Facility San Francisco Medical Center Physical Therapy Address 350 St. Joseph's 1st floor triangular-shaped building on the southeast corner of O'Farrell and Geary; entrance is on O'Farrell San Francisco CA 94115 Map & Directions Telephone Appt/Advice: 415-833-4325 916-784-5987 (TTY) Prescription Refills: 415-833-8151 If an interpreter is needed, please tell us when you make an appointment. E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

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		8:00 am 5:00 pm	7:30 am 5:00 pm	8:00 am 5:30 pm	7:30 am 4:00 pm
Closed during lunch, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

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

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My Biography

The original reason I came to California was to attend Kaiser Permanente’s manual orthopedic residency program. I liked the atmosphere here and decided to stay. Doctors here respect physical therapists’ knowledge, and I have the autonomy to develop treatment plans that are in the best interests of the patients.

The centralized set-up we have at Kaiser Permanente means that all of our clinical and specialty departments are integrated, and that includes labs, tests, and values. All resources that providers need to deliver optimal care are in one place. Health Connect, our electronic charting tool, is a vast improvement over outdated paper systems, and greatly reduces the opportunity for human error. Health Connect enables providers to reach timely decisions in a streamlined process.

In my practice I see a broad patient demographic, featuring a spectrum of issues. I never know what’s going to come through the door next! Our doctors are making good, appropriate referrals to me, which makes my job easier. Kaiser patients are motivated to participate in their own care and willing to do what I ask of them. My area of special interest is spine patients. Their cases are a bit more challenging and complex, and involve more problem solving. At the medical center level, I sit on the Quality Assurance and Workplace Safety groups, and on We Care, a local physical therapy committee.

I work out at the gym four times per week and try to watch my intake of inappropriate foods. It’s always going to be easier to choose to modify your lifestyle than to have it forced on you by disease or another dire situation. In my spare time I like to ski, cook, visit Hawai’i, and read spy novels, espionage fiction, and medical thrillers. My wife is also a clinician, involved in the laboratory aspects of practice, and we have a spoiled Labrador Retriever named Fanny!

Undergraduate Education: BS in Health Science, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Graduate Education: MPT, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Residency Program: Kaiser Permanente Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Residency Program
Specialties: Orthopedics
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
Conferences: American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
Other KP Facilities: Oakland (1999); Union City (1998); Fremont (1998)
Began Practice: 1993
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 1998

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