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Greetings! Welcome to my Home Page!

I am proud to be a member of such an outstanding department and medical group at Kaiser Permanente San Rafael. I hope that we can always provide the highest quality of care and service to you.

About Me

I was born and raised in San Francisco, the second oldest of six siblings. Our family physician, whom our family admired and adored, was instrumental as a career choice role model. I am delighted to be affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, a national model of cost effective quality health care, because it allows me to practice medicine in its purest form. Unlike my previous private practice, I am gladly no longer distracted by the burdensome paperwork associated with patient care. At Kaiser Permanente, I can now concentrate on what I was trained to do, to provide quality care to my patients. Furthermore, Kaiser Permanente enables their physicians to lead balanced lives, which to state the obvious, leads to happier physicians.

My personal interests include primarily quality family time, aerobic exercise, and reading.

My Philosophy of Care

I feel deeply privileged that patients entrust their most prized possession, their lives, to me. The patient is obviously not only a single entity, but an important part of a larger social entity, for example, spouse, parent, child, relative, friend, etc. With this in mind, I take my responsibility as your anesthesiologist very seriously. My professor's teaching stands foremost in my mind, "treat each patient as if they were your own loved ones, and you will do the right thing."

Thank you for taking the time to visit my home page, and I look forward to seeing you at your next appointment!

My Credentials

Medical school	Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Internship	Mount Zion Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Residency	UC Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Board certification	Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology

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