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About Me

I took a circuitous route to becoming a Kaiser Permanente radiologist. My career was forged from a series of unexpected opportunities and a merger of my love for engineering and medicine.

I was born in Montreal, Canada. I have fond childhood memories of playing hockey and skiing in the winter, sailing and playing tennis in the summer. As a young boy, with the encouragement of my father (who wanted me to follow in his engineering footsteps), I built my own ham radio equipment and became an avid amateur operator. My mother, on the other hand, insisted upon piano lessons and did her best to provide a role model for a career in the social sciences; she being a professor of psychology at a local university.

My zealous middle-class upbringing had its rewards. I graduated from high school as valedictorian, assuring me one of the few spots in the coveted McGill University honors engineering program. After five hard years of calculus and physics, I graduated from McGill, winning the gold medal for exceptional engineering promise. But something must have rubbed off from all my mother's efforts, as I found myself accepting a position at the School of Medicine. During the four years of medical school, I enjoyed anatomy and physiology the most. But I will never forget my summer job - dissecting cadavers which I found fascinating. (Don't tell anyone else.)

After one year of a rotating internship, I lucked into a temporary summer position as the sole general practitioner in a small rural town in the northeastern province of Nova Scotia - delivering babies during the week and driving into the capital for fresh lobster on the weekends. I then decided to indulge my fascination with the US space program. I traveled to the United States and toured various NASA space centers - meeting the physicians whose job it was to care for the astronauts.

While in California, I struck gold and was offered a position at the Lockheed Corporation as part of a team designing the medical and research facilities for the International Space Station. Apparently, my dual training in medicine and engineering was exactly what they needed. During a wonder-filled seven years of practicing space medicine at Lockheed, I became a US citizen, and on weekends learned to fly small planes and helicopters. Unfortunately, the shuttle Challenger tragedy occurred, NASA funding dried up, and my job was eliminated.

I was lucky to find a residency position in nuclear medicine in San Francisco, allowing me once again to combine my two passions; engineering and medicine. After completing my residency, I worked temporarily in nuclear medicine in Palo Alto, and for the FAA doing physicals on air traffic controllers. Eventually, I was offered a position at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo in nuclear medicine and general radiology.

My five years at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo have been exciting. I have made many good friends. Practicing radiology at Kaiser Permanente is unique in that our medical information technology systems provide the radiologist the necessary patient clinical information to optimize the interpretation of radiology studies. Also, being close to San Francisco has allowed me to pursue my latest passion, which is dancing salsa.

I have always believed in the simple axioms: Work hard. Play hard. Pursue your dreams. Perhaps that is the secret to living a long healthy life. That, plus luck and help from your friends.

My Credentials

Medical school	Mcgill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Internship	Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Residency	Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fresno, CA
Residency	UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Board certification	Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology

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