Clinical Associate Professor
Pediatric Nephrology
鈥淭he art of medicine is taking care of people and truly listening to them.鈥
Medicine is two things to me: It鈥檚 a science, which can be taught, and an art, which is very hard to teach. The art of medicine is taking care of people and truly listening to them.
What I really love most about my job is working with patients and their families. Even though there are many times where I can鈥檛 change the situation or take the disease away, I want families to know that I鈥檒l always be there to walk them through tough situations and to support them. Knowing that someone truly cares about your child makes all the difference.
I feel so blessed that I get to make such a positive difference in a young person鈥檚 life. One of my patients who had a kidney transplant just graduated from eighth grade. I went to her graduation ceremony, and she thanked me for always being there for her and supporting her. Knowing that I鈥檓 able to help in that way is truly rewarding. It doesn鈥檛 get much better than that.
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Kidney Transplant
Pulmonary Hypertension
Wilms Tumor
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, 06/01/2002
Children's Hospital of Oakland, Oakland, CA, 06/30/2005
Stanford University Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, Stanford, CA, 06/30/2009
Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2005
Pediatric Nephrology, American Board of Pediatrics, 2016
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