Michael Lam, MD
I am a board certified physician anesthesiologist (Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology 1985, recertification 2009) with over 30 years of experience in a wide variety of practice settings. I attended Occidental College in Los Angeles graduating with a degree in chemistry, received my medical degree from Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and completed my medical specialty training in anesthesiology at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto. Following my anesthesia residency I joined the clinical faculty of the Stanford resident training program in anesthesia at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center training other doctors to become anesthesiologists before joining the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. With the exception of several years in Southern California where I was recruited to develop anesthesia services for a heart surgery program, I have practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area. My experience includes the delivery of anesthetic care for all major surgical subspecialties including cardiac, neuro, high-risk obstetrical, pediatric, spinal cord, burn, major orthopedic and multiple trauma surgery. My current practice is dedicated to office-based anesthesia for outpatient surgical and dental procedures. I am licensed by both the Medical and Dental Boards of California to provide general anesthesia services.