Anne Marie Birkbeck-Garcia, MD is a pediatric hospitalist and neonatologist at Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center, 4647 Zion Avenue in Allied Gardens, San Diego 92120. She earned her medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2003 and has spent more than two decades within the Kaiser Permanente system treating critically ill pediatric inpatients and neonatal intensive care unit patients — including premature infants requiring post-discharge monitoring. The Kaiser Zion campus in Allied Gardens coordinates well-child care across multiple specialty departments, and pediatric dental needs for Kaiser families route through community providers including BRSH+FLSS Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics in San Carlos for the oral health component of comprehensive pediatric wellness. Dr. Birkbeck-Garcia serves as chair of the Bioethics Committee at Kaiser San Diego and holds the public health/physician member seat on the San Diego Air Pollution Control District Governing Board, reflecting her research focus on the relationship between air quality and pediatric respiratory disease. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health and an active member of the AAP-CA3 Climate Change and Health Committee. Her clinical scope at Kaiser Zion covers pediatric hospital medicine, neonatal follow-up care, and vaccine-preventable disease management. She has publicly advocated for full pediatric vaccination schedules based on her NICU experience with vulnerable infant populations. The Kaiser campus sits near the Waring Road residential corridor and the I-8 freeway, within a 92120 pediatric care network that extends from Allied Gardens through Grantville. Dr. Birkbeck-Garcia grew up in San Diego's South Bay, graduated from Morse High School, and speaks Spanish — a language capacity that extends access for the Kaiser membership population across the SDSU-adjacent communities. Medication management for pediatric inpatients upon discharge routes through Pharmacy | Kaiser Permanente Vandever Medical Offices in Allied Gardens for outpatient prescription fulfillment. Her NICU background includes research on incidence rates of serious bacterial infections in ex-premature infants, informing the post-discharge monitoring protocols she applies at Kaiser Zion.