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Practicing for the whole person

 

I strongly believe that medicine is more than technology, because people are more than machines!  My goal is to care for the whole person, and I aim to foster a relationship with patients based on trust and mutual respect.

 

I have practiced medicine for over 20 years in diverse clinical settings and have held positions with large medical groups in the Bay Area.  I have also contributed to research in therapeutic device development in the field of hypertension.  I publish regularly in peer-reviewed journals and I serve as assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCSF.  I wrote a book that critically examines the theory and practice of "population medicine."

 

I am board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the areas of cardiology and interventional cardiology.  I also hold a certification in bioethics with distinction from the National Catholic Bioethics Center.  

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MY CURRICULUM VITAE is available here.

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My work experience includes:

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• Director, coronary care unit, Kaiser San Francisco

• Director, cardiac catheterization laboratory, Kaiser San Francisco

• Staff physician, San Francisco Heart and Vascular Institute

• Chief Medical Officer, Maya Medical

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My education and training includes: 

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• BS in Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin (High Honors)

• MD, University of Texas Medical School in Houston (AOA Honor Society)

• Chief Medical Resident, University of Texas Medical School in Houston

• Research Fellow, Gladstone Institutes for Cardiovascular Diseases

• General and Interventional Cardiology Fellow, UCSF

• Certification, National Catholic Bioethics Center