Profiles | Nancy Steiner

Happy Trails

Jay Hoeschler worked as a creative director for advertising agencies for 25 years, specializing in marketing for large real estate developers. When a client wanted to build a golf course, Hoeschler suggested the funds might be better used for other outdoor amenities. Market research indicated a desire for hiking and biking trails, and the client agreed with that idea.

But when Houschler and his marketing partner, Justin Lax, tried to find a company specializing in trail design, they came up empty.

The Art of Medicine

Sarina Brar Pai, DO, knows whether a woman comes for a screening mammogram, breast ultrasound or biopsy, she’s likely to feel some fear and trepidation. Dr. Pai has made it her mission to assure her patients that along with receiving excellent medical attention, they will be enveloped in caring arms.

Savoring the Journey

She started her days at 3:30 am, taking advantage of the quiet before the others arose by 5. She ate simple meals, mostly rice and vegetables. Living in a cement building in the Himalayan foothills, she shivered throughout the winter.

Tenzin Kiyosaki couldn’t have been happier.

Photo Synthesis

Quincy Jones, his eyes closed, exudes a sense of calm and serenity. Sheryl Crow brings her hands together as if in prayer. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich clasps his hands behind his head, his open mouth forming a perfect O. These, and 38 other images of artists captured as they listened to their favorite music, are the work of UCLA physician and fine-art photographer Richard M. Ehrlich, MD.

Heart To Heart

The Big Kahuna informs Penny Lane that he has checked in with Wheels and Gumby. They’ve OK’d him to lead a handful of young campers and their counselors on an impromptu kayak ride during rest hour.

On the mainland, he may be known as Kevin Shannon, MD (RES ’90, FEL ’93), associate professor of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. But on Catalina Island, about 20 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, he answers to Big Kahuna…

Fighting for Freedom

When South Bay resident Peggy Callahan read the book Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, she was shocked. A television reporter who covered social justice issues such as poverty, racism and the death penalty for two decades, she was outraged to learn slavery still exists around the globe today. In fact, more than 40 million people are currently enslaved—the greatest number in human history.

A Taste for Wellness

Her daughter’s medical condition inspires Chef Dora Paular to pack flavor and nutrients into every bite.

The Long Game

In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson was president of the United States, a gallon of gas cost 30 cents, the Beatles made their American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, Bob Gibson pitched the St. Louis Cardinals to victory over the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the World Series and the UCLA School of Medicine had graduated its first class of doctors just nine years earlier.

Clinching Dreams

Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani is sparring with his friend Kelly McNamee prior to competing in the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation’s Pan American Games the following day. As the pair parry, Kelly lands a blow to Jean-Paul’s face.

Family Recipe

Down a hill behind Paul Giuliano’s house in Rolling Hills Estates, more than an acre of land teems with life. Bright green stalks of corn stretch toward the sky. Plump orange and red heirloom tomatoes grow in raised beds next to pale green peppers and shiny, deep-purple eggplants. Chickens strut around a generous-sized chicken coop, and fresh eggs sit waiting to be collected.