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About Me

I was born in Cuba and immigrated with my family to Los Angeles at the age of seven. I grew up in Los Angeles and attended UCLA as an undergraduate, majoring in biology. Growing up, I knew that I wanted to be a doctor from a fairly young age. Being bilingual, I often found myself in the role of accompanying family members to doctor visits as a translator, and it was partly from this exposure that I became interested in medicine. Although I wasn't sure what kind of doctor I wanted to be, I usually thought in terms of primary care, something like a family doctor.

After college, I moved to San Francisco to attend medical school at UCSF. I actually had no exposure to anesthesia and had not even given it any thought until I did my anesthesia rotation in medical school, which happened to be my very last rotation before graduation. During that rotation I learned what an exciting and interesting field anesthesia could be. By that time, however, I had accepted a position in an internal medicine residency. So after graduation from medical school I moved back to Los Angeles to start my residency at the UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program. It was almost an additional two years before I decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to the practice of anesthesia. After three years in Los Angeles, two as a resident, I moved back to San Francisco to complete an anesthesiology residency at UCSF. I began working at Kaiser Santa Rosa in 1989, upon completion of my anesthesia residency.

Since then, I have been very happy with the specialty that I chose and with the hospital in which I practice. I feel fortunate to have been able to practice in a department that is made up of dedicated professionals, in a facility that supports us with ready access to the best technology and consultants. I view my work as helping to make surgery and anesthesia as safe as possible for patients, while at the same time maintaining an environment that is caring and respectful.

My Credentials

Medical school	UC San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Internship	UC Los Angeles, Sepulveda, CA
Residency	UC San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Board certification	Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology

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