Clinical: I care for Veterans as Co-Director of the Intensive Care Unit and attending physician at the San Francisco VAMC. I see outpatients in our general pulmonary clinic and the pulmonary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinic, which is part of the SFVAMC Multidisciplinary ALS Team. I also help lead the pulmonary embolism response team and the thoracentesis service at the SFVAMC. In addition to patient care, I am actively involved in ICU quality improvement, clinical education and research.

Education: I have a passion for undergraduate and graduate medical education at UCSF. I serve as Program Director for the UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program, and I'm actively involved in projects focused on curriculum, assessment, fellow well being, and improving diversity, equity and inclusion. In the School of Medicine, I am a medical student coach for the UCSF Bridges Curriculum, and course director for the VA Critical Care Medicine student elective. I co-direct the ICU rotation for medicine, anesthesia, surgery, neurology and emergency medicine residents at the SFVA.
My specific interests include program/curriculum development and implementation, student and trainee well being, teaching quality improvement and patient safety, and teaching critical care concepts, including mechanical ventilation and point of care ultrasound.

Research: My education research interests include patient/family communication, teaching quality improvement at the GME level, and improving trainee well being.