Pediatrician Board Certified Infants Expert Witness
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Expert Witness No.904
Expert 904 is a Pediatric Physician who has been practicing in the Houston area for over 30 years. He has been in solo practice and a medical director for institutional facilities. He has been instrumental in directing and managing independent and group medical facility practices, supervising physicians, nurses and medical support staff in providing direct pediatric patient care. He has been effective in establishing and developing patient relations and building a client base, and managing an effective and efficient office/clinic organization.
He has staff appointments with three prominent medical hospital facilities within the Medical Center, The Methodist Hospital, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital. Expert 904 is well known within the Houston medical community and has achieved Board Certification from the American Board of Pediatrics, with medical licenses to practice in Texas and Georgia.
Expert 904 is associated with Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics and has been a Clinical Associate Professor since 1977. Expert 904 continues to develop interns and residents through classroom instruction and conducting evaluations during hospital rounds in technical patient assessments to provide innovative and up-to-date medical treatment provisions for new born infants, children and adolescents, within multi-disciplinary areas including medical, psychological and educational needs. Expert 904 continues to lecture at various association and society meetings, in-service training seminars and related community events, in presenting pediatric medicine updates and topic discussions for patient healthcare administration.
As a specialist within his field, Expert 904 has participated in Medical Reviewing assignments as a Board Certified Pediatrician Reviewer. He has reviewed medical and legal records concerning infants, children and adolescents for legal representation, as well as for the Texas Medical Foundation and Texas Medical Liability Trust. Expert 904 has been called upon as an Expert Witness in the field of pediatric medicine for both plaintiff and defense civil and criminal cases. In addition, Expert 904 participates on the Medical Audit Utilization and Review Committee, as a past Chairman, for the Texas Children's Hospital.
Most recent assignments have been as Medical Director for "A Care Facility" of Houston, and participating on the Physician Advisory Peer Review Panel and Grievance Appeal Committee. Also, Expert 904 has been the Medical Director for the A multi-disciplinary Clinic, involved in evaluating the educational, psychological and medical needs of children with learning problems, within a multi-disciplinary center setting.
Expert 904 completed his education from Emory University School of Medicine, with Chief Residency and Internships at Baylor College of Medicine and Duke University School of Medicine. Most recently Expert 904 completed Basic Mediation training from the University of Houston through the White Dispute Resolution Institute. He continues to strive towards excellence in medicine for the treatment of infants, adolescents and children.
Expert 904 maintains memberships in professional medical societies and associations as well as participates in community organizations, such as the Holocaust Museum and Education Center, the Children's Museum of Houston and the Friends of Placido Domingo.
Education
Emory University School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Atlanta, GA - 1963
Guilford College B.A. - Chemistry and Biology Greensboro, NC - 1958
Medical Experience
Self owned & Operated General Pediatric Medical Practice - 1968 to 2004
Pediatric Physician - The Methodist Hospital; Houston, Texas.
Pediatric Physician - St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital; Houston, Texas
Pediatric Physician - A Children's Hospital; Houston, Texas 1968-2010
Board Certified Pediatrician Reviewer of medical and legal records concerning infants, children and adolescents.
Expert Witness in the field of pediatric medicine for both plaintiff and defense; civil and criminal cases.
NYLCare, in Houston, Texas - 12/99
Acting Senior Medical Director
Physician Advisory Member of Peer Review Panel
Grievance Appeal Committee Member
Baylor College of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Houston, TX 1977 to Present
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Texas: - Department of Pediatrics; Houston, TX 1975 to present
Clinical Associate
Edu Clinic - Houston, TX
Medical Director
A multi-disciplinary center evaluating the educational psychological and medical needs of children with learning problems. The clinic evaluates children and adolescents with learning impairment or neurological medical problems needing complete evaluation and assessment. Schoolteachers are brought into the treatment programs to provide continuity of care.
Reviewer Experience
Texas Medical Foundation (TMF); Houston, TX
Chief Medical Reviewer - Audit Utilization and Review of Pediatric cases under the Medicaid program in the Texas Gulf Coast Area.
Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT)
Mediation Training
University of Houston - College of Business Administration; Houston, TX - 1998
A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute - Basic Mediation Training
Licenses
Medical Licenses - Texas and Georgia
Certification
Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics - Board Certified
Professional Training
Baylor College of Medicine Chief Resident of Pediatrics; Houston, TX 1967 to 1968
Baylor College of Medicine Resident in Pediatrics; Houston, TX 1966 to 1967
Duke University School of Medicine Intern in Pediatrics; Durham, NC 1963 to 1964
Committee Service
Texas Children's Hospital; Houston, TX
Executive Committee - Past Secretary and Member
Medical Audit Utilization and Review Committee - Past Chairman
Military
United States Amy, Medical Corps; Ft. Polk, LA
Captain - Medical Corps - Fort Polk General Hospital
Associations
American Academy of Pediatrics
Harris Community Medical Society
Houston Pediatric Society - Past President
Texas Medical Society Medical Association
Texas Medical Foundation - Pediatric Audit Peer Reviewer
Texas Pediatric Society
Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity
Regional Governor, Executive Committee & Past President, Houston Graduate Club
Lectures
Houston County Daycare Association
Health Care Seminars, Children's Museum of Houston Houston Osteopathic Society
Texas Women's University School of Nursing
The Methodist Hospital - Obstetrical Nursing Service
Community Activities
A Children's Museum: Founder, Board Member and Advisory Committee
Friends of Placido Domingo: Committee Member - (organization to assist handicapped children to attend opera performances)
Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Houston: Board Member
Personal
Born: September 17, 1937
Married, four children
References
Available Upon Request
Spring 2010 Newsletter
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