UCLA Health Torrance Digestive Diseases

Dr. Anabella Pascucci was born in Argentina, then moved with her family to the South Bay and went on to graduate as Valedictorian from West Torrance High School. She then earned her Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from UC Irvine, graduating Magna Cum Laude with Honors. She migrated a little north to study medicine at UC Davis, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society as a Junior. After receiving her MD, Dr. Pascucci completed her Dermatology residency training at…

Dr. Joel Thomas is a Clinical Instructor in Internal Medicine at UCLA and practices as a primary care physician in Torrance. He provides compassionate, comprehensive, and personalized care to his patients. His clinical interests are broad, including patient education and management of chronic medical conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol. He is board certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Thomas received his medical degree from St. George's University in Grenada. He…

Dr. Ather earned her undergraduate degree in biology and psychology at Saint Louis University. She continued at Saint Louis University through medical school as part of the combined eight-year BA/MD Medical Scholars Program and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She came to Los Angeles and completed both her internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Ather practices general gastroenterology with special interest in inflammatory bowel disease.…