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My Credentials

Medical school	University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Residency	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Fellowship	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Fellowship	UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Board certification	Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Board certification	Pediatric Pulmonology, American Board of Pediatrics

About Me

Welcome to the Pediatric Pulmonary Division at the Oakland Medical Center. I have been caring for children with pulmonary problems since 1978. Both my partner, Thomas Breese, and myself are active as clinical faculty at both Oakland Children’s Hospital and the University of California at San Francisco.

I went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill majoring in Zoology. I missed Michael Jordan by just two years. I then attended the University of Florida Medical School where I became interested in Pediatric Pulmonary medicine for the first time. I spent three years in Houston, Texas at the Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital for my Pediatric Residency. The first year of my fellowship was at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF. I then returned to Houston for the second year of my Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship.

I take care of all aspects of Pediatric Pulmonary medicine including Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Chronic Lung Disease, Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Exercise intolerance, and Neuromuscular Diseases. I am the Center Director of the Northern California Kaiser Cystic Fibrosis Teaching and Research Center. My video "Your Child and Asthma" is available in four languages at the health education centers. It won a National Freddie Award in 1999 from the Time Corporation International Health and Medical Film Competition. I am also an acupuncturist.

My wife, Dr. Linda Beets-Shay, is a Pediatric Dermatologist. We have three energetic children. I spend most of my free time running around to school activities, sports practices, and music lessons. I like all types of music, all sports (especially swimming and snorkeling), and love to travel.

LINKS

Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics
http://www.aanma.org/

Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
http:/www.lungusa.org/

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
http://www.cff.org/home/

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