Medical Staff

Dr. Nathalie Rubin attended University of California, San Diego, graduating with a BS in Biochemistry/Cell Biology.  She earned her MD from New York Medical College in 1998. While completing her internship and residency at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, she received both the Associates and Affiliates Award for Excellence in Clinical Judgment and Patient Care as well as the Victor E. Stork Award for Excellence. Dr. Rubin moved to Ventura County at the age of one, where her family has resided since. It had been her goal to return to the area to establish her practice. She is Board Certified and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics. She has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2001.  She has served at Los Robles Hospital on the Quality Care Committee and as well as the Vice-Chair of Pediatrics.  She is a proud mother to her daughter Zoe, born in 2003.

Dr. Elizabeth Vallance joined CCMG in 2011 after relocating to California from the East Coast.  She, her husband, and two sons moved from the northern Virginia area where she had been practicing pediatrics for 10 years.  Dr. Vallance received her bachelor of science from Virginia Tech in 1995, and her doctorate of medicine from West Virginia University in 1999.  From 1999 through 2002, she completed an internship and residency program at Kentucky Children's Hospital in Lexington, KY.  Dr. Vallance is board certified by and a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics.  She has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2002.

Dr. Michael Melman joined CCMG in 2013 after practicing in the San Fernando Valley for ten years.  Dr. Melman is orginally from New York and received his Bachelor's degree, with distinction, from Cornell University.  He attended The University at Buffalo School of Medicine in New York, where he graduated cum laude, and earned his MD degree in 1999.  Dr. Melman then served as a pediatric leukemia research fellow at the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute in Washington D.C., where he published two papers on acute lymphoblastic leukemia and received a Cancer Research Training Award.  His pediatric residency was completed at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.  Following his residency, Dr. Melman moved to California in 2003.  He is board certified by and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.   He has served at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center on the Quality Care Committee. Dr. Melman has a wide variety of special interests in Pediatrics, ranging from newborn care to sports medicine and nutrition.  He enjoys working out, cooking, and spending time with his wife, Brianna, three children (Bronx, Maliya, Maverix) and their Goldendoodle, Reeses.  

Dr. Hillary Seidenberg is a native of Los Angeles, California. She graduated from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience and the honor of summa cum laude. This was followed by two years in which she conducted neuroscience research at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Seidenberg then completed her medical school training at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and remained at UCLA for her training at the UCLA Pediatrics Residency.  While undergoing her medical education, Dr. Seidenberg conducted community health services research in adolescent medicine. During her last year of residency, she worked at the After Hours Pediatrics Urgent Care in Thousand Oaks. She has a wide variety of special interests in pediatrics, ranging from newborn care to adolescent mental health. Her outside interests include singing, traveling, and outdoor activities.