Academic Degree
Bachelor of Science in Nursing 1975
San Diego State University
Minor in Health Sciences
Public Health Nursing Certificate
Legal Training
Certificate in Legal Nurse Consulting
University of California, San Diego 1995
Passing of National Certification Exam to be Certified-1999
President of the American Association of
Legal Nurse Consultants-San Diego chapter 1998
Membership Chairman 1996, 1997, 2001
Independent Legal Nurse Consultant 1995-present
Defense product liability case review 1995-1997
In house consulting for defense firm - March 2000-present
A California Law Firm
Clinical Nurse II
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
A California Hospital
1978-present
Staff and Charge Registered Nurse
Telemetry and Intermediate I.C.U.
Donald N. Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, Ca. 1977-1978
Staff Registered Nurse-Medical/Surgical & telemetry floor
Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic
La Jolla, Ca. 1975-1977
Legal Nurse Consultant National certification- 1999
Advanced Cardiac Life Support 1984-present
Basic Cardiac Life Support 1984-present
Certified Trauma Nurse-1994
Surgical Intensive Care Unit to include:
Cardiac surgery-coronary bypass and valvular surgery
Neurological diseases, surgery and trauma
Major abdominal, thoracic, and vascular surgery
Multisystem organ failure
Critical multiple trauma patients
Transplants-cardiac,pulmonary, renal
Care of the critical obstetrical patient
Medical I.C.U., Coronary Care Unit, Telemetry
Available upon Request
Expert witness for the plaintiff: 38
Expert witness for the defense: 36
Expert witness for the plaintiff- Federal case: 2
Case review only-plaintiff: 37
Case review only-defense: 34
Deposition given for the plaintiff, 7
Deposition given for the defense, 1