Specialty Infectious Disease Facility San Jose Medical Center Department of Adult and Family Medicine Address 270 International Circle Two North - 2nd Floor San Jose CA 95119 Map & Directions Telephone Appt/Advice: (408) 362-4791 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
10:00 am 7:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	10:00 am 7:30 pm
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

My Background

I grew up in the Midwest, attending the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. After completing an internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee, I relocated to California for additional three years training in Infectious Diseases at Stanford. Infectious Diseases is one of the smallest subspecialties for most hospitals. However, close to 30 other infectious disease specialists from Northern California Kaiser are available to share cases and their expertise.

My clinical interests include diagnostic microbiology and travel medicine. New diseases and health issues have unfolded during my years of training. These include AIDS, toxic shock, bioterrorism, SARS, etc. Practicing infectious diseases involves working with just about every medical specialty and service.

About Me

Like many physicians, my personal life is kept secluded from the professional responsibilities. Sports, home maintenance, forays into cooking, and some travel fill my spare time.

My Philosophy Of Care

Just as people age, the practice of medicine is never what it quite was just the year before. People live, change, heal, and grow older. Unlike cars or personal computers, our bodies don’t always do what we had hoped. Trying to regain our health and keep it that way can be challenging. In difficult times, remaining objective and paying attention to details is very important.

A Reminder

We often overlook seemingly small safety issues everyday. We continue to see many personal injuries and accidents that followed forgetting or disregarding basic safety advice. Too many people like to drive without seatbelts as well as talk on their cell phones. Many home “handy-men” have admitted that their accidents with tools followed disregarding long understood precautions.

We also like broccoli and other healthy nutrition habits. If we treated ourselves half as well as some people do their cars, we’d all live better.

My Credentials

Medical school	University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
Internship	Mount Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Residency	Mount Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Fellowship	Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board certification	Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

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