About Me

Welcome. I'm hoping this brief introduction will help you get to know me a little bit better if I have the privilege of caring for you or a loved one. I have spent the majority of my life with Kaiser Permanente, first as a child member, and now as a full-time practicing physician.

 

Biography

 

I enjoy serving both our members and also our surrounding communities. For over a decade, I've enjoyed being a volunteer physician for my county's medical reserve corps disaster response team. Activities have ranged from helping run first aid tents for a variety of community events, to helping my neighbors and community during major wildfires, by providing medical support to Red Cross evacuation centers.

 

About my practice

 

I originally practiced as an internal medicine hospitalist, taking care of hospitalized members at the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center from 2002 until early 2010. Since early 2010, I have been practicing at Kaiser Permanente's Riverside and Moreno Valley Medical Centers, where I specialize in hospital-based palliative medicine, a field that includes caring for members who have serious symptoms such as difficult-to-control cancer pain, helping members and their loved ones face difficult decisions from serious, potentially life-limiting illnesses, and working with other members of the health care team to help provide high-quality care.

 

How I thrive

 

I practice the Kaiser Permanente philosophy of thriving by following these simple guidelines: eating healthy foods for the majority of my meals with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and small amounts of mixed nuts, drinking plenty of water (avoidance of most fruit juices, sugary sodas, and alcohol), exercising (walking or jogging outside, to also get fresh air, at least one to two miles a day), and getting plenty of early morning and late evening sunshine. I also regularly pray and meditate, spend time with my family and friends, and stay active in my faith community.