I joined Kaiser Permanente in 1990 and have practiced primary care internal medicine since that time. I grew up primarily in Southern California, then attended the University of Oregon as an undergraduate, followed by medical school at the University of Minnesota. I did my residency training at Oregon Health Sciences University. Prior to working at Kaiser Permanente I had a private practice here in Portland with two other physicians for seven years, but I was attracted to Kaiser Permanente because of the ability to practice the kind of medicine I believed in, without the hassles of managing a business myself. I have had a wonderful variety of experiences working with Kaiser Permanente including working with medical residents and students from Oregon Health Sciences University, serving as a committee lead for several years overseeing Cardiovascular disease prevention strategies, and serving as the medical director for the Kaiser Permanente Westside clinics since 2007. My wife and I married in 1979, right before I started my internship and we have two adult daughters, one here in Portland and one living with her husband in San Francisco.