Specialty Thoracic Surgery Facility Oakland Medical Center Surgery Address Hospital Building 1st floor 280 W. MacArthur Blvd. Oakland CA 94611 Map & Directions Telephone Advice: (510) 752-6405 Appointments: (510) 752-1105 Cancellation: (510) 752-6395 Enterostomal Therapy: (510) 752-6416 Surgery Scheduling: (510) 752-6417 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Department Hours

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

Thank you for your interest in the Kaiser East Bay Department of Surgery. My role in the department is to provide comprehensive thoracic surgical care for our patients.

Thoracic care refers to ailments of the organs of the chest including the heart, lungs, esophagus, rib cage, diaphragm, and airways. Majority of our patients present to us for thoracic cancer care, which is the area of my interest.

My training in medicine and surgery began with undergraduate training in biology and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From there I went to Yale University School of Medicine for a degree in medicine followed by General Surgery training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. I completed my specialty training in Cardiothoracic Surgery, with an emphasis on Thoracic Surgery, at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

My goal is to treat our patients in a caring, compassionate, and state of the art multidisciplinary environment. Fight against cancer requires many warriors, the patient, being the first. After that we need the surgeons, oncologists, radiation oncologists, pulmonologists, radiologist, nurses, and office staff, all on board. My goal is to continue to improve the fight, and the results, for our patients.

My wife and I have arrived in the Bay area with our little daughter Karina. We look forward to lasting relationships with the people we meet in this wonderful place.

My Credentials

Medical school	Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Residency	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Fellowship	University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Board certification	Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Board certification	Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery

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