Dr. Hiyama was born and raised in the Central Valley in Fowler and completed his allergy and immunology fellowship at UCLA. He has returned to the Valley after his postgraduate training where he maintains strong roots within the farming and medical community. Dr. Hiyama completed his internal medicine training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Medicine. Dr. Hiyama is board certified by the American Board of Allergy & Immunology and the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Publications:
Hiyama L., Tang A., Miller LG.
Levofloxacin penetration into a renal cyst in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Am J Kidney Dis 2006 Jan:47(1) e9-13
Turman, J.E., Hiyama, L.S., Castillo, M.Z., and Chandler, S.H.
Expression of group I and II metabotropic glutamate receptors in trigeminal neurons during postnatal development. Dev Neurosci. 23(1):41-54, 2001.
Tan, R.A., Hiyama, L., Spector, S.L.
Loss of atopy after bone marrow transplantation. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 94(1):126, 2005.