Dr. Robert Louis Escalera, MD

Dr. Robert Escalera is a board-certified family medicine physician with nearly three decades of clinical experience serving patients throughout Southern California. He earned his medical degree from the prestigious Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and completed his residency training at UCSF Medical Center. With 29 years of dedicated practice, Dr. Escalera has developed extensive expertise in comprehensive primary care for patients of all ages. He is fluent in both Spanish and English, enabling him to provide culturally sensitive care to diverse communities.

Dr. Escalera practices at Kaiser Permanente locations in Cudahy and Downey, California, where he is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center. His clinical focus centers on diabetes management across different age groups, treating both elderly patients with diabetes complications and younger patients with Type 2 diabetes. He specializes in diabetic kidney disease screening and performs …routine blood work including complete blood counts and comprehensive metabolic panels to monitor his patients' overall health and diabetes management.