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About Me

I was born in San Francisco (in the original Kaiser Permanente Hospital on Geary!) and raised in Millbrae. After spending 2 years of high school with my family in Liberia, I finished school in Millbrae and then moved to Boston and received my B.A. from Wellesley College. I returned to U.C. Davis for medical school and completed my Internal Medicine Residency at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco. My husband and I then spent a fascinating year in Papua, New Guinea running a small bush hospital. Upon returning to the Bay Area, we visited Sonoma County on one of those glorious spring days with emerald hills and a hint of ocean breeze and never looked back.

I have practiced internal medicine here at Kaiser Santa Rosa since 1988. I am lucky to work with wonderful colleagues and staff who I know I can depend on to provide excellent medical care to my patients. I believe that Kaiser Permanente provides the best, most comprehensive medical care available and I feel privileged to work here. Working at Kaiser Permanente gives me the benefits of prompt access to specialty consults, up to date technology, ongoing medical education and a broad spectrum of support programs.

I believe communication is the key to health care. This includes communication with patients and families, specialists, primary care physicians, nurses and ancillary staff. The hospital experience is often frightening and confusing for patients and loved ones. My job is to coordinate and direct the care of hospitalized patients and to help patients understand and make decisions about their care.

Hospital-based medicine is a relatively new specialty involving the care of acutely ill patients in the hospital. Although the specialty is new, the job is exactly what I trained for as a resident in Internal Medicine and I feel as though I have rediscovered my place in medicine. I had a busy internal medicine practice for 15 years here at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa and while I still miss my patients from the clinic, being a hospitalist is my true calling.

My particular areas of interest are end of life and palliative care issues and cardiac disease.

My Credentials

Medical school	UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA
Internship	Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Residency	Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

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