Board Certified Neurosurgeon Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.873

Military Service:

British Army Infantry Officer (Anti-terrorist Activity), 1952-1955

R.A.F.V.R. (Pilot Training), 1955-1958

Premedical Qualifications:

B.A., (Hons.) Cambridge,1958

M.A., Cambridge, 1962

Medical Qualifications:

M.B., B. Chir., Cambridge University and St. Thomas’s Hospital

London                                        1961 (June)

F.R.C.S. (Ed.)                              1965

F. R. C. S. (Eng.)                         1966 (May)

F.R.A.C.S.(Neurosurgery)             1971

E.C.F.M.G.                                  1971

F.I.C.S.                                        1973 (November)

CA Medical License                      1975 (March)

F.A.C.S.                                       1975 (October)

F.R.C.S. (C)                                 1983 (December)

Registered Neurosurgical Specialist, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Canada

Diplomate of American Board of Neurologic Surgery 1985 (September)

Training Appointments:

1961 - 1963 
St. Thomas’ Hospital, London (each post for six months) House Surgeon, Surgical Unit, Resident Surgeon Casualty Officer House Surgeon, Urological Unit, Senior Surgical Casualty Officer

July 1963 - July 1964
Registrar, Neurosurgery, National Hospital, Queen Square London

July 1964 - Aug. 1965       
Senior Registrar Locum, Department of Neurosurgery,National Hospital, Queen
Square, London (Mr. Harvey Jackson)

1965 Oct. - 1966 Jan.       
Senior Registrar Locum, Neurology,  (posts held St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
concurrently) Clinical Assistant to Departments of Neuropathology ,Neurophysiology,
National Hospital, Queen Square, London

1966 Jan. - 1967 Sept.     
Registrar and Locum Senior Registrar, Neurosurgery, Maida Vale Hospital, National
Hospital, Queen Square and Middlesex Hospital (Mr. John Andrews and Professor
Valentine Logue)

1967 Sept. - 1968 May     
Senior Neurosurgical Registrar to ’s Maudsley’s Neurosurgical Unit (Mr. Murray Falconer) Hon. Senior Registrar to King’s College Hospital Senior Neurosurgical Registrar to Brook General Hospital London (Mr. Geoffrey Knight)
(Posts Normally held simultaneously but on a rotating basis)

Previous Positions:

1968 – 1970
Consultant neurosurgeon to Libyan Ministry of Public Health, Tripoli, Kingdom of Libyan

Consultant Neurosurgeon to Libyan Ministry of Public Health, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Republic Director of Department of Specialized Surgery, Tripoli Hospital

Visiting Neurosurgeon To: U.S. Air Force Base Hospital, Wheelus Air Base, Libyan Arab Republic (Col. Gibson, i.c. hospital)

Accident Hospital, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Republic (Dr. Ali Krpo, Hospital Director)

1968-1970
Military Hospital, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Republic (Col. Wong, Head of Surgical Division)

Oil Industries Hospital, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Republic (Dr. Edmunds, Hospital Director)

Moassat Hospital, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Republic (Mr. Elliott Smith F.R.C.S., Surgeon in
Charge)

1970 – 1973                     
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Health Services, Tasmania

Surgeon in Charge, Neurosurgical Department, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania

Visiting Neurosurgeon, Launceston General Hospital, Mersey General and Northwest General Hospitals, Tasmania

Senior Specialist Neurosurgeon, Repatriation General Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania

Participating Neurosurgeon, The Pain Clinic, Hobart, Tasmania, W.B.

1972 - Scoville Foundation Fellow (October - December 1972), Hartford Connecticut

1973 - Lecturer, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California – Sacramento Medical Center

1973 – 1977  - Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Davis, Medical Center

1977 – 1984 - Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Davis, Medical Center

1974 – 1978  - Acting Director, Pain Board, University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento

1974 – 1984  - Civilian Medical Specialist in Neurosurgery, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California

1974 – 1984  - Consulting Neurosurgeon, Martinez Veterans’ Administration Hospital, Martinez, California

1977 – 1981  - Dean’s Advisory Council, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis

1977 – 1978  - Acting Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento

1977 – 1978  - Chief of Staff, University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento

1977 – 1979 - Staff Member - Sutter Community Hospitals, Sacramento, California

1978 – 1981  - Director of Surgical Sciences, Sacramento Medical Center

1978 – 1979  - Chairman, Division of Surgical Sciences, University of  California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento

1979 – 1980  - Associate Dean, Hospital Education Affairs, University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento

1979 – 1980  - Chairman, Faculty of the School of Medicine, UC, Davis

1979 – 1980  - Member of the Executive Council, University of California, Davis

1981 – 1982  - Sabbatical Post-Graduate studies at Yale, Department of Neurosurgery

1977 – 1984  - Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento CA

1983 – 1984  - UC Davis hearing Officer Panelist for Staff Disputes

1994 – 1995 - Chairman Neuro Science Committee Mercy Medical Center (Audit and Peer review)

1984 – 1995 

Active Staff, Mercy Medical Center

Active Staff, Redding Medical Center

Active Staff, Redding Specialty Hospital

Active Staff, Mercy Mt. Shasta

Associate Clinical Professor of Family Practice, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis California

Federal Drug and Food Administration - Clinical Investigator Pugno - Winters - Byrd - Pedicle Screw System-Investigation Safir Pedicle Screw System

Current & Recent Positions:

1997 – Present, Neurosurgical and Neurological Consulting

1994 – Present, Qualified Medical Evaluator, State of California

1997 – Present, Expert Medical Reviewer, State of California Medical Board of California

1995 – 1997 - Director of Tasmanian Neurosurgery Unit - Royal Hobart Hospital

1995 – 1997 - Deputy Director - Division of Surgery - Royal Hobart Hospital

1995 – 1997 - Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) University of Tasmania

1995 – 1997 - Consultant Neurosurgeon - Calvary Hospital Lenah Valley Hobart Tasmania - Medical Director Dr. Graham Shreuder

1995 – 1997 -  Consultant Neurosurgeon - St. Helens Hospital MacQuarie Street, Hobart Tasmania - CEO Mr. Neil Beer

1995 – 1997 - Consultant Neurosurgeon - St. John’s Hospital, Cascade Road, Hobart Tasmania - Medical Director, Dr. John Davis

Medical School Committees:

Available upon Request

Teaching Experience:

1961 – 1963, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, Students and Postgraduate Course in General Surgery

1965 – 1966, National Hospital, Queen Square London - Neurosurgery Postgraduate Course

1965, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London Neurological Clinics

1971 – 1972, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine University of Tasmania, Australia Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy

1973 – 1984, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, MS 420-E (Neuroscience) and MS
(Musculoskeletal Organ System) Freshman and Sophomore Years (1974-75); and Core C Neurosurgery Junior year.

1973 – 1984, Post graduate teaching approximately 10 contract hours per week. (Department of Neurosurgery, University of California at Davis).

1995, Speaker’s panel   Brain Attack  Consortium

1996 – 1997, Supervisor Honors B.Sc research University of Tasmania

Societies:

Congress Of Neurosurgical Surgeons

International Association for the Study of Pain (Founding Member)

California Association of Neurological Surgeons (Founding Member)

Medical Association

The Royal Society of Medicine

Society of British Neurological Surgeons

British Medical Association

Australian Medical Association

Australian Neurosurgical Society

Neurosurgical Research Society

International Neurosurgical Forum

American College of Surgeons

Asian Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgery

American Pain Society

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Society Committees:

1976    Nominating Committee, Yolo County Medical Society