Specialty Internal Medicine Facility Oakland Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine Address Fabiola Building 3801 Howe St 4th Floor, Medicine Station 4A Oakland CA 94611 Map & Directions Telephone Advice (24 hours)/Appts: (510) 752-1190 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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Calculate your body mass index (BMI)

High Blood Pressure? Here's What You Can Do

CLASSES
We offer approximately 2,500 health classes! So take this opportunity to try yoga, learn about asthma, or find out about overcoming depression. Or look for new ways to deal with familiar challenges, such as smoking cessation and weight management. Many classes are open to the general public as well as our members.

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• Please arrive at my office about 20 minutes before the appointment time. This will allow you time for filling out the Prevention Information on Your Registration Slip, and my office staff to get the weight, blood pressure and such information.

• Please feel free to bring copies of any important outside records that might be helpful.

• Please bring a list of your current medications and their doses or the actual pill bottles themselves.

About Me

Professional information:
My tenure with The Permanente Medical Group
I have been at Kaiser Permanente Oakland for over 20 years. My residency training was done here. I joined the Kaiser Permanente staff officially in 1988, continuing hospital work and taking on a practice as a personal physician to many patients.

More recently, with the advent of hospital-based specialists, I have focused on outpatient medicine (office practice). In addition, I now serve in the following roles:

• Elected Representative from Oakland on the Board of Directors of The Permanente Medical Group
• Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF (I teach residents and medical students)
• Past Chair and current member, Physician Health & Wellness Committee, Oakland
• Longtime member, Oakland Medical Center Ethics Committee

Practice Philosophy
The practice of medicine today is both challenging and rewarding. While it is sometimes “high-tech”, the best medicine relies fundamentally on prevention and self-care, and on communication and collaboration between patient and doctor. I chose the specialty of Internal Medicine because I believe strongly in the importance of Primary Care. As a primary care physician, I can handle most things, but when I can’t, I try to help guide people through the system. Luckily, at Kaiser Permanente, I have a great group of colleagues in a system that is comprehensive and well-integrated.

Personal information:
Education and training
Born in Vermont, from age four I spent the rest of my childhood in Brookline, Massachusetts, the birthplace of John F. Kennedy and where my parents and my brother still reside. College was at Yale University, then on to medical school at Case Western Reserve University. A number of medical school electives were taken at Yale and UCSF.

Outside interests

• Family. Married 23 years to Brenda. One son, Jonah, age 20.
• Literature, film, travel and music (I play the piano and for many years have sung with the Pacific Mozart Ensemble, based in Berkeley.).
• Languages spoken (not fluently, but I can get by!): Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew.

My Credentials

Medical school	Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Residency	Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Oakland, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

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