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Department Hours
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Please note that my office hours may be different from my department’s hours of operation.
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My Biography
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco is a multiethnic community, and I find my work to be exciting and challenging. Kaiser stresses disease prevention. But, people do get sick even when they do everything right. Patients receive excellent inpatient and outpatient care within Kaiser’s comprehensive, integrated health care model. I work with children, adolescents, and their families. The goal is to communicate health and medical information along with options that can enhance the quality of their lives. My own particular interests are in environmental and toxicological causes of birth defects, neurological disease, and cancer.
I enjoy eating meals with my family, when we talk and get caught up on our day. I love to cook, and try not to make espresso oatmeal chocolate chip cookies too often! During my leisure time, my hobbies include hiking, kayaking, and knitting.
Undergraduate Education: BS in Sociology of Science, University of Utah
Graduate Education: MSPH in Occupational and Environmental Health and Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine
Professional Affiliations: American Public Health Association; American Medical Writers Association
Began Practice: 1995
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 2008
Why a Pediatrician
Why a pediatrician? Why do kids need a specialist? Because kids are different. And so are the doctors that choose to take care of kids.
Pediatrics is the medical specialty that is fully focused on kids: from birth through the exciting and tumultuous years of adolescence.
Pediatricians are trained for 4 years in medical school to become a doctor and then have three full years of extra training in how to take care of kids and teens. Some pediatricians have additional training in a subspecialty area like cardiology, pulmonology, or hematology. Our department has general pediatricians and specialist pediatricians to make sure that your children stay healthy and, if they get sick, that they get the best care possible.
Pediatricians believe that your children start healthy. We are trained to focus on prevention of problems and work with families for the betterment of children. We love children and, in truth, most of us are big kids ourselves.
In the pediatric department, we look forward to caring for your family as it grows.
21st Century Medicine
It’s my main goal to provide you and your children with high quality care. In the 21st Century, that means more than just making appointments or picking up the phone to reach me. As a member of my practice, you have many more choices:
- Secure Email - By creating an account at kp.org, you can add your child to your account and email me your health questions and concerns, as well as pictures. You can also make appointments, request medication refills, and view your child’s immunization records online with this feature.
- Life Stage Newsletters - From birth to adolescence, you can sign up to receive regular newsletters about your child’s health, featuring accurate, up to date information with links to videos, photos, and more.
- This Home Page: Take a moment to explore all my home page has to offer—not just health information you can read, but also videos, podcasts, and more.
I strongly urge you to take advantage of all of these features to
make getting your care as convenient as possible.
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