My decision to pursue a career in medicine was based on the same criteria that drive many people into medicine - a love of science with a desire to help people. I explored the human side of medicine early in my educational career by minoring in medical humanities as an undergraduate. I began my formal medical training at Jefferson Medical College. It was during a rural family medicine clerkship at Jefferson that my decision to go into Family Medicine was solidified - I felt that Family Medicine was the best arena for me to practice a wide range of medicine and be the most involved with people and their families.

My training in Family Medicine took me to Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Virginia. It was there I discovered another passion in medicine - medical informatics. At Riverside, I used an electronic medical record system and was able to not only look at individual patients but also my practice as a whole. In addition, I began to see the value of information and ready access to information for the practitioner at the point of care - for teaching and decision-making. Upon completion of my residency I was offered, and gladly accepted, a chance to further my training in informatics and teaching through a faculty development/clinical informatics fellowship run in conjunction with Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical College of Virginia.

I have the privilege to be a part of Crozer-Keystone’s Family Medicine Residency, a progressive residency that recognizes the potential of medical informatics for the family practitioner. I look forward to the continuing opportunity to teach and learn the value of information and ways to access it at the time of need with residents and students. In return, I am honored to be a part of a group that has a passion to prepare doctors to be great Family Practitioners.

Given my specialty choice, it should be no surprise that my personal life centers on my family - my bride Kristen and our four daughters. We have strong family roots in the Philadelphia area and are excited to be part of the Crozer-Keystone family.