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Barry Gustin, MD
Emergency Medicine & Toxicology


Khosrow Afsari, MD
Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine


Clay Alexander, MD
General Surgery


Steven A. Daus, MD
Neurosurgery


Sunil Dhawan, MD
Dermatology


Sharon B. Drager, MD
Vascular & General Surgery


Robert F. Finnegan, MD
Anesthesiologist


Jay Glasser, DPM
Podiatry


Martin Joffe, MD
Pediatrics


John Kiraly, MD
Hematology & Oncology


Joseph Marzouk, MD
Infectious Disease


Stephen Mendelson, MD
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery


Andrew Moyce, MD
Otorhinolaryngology


Ivan Neubauer, MD
General Surgery


Donald Olson, MD
Pediatric Neurology


Steven Pascal, MD
Ophthamology


James Pointer, MD
Emergency Medical Services


Steven Palder, MD
Pediatric Surgery


Steven Raskin, MD
Cardiology


Paul Reif, MD
Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology


Gary C. Shrago, MD
Radiology


Jerry Sorensen, DDS
Oral Surgeon


Randall Starkey, MD
Neurology


John Toton, MD
Orthopedics


Edwin J. Whitman, MD
General Surgery


Randy Winter, MD
OB/Gyn

Sharon B. Drager, MD
Vascular & General Surgery

EDUCATION:

1966
A.B. Brown University
Cum laude with Honors in Biology

1970
M.D. New York University
School of Medicine


INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY:

1970-1971
Internship - straight surgery
NYU - Bellevue Medical Center

1971-1973
Residency - general surgery

1974-1977
NYU - Bellevue Medical Center


FELLOWSHIP:

1977-1978
Peripheral vascular surgery
NYU - Bellevue Medical Center


LICENSES:

1972: New York - 112079

1975: California - G31281


BOARD CERTIFICATION:

1979: American Board of Surgery

1986, 1996: Recertified


HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

1978-present
Brookside Hospital
(Doctors Medical Center - San Pablo)
San Pablo, CA

1978-present
Doctors Hospital
(Doctors Medical Center - Pinole)
Pinole, CA

1978-present
Alta Bates Medical Center
Berkeley, CA

1987-present
Summit Medical Center
Oakland, CA

1994-present
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1976-1978
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
NYU School of Medicine

1979-1981
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
University of California San Francisco

1981-present
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of California San Francisco


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Alpha Omega Alpha

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

East Bay Surgical Society

Association of Women Surgeons

International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

Northern California Vascular Society

Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society

American Medical Women’s Association

Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association

California Medical Association


ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:

1998
Chair, Department of Surgery
Doctors Medical Center (San Pablo)

1997-1998
Member, Executive Council
Northern California Vascular Society

1997
Chair, Board of Directors
Doctors Medical Center (San Pablo)

1994-1996
Member, Board of Directors
Doctors Hospital of Pinole

1994-present
Alameda-Contra Costa Medical
Association Council member

1994
President, Doctors Hospital of Pinole Medical Staff

1993
President-elect, Doctors Hospital of Pinole Medical Staff

1992
Secretary-Treasurer, Doctors Hospital of Pinole
Medical Staff

1992-1993
Member, Pembroke Center Associates
Council, Brown University

1991-1992
Chair, Surgical Review Committee
Doctors Hospital of Pinole 1988

1988
President, Brookside Hospital Medical Staff

1987
President-elect, Brookside Hospital Medical Staff

1986
Secretary-treasurer, Brookside Hospital Medical Staff

1986-1988
Vice-president, Northern California Chapter, American Medical Women’s Association

1982-present
Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit
Brookside Hospital
(Doctors Medical Center - San Pablo)

1981-1982
Chair, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Committee, Brookside Hospital
Chair, Emergency Services Committee,
Richmond Hospital

1980-1981
Chair, TPN Subcommittee
Brookside Hospital


OTHER:

1973-1974
Civilian Physician, USAF
Sembach Air Base, W. Germany


PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. The Stapled Gastrointestinal Anastomosis, Annals of Surgery 189:383 April 1979

2. Management of Acute Aortic Occlusion, American Journal of Surgery 138:293 August 1979

3. Paradoxical Embolism: Diagnosis and Management
Presented at the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society meeting, June 1981

4. Management of Lower Extremity Vascular Trauma
Presented at the East Bay Surgical Society meeting,
May 1982

5. Acute Arterial Insufficiency in Severely Burned Patients
Presented at the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society meeting, June 1986

6. Extremity Arterial Injuries
Presented at the Northern California Vascular Society meeting, 1988

7. Salvage of the Problem Wound and Potential Amputation with Wound Care and Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, J. Hyperbaric Medicine 3:127 1988

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