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About Me
I was born and raised in the Bay Area, went away for some of my education, and then returned for my Radiology residency at UCSF. After completing an Interventional Radiology fellowship in Southern California, I began my lifelong practice at Kaiser Oakland in 1987. Other than when I asked my wife to marry me back in 1977, this decision may be the best I’ve ever made. I say this because I believe Kaiser Permanente increasingly has become a model program for how to provide excellent health care. In January of 2007 I stepped down after 9 years as Chief of Radiology and have returned to a full-time clinical practice.
My clinical practice is Interventional Radiology, a specialty emphasizing minimally invasive procedures as an alternative to traditional open surgery, using radiologic guidance (angioplasty, stents and embolization are examples).
  
I live in Lafayette with my wife Melinda. We are the proud parents of three daughters. The elder two have graduated from college and the third is at school at UCSB. In my spare time, I enjoy bicycling, golfing, scuba diving and wine and viticulture (my family owns a Zinfandel vineyard). I am a devoted California Golden Bear fan and love to attend football and basketball games at my alma mater.
  
My Credentials
| Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA |
| Mount Zion Medical Center of The University of California, San Francisco, CA |
| UC San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA |
| UC San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA |
| UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA |
| Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology |
| Vascular & Interventional Radiology, American Board of Radiology |
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