Specialty Family Medicine Facility Oakland Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine Address Main Hospital Building 280 W. MacArthur Blvd. Oakland CA 94611 Fabiola Building 3801 Howe St. Oakland CA 94611 MB Building 235 W. MacArthur Blvd. Oakland CA 94611 Map & Directions Telephone Appt/Advice: 510-752-1190 Advice (24 hours)/Appts: (510) 752-1190 Cancellation: 510-752-1190 Advice (24 hours)/Messages: 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

My Credentials

Medical school	UC Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
Internship	Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Residency	Family Health Center, San Jose, CA

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About Me

I graduated from UC Berkeley and got my MD from UC Irvine. Then I did a rotating internship at Highland General Hospital in Oakland. The next two years, I was the Medical Director of the Hayward Community Health Center before going back and finishing my training, completing a Family Practice Residency at San Jose Hospital. From there, I came directly here to Oakland Kaiser in 1980, fully expecting to spend a year here before going into private practice. It didn’t take me long to realize that this was the way I wanted to practice my whole career, and I have been here ever since. I found the quality of care rivals if not exceeds that of any university training center including UCSF and Stanford, and the camaraderie and expertise makes me proud to be a part of the professional staff.

My particular area of interest and expertise is joint injections, having trained many of our current staff and medical residents in the various injection techniques. I still enjoy sharing some of the experience I have picked up over the years with the Medicine residents who do outpatient rotations in my clinic.

My personal interests include cooking, particularly baking, and puttering around in the garden. Now that the kids have left home, I hope to have some time for home remodeling, woodworking and more book reading.

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