Specialty Psychiatry: Child/Adolescent Facility Santa Clara Medical Center Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Address 19000 East Homestead Road Building 2 1st Floor Cupertino CA 95014 Map & Directions Telephone Appointments/General (408) 366-4450 Cancellation: (408) 366-4488 Nursing Advice/Medication Questions (408) 366-4459 Available during regular office hours Non-urgent voicemails: (408) 366-4497 E-mail your doctor

Department Hours

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Closed	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	8:30 am 5:30 pm	Closed

I attended medical school in my home state at the University of Missouri-Columbia, graduating in 1987. I then completed a residency in adult psychiatry as well as a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Southern California. After completion of my fellowship in 1992, my husband and I moved to San Antonio, Texas.

We spent five years in San Antonio where I divided my time between managing an inpatient psychiatry unit at the Veterans Hospital and caring for children on an outpatient basis at the University of Texas Health Science Center, where I held the position of Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. During my last year there I was the Director of the Day Hospital Program for the South Texas Health Care System, Audie Murphy Division.

I joined the Permanente Medical Group in December 1997 and became Chief of this Division in January 1999. Since that time I have also held the position of Clinical Assistant Professor through Stanford University’s Department of Psychiatry.

I very much enjoy the work I do here at Kaiser Permanente and the patients who seek care at our clinic. I am also fortunate to work with a wonderful and very highly trained staff whose level of expertise in this field allow incredible work to be done with the patients seen at this clinic. I also look forward to working with you and/or your child as we build a team that will create the best possible outcome for all concerned.

How to reach me:

Feel free to call me for any routine concerns, questions and updates about your child's care. If you have a medical or psychiatric emergency, please call 911 or go to the nearest hospital if you can safely transport your child.

The best way to reach me for non-urgent issues is to leave a message on my confidential voice mail at (408) 366-4497. Please leave your name, medical record number, the purpose of your call and the best way to reach you. I access and answer these messages each day. I return calls as soon as I possibly can. Our nurses act as an invaluable part of our treatment team. Along with our psychotherapists, they are on hand to assist in answering questions and addressing important treatment issues, especially regarding medications. Our nurses can be reached at (408) 366-4459 during times I am not available.

During office hours, an on-call psychotherapist is also available to assist you with acute non-medication concerns.

After hours, you can still call the psychiatry clinic. You will be able to be put through to the Psychiatry After Hours Call Center. They have well trained staff that can be helpful in addressing your concerns and can contact the on-call psychiatrist or psychotherapist as needed.

I encourage you to use the zero refill system. It is an efficient way of ensuring that you get your child's medications in a timely manner.

Secure messaging / E-mail is not yet available in psychiatry. Our organization is taking steps to create a secure system in order to safeguard physician-patient confidentiality before this service is offered.We in psychiatry look forward to providing secure messaging in the future.

However, you can currently access many of the results of laboratory studies you may have had taken recently. To do so, go to KP.org, select the Northern California region, and choose the "Your Health Record" tab. You will then need to sign in with your user i.d. and password. On the first visit to the site, you will need to register in order to access your confidential information.

We at Kaiser hope that our increasing use of the internet helps you to engage more in partnership with your providers. We know that this will only enhance our ability to provide you the care you seek and allow you to THRIVE.

My Credentials

Medical school	University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
Internship	University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Residency	University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship	University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Board certification	Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Board certification	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

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