Specialty Pathology Facility San Rafael Medical Center Department of Pathology Address 99 Montecillo Rd. San Rafael CA 94903 Map & Directions Telephone Office: (415) 444-2081 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Department Hours

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

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Most members never see or talk directly to a pathologist in the course of a visit to the medical center. But if you have any tissue removed for any reason then a pathologist may be called upon to examine it. Examples include biopsies of rashes and tumors on the skin, breast lumps, colon polyps and pap smears, to name just a few. These are sent to pathology by the doctors and nurses in the various clinics and operating rooms. The role of the pathologist is to examine each specimen and characterize any disease that might be present, according to its nature (benign vs malignant, inflammatory vs neoplastic, etc). In many cases the pathologist is able to make a specific diagnosis. In all cases we work hard to provide accurate, reliable information that your doctor can use for diagnosis and treatment. Within Kaiser's integrated health care system, we work very closely with the doctors and nurses throughout the hospital to make sure every member gets the right diagnosis.

I attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, where I was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. I did a one-year internship in Internal Medicine at the Naval Hospital in San Diego as a Lieutenant in the US Navy Reserve Medical Corps. After the Navy I did my residency training in pathology at the VA medical center in Martinez, California, which included rotations at the Naval Hospital in Oakland and the UC Medical Center in Davis. Following my residency I joined the staff at the VA for two years and then moved to Kaiser in 1991, working first in Oakland and then transfering to San Rafael in 1994.

At San Rafael we have a number of very active clinical services, producing approximately 16,500 surgical accessions per year. Most of our specimens come from dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, ENT surgery, general surgery and Mohs clinic. I enjoy the wide range of pathology and the opportunity to work with and learn from so many good people. I am especially interested in dermatopathology (diseases of the skin) and the pathology of tumors. I am an active member of our Tumor Board.

I am married and have three children. I enjoy classical music, reading literature and history, swimming and walking.

My Credentials

Medical school	Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Internship	Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Residency	Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinez, CA
Board certification	Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical, American Board of Pathology

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