Welcome to Our Practice

Since completing medical school at the University of California at San Francisco, and pediatric residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Dr. Behrstock has been in pediatric private practice in the Hoag Hospital and Costa Mesa surrounding areas for over 30 years.

While training at Chicago Medical School and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Dr. Carlson developed special interests in high-risk newborns, nutrition, critical care, and adolescents. She began her private practice in 1996, and has enjoyed being an active member of the Hoag Hospital Medical Staff as well as part of the Pediatric Department ever since.

After her east coast education at Harvard, Dartmouth, and Brown Universities, Dr. Gunay completed her pediatric training at Northwestern University in 1989. As a Hospital Pediatrician at CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange County for 6 years, she became familiar with many serious pediatric conditions.

As the second of three children, Dr. Mann was born at Hoag Hospital and raised in Orange County, California. She attended UCLA where she graduated with a BA in Economics with an international emphasis. She received her M.D. from Tulane University School of Medicine, as well as a Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Tropical Medicine from Tulane School of Public Health.

After attending Duke University and UCLA School of Medicine and completing her medical residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Pelinka returned home to become a staff physician at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, the same hospital where she was born.

Following his training at the University of California at San Diego and the University of California at Irvine, Dr. Taylor began private practice and has been affiliated with Hoag Hospital Pediatrics for since 2001 where he is currently serving as the Chair of the Department.

She joined our practice in 2023. Dr. Baron graduated cum laude, earning her bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in Chemistry at the University of Arizona. She then earned her medical degree and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine.