Facility Oakland Medical Center Early Start Address Early Start Program c/o Ob/Gyn Department 280 W. MacArthur Blvd. Oakland CA 94611 Telephone Office: (510) 752-6860 Appt: (510) 752-1100 Advice: (510) 752-1080 If an interpreter is needed, please tell us when you make an appointment. E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

My Office Hours

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	9:00 am 5:00 pm	9:00 am 5:00 pm	9:00 am 5:00 pm	9:00 am 5:00 pm	9:00 am 5:00 pm
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Please note that my office hours may be different from my department's hours of operation.

Welcome to my home page...

I am a clinical social worker, licensed by the State of California, a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the California Clinical Social Workers Association. I began my social work practice in 1981 and joined Oakland Kaiser in 1990 after hearing about this unique innovative research project, Early Start, being developed by Oakland Kaiser to help pregnant women have healthy babies. Having seen the devastating impact of substance abuse on women, children and families, I could not pass up the opportunity to participate in a program that reached out to help women prior to the birth of their babies. Before coming to Kaiser, I worked for nine years as program director for one of the first women's recovery programs in the Bay Area and provided psychotherapy services to women, children and families. Since its inception at Oakland Kaiser, the Early Start Program has become an integral part of every northern Kaiser obstetrics and gynecology department and is a national model for perinatal substance abuse prevention and early intervention.

You can learn more about this well researched, evidence-based program by clicking on the Early Start Program links.

Personally, I am a lover of Creole food, zydeco, blues and jazz music, a stepmother to three wonderful adult children, a grandmother to eight adult children, a great-grandmother to seven children, and a mentor to four young children living in my neighborhood. I enjoy baseball, basketball, tennis, needlework, poetry writing, yoga and spending time with my family and friends.

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