Pediatrician Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.488

Pennsylvania

Certification and Licensure

Board Certified in Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics 1988, recertified 1995

Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1985

Current Medical License in Pennsylvania

Education

Medical College of Pennsylvania, MD  1984

Temple University, BA Cum Laude  1980

Postgraduate Training

Child Abuse & Neglect, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA  1998

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan, 1987-88

Pediatrics Internship and Residency, University of Michigan, 1984-87

Professional Experience

Medical Director, Children’s Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Scranton, PA 1998-present
Private Practice, Mercy Physicians Network, Wilkes-Barre, PA  1996-98
Director of Medical Services, Adolescent Psychiatric Center, Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA  1997-98
Staff Pediatrician, Lehigh Valley Hospital Ambulatory Pediatrics Dept., Allentown, PA  1996
Staff Pediatrician, Meadowbrook Inpatient Pediatrics, Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center, Willow Grove, PA  1994-96    
Staff Pediatrician, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA  1989-94
Pediatric Walk-In Clinic Staff, University of Michigan, 1987-88

Specialty Education

5th Annual Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, June 1993, 17 credit hours

Responding to Child Maltreatment, National Network of Child Advocacy Centers, November 1998, 15 credit hours

The San Diego Conference on Responding to Child Maltreatment, January 1998, 32 credit hours

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 1998 Advanced Training Institutes, January 1998, 6 credit hours

Additional Professional Activities

Member, PA Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics, Child Abuse & Neglect Advisory Committee 1998 - present.

Coordinator, Lackawanna/Luzerne Counties Child Death Review Team, 1998 - present

Member, PA Attorney General’s Medical-Legal Advisory Team on Child Abuse & Neglect, 1997- present

Member, Multidisciplinary Team, Luzerne County Children & Youth Services, 1995 – present

Preceptor, Adolescent Medicine Rotation, VA Hospital Residents, Mercy Hospital Wilkes-Barre, PA  1997-98

Preceptor, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Misericordia College, Dallas  PA  1996-1998

Contributing Author, Concerning Women, 1996

Health Columnist, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre  PA  1992

Awards

Recipient, 1992 Merylene A. Stevenson Community Service Award from Luzerne Co. Children & Youth Services Agency, in recognition of services provided to abused and neglected children of Luzerne Co., PA

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Member, Section on Child Abuse & Neglect, American Academy of Pediatrics
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

Lectures

Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect, Grand Rounds, Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA August 17, 1999
Failure to Thrive, Susquehanna County Children & Youth inservice, and Grand Rounds, Montrose Hospital, August 11, 1999

Community Service

Executive Director, BRAVO!DANCE professional dance company, 1995
Board of Directors, Ballet Theatre of PA, 1993-94
Board of Directors, Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan, 1986-88