Leesa Li-Fossum, MD

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About

For pediatric primary care in Chula Vista's Eastlake community, Leesa Li-Fossum, MD practices through Scripps Coastal Medical Center Eastlake on Lane Avenue with board-certified expertise in obesity prevention, eating disorders, and behavioral development. Her clinical interest in childhood behavioral and developmental concerns extends into coordinated care pathways with specialists at WishWell Counseling and Empowerment Center for Kids for structured therapeutic interventions beyond the pediatric office visit. A graduate of the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine who completed her pediatric residency at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, she maintains Rady Children's Hospital San Diego privileges for inpatient transfers. Telehealth consultations supplement in-person appointments at the 971 Lane Avenue location, allowing follow-up monitoring for weight management plans and eating-disorder recovery tracking without requiring a return trip to the Eastlake campus. Her pediatric sports-injury evaluations for Eastlake's youth athletes — covering growth-plate fracture assessment, concussion baseline testing, and ligament-sprain grading — feed post-diagnosis rehabilitation referrals to Performance Plus Physical Therapy - Otay Ranch for structured return-to-play clearance. Highest-complexity encounters include coordinated multidisciplinary treatment plans for adolescent eating disorders requiring simultaneous nutritional rehabilitation, cardiac monitoring, and behavioral health oversight through the Scripps referral network.