My small town sat at the base of a 55 milelong lake which reached 25 miles into Washington state's remote north Cascade National Park. There I enjoyed summers water-skiing, boating and hiking. In winter, I snow skied for 75 cents a day.

Breaking away form small town life I entered Western Washington State College, then transferred to University of Washington where I earned a BA in Anthropology. Fascinated by the study of other cultures but aware of the limited career opprtunities, I began volunteering as a health care worker after six months studying Spanish in Spain. Not realizing my potential I obtained a certificate in Physical Therapy at University of Pennsylvania. Though, intellectually stimulated by my training, I was disappointed with my work.

Encouraged by my other successes, I entered the University of California, Berkeley as a pre-med student. While there, I enjoyed earning a Masters in Public Health with an emphasis on health care in third world countries.

New York became my home for the next four years while I obtained my medical degree from State University of New York, Stony Brook. I spent a long year as a surgical intern at The University of California, San Diego, then headed north to Stanford where I completed my residency in Anesthesia.

During my third year I had the privilege of specializing in Obstetrical Anesthesia under the guidance of Shelia Cohen. All high risk Obstetrical Anesthesia patients were under my care. Work also included two studies examining the effects of regional anesthesia on neonatal outcome.

Honored, I joined Old Pueblo Anesthesia in the summer of 1990. I have continued to concentrate on the area of Obstetrical Anesthesia and Gynecological surgeries.

During my vacations I volunteer my anesthesia services to help plastic surgeons treat children with deformities in Ecuador, Nepal and Vietnam. I still pursue the activities of my youth but now concentrate much of my spare time on my daughter born October 9, 1996. She is of course the prettiest smartest baby in the world.

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