BA 1989 from Yale University, New Haven CT MD 1993 form Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 1993-2002 Surgical residency and NIH research fellowship, UCSF, San Francisco CA 2003 Laparoscopic surgery fellowship, UCSF, San Francisco CA 2003 - present: Bariatric Surgeon at Kaiser Permanente, Fremont CA OR director, Fremont Chair of Chiefs for Bariatric Surgery, Northern California Kaiser Chair of Chiefs for Bariatric Surgery, National Kaiser