Specialty Thoracic Surgery Facility South San Francisco Medical Center Surgery Department Address Medical Offices, 3rd Floor 1200 El Camino Real South San Francisco CA 94080 Telephone Appt/Advice: (650) 742-2100 Message Line: (650) 742-2188 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

My Office Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm

Please note that my personal office hours vary each week to allow time for performing procedures in the operating room.

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Welcome to my Home Page...

My Biography

Kaiser Permanente is about helping people to live happier, healthier lives. As a general & thoracic surgeon at South San Francisco, I work with my patients to maximize their personal well-being so that they can live life to the fullest. Whether it is as a simple as fixing a person’s hernia so they can get back to their regular exercise routine, or curing a person of lung cancer, I work with many excellent doctors and nurses in striving to achieve the same vitally important goal.

One of the benefits of living in the Bay Area of California is meeting so many interesting people from all around the world. Working as a surgeon at Kaiser, I enjoy the daily personal interactions with my patients and the knowledge that I am able to make medical decisions without outside interference to provide the care that they deserve.

Listed below are some links to sites that may be of interest to patients. And to all patients, not just those with lung cancer: please stop smoking, for yourself and your loved ones.

• You Can Quit Smoking
• American Cancer Society
• National Cancer Institute

As a surgeon, I take appointments by referral. If you do not already have a referral, I suggest you call our appointment/advice line at (650) 742-2100 to make an appointment with your personal physician. To make an appointment in our sub-specialty department, please call (650) 742-2167.

My Credentials

Medical school	Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Residency	Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Board certification	Surgery, American Board of Surgery

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