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About Me
I grew up in Houston, Texas. After graduating from high school there, our family moved to the San Francisco Bay area. In college, I majored in math because that was an area I had always enjoyed. Initially, I thought I would pursue an academic career in math. However, I was soon attracted to medicine. Medicine fascinated me and it offered so many opportunities to help people in direct and significant ways. When I was a medical student at Stanford University, I became excited about the revolution occurring in radiology. New technologies in diagnostic radiology were permitting us to detect and characterize increasingly more disease processes in relatively safe ways; advances in interventional radiology were offering alternatives to, or replacing, surgical treatment of many disease processes. This revolution meant much improved patient care. This led to an internship in clinical medicine, a residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in ultrasound and body computed tomography (CT), all at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center in Torrance, California.
After completing my formal training in 1985, I moved back to the San Francisco Bay area and accepted a position at Kaiser PermanenteWalnut Creek/Pleasanton (later to become the Diablo Service Area). I joined because I believed Kaiser Permanente was the leader in promoting preventative medicine and a leader in providing quality health care. I also felt that Kaiser Permanente was a good organization to be a part of. What I like most about working for Kaiser Permanente are our integrated system of health care delivery, our information technology system, and our commitment to improvement.
My areas of special interest are ultrasound and body CT. I'm a member of the Radiological Society of North America, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association.
When I am not at work, I enjoy spending time with my family, reading, surfing (yes, the Internet), listening to music, and watching sports.
My Credentials
| Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA |
| Los Angeles County-Harbor-UC Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| Los Angeles County-Harbor-UC Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| Los Angeles County-Harbor-UC Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology |
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