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About Me
My specialty is diagnostic radiology, which I was randomly assigned to as an elective in medical school. Much to my surprise, I loved it! I completed my radiology residency at University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), where I went to medical school. I finished my residency with specialty training in ultrasound at UCSF and CT (computed tomography, a specialized two-dimensional form of X-ray) at San Francisco General. I am forever grateful for the excellent training I received at those institutions.
I have worked at Kaiser Oakland since 1989 (and later at Kaiser Richmond when the two radiology departments merged). I love the cooperative, collegial atmosphere among the physicians here. I love that as a physician I can concentrate on what I am trained to do and can leave the business aspect of medicine to someone else. I love that we physicians can do our utmost to care for our patients without worrying about how it affects our income, or our patients' financial status. I feel lucky to be a member of a superb radiology department in a bustling, academically oriented medical center.
I was raised in San Bernardino, California and spent much of my childhood playing outdoors with my siblings and reading. I swam for the school team, played the flute, and imagined a career as a musician. My father was a very busy general surgeon who loved his job and his patients. He often told fascinating, poignant, or funny stories about work at the dinner table, then rushed back to the hospital. He always wanted us to become doctors. By the time I entered college, I realized that my musical talents would not make much of a career. Though I had no definite plans, I knew one thing: I did not want to become a doctor and spend my entire life in the hospital. I went to Stanford and loved all my classes, but found myself particularly drawn to the biological sciences. I spent a wonderful quarter at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove (Monterey) where I studied marine biology and came to the realization that laboratory science was just a little too lonely for me. When I was 18 years old, I knew I would never want to be a doctor. Today, I can't imagine a more fulfilling career than medicine. I did end up married to a musician, so all those years of studying flute were not a complete waste! I have two sons in elementary school who keep me playing outdoors and reading.
My Credentials
| UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA |
| UC San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA |
| Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology |
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