Ira Totz Lott

Ira Totz Lott, M.D. is a Pediatrician in Orange, California. He is also is board certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology. He completed his B.A. from Brandeis University-Waltham, Massachusetts with honors in 1963. He was attended medical school at Ohio State University College of Medicine graduating with honors in 1967. Dr. Lott completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts in 1968 and 1969 respectively. He served his residency in child neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. From 1971 to 1972, he was Junior Assistant Resident in Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. He was Assistant Resident in Neuropathology; Chief Resident in Child Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts from 1972 to 1973. He was Senior Resident in Neurology (Child), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts from 1973 to 1974. He was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School as Clinical Director of the Eunice Kennedy Schriver Center for Mental Retardation from 1974 to 1983. In 1983, he was recruited to the University of California, Irvine where he has been a tenured professor. In 2012, he became Emeritus Professor. He served as Director for the Division of Child Neurology from 1983-2011 and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics from 1990-2000. He directed the ACGME Child Neurology Residency Program at UCI from 1983-2011. In May 2000, he assumed the title of Associate Dean, Clinical Neuroscience for UCI’s School of Medicine. Currently he directs the Telemedicine program for the UCI Health Sciences. Dr. Lott is a standing member of the Developmental Biology Study Section at NICHD and has served on many ad-hoc NIH committees.