The teaching of medicine has been a professional goal of mine since my college days at Bucknell University. After a solid medical education at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, and diverse training in the Family Practice Residency Program in Lancaster, PA, I set off for private practice. My goal was to experience the "real life" practice environment prior to starting a teaching career.
My journey took me to rural North Carolina where I joined an experienced family physician in private practice. The fulfillment of providing quality and comprehensive medical care in a rural area was tremendous. We used all the tools of our trade on a daily basis, and we were frequently required to produce new tools to meet the needs of our patient population. While building a busy private practice, I was presented with a new challenge ... running a successful business. I greatly enjoyed the "business side" of medicine. I found that my roles as a businessman and a physician could be aligned in a way to promote the overall quality of patient care.
After several years of stretching our Northeast roots, my family and I decided to move back to the Philadelphia area. I knew that most private practices would eventually align with a "big brother" so I took the opportunity to join one of the first established primary care networks in the region, the Crozer-Keystone Health System. As the System rapidly grew and managed care penetration increased, I became more involved in the System's management. I greatly enjoy working at a "system level" in educating the businessmen and general public about the value and worth of family practice.
The most recent leg of my journey has brought me to the Crozer-Keystone Family Practice Residency Program. I feel honored to be a part of such a dynamic, progressive program and know that I now have the "tools" to effectively teach the trade of family practice. My professional interests include medical management, practice management, medical student teaching, sports medicine, and preventive medicine. I have found that the combination of an open-minded faculty, high-quality residents, a devoted staff, and the state-of-the-art Medical Informatics System has been the ingredients of success and will keep our residency program on the cutting edge into the twenty-first century.
My personal life can be summed up in one word ... FAMILY. My wife, Jennifer, and I are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, Emily (born 3/90) and Kacy (born 3/92). I strive to play a huge part in my girls' lives (though putting on nail polish is still difficult!), and I am proud to say that my family is the most important thing in my life. At home, I am often found in my organic vegetable garden, attending to our perennials and herbs, jogging, or throwing verbal assaults at my computer. Please feel free to visit us during harvest season and you won't leave empty-handed