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My Biography
San Francisco Medical Center offers me the opportunity to work with a terrific, diverse spectrum of patients. Our health care system is centralized, personal, integrated, and accessible. Patients will find a gateway to a wealth of expertise, and our ancillary services provide ample support. Within this kind of health care model, physicians are able to concentrate fully on delivering the most optimal care possible for each member. Health Connect is our extremely comprehensive electronic medical records system, allowing me to communicate with each clinician on a patient’s care team. I am able to track and capture the full scope of a patient’s progress, and to follow patient/clinician interactions on a voluminous scale. Health Connect provides unmatched advantages and benefits for both patient and provider.
I work in partnership with my patients, helping them comprehend the various facets of their care so that they will know how to best care for themselves, and be enabled to arrive at sound decisions for themselves and their families. My approach is open, flexible, and honest. I try to be a good listener and I enjoy tackling problems from a variety of perspectives.
Aside from my medical center practice, I teach in UCSF’s Community Faculty Teaching program, where I interact with young, up-and-coming physicians, sharing my knowledge and “tools of the trade” with them. I also serve as a preceptor with the Martin Baro Free Medical Clinic. The clinic, which is run by SFSU medical students, provides free walk-in care to anyone who comes in.
I keep healthy and active by trying to consume fewer fatty foods and avoiding inactivity. My three sons are the most significant aspect of my life, and they come first in everything. My hobbies include working and tinkering with computers, mechanics of all sorts, such as auto mechanics, and building things with my hands; I am a definite do-it-yourself person! In my spare time, I also enjoy digital photography.
Other Languages: Spanish
Undergraduate Education: BA in Biology, San Francisco State University
Awards: Mentor of the Year, Family Practice Residency Program, UCSF (1990)
Professional Conferences: Pri-Med
Professional Affiliations: California Medical Association; San Francisco Medical Society
Began Practice: South San Francisco (1988-1992)
Began Practice: 1988
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 2009
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| UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA |
| San Jose Medical Center, San Jose, CA |
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