Facility Antioch Medical Center Department of Orthopedics Address Sand Creek Medical Offices 4501 Sand Creek Road 1st Floor Antioch CA 94531 Telephone Appt/Advice: (925) 813-3450 Cancellation: (925) 813-3450 E-mail your doctor

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	Closed
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

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After being born in Oakland, I moved to Pittsburg while very young and did all of my K-12 schooling there. After finishing high school, I attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where I finished my undergraduate studies and then moved back up to northern California to attend Touro University - Mare Island for my graduate degrees. My clinical rotations while at Touro took me down to Bakersfield and Kern Medical Center where I learned trauma orthopedics first hand. I was able to see the sports medicine side of orthopedics back at Kaiser Permanente in Vallejo during an elective rotation and it was then that I decided that Kaiser Permanente was a great fit for me.

I came onboard in Orthopedics at Kaiser Permanente in August of 2007, and I work primarily out of our new Antioch Medical Center. I have a particular interest in sports medicine and trauma orthopedics, which we see a lot of in the very active east Contra Costa County. Kaiser Permanente Orthopedics subscribes to many of the same philosophies that I do such as in patient education, preventive medicine, and involving the patient and clinician to make decisions together regarding treatment regimes.

On a personal note, I am very active outside of Kaiser Permanente in softball, golf and winter sports. I am currently also serving in the Army as a 1st lieutenant. I come from a large family which is deeply rooted in public service both in medicine and law enforcement in the East County. I am married to a wonderful woman who is also in the medical profession, working in the field of Emergency Medicine. We enjoy trips up to our family cabins in the mountains, professional sporting events, and have recently enjoyed traveling through the western Caribbean, Central America and Italy.

My Education and Credentials

Undergraduate Education	BS, Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
Graduate Education	MS, Public Health, Touro University - Mare Island
Professional Experience	Masters Physician Assistant Studies, Touro University - Mare Island
Professional Memberships	California Academy Physician Assistants & American Academy Physician Assistants

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