Specialty Emergency Medicine Facility Sacramento Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine Address 2025 Morse Avenue Sacramento CA 95825 Map & Directions Telephone (916) 973-6600 E-mail your doctor

My Qualifications

I joined Kaiser Permanente in 1986. I am an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California Davis School of Medicine.

My Credentials

Medical school	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Internship	Valley Medical Center, Fresno, CA
Residency	Valley Medical Center, Fresno, CA
Board certification	Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

My Healthcare Practice

Some of my professional interests include emergency department triage, nurse and doctor continuing education, mountain medicine, and urban search and rescue. In addition to my usual duties in the emergency department, I also keep busy supervising UC Davis emergency medicine residents, and acting as a medical manager for Sacramento's Task Force 7 Urban Search and Rescue Team.

An observation for all my potential patients: many emergency department visits are not for true accidents, but rather are the consequences of poor health habits. Staying fit and trim, wearing seat belts, and avoiding cigarettes helps prevent the need for people to come see me!

My Outside Interests

When I’m not working I enjoy spending time with my wife and three children as well as being outdoors climbing, hiking, rafting, and gardening.

Be sure to visit the New Kaiser Permanente Website for additional information regarding appointments, prescriptions, health education classes and other health-related topics. You can also click on my department link above to receive additional health information.

To choose your own personal physician, click here.

Checklist for New Members

About Your Office Visit

Prevention Information on Your Registration Slip

Disclaimer
If you think you have a MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY or go to the nearest hospital. DO NOT attempt to access emergency care through this web site. An emergency medical condition is a medical or psychiatric condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that you could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in any of the following: serious jeopardy to your health, serious impairment to your bodily functions, or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. An emergency medical condition is also "active labor," which means a labor when there is inadequate time for safe transfer to a Plan hospital (or designated hospital) before delivery or if a transfer poses a threat to the health of the member or unborn child.

This site may contain links to other web sites outside of www.permanente.net. Kaiser Permanente has no control over the content or the availability of these sites, and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. Web links are provided as an educational tool, and should not be relied upon for personal diagnosis or treatment. A link or reference to a web site should not be construed as an endorsement of the site or its contents. Any medical content that you feel may be important to your health should always be discussed with your Kaiser Permanente physician.