Specialty Psychiatry: Child/Adolescent Facility Sacramento Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Address Commons Building 2008 Morse Avenue Sacramento CA 95825 Map & Directions Telephone Appt/Advice: (916) 973-5300 Cancellation: (916) 973-7490 After-hours Emergencies: (916) 973-5300 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	7:00 am 9:00 pm	7:00 am 9:00 pm	7:00 am 9:00 pm	7:00 am 9:00 pm	7:00 am 5:00 pm	Closed
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

My Profession and Why I Chose It

My specialty is psychiatry. That means I help people who are experiencing difficulties with how they feel, think or behave. I decided to specialize in psychiatry during medical school because I enjoyed the opportunity of getting to know patients as individuals. Even with the busy pace of current medical practice, I still appreciate the opportunity of getting to know my patients.

My Credentials

Medical school	UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA
Internship	University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Residency	UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA
Fellowship	UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA
Board certification	Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Board certification	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

My Tenure with Kaiser Permanente

In 1995, after doing psychiatric hospital work with adolescents and adults, and running a small office practice, I joined Kaiser to have the opportunity to think less about business and more about the practice of medicine. I have not been disappointed. I began working at the Roseville and Rancho Cordova clinics and in 2000, I was appointed chief of the Psychiatry Department and moved my office to our Morse Avenue clinic.

Why I Like Practicing Medicine at Kaiser Permanente

There are many things I like about practicing medicine at Kaiser Permanente. First of all, it is a doctor-run practice. I am the one who makes the decisions about which tests to order, which treatments to prescribe, and when to schedule return appointments. While we do our best to use your healthcare dollars wisely, each doctor is free to make treatment decisions that he or she thinks will best benefit each individual patient. Secondly, I enjoy the team approach of working with colleagues in mental health and other specialties to provide the best healthcare possible. I already mentioned that I like focusing on medicine instead of business. And Kaiser has great information management systems that are getting better all the time. I guess you can tell that I am a Kaiser booster, but what would you expect?

As department chief, some of my time is spent on administrative work although treating patients remains an important and rewarding part of my job. Much of my clinical work is currently with the Bipolar Program and the Depression Program at the Sacramento clinic on Morse Avenue. I also treat adult patients with a variety of conditions, as well as children and adolescents.

About Myself

I graduated from UC Davis School of Medicine and did my psychiatry training at the UC San Diego. I moved back to Sacramento in 1990, and joined Kaiser in 1995. My wife, Catherine, also graduated from medical school at UC Davis and is a Kaiser pediatrician at the Rancho Cordova clinic. We have three daughters, though only the youngest, a high school student, is still at home.

Be sure to visit the New Kaiser Permanente Website for additional information regarding appointments, prescriptions, health education classes and other health-related topics. You can also click on my department link above to receive additional health information.

To choose your own personal physician, click here.

Checklist for New Members

About Your Office Visit

Prevention Information on Your Registration Slip

Disclaimer
If you think you have a MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY or go to the nearest hospital. DO NOT attempt to access emergency care through this web site. An emergency medical condition is a medical or psychiatric condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that you could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in any of the following: serious jeopardy to your health, serious impairment to your bodily functions, or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. An emergency medical condition is also "active labor," which means a labor when there is inadequate time for safe transfer to a Plan hospital (or designated hospital) before delivery or if a transfer poses a threat to the health of the member or unborn child.

This site may contain links to other web sites outside of www.permanente.net. Kaiser Permanente has no control over the content or the availability of these sites, and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. Web links are provided as an educational tool, and should not be relied upon for personal diagnosis or treatment. A link or reference to a web site should not be construed as an endorsement of the site or its contents. Any medical content that you feel may be important to your health should always be discussed with your Kaiser Permanente physician.