Board Certified Family Medical Practice Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1011

Wyoming

Areas of Expertise

Family Practice, Board Certified, General, Rural and Frontier Practice, Procedures in Rural Practice, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, EGD, Child Abuse Detection and Examination

Present Positions

Physician Advisor, Clinical Resource Management
Utilization Review
August 2002 to preset
Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Family Practice
January 1999 to present
University of Wyoming
Family Practice Residency Program

Education

Undergraduate:
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville
Attended:  August, 1982 – May, 1986
Degree:  BS  Zoology

Graduate:
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Attended:  August 1986 – May 1990
Degree:  MD

Postgraduate:
University of Utah – Salt Lake City
Family Practice Residency
Internship and Residency
Family Practice
July, 1990 – July, 1993

Fellowship:
Faculty Development Fellowship
University of Washington
Department of Family Medicine
Seattle, Washington
July, 1999 – May, 2000

Professional Certification

American Board of Family Practice-Diplomat
Certified  July 8, 1993
Re-certified  July 8, 1999

Medical Licensure

Wyoming
Nebraska

Honors

J. William Fullbright Scholarship
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
July, 1986

Phi Beta Kappa
University Of Arkansas
May, 1985

Administrative Appointments

Wyoming Medical Commission
Workers Compensation
February 2002 - Present

Ryan White Title III Advisory Committee
Wyoming AIDS Project
March 2001 – Present

College of Health Sciences Student Affairs Committee--
Chairperson
University of Wyoming
July 2000 – June 2001

College of Health Sciences Student Affairs Committee
University of Wyoming
July 2000 – Present

Faculty Senate
University of Wyoming
1999- Present

WYO Health CARE Grant Team
University of Wyoming
1999 – 2000

Hospital Appointments

United Medical Center – Cheyenne, Wyoming

Medical Staff Representative
United Medical Center Board of Trustees
July 2001 - Present

Member—Trauma Review Committee
United Medical Center
March 2000 – Present

Chairperson—Health Information Management
Committee (Medical Records Committee)
November 2000 – Present

Member – Medical Records Committee
July 1999 – November 2000

Associate Staff
January 1999 – Present

Lake District Hospital – Lakeview, Oregon
Active Staff
October 1995 – December 1998
Chief of Staff
January 1998 – December 1998

Holy Cross Hospital – Salt Lake City, Utah
(Salt Lake Regional Hospital)
Active Staff
July 1993- June 1995

Primary Children’s Hospital – Salt Lake City, Utah
Active Staff
July 1993 – June 1995

Professional Society Membership

Wyoming Health Resources Network
Physician-at-large Board Member
November, 2000 - Present

Wyoming Medical Society
University of Wyoming Family Practice Residency
Program at Cheyenne – Resident Representative
Coordinator
October, 2000 - Present

Wyoming Academy of Family Physicians
January, 1999 – Present

Laramie County Medical Society
January, 1999 – Present

Wyoming State Medical Society
January, 1999 - Present

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
January, 1999 – Present

Oregon Academy of Family Physicians
October 1995 – December 1998

Utah Academy of Family Physicians
July 1990 – December 1995

American Academy of Family Physicians
July, 1990 – Present

Professional Experience

The National Procedures Institute
Lecturing and Teaching Physician
October, 2000 – Present

Medical Review Institute of America, Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
January, 2000 – Present

Assistant Professor
University of Wyoming Family Practice Residency
Program at Cheyenne
January, 1999 – Present

Private Practice
Lake District Hospital, Lakeview, Oregon
October 1995 – December 1998

Private Practice
North Lake Health Clinic, Christmas Valley, Oregon
November 1995 – November 1998

Private Practice
Park City Care, Inc., Park City, Utah
July 1993 – June 1995

Private Practice
FHP Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
December 1991 – June 1993

Community Service

Child Fatality Review Committee
Cheyenne District
August, 2000 – Present

Physician Advisor
Wyoming State Police
Child Pornography and Computer Prevention
July 2000 – July 2001

Child Advocacy Team
Medical Director
Laramie County, Cheyenne, WY
August, 1999 – Present

Child Advocacy Board
Laramie County, Cheyenne, WY
October, 1999 – Present

Physician Advisor
Paisley Disaster Unit (Ambulance)
Paisley, OR 
January 1996 – December 1998

Executive Council Secretary
Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church
Park City, Utah
July 1994 – June 1995

Physician Advisor
Christmas Valley Ambulance Service
Christmas Valley, OR
October 1996 – November 1998

Physician Advisor
Lakeview Disaster Unit (Ambulance)
Lakeview, OR
December 1997 – December 1998

Volunteer Physician
Salt Lake City Homeless Shelter
Salt Lake City, Utah
January 1993 – June 1995

Medical Mission
Temuco, Chile and southern Chile
October 1996

Medical Mission
Nepal, mid-hill region of Central Nepal
November 1999

Medical Mission
Pakistan, Lower Indus River
November 2000

Grants

International Travel Grant
University of Wyoming
Department of International Studies
Fall 2001
$2000.00

International Travel Grant
University of Wyoming
Department of International Studies
Fall 2002
$2000.00

Publications

Available upon Request