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My Biography

One of the reasons I came to Kaiser Permanente San Francisco was that I wanted to work in a cosmopolitan city with a highly diverse population. Kaiser’s comprehensive health care model approaches my vision of how I want to practice medicine. Kaiser also offers a tremendous teaching aspect and preventive emphasis that I found attractive.

Kaiser’s care model means that providers work in concert with one another, as part of a collaborative team, and not in isolation. All of the providers on a patient’s care team have access to the patient’s complete medical history, and the advent of Health Connect has only facilitated this collaboration. Health Connect is Kaiser’s cutting-edge electronic medical charting tool; it supersedes the old paper chart system.

I have particular interests in issues that concern proving the standards of urogynecologic care. To that end, I am part of the Systematic Review Group, a task force created by the Society of Gynecological Surgeons. Our goal is to set up health provision guidelines at the national level. I would like to emphasize to patients that help is available for both urinary and anal incontinence, and for prolapse.

In my free time, I enjoy camping, rock climbing, and mountain biking. I have also pursued my interests in international medicine. I have engaged in several medical missions in Guatemala, and hope to do further missions in the future. I am an avid runner and belong to several running groups. I have completed a number of half-marathons. I look forward to welcoming you to the San Francisco Medical Center.

Other Languages: Spanish
Undergraduate Education: BA in Molecular Biology, Colgate University
Professional Affiliations: American Urogynecological Society; American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professional Conferences: American Urogynecological Society; Society of Urogynecologic Surgeons
Awards: UCSD Fellow Teaching Award (2007)
Other KP Facilities: Fellow at San Diego (2004-2007)
Began Practice: 2007
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 2007

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My Credentials

Medical school	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Residency	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship	UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Board certification	Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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