Asthma, Breastfeeding, childrens health, Flu, Healthcare, Pediatric, Pediatrician, Vaccination, Water Safety
Jean S. Moorjani, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She is a member of the medical education faculty that works with the pediatric residency training program. Her areas of focus include breastfeeding, asthma and children with special healthcare needs. Dr. Moorjani earned her medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Moorjani is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Within the AAP, she is a fellow of the Section on Breastfeeding, the Section on Hospital Medicine and a fellow of the Council on Communications and Media.
Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Clinical Epidemiology
UC San Diego HealthAIDS, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Flu, HIV, Infection Control, Infectious Disease, Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, TB, Tuberculosis
, is a professor of clinical medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Diego. She sees patients in the Owen Clinic and the infectious diseases clinic. She also cares for people during hospital stays.
Dr. Torriani is medical director of the UC San Diego Infection Prevention and Clinical Epidemiology and the tuberculosis control units at UC San Diego Health. In collaboration with Atlas Public Health, she has been instrumental in creating an extensive electronic microbiology surveillance and pharmacy utilization program called Guardian that allows for internal data mining, surveillance, unit-specific antibiogram production, and external reporting of contagious infections to San Diego Public Health and to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI).
Since 2010, Dr. Torriani has served on the Metrics Group for CA HAI Reporting, an independent group of experts discussing best standards and methods for HAI reporting in California.
She is fluent in five languages: Italian, French, German, Spanish and English.
Attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Associate Director of CHOP鈥檚 Vaccine Education Center
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFlu, Measles, RSV, Strep, Vaccine
Lori Handy, MD, MSCE, is a leading authority on pediatric infectious diseases, holding positions as attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
As Associate Director of CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center, Handy is at the forefront of vaccine advocacy and education. She consistently stays on the cutting edge on testing and treatment advancement and offers advice to help prevent outbreaks and support community health.
Additionally, her clinical experience gives her a unique perspective on the impact of diseases such as COVID-19, Flu, Measles, Strep and RSV on children and their families. When infections occur, she works closely with her pediatric patients and their families to minimize complications from medications, such as antibiotics, and ensure a speedy recovery for her patients.
She received her medical degree from The University of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at CHOP. She also obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from Penn.
For more information about Handy and the Division of Infectious Diseases at CHOP, please visit .