. As I rotated through the various sub specialties such as surgery, emergency medicine, radiology and pediatrics, I tried to envision myself in each. But it was the children that captured my heart.They were too fun and honest. Yes, they get illnesses, but they overwhelmingly get better, and I enjoyed educating the families and reassuring them along the way. As a rather outgoing, and informal individual, I seemed a natural fit for relating well to the children and adolescents.
After medical school, I completed my pediatric residency at Harbor General Hospital, a UCLA affiliated program. From there I took my first job at the East Los Angeles Child and Youth Clinic in Boyle Heights, a Latino community, where I both improved my Spanish language proficiency and found an even deeper love for Los Angeles, until then just a city of sun and palms. After 3 gratifying years at the clinic I decided to enter private practice on the Westside and ultimately helped form the nucleus of what is now 10th Street Pediatrics.
Annually, for the past 20 years, and in concert with All Saints Church, in Beverly Hills, I have lead a team of doctors, nurses and volunteers to remote areas of Honduras. We convert their churches into medical clinics and care for approximately 1200 patients during our one week mission whom we have come to know so well. This volunteer work over the years has been one of the most moving experiences of my life.
I've been blessed with 2 wonderful adult children, Sam, a successful writer and Sophie, a burgeoning psychologist. My wife, Maria, is a Gynecologic Nurse Practitioner in Santa Monica. We live in Venice and share a love of cinema, nature and travel to far away places, when our busy lives allow it. On my personal time, I love reading, with my favorites being Phillip Roth and William Styron, and try to carve out an hour for my daily fix of Rachel Maddow. You'll find me either rollerblading or bicycle riding on the bike path in Venice a few times a week and yearly on the slopes of Mammoth, no better than a "solid blue." I'm loyal to my Bronx upbringing, hence my love of the frustrating Knicks, and my boyhood hero, Willie Mays.
Dr EDITH HAGhNAZARIAN
DR EDITH HAGHNAZARIAN, MD
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Dr. Haghnazarian (aka “Dr. H”) is a Board-certified pediatrician originally from Tehran, Iran. She completed her medical training at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Following medical school, Dr. Haghnazarian got incredible experience by working in rural Iran, providing care to patients of all ages, delivering newborns, and offering maternal-neonatal care.
After relocating to the United States in 2016, Dr. H engaged in various clinical research projects, focusing extensively on neonatal care and child development. She contributed to research at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) and Harbor UCLA. |
Dr. Haghnazarian completed her residency at CHLA in 2022. Since then, she has been working in Urgent Care and the CHLA Emergency Room, treating patients with a wide range of medical needs. In her free time, she remains active in research on climate change, immigration, health, and gender equality. Dr. H currently resides in Pasadena with her partner and their puppy, Marco.
DR EMILY EDWARDS
DR Emily Edwards, MD
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I have dreamed of being a pediatrician ever since high school, when I realized I could combine my love for wellness and family in a meaningful career. I started right away with volunteering at Boston Children’s Hospital before moving down to New Orleans to study public health at Tulane University. I instantly fell in love with the city and thought I’d never leave until I fell even deeper for my now husband. So I braved the snow and moved back to New England where I attended the primary care focused Frank H. Netter School of Medicine. Craving sunshine, we came out west where I had the honor of training at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. As a trainee, I had the
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opportunity of spending a few days at Tenth Street Pediatrics and knew right away that I wanted to join this special practice! I am passionate about continuity of care and believe it is key to understanding each child's unique health needs and supporting their growth & development over time.
My husband and I are so excited to move to the westside with our golden retriever, Ellie! In my free time you’ll find us strolling through the farmer’s market with coffee and fresh cut flowers in hand. If I’m not there, check the beach or the nearest trail!
My husband and I are so excited to move to the westside with our golden retriever, Ellie! In my free time you’ll find us strolling through the farmer’s market with coffee and fresh cut flowers in hand. If I’m not there, check the beach or the nearest trail!
All of our doctors are board certified in pediatrics. All doctors have privileges at Santa Monica UCLA hospital,
Providence St John's hospital, and Cedars-Sinai to see newborns.
If you are interested in a complimentary prenatal appointment, please call the office to schedule an appointment.
Dr Cassidy will be out on maternity leave from 8/25/25 until the new year.
Dr Wasson and Stern are currently not accepting any new patients.
Dr Tardio is retired as of June 1, 2024
Providence St John's hospital, and Cedars-Sinai to see newborns.
If you are interested in a complimentary prenatal appointment, please call the office to schedule an appointment.
Dr Cassidy will be out on maternity leave from 8/25/25 until the new year.
Dr Wasson and Stern are currently not accepting any new patients.
Dr Tardio is retired as of June 1, 2024