Our Providers
Diana Rickard, MD MS, FAAP
Dr. Rickard was born and raised in Connecticut, attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, medical school at the University of Maryland, and pediatric residency at UCLA. She then completed a Master's Degree and a NIH funded three year fellowship in Health Services at UCLA. After fellowship, she worked as a hospitalist and ED physician in Houston and Boston before returning to Los Angeles in 2017. She joined Morningside Pediatrics in 2018.
Dr. Rickard is a board certified pediatrician, licensed in the state of California, and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is an assistant professor at UCLA in the department of pediatrics, teaching medical students and pediatric residents, with a focus and passion for evidence based medicine, and global health. During medical school, she co-founded a nonprofit organization in rural Ghana, West Africa, that focuses on improving educational opportunities and health for children ( ghei.org ). She continues in a leadership position in the organization.
She lives in Topanga Canyon with her husband and twin sons. Aside from spending time with family, she enjoys travel, yoga, hiking and biking.
