Board Certified Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1172

New York

Specialty

Emergency Medicine

1989, Diplomat, American Board of Emergency Medicine

1992, Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians

Employment

1993 – 1997, Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Albany Medical College

1994 – 1997, Director, Pediatric Section, Department of Emergency Medicine
Albany Medical College

1994 – 1998, Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
Albany Medical College

1991 – 1994, Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Albany Medical Center Hospital

1989 – 1991, Associate Residency Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Albany Medical Center Hospital

1988 – 1998, Director, Emergency Trauma Services
Albany Medical Center Hospital

1988 – Present, Attending Physician, Emergency Department
Albany Medical Center Hospital

Academic Appointments

1994 – Present, Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical College

1989 – 1994, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Albany Medical College

1988 – 1989, Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Albany Medical College

Education

Residency:  Emergency Medicine, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando, Florida (86-88)

Chief Resident (87-88)

Internship:  Medicine – Preliminary
Albany Medical Center Hospital (85-86)

Medical School: Albany Medical College
M.D., Magna Cum Laude (1985)

Undergraduate:  SUNY at Albany
BS Biology, Cum Laude (1979)

Licensure

New York

Florida

Awards

(Years Awarded Available Upon Request)

Attending of the Year
Department of Emergency Medicine

Resident Presentation Award
ACEP Scientific Assembly

Trustee’s Prize in Pharmacology

Clifford Marsh Academic Scholarship

National Medical Honor Society
Alpha Omega Alpha – Theta Chapter

Merck Prize in Physiology

Daggett Prize in Anatomy

Certifications

American Burn Life Support (1989)

ATLS Provider/Instructor (1988)

ACLS Provider/Instructor (1986)

PALS Provider/Instructor (1986)

Appointments

REMO Helicopter Utilization Committee

Critical Care Medicine Chairman Search Committee

Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Emergency Medicine

CORD Procedure Credentialing Task Force

CORD Question Bank Task Force

Faculty Senate

Executive Committee, Academic Governing Council

EMS Task Force, Town of Bethlehem

AMC National Boards Task Force

AMC Cross Credentialing Task Force

AMC Graduate Medical Education Council

AMC Transfusion Committee

AMC Disaster Committee

AMC Multidisciplinary Trauma Care Committee

AMC Multidisciplinary Pediatric Committee

Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha

National Medical Honor Society

Society of Academic Emergency Medicine

ACEP Section of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (1989-1994)

Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (1989-1994)

Emergency Medicine Wound Care Group (1988-1990)

Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association (1986-1988)

Publications

Available upon Request.

Presentations

Available upon Request.

Research Funding

Available upon Request

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