Specialty Critical Care Medicine Pulmonary Diseases Facility Walnut Creek Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Address 1425 S. Main Street Medical Office Building 1st Floor Walnut Creek CA 94596 4501 Sand Creek Road Sand Creek Building Antioch CA 94531 Map & Directions Telephone Appt/Advice: (925) 295-4050 Cancellation: (925) 295-4050 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

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I’ve been in subspecialty medicine since 2011, after completing medical school in New Orleans followed by seven years of residency and subspecialty training in Chicago.

I grew up in Roseville, California and later attended college at U.C. Davis where I graduated with a degree in physiology. I took two years off from school to do volunteer work with people with HIV and AIDS prior to moving to New Orleans to start medical school. After finishing fellowship training my wife and I decided to move to back California. I chose to work at Kaiser Permanente because it is a great place to practice high-quality medicine in a collegial environment.

My work includes both helping patients manage their lung diseases in our pulmonary clinics as well as caring for critically ill patients in our intensive care units. In addition to my fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care, I was a fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics for two years, where I received advanced training in medical ethics and performed research that focused on how physicians help patients and their families navigate difficult decisions. My philosophical approach to medicine is that the best way to care for a patient is to care about the patient.

I am a Member of the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians and Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society.

My Credentials

Medical school	Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Residency	University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
Fellowship	University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board certification	Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

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