"I practice medicine for the whole person and
I love what I do"
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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
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Director, cardiac catheterization laboratory, Kaiser San Francisco
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Staff physician, San Francisco Heart and Vascular Institute
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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)
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MD, University of Texas Medical School in Houston (AOA Honor Society)
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Chief Medical Resident, University of Texas Medical School in Houston
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Research Fellow, Gladstone Institutes for Cardiovascular Diseases
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General and Interventional Cardiology Fellow, UCSF
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Certification, National Catholic Bioethics Center