Specialty Internal 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 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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About Me

I am originally from Michigan's upper peninsula, which makes me a "yooper" (from the "U.P."). I came to California to follow my husband's career in biotechnology and had a private practice on "Pill Hill" for 10 years before joining TPMG. I came to TPMG in 2002 to escape increasing difficulties with administrative and financial burdens of private practice.

My goal is to provide quality, personal, socially responsible medicine to people who desire the same. I have been very pleased with my experience at Kaiser and its integrative system of healthcare delivery and have enjoyed the supportive relationship with my colleagues. I am in my primary care internal medicine office 3-and-a-half days per week. I also work half days in the gastroenterology department doing screening sigmoidoscopies, and recently have joined the staff in the chronic pain clinic.

I have special interests in women's medicine, and by my own family circumstances, people with autism and disabilities. Through working with my teenage son with autism, I know a little American Sign language/fingerspelling. In my limited spare time, I study middle eastern dance, and I like to do faux finishes and interior decorating.

My Credentials

Medical school	University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Residency	University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

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