Facility Walnut Creek Medical Center Minor Injury Center - Musculoskeletal Medicine Address Walnut Creek Medical Center 1425 South Main Street Medical Office Building, 1st Floor Walnut Creek CA 94596 Map & Directions Telephone Appt/Advice: Information: (925) 295-4070 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

My Office Hours

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Thanks for looking at my Kaiser Permanente home page! Since there's not always time to tell patients about my background and interests, this is a good way for you to get to know a little more about me.

I grew up in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating from LSU medical school in 1984, I moved to California and did my internal medicine residency at Highland General Hospital in Oakland. Starting in 1986, I began working at Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, transferring to Kaiser Permanente Antioch in 1990. I've been Chief of the Minor Injury Centers since 1998. That role requires that I work at multiple sites, so you might see me at any of the locations.

I am a member of the American Medical Association, Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association, and American College of Physicians.

I was a member of the Regional Asthma Task Force that developed the standards and recommendations for asthma care for Kaiser Permanente. For more information about Qvar/Flovent/Beclovent, check out: About Inhaled Steroids

My personal interests include music, cooking, and gardening. I highly recommend Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening as an easy, compact way of growing things at home. And I've found Eckhart Tolle's teachings on mindfullness to be an easy, practical way of keeping centered and present when things get a bit hectic.

My Credentials

Medical school	Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Residency	Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

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