Michael K. Kwok, M.D.
1300 South Eliseo Drive, Suite 203
Greenbrae, California US 94904
Tel: 415-925-3617
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine 1993-2003
Recertified 2004-2013; 2014-2023
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners 1990
California Physician and Surgeon License
EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles
Doctor of Medicine, May 21, 1989
Post-Sophomore Fellowship in Pathology, July 1986 – June 1987
Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine
Autopsy Pathology (6 months), Surgical Pathology (3 months),
Clinical Pathology (1 month), Research (2 months)
University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Chemical Engineering, June 1984 (with High Honors)
Lowell High School, San Francisco
Class of 1980; Karpenstein Award (given to the top graduating student)
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
Internship: Internal Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
June 24, 1989 – June 23, 1990
Residency: Internal Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
July 1, 1990 – June 30, 1992
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
Private Practice in Internal Medicine, Greenbrae, CA: February 1, 2014 – present
(Kwok Internal Medicine, Inc.)
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (Kaiser San Rafael Medical Center)
Participant Physician November 1, 2013 – January 31, 2014
Associate Physician (Adult Primary Care) June 1, 2011 – November 2013
Private Practice in Internal Medicine, Novato, CA: July 1992 – April 30, 2011
HOSPITAL AFFILIATION
Novato Community Hospital – Active Staff, 1992 – 2011; 2014 – present
Marin General Hospital – Courtesy Staff, 1993 – 2011; Active Staff 2014 – present
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Physicians
San Francisco Marin Medical Society
California Medical Association
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Marin General Hospital
Board of Directors 2019-present
Strategic Planning Committee 2015 – present
Quality & Patient Safety Committee, Vice Chair 2019-present
Medical Executive Committee, Member-At-Large 2018-2019
California Medical Association – Delegate (SF/Marin) to the House of Delegates 2014 – present
Marin Medical Society – Board of Directors 1994-1996; 2012 – May 1, 2017;
Secretary/Treasurer 2014 – 2015
President Elect 2016 – 5/1/2017
San Francisco Marin Medical Society – Board of Directors May 1, 2017 – present
Executive Commitee of the Board of Directors 5/1/2017 — 2018
Marin Committee: Chair 2017-2018; Member 2019-present
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc./Kaiser San Rafael Medical Center
Member, Drug Utilization Committee (McDRUG) 2012 – 2014
Asst. Physician Liaison, Oral Anticoagulation Service (OACS) 2012 – 2014
Novato Community Hospital
Board of Directors 1998 – 2006
Member, Finance Committee 1998 – 2006
Secretary of the Board 2000 – 2004, 2006
Member, Executive Committee 2000 – 2004, 2006
Member, Nominating Committee 2000-2006
Member, Physician Recruitment Committee 2003
Vice Chief of Staff 1997
Secretary/Treasurer of Medical Staff 1995 – 1996, 2005 – 2011
Chairman, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee 1993 – 1996
Member, Medical Executive Committee 1994 – 1997, 2005 – 2011
Member, Quality Review Committee 1992 – 2011
Member, Medical Committee 1992 – 2011
Marin Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) – Board of Directors 1997 – 1999
PHO Subcommittee on Physician Resources (Recruitment & Retention) – Chairman (1998)
AWARDS AND HONORS
Named in “415 Top Doctors”, a peer to peer physician survey published in Marin magazine Feb 2012, Feb 2014, Feb 2016, Feb 2018
TPMG Emerging Leaders Program (2013) – physicians identified by Physician in Chief as “having outstanding clinical skills and potential to take on leadership roles in the medical group”.
Named in “Guide to America’s Top Physicians (2013)” by Consumers Research Council of America.
Named in “Examples of the Best Physicians in the Country” in Freed, Janet Carlson and Diane Guernsey. “Town & Country’s Guide to Primary Care Physicians,” Town & Country, August 2000, pp. 101-116.
Named as one of “Top 500 Doctors from San Jose to San Rafael, the Bay Area’s Most Trusted Physicians—Selected by their Peers.” San Francisco, January 2001, pp. 44-55.
UCLA School of Medicine
University of CA Regents Scholar (1984 – 1989)
University of CA, Berkeley
University of CA Regents Scholar (1980 – 1984)
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (1983)
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society (1982)
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Found. (ARCS) Scholarship (1983)
U. C. Berkeley President’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (1983)
American Heart Association Undergraduate Research Fellowship (1982)
Eastman Kodak Scholar/ Scholarship (1981, 1982, 1983)
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Scholar/Scholarship (1980 – 1984)
University of CA Alumni Scholar/Scholarship (1980 -1984)
Chinese American Institute of Engineers & Scientists Scholarship (1982)
Edward Frank Kraft Scholarship Prize (1981)
San Francisco Bay Area Engineering Council Scholarship (1980)
U. C. Berkeley Freshman Chemical Engineering Scholarship (1980)
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Scholarship (1980)
Chinese American Citizens Alliance Scholarship (1980)
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Vinters, Harry V., Kwok, Michael K., Ho, Hector W., Anders, Karl H., Tomiyasu, Uwamie, Wolfson, William L., Robert, Francoise. (1989) Cytomegalovirus in the Nervous Systems of Patients with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Brain 112, 245-268.
Kwok, Michael K., Lewin, Klaus J. (1988) Massive Hepatomegaly in Adult Polycystic Liver Disease. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 12(4), 321-324.
Platform presentation on my research. American Assoc. of Neuropathologists 64th Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina. June 1988.
Kwok, M.K., Vinters, J.V., Ho, H.W., et al. (1988) Cytomegalovirus in the Nervous System of Patients with AIDS. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 47(3), 386.
Crowder, M.S., Kwok, M.K., Cooke, R. (1983). Effect of Salts on the Reactivity of a Fast Reacting Thiol of Myosin in Muscle Fibers. Biophysical J. 41, 94a.
Presented a poster on my skeletal muscle research. Biophysical Society 27th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. February 1983.
