Sign out
Amber Buck Tasos, DO
I speak: English
My gender: Female
Where I practice
- Emergency service
- Urgent care services
- After-hours services
- Pharmacy services
- No emergency services
- No urgent care services
- No after-hours services
- No pharmacy services
About me
Hi there, and welcome to my Web page. My first name is Amber, and I am a Family Medicine physician with Kaiser Permanente. Having trust and confidence in a physician is important, which is why I am thrilled to have this opportunity to present my credentials and share a little bit about my personal self, philosophies, and what makes me thrive. I look forward to working with you and/or your family to establish a long-term goal toward wellness.
Biography
I am originally from Northern California but have lived all around the states and even Japan while growing up. My husband, who is originally from Bakersfield, and I met in the military. We moved down to Southern California with our puppy for my residency training a few years ago. Our attachment to the warm weather, beaches, and endless places to eat has made it difficult to leave.
About my practice
I went into medicine with the simple goal of wanting to “keep people healthy.” (That exact quote is somewhere in my college admission essay.) This is why family medicine is my calling. I believe that health education and preventive measures are key in guiding members to lead an optimal and thriving lifestyles. As humans, we are all susceptible to disease and illness. My duty is not just to treat illness. It is my responsibility to educate and prevent with the goal of potentially reversing any risk factors for disease. Medicine is a practice in which both players, doctor and patient, put in a combined effort to reach a common goal. That ultimate goal is wellness.
How I thrive
I recently completed a research project on resident wellness and burnout. It helped me to explore and analyze ways to find balance between mind, body, and spirit. Finding balance is how I am able to thrive. Activities that help me to find balance are cooking, baking, running, and spending time with my family and friends. To ensure I’m feeling optimal and to be the healthiest I can be, I like to stick to a plant-based diet. It’s fun to evolve recipes I’ve learned from family and adapt them to being more plant-based. I still do enjoy eating meat and dairy in moderation. Running allows me to stay in shape and keeps me clear-headed at the end of a long day. I try to participate in one half-marathon a year with the goal of eventually completing a full marathon. It is therapeutic for me to always make time to converse with family and friends.
My office
Languages spoken by medical staff
Help is available in your language. Learn more.
My provider type
Physicians and SurgeonsMedical groups, plans, and locations
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Plans accepted
- Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)
- HMO
- Medi-Cal Managed Care
- Point-of-Service Plan (POS)
- Senior Advantage
Montebello Medical Offices
Contact information
- After-hours advice
- 1-833-574-2273 (toll free)
- Appointments
- 1-833-574-2273 (toll free)
- Appointments/information
- 1-800-800-7990 (toll-free TTY for the hearing/speech impaired)
My training, certifications and licensing
Medical school
Touro University College of Osteopathic MedicineBoard certification
Family Medicine/OMT
Am Osteo Board of Family PhysiciansMedical training
Internship
Family Medicine
College Medical Center of Long BeachResidency
Family Medicine
College Medical Center of Long BeachJoined Permanente Medical Group
2018Active license information
License number
20A15188License type
Osteopathic Physician and SurgeonLicense issuing state
CALIFORNIANational Provider Identifier (NPI)
1932640703Cultural Competency Training (CCT)
CompletedMy hospitals
This information is not available at this time.
To find a provider's office hours, search our facility directory.
The information in this online directory is updated periodically. The availability of physicians, hospitals, providers, and services may change. Information about a practitioner is provided to us by the practitioner or is obtained as part of the credentialing process. If you have questions, please call us at 1-800-464-4000 (toll free). For the hearing and speech impaired: 1-800-464-4000 (toll free) or TTY 711 (toll free). You can also call the Medical Board of California at 916-263-2382, or visit their website.
We want to speak to you in the language that you’re most comfortable with when you call or visit us. Qualified interpreter services, including sign language, are available at no cost, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during all hours of operations at all points of contact. We do not encourage the use of family, friends or minors as interpreters. Only the services of interpreters and qualified staff are used to provide language assistance. These may include bilingual providers, staff, and healthcare interpreters. In-person, telephone, video, and alternative modes of communication are available. Learn more about interpreter services.
If you would like to report an error in provider or facility information, please contact us.
Medicare Members: To request a hard copy of Kaiser Permanente’s provider directory, please call our Member Services department at 1-800-443-0815, seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Kaiser Permanente will mail a hard copy of the provider directory to you within three (3) business days of your request. Kaiser Permanente may ask whether your request for a hard copy is a one-time request or if you are requesting to receive the provider directory in hard copy permanently.
If you request it, your request for hard copies of the provider directory remains until you leave Kaiser Permanente or request that hard copies be discontinued.
Medi-Cal Members: This directory includes Kaiser Permanente’s outpatient pharmacies. You can get any drugs covered by Kaiser Permanente at one of these pharmacies. You can get outpatient drugs covered by Medi-Cal at any Medi-Cal Rx Pharmacy. It does not have to be a Kaiser Permanente network pharmacy. Most Kaiser Permanente network pharmacies are Medi-Cal Rx pharmacies. Your pharmacy can tell you if it is part of the Medi-Cal Rx network. If you want to find a Medi-Cal pharmacy outside of Kaiser Permanente, you can use the Medi-Cal Rx Pharmacy Locator online at www.Medi-CalRx.dhcs.ca.gov. You can also call Medi-Cal Rx Customer Service at 1-800-977-2273, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (TTY 711 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
Medi-Cal Members: Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports services require prior authorization and are limited to members who meet specific eligibility criteria.
Kaiser Permanente enrollees have full and equal access to covered services, including enrollees with disabilities as required under the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Kaiser Permanente uses the same quality, member experience, or cost-related measures to select practitioners and facilities in Marketplace Silver-tier plans as it does for all other Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP) products and lines of business. The measures may include, but are not limited to, HEDIS/CAHPS performance, member/patient complaints, patient safety scores, hospital quality measures, and geographic need. Members enrolled in KFHP Marketplace plans have access to all professional, institutional and ancillary health care providers who participate in KFHP plans’ contracted provider network, in accordance with the terms of members’ KFHP plan of coverage. All Kaiser Permanente Medical Group physicians and network physicians are subject to the same quality review processes and certifications.
Kaiser Permanente uses the same geographic distribution consideration to select hospitals in Marketplace plans as it does for all other Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP) products and lines of business. Accessibility of medical offices and medical centers in this directory: All Kaiser Permanente facilities are accessible to members.
This page was last updated on: 02/21/2025