Internal Medicine Family Medicine Board Certified Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1041

New Jersey

Education and Training

Amherst College, B.A., cum laude, 1964
Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1969
Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship in health care organization, 1967-1968
Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, 1969-1972
Harvard School of Public Health, M.P.H., concentration: clinical nutrition, epidemiology, 1972-1973

Academic Affiliations

Clinical Professor at a University Medical School in New Jersey, Dept. of Family Medicine 1993

Clinical Associate Professor at a University Medical School in New Jersey, Dept. of Family Medicine
1983-1993

Clinical Associate Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Department of Internal Medicine - 1980-1983

Assistant Clinical Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Department of Internal Medicine  1977-1980

Medical Practice

Practice of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine.  Special Interests: chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, behavioral medicine, clinical nutrition.

Medical Director, Overlook Hospital Center for Weight Management, part-time, 1988-1995

Director (1977-1981) and Associate Director (1973-1977) Family Practice Residency Program, Overlook Hospital-Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Chief Medical Consultant Health Systems Agency of New York City, 1973-1981
Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1972; recertified: 1980

American Board of Family Practice, 1973; recertified: 1980, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2005

Professional Activities--Patient Education

Co-host of a health call-in show on radio in New York City, 1998-present.

Selected nationally as one of 11 leading experts on fibromyalgia by Fibromyalgia Network, a leading education and support organization for fibromyalgia.

Appeared as a medical expert on Good Morning America (twice), CBS’ Morning Show, and more than 100 regional T.V. and radio shows.

Contributing Editor for Nutrition Science News, 1995-2001.

Medical Advisory Board of Healthnotes, 1999-2003.

Co-host of a health call-in show on Radio in Morristown, NJ 1997-1998.

Editorial Advisory Board, Doctor-Patient, D-G Publishing, 1980-1985.

Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Expert Panel on Health Education, 1975-1977.

Professional Advisory Board, New York Cardiovascular Health Institute of the Y.M.C.A. of Greater New York, 1979-1982.

Consultant in Clinical Nutrition, Office of Consumer Health Education, UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, 1974-79.

Professional Activities-Physician Education

Complete list available upon request.

New Jersey Academy of Medicine-New Jersey State Department of Health Select Committee. Co-author of a Monograph for physicians on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome 2000-2002

Dean’s Committee on Graduate Education in Public Health

National Institutes of Health Working Group on Management of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, 1993-4

Editorial Board, Journal of Family Practice Research, 1981-1990

Consulting Editor, Behavioral Medicine Abstracts, 1985-1989

Associate Editor, Behavioral Medicine Update, 1982-1985

Columnist on Clinical Nutrition, Postgraduate Medicine, 1983-1986

Inter-Society Commission on Heart Disease Resources, Committee on Prevention of Atherosclerosis, 1974-1984

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH. Working Group on Cigarette Smoking Cessation Strategies in Primary Care, 1980-1982

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, Working Group on Dietary Management of Hypertension, 1979-1982

National Institutes of Health , National Task Force on Training Family Physicians in Patient Education, 1976-78

Patient Compliance in Hypertension, a monograph for Merck, 1978

Editorial Board, Physicians’ Patient Education Newsletter, University of Alabama, 1978-1981

Professional Activities-Pharmaceutical Industry

Principal Investigator of F.D.A. Phase III trial of Ampligen, treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., 1998-2004.

Author of a monograph for physicians on patient compliance in hypertension, sponsored by Merck.

Author of a monograph for physicians on patient education for diabetes mellitus, sponsored by Pfizer.

Edited a newsletter for physicians, Asthma Bulletin, sponsored by Fisons Corporation.

Author of a monograph for pharmacists, Antihistamines and Allergic Rhinitis, sponsored by Sandoz.

Professional Activities-Medical Care Organization

Chief Medical Consultant Health Systems Agency of New York City, 1973-1981

Trustee, Union County (NJ) Professional Standards Review Organization, 1978-1981

Professional Organizations:

American Academy of Family Physicians
American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
American College of Nutrition
American College of Physicians
American Heart Association Council on Atherosclerosis
American Medical Association, NJ State and Union County Medical Societies
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
International Myopain Society