Specialty Infectious Disease Facility Fresno Medical Center Department of Infectious Disease Address 7300 N. Fresno St., Fresno CA 93720 Map & Directions Telephone Fax: (559) 448-4884 Appt/Advice: (559)448-4187 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	9:30 am 5:00 pm	9:30 am 5:00 pm	9:30 am 5:00 pm	9:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 12:30 pm	Closed
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Welcome to My Home Page!

I was raised in San Jose, California. I joined Kaiser Permanente Fresno to practice infectious disease in July 2001. I am board certified in internal medicine and infectious disease. I am also certified as an HIV specialist by the American Academy of HIV medicine.

I provide adult infectious disease care, including HIV services, in the clinic, the infusion center and the hospital. I am one of the personalization of care leaders for Kaiser Permanente in Fresno and have additional administrative responsibilities.

I have two daughters in elementary school and a very supportive husband. We enjoy spending time with family, reading, playing with our cats and gardening.

Practice Philosophy

I have a strong interest in patient and physician education. I like to work with my patients to diagnose their medical problems and come up with a plan to solve or control them. Communication in the exam room or the bedside is the key to many clinical situations. Patients often have an idea about what is causing their problem and the history, or story, of their illness often uncovers the source of this problem. Discussing the work-up, treatment and meaning of diagnoses with patients allows them to express their concerns and be active partners in their health and recovery.

Additional Links:

Treatment information and resource links from the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS prevention. Treatment information

Project inform: Information on diagnosis and treatment for HIV-infected individuals, their caretakers, and their health care and service providers. Project Inform

HRSA: Health resources and services administration. Information of the Ryan White CARE Act, which funds primary care and support services for medically underserved people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. HRSA

HIVInsite: Gateway to AIDS Knowledge. From the University of California, San Francisco: Includes medical information; information on prevention and education; social issues and policy; statistics and epidemiology; global, national, and regional reports; and online textbook, The AIDS Knowledge Base. HIVInsite

AEGIS: AIDS Education Global Information System. The largest HIV/AIDS site on the Internet, connecting over 32,000 electronic bulletin boards in 66 contries. AEGIS

CDC :

Travelers'Site

West Nile Virus

My Credentials

Medical school	University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
Internship	UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Residency	UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship	UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board certification	Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

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