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Thanks for taking a little time to get to know me!

I grew up locally in San Ramon, attended California High School there and then went onto U.C. Berkeley for college. I headed south to the Los Angeles area for medical school and then to the East Coast in Philadelphia for my residency training in Emergency Medicine. Everywhere I’ve gone I’ve met wonderful people and had incredible experiences not only in the arena of medicine, but also on a personal, spiritual and cultural level.

I’ve always been very interested in other cultures and languages. I speak Mandarin and Cantonese just about fluently, and can do a little Japanese and Spanish. Even though I’m not perfect in these languages, when I’ve had patients who didn’t speak English, it’s been a great way to bring us closer to understanding each other in a stressful situation. In the future, I expect this to continue to be a good way to facilitate my interactions with my patients.

I’ve been practicing medicine since 2003, and joined Kaiser Permanente in 2007. Through my many experiences in the past, I hope to have a greater understanding of everyone I work with, and to continue the experiences of meeting, helping, and learning from the people of the community that I grew up with.

My Credentials

Medical school	Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
Residency	Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Board certification	Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

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