Facility San Francisco Medical Center Pain Interventional Center Address 2238 Geary Blvd. 7th floor NW San Francisco CA 94115 Map & Directions Telephone Office: (415) 833-0095 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

My Office Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	8:00 am 4:30 pm	8:00 am 4:30 pm	8:00 am 4:30 pm	8:00 am 4:30 pm	8:00 am 4:30 pm
Closed during lunch, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

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

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My Biography

I came to work at Kaiser Permanente because I believe it is the nation’s leader in health care. I also appreciate the fact that Kaiser values a diverse, highly-trained workforce. In the Chronic Pain Management Center, patients always come first, and they benefit from Kaiser’s comprehensive care model. One of the major strengths of this model is that providers can obtain specialist consultations or referrals for patients in a seamless manner.

I truly enjoy taking excellent care of my patients. I enjoy listening to their concerns, answering their questions, and explaining medical conditions and procedures. I want patients to fully understand their medical situation. I take pride in performing procedures carefully and safely. While my background includes a broad range of experiences, I am particularly interested in spinal injections for pain relief, advanced technologies of intrathecal pumps, and spinal cord stimulators for pain treatment. I also follow trends in the measurement of treatment outcomes. One way in which I keep current with developments in my field is by attending the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

During my leisure time, I like to bicycle, read, hike, and learn to play the fiddle. I keep active by exercising daily and eating healthy. I look forward to working with you at San Francisco Medical Center.

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Undergraduate Education: BA in Biology, Northwestern University
Graduate Education:
Professional Affiliations: International Association for the Study of Pain; International Spinal Injection Society; American Academy of Pain Medicine Neuromodulation Society
Professional Conferences:
Began Practice: 1987
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 1989

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My Credentials

Medical school	Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency	Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Residency	Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Fellowship	State University of New York Health Science Center At Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board certification	Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
Board certification	Pain Management, American Board of Pain Medicine

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