Professional Experience

2008 - present, Chair and Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2008, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California at San Diego

2000 - 2008, Clinical Medical Director, San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care

1997 - 2000, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California at San Diego

1997 - 2000, Staff Physician, VA Medical Center, Division of General Internal Medicine


Education and Training

2005 - 2006, Clinical Research through Supplemental Training Program, University of California at San Diego (NIH K30 program)

1994 - 1997, Categorical Residency in Internal Medicine, University of California at San Diego

1994, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, M.D.

1992, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Ph.D., Biochemistry

1978 - 1983, Harvard University, Cambridge, M.A. and B.A., Biochemistry (Magna Cum Laude)


Professional Affiliations

American Medical Association

California Medical Association

American Society of Internal Medicine-American College of Physicians

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

International Association for the Study of Pain

Advisory Committee Member, Population-Based Palliative Care Research Network

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 09/08. 

Honors and Awards


2008, Named first holder of the Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair in Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2008, American Board of Internal Medicine Re-Certification in Internal Medicine

2007, American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Re-Certification

2006, Paper Award, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Nashville, TN

2005, Health Hero, Medical/Health Category, Combined Health Agencies, San Diego, CA

2001 - 2002, Outstanding Clinician Educator, Medicine 401 Clerkship, University of California at San Diego

2000, American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Certification

1997, American Board of Internal Medicine Certified Diplomate in Internal Medicine

1986, Chancellor’s Fellowship for research excellence, University of California at San Francisco

1983, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University

1978 - 1983, John Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University

1979, Detur Prize, Harvard University