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Joined Kaiser Permanente: 2001

From New York City Crime Photographer to Kaiser Occupational Medicine Physician:

A Non-traditional Journey into the Field of Medicine

My career as a Kaiser occupational medicine physician evolved from three unrelated hobbies I had when living in New York City at age 16: bicycle riding, listening to Police communications on a portable police receiver, and taking pictures. After hearing about a crime-in progress on the NYPD police radio, I sped to the scene on my Murray Wildcat dirt bike and snapped pictures of crimes in progress. I took pictures of muggers, shootings, fires, car accidents, and people who jumped off buildings. I was encouraged when a picture I took of a fire at “Crazy Eddies” electronic store which injured firefighters appeared on the front page of The New York Post, a tabloid newspaper.

I majored in journalism at The University of Arizona in Tucson where I continued to capture human drama on film. Instead of using a bicycle to get to the crime scene, I used a car. I witnessed severe trauma involving children involved in auto accidents. The most tragic aspect of these accidents was that significant human suffering and deaths could have been prevented if the occupants of these vehicles had simply worn seatbelts or used child car seats. I noted that even in some of the most severe crashes, the occupants escaped unharmed when buckled up properly.

To encourage parents and children to buckle up, I started a traffic safety group. The group was started with the help, leadership and encouragement of a Tucson Police Lieutenant in charge of the Traffic Unit. I became involved in a public safety campaign. I gave graphic demonstrations to second-graders using a Barbie doll and Plastic Corvette which showed what happens to unbuckled occupants in a car crash. These presentations were translated into Spanish become of the large Hispanic population of Tucson. Tucson Traffic Unit police officers wore “Loved kids are buckled up” buttons and stopped drivers with unbuckled children in the car. I created a dramatic poster encouraging seatbelt use which was posted in every emergency room in the city. These efforts finally culminated in a mandatory seatbelt law being passed in Arizona.

With so much exposure to trauma, I became interested in the medical field and volunteered at the University of Arizona emergency room. I realized that I enjoyed both medicine and journalism and changed my career goals while about halfway through college. I completed my major in photojournalism at The University of Arizona but added on a split minor in physics and biology which allowed me to satisfy the entrance requirements for medical school.

I chose to become a DO because I was interested in preventive medicine and a “holistic” (whole person) approach which is emphasized in osteopathic medicine. During the clinical phase of medical school (the last two years), I set up medical rotations in 12 different states ranging from preventive medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota to obstetrics/gynecology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago to emergency medicine at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. I became an EMT while on a rotation in Flandreau South Dakota.

After medical school, I completed a rotating internship at Doctors Hospital in Columbus Ohio, did two years of internal medicine training at a UCSF satellite residency program in Fresno, and then completed an Occupational Medicine Residency at University of California—Irvine. During the occupational medicine residency, I received specialty training in toxicology and received an MS degree in toxicology. While doing my residency in occupational medicine residency in Irvine, I worked in the Kaiser Occupational Medicine Department. This is when I knew I wanted to work at Kaiser.

Medical Interests Exercise, nutrition, preventive medicine, traffic safety, toxicology, occupational medicine, emergency medicine.

As an Occupational Medicine physician, I take appointments by referral. If you do not already have a referral, please call our appointment/advice line at (650) 742-2100 to make an appointment with a general practitioner. To make an appointment in our sub-specialty department, please call (650) 742-7110.

Our goal at Kaiser Permanente is to be your health plan of choice and deliver the quality medical care our members deserve. Thank you again for choosing Kaiser Permanente

My Credentials

Medical school	University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA
Internship	Doctors Hospital Columbus, Columbus, OH
Residency	UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
Residency	University Medical Center (UCSF Program), Fresno, CA
Board certification	Occupational Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine

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