Specialty Nephrology Facility Sacramento Medical Center Department of Medicine - Nephrology Address 2025 Morse Avenue Sacramento CA 95825 Map & Directions Telephone Appt/Advice: (916) 973-5230 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 Qualifications

After residency, I worked for one year at Chicano Clinic in San Diego (where I met my wife). I started work here at the Sacramento Kaiser Medical Center January 1, 1986. I also serve as an Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at University of California Davis, which involves clinical teaching of internal medicine residents and students as they rotate through our medical center. Some of my professional interests include hypertension, fluid and electrolyte disorders, and renal physiology. I was Chairman of Nephrology Quality Assurance Committee here for 6 years, and currently serve on the Hypertension Work Group. I'm also involved in teaching and giving talks to fellow physicians on topics in my field including hypertension, electrolyte disorders, and kidney failure.

My Healthcare Practice

As your physician, I place the highest priority on giving you the most competent medical care available. I also try to listen and remember that each patient is an individual. Here at Kaiser we are very experienced in all areas of nephrology including procedures such as hemodialysis, catheter placement, and kidney biopsy.

I chose this field of medicine because I tended to be “left-brain” logic/number oriented and liked mathematics and physiology, which resulted in me gravitating to physiological subspecialties of medicine such as cardiology, pulmonary, and nephrology (kidney).

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My Outside Interests

When I’m not working I enjoy spending time with my son, wife and pets, exercising, and reading. I have been a lifelong athlete – basketball and tennis when younger, competitive distance runner, triathlete and then bicycle racer in my 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s.

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My Credentials

Medical school	Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Residency	United States Public Health Service Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship	Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board certification	Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine

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