LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: Diplomate, American Board Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation Diplomate, American Board Anaesthesiology, Pain Management Subspecialty PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Physician Partner, Mt. Tam Orthopedics, Greenbrae Calif., March 1999 - present Spine care, Pain Management, Neurodiagnosis Surgical Skills Instructor/Quality Assurance Supervisor, 2002 - present Kaiser Permanent, Richmond Campus, May '02 Pleasanton Surgery Center, Sept. '03, (Sponsored by Radionics/Arthrocare/Smith&Nephew Interventional Pain Management Medical Devices) Associate Physician, Kaiser Permanente, Richmond Campus, 1997-1999 Director, Division of Spine Medicine. Urgent Care/Occupational Medicine Physician Advantage Care Health Care Network, Los Angeles CA. 1994-1997 Artificial Intelligence Software Engineer Dept of Risk Management, Kaiser of Walnut Creek, CA 1987 EDUCATION: UCLA Multicampus PM&R Residency Program; 1993-1997 UCLA Dept. of Neuroscience Master's Program 1995-1997 Thesis: Calcium Chelators in Brain Resuscitation Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, 1992-1993 Internship, Department of Internal Medicine Albany Medical College Albany, NY. Medical Doctorate, May 1992 Albany NY 12208 University of California, Berkeley: B.A. Applied Mathematics/Computer Science, 1985 Berkeley CA 94720 SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING: International Spinal Injection Society: Discography. Memphis TN, Oct., 2003 Director: Charles Aprill, MD, Program Director International Spinal Injection Society: Radiofrequency Lesioning. Memphis TN, Oct., 2002 Director: Way Yin, MD, Program Director Arthrocare Spinewand Nucleoplasty Training Seminar. San Diego, Sept. 2002 Director: Samuel Maywood, MD Clinical Education Services: Radiofrequency Lesioning/Interdiscal Therapies, Chicago, Nov. 2001 Director: Bhupinder Saini, MD International Spinal Injection Society: Advanced Cervical Injections. New Orleans, Oct., 2000 Director: Charles Aprill, MD, Program Director World Institute of Pain- Advanced Pain Management Techniques, Hungary, Sept., 1999 Director: Gabor Racz, MD IDET/Lumbar Disc Puncture Workshop, Stanford University, March/July 1999. Director: Joel Saal, MD Dept. Anaesthesiology, West Los Angeles VAMC, 1995-1997 Director: Kevin Win, MD Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, 1993-1997 Director: Jacqueline Perry, MD 10th Int.'l Clinical Neurophysiology/EMG Symposium, Oct. 1995 Director: Jun Kimura, MD Stanford University Musculoskeletal Pain Update, Mar. 1995 Director: Elaine Date, MD RESEARCH: 1994 - 1997: UCLA Dept. of Neuroscience/Physiological Science, Neurophysiology: Conducting Master's/PhD. level, basic science study on brain resuscitation in ischemia and anoxia. 1991: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, Bioengineering: Examined principles of prosthetic design. 1990, 1991: Radiation Oncology Center, Walnut Creek, CA. Epidemiology: Retrospective case analysis on 208 prostate cancer patients. PUBLICATIONS "POEMS Syndrome: Electrophysiologic and Neuropathologic Correlates" , presented at the 43rd American Association of EMG Symposium.Oct., 1996, Minneapolis, MN. "Phreno-Musculocutaneous Synkinesis" , presented at the 10th International Congress of Electromyography October 1995, Kyoto Japan. "Hypometabolism of the Caudate in Post Stroke Depression," presented at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Congress, March, 1995, Scottsdale Arizona. "Fuzzy Sets and Their Application to Rheumatologic Diagnosis," Student Paper Competition, 15th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, sponsored by the NLM/NIH. Washington, DC, Nov., 1991 "Methods for Modelling Soft Tissue Histeresis," Rensselaer Polytechnic, NY., 1992 "Acute Onset Dementia in a Bipolar Patient," presented at Albany Medical College Psychiatry Annual Retrospective in 1991. COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE: 1997: Public Health: "Wellness at the Workplace," "Reducing Job Injuries", Richmond Chamber of Commerce 1995-present: Sculptor/Art Auction-Fund Raiser Donator. Taylor Foundation for Pediatric HIV, Lafayette CA 1986-1987: English Teacher, Xi'an Foreign Language Institute, Xi'an, China 1980-present: Youth Soccer Coach, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, CA. Lafayette Moraga Soccer Club, Lafayette, CA, Bethlehem Youth Soccer Club, Bethlehem, NY. Real Madrid Soccer Club, Los Angeles CA 1983-1985: Summer Camp Director/Administrative Board Member, Lafayette Moraga Soccer Club, Lafayette, CA 1985-1988: Coaching Instructor, Calif. Youth Soccer Assoc., Northern California Region 1979-1982: Junior Olympic Soccer Player, U.S. Junior Olympic Team, USA HONORS: 1996: Best Research in Progress, UCLA PM&R Program 1991: Reader's Digest Int.'l- Medical Assistance Program 1985: US Olympic Committee National Coaching Award SPECIAL SKILLS: Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese proficiency. Computer Engineering
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