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About Me

I joined Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center after I finished my pediatric specialty training at the University of California, San Francisco in 1993. When I initially joined Kaiser Permanente, I had an outpatient practice and also cared for inpatients. I was then Director of the Pediatric Residency Training Program for five years before restricting my practice to hospitalized children. As a Pediatric Hospital-Based physician, I work exclusively in the hospital taking care of ill children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and on the Pediatric Ward.

I believe my patients get the highest-quality care possible because we are a physician-run, integrated health care system. For example, when your child is admitted to the hospital, I have immediate access to all the medical information on our system-wide computer system. I also have 24-hours-a-day access to all the pediatric subspecialties at Kaiser Permanente, and if your child is in need of a specialized procedure that we cannot provide at Oakland (i.e., heart surgery at UCSF), I can get it arranged quickly without any administrative bureaucracy. Having the resources that my patients need at my fingertips and the expert advice of my specialist colleagues so readily available allows me to care for your child in the best possible manner.

On a personal note, I grew up in Los Angeles, California before going to the University of California, Berkeley. I then attended UC San Diego for medical school and Harvard University where I earned a Master of Public Health (MPH). I have lived in Oakland since 1994 with my wife and two daughters. I am an avid tennis player and cyclist.

Joined Kaiser in: 1993
Faculty: Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco
Other languages: Spanish

My Credentials

Medical school	UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Internship	Los Angeles County-Harbor-UC Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Residency	UC San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Board certification	Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

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