Medical Director, Complex Care Program; Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship Program; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program | Clinical Professor
Pulmonology
“I try to promote health as opposed to treating illness.”
I take a holistic approach to care. I believe that you can dramatically improve underlying conditions and decrease symptoms by doing more than just prescribing medication. I always look at lifestyle, nutrition, diet, exercise and other factors in order to treat a child's pulmonary condition.
I try to promote health as opposed to treating illness. Since I trained in integrative medicine (conventional and nonconventional therapies), other physicians often send families to me who prefer that their child not be put on chronic medication. While I do prescribe medications, I like to first focus on a child's overall health. My goal is to use the fewest amount of medications with the fewest amount side effects.
Asthma is a great example of a childhood disorder where if you improve nutrition and exercise, ensure adequate sleep, and control certain environmental factors where the child lives, you often can make a dramatic difference without medication. I'm here to work together with families to improve not only their child's pulmonary problem but their feeling of well-being, as well.
770 Welch Road, Ste 380
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone : (844) 724-4140
Fax : (650) 721-2884
1900 Garden Road, Suite 130
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone : (831) 440-3330
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824 Bay Avenue, Suite 70
Capitola, CA 95010
Phone : (831) 457-2361
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Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Childhood Asthma
Chronic Cough
Chronic Lung Disease in Infancy
Chronic Ventilator Management
Ciliary Dyskinesias
Congenital Lung Disease
Cystic Fibrosis
Interstitial Lung Disease
Laryngomalacia
Laryngomalacia Tracheomalacia
Laryngomalacia Tracheomalacia
Neuromuscular Disease
Pneumonia
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Sleep Medicine
Tracheomalacia
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, 05/31/1978
Children's Mercy Hospital Pediatric Residency Program, Kansas City, MO, 06/30/1981
University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 06/30/2001
University of Rochester Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship, Rochester, NY, 06/30/1984
Children's Mercy Hospital Pediatric Residency Program, Kansas City, MO, 06/30/1979
Pediatric Pulmonology, American Board of Pediatrics, 1992
Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 1982
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