Education
1997 – 2001 Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara CA Internal Medicine Resident
1993 – 1997 New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY M.D.
1985 – 1990 University of Calif. at Davis Davis, CA B.S., Genetics
Academic Awards and Honors
Residency: Independent Flexible Sigmoidoscopist Accreditation
Medical School: Clinical Honors in Medicine and Neurology
Activities
Residency Andrew P. Hill High School medical Clinic, San Jose, CA
Julian Street Homeless Shelter Walk-in clinic, San Jose, CA
Skilled Nursing Facility/ Geriatrics Elective
Medical School Med-SHOP (Medicine Student Homeless Outreach Program)
Geriatrics Elective
Employment
2002 – Current HealthNOW Medical Center, Sunnyvale, CA. Medical
Director. Oversees all aspects of patient care. Evaluates all clients/patients. Primary care physician for patients. Blood draws, vitamin and trigger point injections as needed.
1989 – 1993 Veterans Administration/Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Dept. of Gastroenterology. Laboratory Manager/Senior Biological Laboratory Technician. Characterized Colonic Cytoskeleton Keratins 8 and 18.
1989 University of Calif. At Davis, Davis, CA. Genetics Intern.
Performed Restriction Enzyme Map Analysis of yeast.
1982 – 1989 Biosis, Palo Alto, CA (summers) Laboratory Technician.
Researched Steinermatid Nematodes as a Biological Pesticide/Insecticide.
Volunteer
2002 Rock Medicine, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics
Staff Physician
Licenses and Memberships
  • Certificate of Completion, Internal medicine Residency
  • California Licensed Physician
  • DEA Licensed
  • American College of Physicians
  • International Dyslexia Association
  • Association of higher Education and Disability
Publications

METHOD OF CELL HANDLING AFFECTS LEAKINESS OF CELL SURFACE LABELING AND DETECTION OF INTRACELLULAR KERATINS.
C Riopel, I.Butt, B. Omary. Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton 26:77 – 87. (1993).PKCe-RALATED KINASE ASSOCIATES WITH AND PHOSPHORYLATES CYTOKERATIN 8 AND 18. B. Omary, G. Bacter, C.F. Chou, C. Riopel, W. Lin, B. Strulovici. J Cell Biolog. 117(3): 583 – 593. (1992).

A SIGNIFICANT SOLUBLE KERATIN FRACTION IN “SIMPLE” EPITHELIAL CELLS.
C.f. Chou, C. Riopel, L. Rott, B. Omary. J Cell Science. 105 (pt2): 433-444. (1993).