I am a head and neck oncologic surgeon and director of California Pacific Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery as a part of Sutter West Bay Medical Group at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, CA.  I was recently recruited to this position away from University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) where I was a full professor and a head and neck oncologic surgeon.  I perform over 350 operations per year.  I conduct clinical reach on quality of life outcomes and other aspects of head and neck surgery, salivary duct surgery, and head and neck radiology.   I addition I taught in the UCSF residency and fellowship training programs and at the UCSF School of Medicine.  I was the fellowship director for the head and neck oncologic surgery fellowship for 7 years. I also directed a year-long research fellowship for medical students for 8 years.  

At CPMC, I am on the Robotic Surgery Executive Committee.  At Sutter I am a part of the Clinical Council on Cancer. 

I earned my medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine in 2005, where I also completed a residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in 2010.  I then completed a fellowship in advanced head and neck oncologic and endocrine surrgyer at UCSF in 2011. 

I have authored over 110 peer-reviewed publications in medical journals and several book chapter. I have been a regular reviewer for such journals as the Laryngoscope, Head & Neck, and JAMA Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery having reviewed 95 journal articles in my career.  I have a continue to serve on several committees for the following national surgical societies: American Head and Neck Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the Triological Society.