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Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm	Closed

Please note that my office hours may be different from my department’s hours of operation.

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My Biography

In addition to my medical practice, I serve as Assistant Physician in Chief and Chief of Staff of the San Francisco Medical Center. Because of my administrative duties, I am only in clinic on Monday afternoons, Friday mornings, and an occasional Tuesday afternoon (when I'm not in the Operating Room).

Initially, I practiced at Kaiser Permanente Santa Teresa before transferring to Kaiser Permanente San Francisco in 1981.

My free time is dedicated to catching up with my wife and two college-age daughters. I exercise regularly with a trainer as a means of stress reduction. I have an Akita named SoHo who also helps to keep me in shape.

I have an interest in broad surgical problems, with special interests in pancreatic and biliary disease.

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Professional Affiliations: American College of Surgeons; San Francisco Surgical Society
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Began Practice: 1978
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 1978

My Credentials

Medical school	University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Internship	Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency	Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency	Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA
Board certification	Surgery-General, American Board of Surgery

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