Overview
I was born and raised in sunny Southern California by my mother, an elementary teacher for 37 years. I always helped in her classroom before and after school, and children were a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I thought about teaching, which I believe is in my blood, but I felt that supervising 20+ children in one room all day was not my forte.
I decided to pursue my loves of science, math and art in college by getting an architecture degree at the University of Southern California. I worked in an architecture firm for not very long before I heard back from the Air Force about an officer position. (I had taken tests to join out of college.)
I left architecture for new training in the AF as a navigator and ultimately acquired a position in the daddy of all bombers — the B-52! I started out as a navigator, then upgraded to the radar navigator/bombardier. I moved up the ranks and got to the point where I felt I needed to commit to a career in the AF or move on. I did some soul-searching and decided to honorably separate to return to school for pre-med and become a doctor.
I went to medical school at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA, where I had been stationed in the AF. I was planning on returning to California for residency; however, when I came to Kansas City for my interview at Children’s Mercy, I fell in love with the hospital and the residency program. I ended up putting CMH at the top of my “match list” and got my first choice.
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
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- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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- INDEMNITY
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- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
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Locations
1425 NW Blue Pkwy, Lees Summit, MO 64086
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