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My Office Hours

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	8:00 am 5:00 pm	10:00 am 6:00 pm	9:30 am 6:30 pm	8:00 am 4:30 pm	9:30 am 5:00 pm
Closed during lunch, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

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My Biography

Thank you for visiting my home page and learning more about the services we have to offer in the Department of Psychiatry. Currently, I am the Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, and the Assistant Director for Outpatient and Regional Mental Health Services for Kaiser Permanente Northern California. As a clinician, I concentrate my practice in general psychiatry, addiction medicine, and the treatment of personality disorders through our Intensive Outpatient Program.

Additionally, I serve as Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the UCSF Medical School, where I teach a course in interviewing patients to first- and second-year medical students. I also supervise psychiatric residents in the practice and theory of psychotherapy.

In addition to my clinical, teaching and administrative responsibilities, I am active in my community. I serve as an officer on the Board for the Mental Health Association of San Francisco, and am active on hoarding and cluttering issues through that organization. I am also involved in the Physician Ambassador program through Kaiser Permanente and I present to corporate groups on stress management and other mental health wellness topics.

Above all, I enjoy working with and learning from each of my patients. My most important education has been from the individuals who have taught me about themselves and what it is like to suffer from mental illness. As a clinician, I believe that working alongside one another in times of both health and in crisis is the best way to achieve mental health.

In my free time, I enjoy travel, hiking, opera and playing classical piano. I am also a fiction writer and continue to work on completing my first novel.

Undergraduate Education: Artium Baccalaureus, Dartmouth College
Professional Affiliations: American and California Societies of Addiction Medicine
Board Certification: A81605
Began Practice: 2000
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 2003

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My Credentials

Medical school	University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
Internship	Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Residency	Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Board certification	Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

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