About Me

I am so thankful to be able to pursue my values everyday as a dermatologist at Kaiser, and I thank you for entrusting your family’s care to us. I work with some of the most brilliant and kind colleagues and am so proud to be part of this organization.

My childhood was spent in the east bay and I was a Kaiser Permanente kid, complete with a candy striping experience! I remember the animal mural on the old pediatrics floor well and am sure that some of those early experiences with my pediatrician pushed me along my path to medicine. After attending UC Berkeley for my undergraduate studies where I majored in biology and education, I taught science at a public high school in San Francisco. My years in education strengthened the commonalities in education and medicine for me: contributing to my community’s enrichment and health, advocacy through education, and connecting with others everyday.

After attending medical school and completing residency at UCSF, I joined the faculty at the Weill Cornell Medical College at New York Presbyterian, where in addition to seeing patients, I taught residents and medical students and did research in patient access to dermatologic care and dermatologists’ prescribing practices before returning to the Bay Area in 2017. I also tried my hand at advocacy work, sitting on the Healthcare Finance Committee of the American Academy of Dermatology and lobbying Congress on behalf of the Academy.

My interests within dermatology include complex medical dermatology and procedural dermatology. Here at Kaiser I have the privilege of serving as our department’s Assistant Chief and leading our Cosmetic Services department. Outside of work I enjoy gardening, yoga, my amateur guitar skills, and exploring the world with my two daughters.

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology

Medical Education

UC San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Residency

UC San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Board Certification

Dermatology, American Board of Dermatology

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