Specialty Pediatric Pulmonology Facility Oakland Medical Center Pediatric Specialties Address Mosswood Building, 12th floor 3505 Broadway Oakland CA 94611 Map & Directions Telephone Appointments: 510-752-7813 Advice (24 hours): 510-752-1200 Cancellation: 510-752-6577 Mosswood Pharmacy: 510-752-1066 Mosswood Pharmacy refill recorder: 510-752-7730 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

My Practice Philosophy

As a pediatric pulmonologist, my job is to assist you and your primary care physician to help your child live and breathe better. Your primary care physician is still your main contact medical care-giver and I see myself as an assistant to both of you.

My job is to help clarify your child’s problems and to help make sure the condition is under good control. Each doctor has unique practice styles. I see my role as a helper to you. Some of the things I can do are:

• help make sure we are not missing anything.
• help find out what is the cause of your child’s problems.
• help find a plan of action that will keep your child healthy.
• help avoid overmedicating your child.

I can also help you understand how medication, lab tests, clinic visits, etc., can and cannot help you. Ultimately, I wish to partner with you to make sure you have all the tools you need to live and to breathe easier—to thrive.

Why I Became A Doctor

For more information, see
Pediatric Pulmonology Web Links

My Credentials

Medical school	UC Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Residency	Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA
Fellowship	Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Board certification	Pediatric Pulmonology, American Board of Pediatrics

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Francisco
Fellow American Academy of Chest Physicians

Associations
American Thoracic Society, 1993-2003
American Academy of Chest Physicians, 2003-present

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