Specialty Internal Medicine Facility Oakland Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine Address 3801 Howe Street Fabiola 3B Oakland CA 94611-5667 Map & Directions Telephone Advice (24 hours)/Appts: (510) 752-1130 E-mail your doctor

My Office Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	8:30 am 12:30 pm	1:30 pm 5:00 pm	8:30 am 12:30 pm	8:30 am 3:30 pm	8:30 am 12:30 pm
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

My Credentials

Medical school	UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Residency	Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

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Welcome to my home page! Thank you for selecting Kaiser Permanente as your health care provider.

About me
Hello and welcome to my practice. It helps if my patients know a little about my background. I was born and raised in the Bay Area. I attended college at the University of California, Berkeley (GO BEARS!!) where I received a Bachelors of Art in Bacteriology and a Master's degree in Public Health. I attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. I never left the area and completed my residency program in Internal Medicine at a county hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC). After 3 years, I completed my training and served an additional year as the Chief Medical Resident at SCVMC. I also served a year as a junior staff physician at SCVMC and as a clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine for one year. After 1985, I decided to move back to the North Bay and joined Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland.

I am board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. I am also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. I am a member of the California Medical Association and the Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association. I have served in the capacity of Chief of Staff Education for the Oakland Medical Center since 1993. Since 1992, I have been an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, at the University of California.

During my leisure time, I enjoy spending time with my family, travel, camping, restaurants and golf (with not enough time to practice or play).

Why I joined Kaiser Permanente
After completing my training, I wanted to join a medical center that had a medical resident teaching program. I have always enjoyed teaching and continue to do so today as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. I teach medical students on an annual basis (as some of my patients know all too well…and thank you for allowing them to interview and examine you). Working at Kaiser Permanente allows me to do this without concern for generating income to maintain a practice. I also continue to teach medical residents in their outpatient clinic annually. Teaching medical students and medical residents (recent graduates of medical school) forces you to keep your skills sharp and up to date.

I also believe in pre-paid medical care where the cost of care would not be a barrier to receiving appropriate medical care for my patients. Kaiser Permanente offers access to comprehensive medical care without third-party payers second guessing my medical decision or interfering with the patient-physician relationship. Fortunately, despite all the changes in health care (both negative and positive) physician independence to practice appropriate cost-effective, evidence-based medicine remains the norm in Kaiser Permanente, and is a hallmark of our style of practice that continues to attract many physicians to join our ranks.

Another attraction of Kaiser Permanente is the integrated practice of medicine in which physicians and staff work cooperatively for the health of our members and not in competition, which often happens in the health care system outside of Kaiser Permanente. The ability to have easy access to specialists within the group was certainly an attraction for my decision to join Kaiser Permanente in 1985.

What to expect if you select me to be your physician
If you select me to be your physician, expect our relationship to be a partnership. I believe that the best care a patient receives is the care they provide themselves, with the physician’s assistance and advice. As in any partnership, we may not always agree on a planned course of action, but please feel confident that I will practice appropriate evidence-based medicine. In those areas in which evidence is lacking, we will need to discuss what would be the best course of action on a case-by-case basis. Because of our individuality, I recognize a “one size fits all” strategy may not be appropriate in this situation.

To get the most out of your visit with me:

• Please arrive 20 minutes before your appointment so that you may register and have my medical assistant measure your weight, blood pressure and temperature before I see you.
• Bring in a list of your concerns and prioritize those concerns by what worries you the most. I will try to cover as many of the problems/concerns as time permits.
• Bring in all your medications to every appointment so they may be reviewed regularly.
• Bring in outside records that you may feel are relevant to your visit with me and give them to my medical assistant to give to me so that I may review them before our time together.

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I have a strong belief in Preventive Medicine. This is a guide to some common prevention and screening tests that may be useful to you:

Preventative Health Calendar

To get an estimate of your risk of developing heart disease click here: http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/calculator.asp?usertype=prof

To calculate your body mass index (BMI) click here: http://members.kaiserpermanente.org/kpweb/healthcalc/bmi.do

Disclaimer
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