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My Office Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	9:00 am 12:30 pm	10:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 12:30 pm	9:00 am 5:30 pm	9:00 am 12:30 pm
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Please note that my office hours may be different from my department’s hours of operation.

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My Biography

Welcome and thank you for visiting my website! It is my pleasure to be your child's pediatrician!

I am a native of San Francisco and graduated from UC Berkeley with a biochemistry degree and attended Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. Please look at the table below to learn about my credentials as a physician. In addition to my clinical practice, I'm also an Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF.

I am particularly proud of working at Kaiser Permanente, where I have the resources and technology to provide all my patients with the latest state of the art medical care. As Chief of the Department of Pediatrics here at San Francisco, I am committed to providing outstanding care to all my families. Please feel free to share your thoughts with me on how I can better serve your family's needs. I hope you find my Home Page valuable. It has fantastic links to our Kaiser Permanente Health Encyclopedia and you can renew medications on line.

At home, I enjoy family time with my wife and two sons. My sons enjoy attending Giants baseball games and are very busy at school with their soccer and basketball sports. We took a memorable vacation trip to Hawaii last year where we hiked for several miles in the dark to view the active volcano eruptions on the big island of Hawaii!

I look forward to seeing your child grow up over the next many years. May they eat well, play hard, and thrive!

Other Languages: Cantonese
Undergraduate Education: BA, University of California at Berkeley
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Pediatrics; California Medical Association; San Francisco Medical Society
Began Practice: 1989
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 1989

Other Resources

Why a pediatrician? Why do kids need a specialist? Because kids are different. And so are the doctors that choose to take care of kids.

Pediatrics is the medical specialty that is fully focused on kids: from birth through the exciting and tumultuous years of adolescence.

Pediatricians are trained for 4 years in medical school to become a doctor and then have three full years of extra training in how to take care of kids and teens. Some pediatricians have additional training in a subspecialty area like cardiology, pulmonology, or hematology. Our department has general pediatricians and specialist pediatricians to make sure that your children stay healthy and, if they get sick, that they get the best care possible.

Pediatricians believe that your children start healthy. We are trained to focus on prevention of problems and work with families for the betterment of children. We love children and, in truth, most of us are big kids ourselves.

In the pediatric department, we look forward to caring for your family as it grows.

It’s my main goal to provide you and your children with high quality care. In the 21st Century, that means more than just making appointments or picking up the phone to reach me. As a member of my practice, you have many more choices:

• Secure Email - By creating an account at kp.org, you can add your child to your account and email me your health questions and concerns, as well as pictures. You can also make appointments, request medication refills, and view your child’s immunization records online with this feature.

• Life Stage Newsletters - From birth to adolescence, you can sign up to receive regular newsletters about your child’s health, featuring accurate, up to date information with links to videos, photos, and more.

• This Home Page: Take a moment to explore all my home page has to offer—not just health information you can read, but also videos, podcasts, and more.

My Credentials

Medical school	Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
Residency	Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Board certification	Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

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