Specialty Hospital Medicine Pediatrics Facility Oakland Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Address Main Hospital Building 4th floor 280 W. MacArthur Blvd. Oakland CA 94611 Map & Directions Telephone Non-urgent voicemails: (510) 752-9489 Fax: (510) 752-9488

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My Credentials

Medical school	UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA
Residency	Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA
Board certification	Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

About Me

I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. I received my BS in Physics from Santa Clara University in 1989, and my MD from UC Davis School of Medicine in 1993. I completed my residency training here at Kaiser Oakland in 1996, and spent an extra year as Chief Resident.

I chose to remain at Kaiser Permanente as a Neonatal hospital-based physician. Working with our tiniest patients (and newest members!) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is challenging and rewarding. It's a privilege to be able to participate in so many families’ deliveries and celebrations, and to be able to provide cutting-edge support for critical infants when things didn’t go according to plan. It's very stressful for families when a newborn is ill and can’t come home with mom, but we strive to get the whole family through the healing process, and meeting that goal. I’m proud to be part of our close-knit interdisciplinary team in the NICU, as we’re able to provide seamless top-quality care, day and night -- you’ll most often find me at night.

In addition to the care of newborns, I’ve remained active in our residency training program as Assistant Program Director. Having a residency program keeps us all up to date and on our toes, and provides the opportunity to train top-notch and compassionate pediatricians. In addition to our own residency program, we are a training hospital for University of California San Francisco and Children’s Hospital Oakland. I have included a link above to our residency program.

My outside interests include movie-making, anything computers, gardening (mostly trying not to kill off my plants), and travel (roadtrip!). As with many of my fellow Americans, I’m also a recovering reality-TV and Tivo addict.

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