Specialty Internal Medicine Facility Oakland Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine Address 280 W. MacArthur Blvd. Oakland CA 94611 Map & Directions

About Me

My Credentials

Medical school	UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Internship	Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Residency	Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Joined Kaiser in: 2003
Committees:
Kaiser Oakland Green Team
Representative to the Quality Assessment and Improvement Committee (2006-2008)
Infection Control Committee
National Waste Minimization Team
Secretary of the Medical Executive Committee
Special clinical interests: Women's Health; Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease; "greening the hospital"; quality of care initiatives
Other languages: French
Outside interests: Hiking, travel, yoga, architecture, environmental issues, international development

I came to medicine after several years of work in international public health. I currently work at the Oakland Medical Center as a "hospitalist." I take care of adult patients who are hospitalized for a variety of reasons, including infections, cancer, strokes, heart attacks and other non-surgical illnesses. I have a special interest in preventing and treating the most common diseases impacting our society - coronary artery disease and diabetes. I also enjoy teaching residents at the Oakland Medical Center, and learning about the latest updates in internal medicine from them and my colleagues.

Originally from New England, I have called California my home for 20 years. In my free time, I love to hike, travel, and volunteer at the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, where I lead tours of land protected under conservation easement. Currently I am a getting a "green" MBA at the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco. I am a member of the Kaiser Oakland Green Team, whose mission is to promote energy efficiency, waste reduction, and a healthy environment for its workers and patients. I am also a member of the Orinda Planning Department Green Building Committee, whose aim is to adopt green building guidelines in our community.

I have two wonderful children, a son in high school and a daughter in college.

Kaiser Permanente sites:

Healthy purchases through Kaiser
Rating hospital quality in California

General Sustainability:

Practice Green Health for health care providers
Greening your office
Residential and commercial green building guidelines
Calculate your carbon footprint
Offset your carbon footprint

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