Undergrad: College of Creative Studies, BA Literature, University of California,
Santa Barbara
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Residency: Emergency Medicine, UCLA/Harbor General Hospital, Torrance CA
Visalia area highlight: Living at the foot of the Thirteens, highest series of North American mountain
peaks outside Alaska
Kaweah ED highlight: Being part of the core faculty committed to Kaweah's transition from great
regional hospital to an important teaching hospital
Little known fact: Published fiction as William Wesley - see the novel 'Ghost Dancing, an
EMTALA Tale'
Proudest personal moment: [Would be personal]
Proudest professional moment: Three-way tie between: founding our specialty's national platform for federal
regulatory policy, the EM Action Fund; winning Master Clinician Award
from CEP America; being re-elected to CEP America board in 2013 without
opposition.
Special interest (s): Reading, writing, hiking, cycling, gardening, remodeling homes
If you knew me you’d know: How important my sense of humor is to me
Favorite Visalia activity: Heading up to Sequoia National Park
Why live in Visalia: Because of what good neighbors our fellow Visalians are
If I couldn’t be a physician, I’d: Be a starving artist
EM Residents: Are not just the future of our own specialty, but future leaders in our
evolving health care system
