Thank you for your interest in my background. I am originally from New York, lived and worked in Pennsylvania and recently moved to the Central Valley. I attended undergraduate and graduate schools in NYC and medical school at SUNY Buffalo. I was always interested in the mind, behavior and neurobiology. It is the mind that colors our preference for red or Rembrandt and creates our greatest dreams and fears.  I thought I would pursue psychiatry but instead fell in love with the biology of the brain and the systematic organization of strength, speech and sensibilities. 
I studied neurology, neurosurgery, neurointervention and found my calling in neurovascular intervention and neurocritical care. I have been practicing as a neurovascular interventionalist and Neuro critical care intensivist at a Comprehensive Stroke Center outside Philadelphia. As Director of the Neurovascular division and NeuroCritical Care Unit, I developed a robust mid-level provider program of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners. This created stability in the stroke program and improved patient care. Further, I directed several landmark clinical stroke trials proving Endovascular intervention is better for certain types of severe strokes than medical treatment alone.
On a personal note, I am married with two wonderful children, ages 12 and 11 and a pug named Sammy. We all moved to Fresno this summer so I could help develop a comprehensive stroke program at Community Hospital and improve the system within the Central Valley. I am interested in all cerebrovascular diseases with an emphasis on stroke and aneurysms as well as education for clinicians and the community. I am enrolled in an MBA program with which I hope to improve hospital operations and patient care. Lastly, in my spare time, I enjoy yoga, cycling and playing cello with my son.