Neuro Oncology Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.688

Florida

Education

Undergraduate:

Antioch College; University of Arizona: B.A. - American History 1964-1968

Medical School

University of Arizona College of Medicine: M.D. 1969-1973

Postdoctoral Training

Medical Internship:

University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals 1973-1974

Neurology Residency:

University of Colorado Medical Center Dr. James Austin, Program Director 1974-1977

Neuro-Oncology Fellowship:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Dr Jerome Posner, Program Director 1977-1978

Licensure

North Carolina State Medical License 1978

Texas State Medical License 1993

Board Certification

National Board of Medical Examiners 1974
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 1980

Corporate Position

Vice-President for Oncology and Neurology, Pharma Research Corporation, Wilmington, NC - 1998

Academic Appointments

1998-present: Director for Neurosciences, Duke Clinical Research Institute Professor of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center

Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 1992 - 1998

Clinical Investigator Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center Duke University Medical Center 1978 - 1992

Assistant Professor 1978 - 1982

Associate Professor 1983 - 1989

Professor Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center 1989 - 1992

Director, Neurology Residency Training Program Duke University Medical Center 1989 - 1992

Associate Chief Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center 1990 - 1992

Assistant Professor Department of Pathology (Neuropathology) Duke University Medical Center 1951 - 1992

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American Academy of Neurology 1975

American Association for Cancer Research 1982

American Association of Neuropathologists 1982

American Neurological Association 1983

American Society of Clinical Oncology 1986

International Society of Neuropathology 1991

Association of University Professors of Neurology 1992-1998

Association for Neuroscience 1993

Society for Neuro-Oncology 1996

Honors and Special Appointments

C and F. DeMuth Foundation International Award for Young Investigators in Neuroscience 1982

New Investigator Research Award, National Institutes of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke 1981 - 1984

Consultant to Parke-Davis, Dupont Alkermes, US Biosciences, Sugen, Vimrx Pro-Neuron Biosciences, Pro-Neuron, Protein Delivery, Inc. 1983

Academic Guest, Department of Neuropathology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 1985

Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 1986

Member NIH Program Project Site Review Committees 1987, 1990, 1991, 1998

Jacob Javits Investigator Award in the Neurosciences 1988

External Advisory Committee, University of California at San Francisco; Brain Tumor Research Center 1990-present

Anne and Jason Farber Award, American Academy of Neurology 1992

Dorothy Rogers Cullum Distinguished Chair in Neuro-Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 1992 -1998

Board Member, the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation of the Southwest 1993 - 1998

Chairman, Brain Committee, Southwest Oncology Group 1993 - 1998

Chairman, NIH RFA Review Committee 1994

American Neurological Association, Long-range Planning Committee 1996 - present

American Academy of Neurology, Scientific Issues Committee 1997 - present

Vice President Society for Neuro-Oncology 1997-present

Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Board, Alkermes Phase III Trial 1988 - present

Academic and Administrative Experience

Duke University:

Co-chairman Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series Committee, 1981-l985

Member, Brain Death Committee 1986-1992

Member Animal Care and Use Committee, 1986-1989.

Member, Institutional Review Board, 1987 - 1990

Director, Neurology Residency Selection Committee, 1987-1992

Member, Psychiatry Chair Search Committee, 1991

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas:

Member, Faculty Council, 1992 - 1998

Member Veterans Administration Dean’s Committee, 1992 -1998

Chairman, Mobility Foundation Center Director Search Committee, 1992

Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee, 1993 - 1998

Member, Steering Committee, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1993 -1998

Member, MSRDP Steering Committee, 1993-1994

Secretary / Treasurer MSRDP Steering Committee, 1994-1995

Member, Southwestern Health Systems, Clinical Advisory Council, 1994 -1996.

Member, Neuroscience Center Director, Search Committee, 1996

Vice-Chair, MSRDP Steering Committee, 1996-1998

Pharma Search Corporation

Member, Executive Management Committee, 1998

American Academy or Neurology

Secretary, Neuro-Oncology Session, Washington, DC, 1982.

Chairman, Neuro-Oncology Session, San Diego, CA, 1983

Chairman, Neuro-Oncology Session, Dallas, TX, 1985

Director, Neuro-Oncology Course, New Orleans, LA, April 27, 1986

Chairman, Neuro-Oncology Session, New Orleans, LA, May 1, 1986

Director, Neuro-Oncology Course, New York, NY, April 10, 1987

Co-chairman, Neuro-Oncology Session: Cincinnati, OH, April 21, 1988

Director, Neuro-Oncology Course, Cincinnati, OH, April 22, 1988

Director, Neuro-Oncology Course Chicago, IL, April 19, 1989

Chairman, Neuro-Oncology Session, Miami, FL, May 4, 1990

Co-chairman, Neuro-Oncology Session, San Diego, CA, May 5,1992

Participant, "Case Studies in Brain Tumor" Course, New York, NY, April 30, 1993

National Cancer Institute

Participant, Workshop on Disease-Oriented Anti-tumor Drug Discovery and Development, Bethesda, MD, January 9 - 10, 1985

Consultant, NCI phase I-II working group, Bethesda, MD, March 21,1985

Miscellaneous

Councilor for the South American Society for Neurological Investigation, 1983 - 1985.

Co-chairman, 6th International Conference on Brain Tumor Research and Therapy
Asheville, NC, October 20-23, 1985

Consultant, Brain Tumor Committee Meeting, Southwest Oncology Group Meeting,
Phoenix, AZ, September 12 - 14,1984, St. Louis, MO October 18,1992

Member, Chief Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Service Search Committee, Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Dallas Texas, 1993