Keywords
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California
Expert Witness No. 450UndergraduateUniversity of Miami
1966-67
Coral Gables, Florida
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
1967-69
GraduateUniversity of California, Los Angeles
School of Dentistry D.D.S.
1969-73
Internship and ResidencyWestchester County Medical Center
Valhalla, New York
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1973-76
LicenseCalifornia, Dentistry, 1973
General Anesthesia Permit
Professional Associations
- American Dental Association
- Tri-County Dental Society
- California Dental Association
- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- California Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Academy of Osseointegration
- International Congress of Oral Implantology
- American Trauma Society
Board CertificationDiplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1982
Fellowships
- Fellow, American Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1980
- Fellow, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, 1978
- Certified Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2006-2008
Hospital Affiliations
- Desert Hospital, 1976-Present
- Hospital, Rancho Mirage, 1976-Present
- DRMC Section Chief, Dentistry and OMFS: 1994-1999
- Course Coordinator, Continuing Dental Education
- Program, Eisenhower Hospital: 1980-2005
- Medical Education Committee, Hospital, 1990-Present
- Trauma Committee, Desert Hospital, 1991-2000
- Surgical Advisory Committee, Desert Hospital, 1992-1999
- Surgery Committee, Eisenhower Medical Center, 1992-94, 1998-2002
- Assistant Professor, Loma Linda School of Dentistry
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1993-1997
Offices Held
- Board of Directors, American Cancer Society,
- Desert Palms Unit, 1989-1996
- Vice President, Cancer Control, 1994-1996
- Chairman, Board of Governors, Canyon Springs Hospital, 1992-1994
- EMC Section Chief, Dentistry/OMFS, 1998-2002
- Past Chairman, Department of Dentistry, Desert Hospital, 1978-1987
- Section Chief, Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Desert Hospital 1993-1998, 2007-2009
- Section Chief, Eisenhower Medical Center, 1998-2002
- Section Chief, Desert Regional Medical Center, 2008-2010
- Private Practice Limited to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1976-Present