Specialty Internal Medicine Facility Roseville Medical Center Department of Medicine Address 1001 Riverside Avenue Roseville CA 95678 Telephone Appt/Advice: (916) 784-4050 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
8:30 am 12:30 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 12:30 pm
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

My Background

Welcome! Let me introduce myself. I have started working at Kaiser at Riverside since October 2004. Wow, time flies when you're having fun! I can't believe it has been that long. Prior to that I had been an internist in Oakland for over four years. The reason I joined Kaiser is that I believe strongly in patient education and autonomy. I feel that Kaiser as an organization has the resource necessary for members to best learn about their medical conditions and be proactive in managing them.

As for my medical training, I graduated from University of California, San Diego with a degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Thereafter, I finished medical school at University of California, Davis in 1997. I completed my internal medicine residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, in 2000. And I was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine since. I chose internal medicine and primary care because I enjoy the opportunity to work with and get to know a core group of patients with whom I can continue to build a relationship. My mission is to encourage each and every one of you to make small, incremental changes in your life towards the improvement of your overall health.

My Credentials

Medical school	UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA
Internship	Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA
Residency	Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

My Practice Philosophy

My goal is to provide the level of care that I want my family (or myself) to be treated. No matter the advance in modern medicine, we still don't have cure for a lot of diseases (eg. Hypertension, Diabetes). But I will do my very best to help my patients live with and manage these diseases.

We also see many patients dealing with chronic pain condition. Many patients do not realize that chronic pain is often a condition with no cure, and there is no simple pharmacological treatment for it. Often times, patients are led to believe that taking a medication, particularly narcotics, will help them cure chronic pain. My belief is that narcotic medications not only do not help, but often contribute to chronic pain problem. Many scientific studies have shown that the best therapies for chronic pain are often non-pharmacological. I have enclosed some resources below.

My Life outside of Medicine

When I'm not working, I'd like to spend time with my wife and my son. He is in Kindergarten now! He and all his after-school activities certainly keep me and my wife busy. I've been also trying to pick up golf although this turns out to be harder than I thought. I'm very much interested in the use of computer in medicine and I'm hoping to continue updating this website for links that I think my patients will be interested in.

For Your Health

Please check out the links below specifically tailored to our members:

Prevention Information on Your Registration Slip

About Your Office Visit

Checklist for New Members

If you are looking for websites with reliable medical information, I have a couple of suggestions:

HealthFinder

MedlinePlus

And our very own member pages offer a full arrays of health information under our Health Encyclopedia (click the link under "Get health advice")

Health Encyclopedia

Some information about chronic pain

Chronic Pain

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